compared to similar characters, items, and events found in Marxism and the 1917 Russian

Revolution. This comparison will be shown by using the symbolism that is in the book

with similarities found in the Russian Revolution.

Old Major was a prized-boar that belonged to Farmer Jones. The fact that Old

Major is himself a boar was to signify that radical change and revolution are, themselves,

boring in the eyes of the proletariat (represented by the other barnyard animals), who are

more prone to worrying about work and survival in their everyday life. Old Major gave

many speeches to the farm animals about hope and the future. He is the main animal who

got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major’s role

compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas were to lead to the communist revolution.

Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of

democratic Socialism. (Zwerdling, 20). Lenin became leader and teacher of the working

class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major,

all his power to Stalin and was expelled from the communist party. He was at one time

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