Animalism Vs. Marxism Characters, items, and events found
in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be 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......
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