Animal Farm and Russian Revolution
There have been many books that have criticized politics. One of those books is George Orwell's novel Animal Farm. This book criticizes the dictatorships of the 1930s and 40s like Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini. Many people feel, including me, that it mainly targets Russia's totalitarian state. Animal Farm plays out the Russian Revolution and Stalin's rule. In the book a group of overworked and nearly starved animals revolt against a cruel farmer and establish their own society. This novel draws a lot of comparisons to the Russian Revolution and through Stalin's dictatorship.
After the farm is seized by the animals, the pigs, being the smartest of the animals, took on the leadership roles of the farm. One of those pigs was a pig named Napoleon. In the novel Napoleon plays Joseph Stalin's role in the Russian Revolution. Both Napoleon and Stalin were not good speakers and not as educated as their opponents. They both were cruel, brutal, selfish,......
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