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 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,
Czar Nicholas was a very weak man who treated his people similar to how Farmer Jones treated his animals. ANIMALISM VS. Both were very mean looking, didn't talk very much but always got what they wanted through force. The animal Napoleon can be compared as a character representing Stalin in Russia. The windmill is the only thing that was holding the animals together as a unit. He represents the symbol of the Czar Nicholas in Russia who treated his people like Farmer Jones treated his animals. Windmill compared with industry growthD. Another character represented in the book is Farmer Jones. Dogs compared with the secret policeI. When it blew down, Napoleon blamed it on Snowball. Farmer Jones was drunk a lot and would forget to feed the animals on the farm. Stalin had his secret police kill between 60,000 to 70,000 people.
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