many specific points where he uses the transformation of Sharik into Polygraph Polygraphovich to criticize the Stalin Revolution and the varying conditions of life that resulted from it. The first example can be seen on the first page where he shows a cook who is shown to be a member of the proletariat, throwing boiling water on the dog in the street who is meant to represent a member of the proletariat. He then goes on to express the view of the lower class through speech when the dog says "What harm did I do him? Would the People's Economic Soviet get any poorer if I rooted in the garbage heap? The Greedy Brute!". With this quote Bulgakov is obviously using the dog to express his anger in the constant abuse of the proletariat by the State and upper classes. Later in the novel Bulgakov offers his unique view on how the State should deal with the proletariat. He uses the part of the story where the character Philip Phillipovich gets the dog Sharik to follow him home from the alleyway, and the dialogue than ensues between the pro
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