Animal Farm compared to the Russian Revolution
             All of the characters in Animal farm have counterparts in real life. This
             book was based on the Russian Revolution, and all the important populace
             of the revolution are symbolized. Some of the animals represent
             individuals in the Russian Revolution, and some types of animals
             represent different types of Russian citizens. The book carries out much
             like the actual revolution. It starts out with hopes of an empire where
             all are equal and the unfair unjust leader is thrown out. Then it moves
             on to where some individuals begin to take more power than is rightfully
             theirs. At the end the rulers have completely taken over and the kingdom
             is as it was under the original rulers. I will compare the animals from
             top of the social class to the bottom. At the top were the pigs. Each pig
             represented someone different in the revolution. Old Major is compared to
             Lenin. He was an ideologist who dreamed up a wonderful government where
             all the animals were equal and the humans, or the czars, were pushed out.
             Unfortunately his dream would never materialize. Then we are left with
             his predecessors. The first is Snowball. Snowball believed one hundred
             percent in Old Majors ideals. He wanted all the things Old Major wanted,
             such as the welfare of the animals. In the Russian Revolution his
             counterpart would be Trotsky. Trotsky believed and wanted the same things
             as Lenin, and wanted to continue what Lenin had started. Then comes
             Napoleon. Napoleon was selfish and greedy. He did not want to share the
             power or the decision making with any other individual. This was the same
             for Stalin. At first Napoleon and Snowball shared the decision making and
             had debates about what course of action they would take. This worked for
             awhile. Then Napoleon grew weary of long debates, and he thought he could
             make the decision by himself. He then fo
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