Transcript Comparing the Russian Revolution to Animal Farm

ALLEGORY
Comparing Animal Farm to
The Russian Revolution
Mr. Renfro
McNeil High School
Overall Details of Animal Farm
Rebellion was
suppose to make life
easier for all of the
animals
 Life was worse in the
end
 The pigs become the
same or worse than
Mr. Jones
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Overall Details of the
Russian Revolution
Intended to solve
problems from Czar
 Life was even worse
after the revolution
 Stalin made the czar
look like a nice guy
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Animal Farm
Mr.
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Jones
Irresponsible to his
animals---lets them
starve
Sometimes cruel—beats
them with the whip
Sometimes kind---mixes
milk with food
Russian Revolution
 Czar
Nicholas II
A poor leader at best
 Cruel---sometimes brutal
with opponents
 Sometimes kind---hired
students as spies to make
money
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Animal Farm
Old
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Major
Taught Animalism
“Rebellion”---overthrow
Man and become rich and
free
Dies before the revolution
takes place
Russian Revolution
Karl
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Marx
Invented Communism
“Workers of the World
Unite!”—take over the
government
Dies before the Russian
Revolution
Animal Farm
Animalism
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No owners—no rich and
no poor
Workers get a better life
All animals are equal
Everyone owns the farm
Russian Revolution
Communism
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All people are equal
No class system
The government owns
everything and the
people own the
government
Animal Farm
Snowball
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Young, smart, good
speaker, idealistic
Wants to make life better
for all
One of the leaders of the
rebellion
Chased away by
Napoleon's dogs
Russian Revolution
Leon
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Trotsky
Other leader of “October
Revolution”
Pure communist, followed
Marx
Wanted to improve life
for all in Russia
Chased away by Lenin’s
KGB (secret police)
Russian Revolution
Napoleon
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Not a good speaker
Not as clever as Snowball
Cruel, brutal, selfish,
devious, corrupt
Craves power and will do
anything to attain it
Uses dogs, Moses and
Squealer to control the
animals
Russian Revolution
Joseph
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Stalin
Not a good speaker
Not educated like Trotsky
Same as Napoleon—
didn’t follow Marx’s ideas
Craved power---killed all
that opposed him
Used KGB, Russian
Orthodox Church and
propaganda to control
people
Animal Farm
Squealer
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Big mouth, talks a lot
Convinces the animals to
believe and follow
Napoleon
Changes and manipulates
the commandments
Russian Revolution
Propaganda
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The spreading of ideas,
information, or rumor for the
purpose of helping or injuring
an institution, a cause, or a
person
Worked for Stalin to support
his image
Used any lie to convince the
people to follow Stalin
Benefited from the fact that
education was controlled
Animal Farm
The
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Dogs
A private army that used
fear to force the animals
to work
Killed or intimidated any
opponent of Napoleon
Another part of
Napoleon’s strategy to
control the animals
Russian Revolution
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KGB-Secret Police
Not actual police, but
forced support for Stalin
 Used brutal force
 Often killed entire families
for disobedience
 Totally loyal to Lenin
 More powerful than the
army
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Animal Farm
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Moses the Raven
Tells the animals about Sugar
Candy Mountain (Heaven)
Animals can go to SCM if they
work hard
Snowball and Major were
against him—they thought
Heaven was a lie to make
animals work
Napoleon let him stay because
he taught animals to work and
not complain
Russian Revolution
 Russian
Orthodox Church
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Marx said religion is an,
“opiate of the people.” (a
drug/lie)
It is used to make people work
and not complain
Stalin knew religion would stop
violent revolution
Animal Farm
Mollie
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Was vain
Loved her beauty and
loved herself
Didn’t think about Animal
Farm
Went with anyone who
gave her what she
wanted
Russian Revolution
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Russia’s upper
class and those
in the world who
didn’t care
Some people didn’t care
about revolution
 Only thought about
themselves
 Went to other countries
that offered more for
them
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Animal Farm
Boxer
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Strong, hard-working
horse
Believes in Animal Farm
“Napoleon is always
right”
“I will work harder”
Gives all and is betrayed
by Napoleon
Russian Revolution
Proletariat
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Definition-working class
Fell prey to Stalin’s
propaganda
Hard working
Believed in Communism
Betrayed by Stalin
Animal Farm
Benjamin
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Old wise donkey who is
suspicious of the rebellion
Thinks, “nothing ever
changes”
He is the only animal
other than the pigs who
can read
Realizes what’s being
done to Boxer
Russian Revolution
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Skeptical people in
Russia and the rest
of the world
Did not believe that a
revolution would bring about
real long-term change
Knew that Communism
wouldn’t work with power
hungry leaders