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One of Orwell's goals in writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian (or Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive, totalitarian, and deadly than the one it overthrew.
This timeline will compare important details, events, and characters in both Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution.
While Animal Farm condemns all forms of totalitarianism, it’s most explicitly a bitter attack on the Soviet Union. Though Orwell supported the ideals of socialism, he strongly opposed the Soviet Union’s descent into totalitarianism under Stalin in the decades before and during World War II.
Animal Farm. Russian Revolution. Mr. Jones. irresponsible to his animals (lets them starve) sometimes cruel - beats them with whip. sometimes kind - mixes milk in animal mash. Czar Nicholas II. a poor leader at best, compared to western kings. cruel - sometimes brutal with opponents.
Historical Context of Animal Farm. In 1917, two successive revolutions rocked Russia and the rest of the world. The first revolution overthrew the Russian monarchy (the Tsar) and the second established the USSR, the world’s first Communist state.
10 wrz 2019 · Descriptions and analysis of Animal Farm characters, including each character's role in Orwell's allegory of the Russian Revolution.
The pigs write the Seven Commandments of Animalism, the new political philosophy that declares all animals equal. Snowball and Napoleon fight for control of Animal Farm. The corner of the Animal Farm flag look very similar to the hammer and sickle insignia on the Soviet Union flag.
