Animal Farm
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by George Orwell
George Orwell's novel does an excellent job of drawing
parallels from the situation leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917.
is a satire that uses its characters to symbolize leaders of
the Russian Revolution. The animals of "Manor Farm", the setting of this
novel, which s ....
Middle of paper
.... to tell the
animals that the their labor is stolen by man, who benefits alone. The
animals in return get near nothing, just enough to keep them away from
starvation. 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 would spark the communist revolution. Lenin
became the leader and teacher of the working class ....
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