Old Major, Napoleon and Snowball all represent the main figures of the revolution, Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Additionally the role of Stalin’s news papers was portrayed by Squealer. By the end of the novel Napoleon and the other pigs (besides Snowball) have become exactly like the other farmers, the exact opposite of what Animalism stood for, just as Stalin and his squad became indistinguishable from the aristocrats which they replaced and the western capitalists whom
Imagine a society where the base of their national government was propaganda. In Animal Farm, George Orwell uses propaganda to show the manipulation of language, changes in policies, and rumors that occurred during the Russian Revolution. “Propaganda is the considered action of spreading information and or rumors” (Darrow). Karl Marx was the original founder of communism. His ideas and beliefs of a “classless society” later contributed to the Russian Revolution (Study Guide: George Orwell Animal
Vladimir Lenin believed, “liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.” But, if absolute liberty should be rid of oppressive influences and excessive restraint, can a society with these hardships be truly liberated? Can the use of fallacious and promising labels such as liberty and freedom in fact bury unjust that lies beneath? Can one individual ever merit the power to toy with another’s rights? The animals on the Manor Farm yearn for a life that is free of human oppression