Animal Farm Essay

Revolutions do not always turn out the way they should. The Russian Revolution for example was a failure. Animal Farm as well as historical evidence illustrates how the revolution failed.

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, shows the failing of the Russian Revolution. In the book, Napoleon was a harsh leader just like Stalin. He promised the animals that they would have a better life but instead he worked them to death. “It is my lungs,” said Boxer in a weak voice. It does not matter. I think you will be able to finish the windmill without me” (Orwell 121). This event symbolizes the betrayal of the workers under Stalin because he said he would do a better job than the other rulers before him, but instead he killed them with all the work they had to do. This relates the Russian Revolution because when Stalin was the leader, he promised the workers they would have more food and enough resources. In the beginning of Animal Farm when the animals took over the farm, was called Manor Farm and the animals decided to change it to Animal Farm. All the animals together made seven commandments that they would all follow. One of the main rules was that all the animals would be equal. When Napoleon became dictator he started to take advantage of power and he changed everything so he could do what he wanted. Being that not all of the animals were smart, they did not realize what he was doing. The pigs were the most superior of all the animals so they broke the rules, then changed them so it would not seem like they were doing anything wrong. “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” (133). This event symbolizes the false promises of Communism; they were promised equality, but they were mislead and did not get equality in t...

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...e died because of the famine that was caused by collective farms. In addition, many people refused to give their crops that they grew to the government so they killed the crops and were sent to prison, where they died of starvation. Despite some claiming that collective farms was a success, the Russian Revolution remains a failure because all of Stalin’s ideas went downhill.

In conclusion, Animal Farm illustrated how the Russian Revolution was a failure, Napoleon was a harsh ruler just like Stalin who took advantage when they came to power. Equality for the animals under Napoleon’s rule did not happen and Stalin’s way of expressing how good of a communist leader he was failed. His ideas about collective farms and the Great Purge were reasons for failure. As you can see, the Russian Revolution was a failure because not a lot of things were accomplished or changed.