When people think of awful, inhumane dictators they mainly think about Adolf Hitler from the Nazi Party, but end up forgetting someone who was as equally terrible as the infamous German that had ruled during the same period. This ruler was Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union. He was peasant-born and rose to power using his charisma and manipulation skills. He was also the key figure for the Russian Revolution. An author named George Orwell had written a novel named Animal Farm as an allegory to the revolution. He also took inspiration from Stalin for his character, Napoleon, so there are many direct and subtle similarities between the two throughout the book. Napoleon’s features are very similar to Stalin, but one can find other similarities …show more content…
An author of an article has stated that both “Stalin and Napoleon were both cruel dictators who didn't let people go oppose him, anyone who didn't agree with Stalin or Napoleon would be executed, some of them were even executed violently and horribly” (“Animal Farm vs Russian Revolution”). The author was explaining that both dictators would end up killing anyone that was or was under suspicion of working against them. Stalin had many of his political opponents put on trial for charges of treason that would usually be impossible, and plead guilty for it using the NKVD to eliminate them. The terror had went on for about 5 years, and was coined as the “The Great Purges.” In Animal Farm, the “Great Purges” was represented when Napoleon had called all the animals to come out in front of him. During this ordeal, many of the animals came forward of treason of some sort and were slaughtered on the spot by the dogs. The dogs that had attacked the animals were Napoleon’s secret police, and were an allegory to Stalin’s secret police, the NKVD. Not only were they used as executors, one of their other jobs were to watch over their citizens and report any signs of rebellion of any sort whether it was the most mundane crime or not. Napoleon and Stalin were actually very paranoid during their reign. Their paranoia slightly showed through their paranoia as they were …show more content…
For some background information, Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945. He is one of the most memorable leaders of the past due to the terror that he forced upon many innocent people. One of the biggest similarities between Hitler and Napoleon is the betrayal that they enact upon those who had originally trusted them. Hitler had formally made a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union saying that neither would attack each other but the Nazi leader had turned on his words, attacking the USSR afterward. As said in an article, Napoleon had “fought with Snowball for the ultimate power of the farm, he won and expelled Snowball out of the farm with his 9 fierce dogs” (“Animal Farm vs Russian Revolution”). Snowball had helped Napoleon with leading the farm to establish that the revolution was a success, but due to the boar’s selfishness, the pig was run off the farm, ultimately being betrayed by someone that he had trusted. The both of them had also used a person or a group of people as scapegoats for all their problems. Napoleon would name Snowball as the culprit for any type of problem the farm had, while Hitler had blamed multiple groups of people for every problem Germany had. Hitler had forced them into labor camps where many toiled on for hours until the point that they dropped dead of exhaustion, or when they meet an even more gruesome death the
The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was an allegory about the Russian Revolution in which the author used a farm and it’s members to symbolize major characters and their actions. In this composition, I will reveal to you many of Joseph Stalin’ s important contributions and how they relate to the actions of Napoleon from Animal Farm. I will break this topic down into the following three parts, their rise to power, Stalin’s Five Year Plan, and their use and abuse of authority. When Lenin died in 1924, a struggle for power began between Trotsky (Snowball) and Stalin (Napoleon). Trotsky was a brilliant individual, but Stalin was just a simple person whose power was based on allegiances with other members of the communist party rather than on ideas.
“ They were all slain on the spot. And so the tale of confessions and executions went on, until there was a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood.”. Both Hitler and Napoleon can be seen as dictators, who destroyed everything in their path to reach their goal. Such as, Hitler destroying Germany and all its different types of people. Then when Napoleon went after Snowball because he wanted full control over the farm, but the way Snowball was “preaching” it would never be possible, so in order to achieve their goal they both destroyed something for Hitler in was Germany, but for Napoleon it was
Thesis statement: Joseph Stalin was accurately embodied throughout this story through the pig Napoleon, Orwell’s representation of Stalin, who showed his attributes clearly.
Josef Stalin had many different obstacles and problems to overcome during his reign; this was similar to Adolf Hitler, who also had numerous troubles to get past during his rise to power to create Nazi Germany. There were many similarities between Hitler and Stalin during their conquests to become the leader of the country they were a part of. Stalin took control brutally by defeating his rivals, using totalitarian methods, and being a strong powerful leader. Hitler became in control through convincing Germans to believe that the Jews were to blame for Germany’s problems. Hitler chose to kill a specific group of people to gain control and be obeyed by the people whereas Stalin killed millions of different people, so he would stay in control of the Soviet Union. Out of the two these two leaders; Stalin impacted his country more positively, through advancing it both economically and industrially.
“Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power” (William Gaddis). This quote describes the leadership of Napoleon in Animal Farm because as a leader, he was dishonest to the animals in order to do what he wanted without their consent and was using his power to his advantage. The book Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is about the Russian Revolution that began on March 8, 1917. It was a revolution in Russia that dismantled Czar Nicholas II and established the Soviet Union. In Animal Farm, it has many references to what occurred in the revolution such as the hens rebelling, the public executions that were led by Napoleon, and the trade between Frederick and Napoleon. In order to know how the events in Animal Farm compare to Russian
Another reason was identity. Napoleon only represented Stalin, and that really brought out his characteristics. Since Napoleon was meant to represent Stalin, all of Stalin’s traits, most of his bad deeds, and events occurred in the book. For example, in Animal Farm, Orwell made Snowball seem smarter than Napoleon, but made Napoleon more powerful. This is true in real life because Lenin was a lot more educated than Stalin, but Stalin ended up with the power (Radinsky 97)
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the pigs take over Manor Farm and dominate the weaker animals by using a combination of strength, fear, and trickery. This book is an allegory to the Russian Revolution, which led to Josef Stalin’s rise to power and the beginning of his dictatorship. In the novel Farmer Jones symbolizes Czar Nicholas II and Napoleon symbolizes Josef Stalin. The animals overthrow their dictator, Farmer Jones, and eventually end up replacing him with another dictator, Napoleon the pig. Napoleon demonstrates how the other farm animals’ weakness can be dominated by strength, fear, and trickery, revealing one of George Orwell’s themes.
Napoleon has an obvious relationship with the famous Russian dictator, Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union who was known from the mid 1920’s to 1953. Just like Napoleon, he was a cold, heartless dictator who would kill anyone who did not agree with what he had, to say just like Napoleon in the book Animal Farm. Napoleon used lots of violence in order to keep and maintain his leading position in Animal Farm. An example of this can be seen when Napoleon is training the puppies, but he is not doing it not for their own education, but instead so that they could protect him and eliminate anyone who stands in his way.
great liberator of Animal Farm. Like Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler, Napoleon is a tyrannical
Just as during the revolution, when at first Stalin was fair and just but as he was given power he turns into a corrupt man with dictatorship qualities. He became more selfish and sinister. When securing his power base he engineered the permanent exile of Trotsky. This compares to the book, when Napoleon and his ‘nine sturdy puppies’ chased Snowball out of the farm. Napoleon then proceeds to portray his true nature of an assassin.
The characters and events that George Orwell put in his novel Animal Farm, can be linked to the similar events and people associated with the Russian Revolution. People like Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky can be compared and represented by the 2 pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, in Orwell’s Animal Farm. By writing this novel, Orwell attempted to expose the truth behind the totalitarian-type government in Russia at that time. However, he did this in a discreet way by using animals to symbolize the different people that played a role in the Revolution.
Napoleon, a main character in George Orwell's Animal Farm, was very cruel. so why does everyone consider him such an effective leader? In Animal Farm Orwell gives Napoleon, the dictator of the farm, many characteristics that make him an effective leader. Throughout the book Napoleon had a manipulative attitude, a strong support system, and he used scare tactics to intimidate and gain control of the other animals on the farm.
One of the main characters of Animal Farm is an allegorical parallel of Joseph Stalin. Napoleon is the pig that emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. He represents the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in Animal Farm, but can easily stand for any of the great dictators in world history. Napoleon seems at first to be a good leader, but he is eventually overcome by greed and becomes power-hungry. Stalin was the same in Russia, leaving the original equality of socialism behind, giving himself all the power and living in luxury while the peasants suffered. While Stalin’s national and international status flourished, the welfare of Russia remained unchanged. In Animal Farm, Orwell writes a similar thing: “Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves richer – except of course the pigs and the dogs.” In the novel, Napoleon openly seizes power for himself by using the dogs he trained to chase Snowball off Animal Farm. He banishes Snowball with no justification and rewrites history in order to further his own ends. Similarly, Stalin forced Trotsky from Russia and seized control of Russia. Stalin used his secret police ...
The relationship surrounding Snowball and Napoleon in George Orwell's Animal Farm tends to be on rocky grounds. Snowball, a clever pig, tends to be loyal, brave, and outgoing. These are just a few excellent qualities of a leader. Napoleon, a boar, on the other hand, is quite frankly rude, wretched, and full of greed. Both have had their share of leadership on the farm, yet both have had their share of conflict as well.
Animal Farm is an allegoric moral satire by George Orwell that depicts the struggles and conflicts of the Russian revolution. The novel can be said to be an intriguing child’s book in which animals could talk and express their opinions. It can likewise be said to be an evaluation of the communist regime, which took place in Russia under the rule of Joseph Stalin. The reader comes across a plethora of interesting characters from whichever perspective it is looked at from, especially the pigs who possess the traits of human behavior. In this essay, I intend to look at how Orwell depicts Napoleon, one of the major characters.