Napoleon Vs Stalin

Animal Farm is a fable used to illustrate the Russian Revolution. The author, George Orwell had many symbolic ways to express the Russian Revolution. 2 leaders, 1 land, and many difficult decisions to agree on. In Animal Farm, there are 2 major characters that are viewed as leaders of an England farm. Both of these characters have voiced their opinions loudly onto the animals of Animal Farm. Napoleon and Snowball were both trying to take power as pigs when their leader had fallen ill and passed away. In this fable, Napoleon represented Joseph Stalin. He was a Communist leader of the USSR in 1922-1952. Snowball represented Leon Trotsky, the man who opposed Stalin. In light of the book Animal Farm, it is easy to see who Napoleon represents. Stalin abused his power to gain absolute control. He distinguished any rebelling or doubts of his leadership. Stalin became as what we know today, a dictator. He used his own secret police to enforce certain laws on the civilians of Russia. By letting this happen, violence and death had a major increase. Napoleon was not that different from Stalin in many ways. Even if Napoleon was a pig, both had large similarities.

The author illustrated Napoleon similarly to Joseph Stalin but not as much. There are major differences in the actions that were made in the Russian Revolution and in the book Animal Farm. Napoleon cared for his own, like the pigs or the animals that were loyal to him. Napoleon was exemplified as a pig for the reason of Stalin's beastly picture in politics. Pigs are vicious, greedy and nonproductive. Orwell illustrated Joseph Stalin because he believes Joseph Stalin was like a