Animal_Farm_vs._Marxism

Animal Farm vs. Marxism Animal Farm vs. Marxism In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the animals and events can be compared to similar people and events during the Russian Revolution of 1917. These similarities stand out due to the symbolism found in the book and the reality of the happenings of the Russian Revolution. Old Major was a prized-boar that belonged to Farmer Jones. The fact that Old Major is himself a boar was to signify that radical change and revolution are, themselves, boring in the eyes of the lower class (represented by the other barnyard animals), who are more prone to worrying about work and survival in their everyday life. 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 were to lead to the communist revolution. "Animal Farm is a criticism of Karl Marx, as well as a novel perpetuating his convictions of democratic Socialism." (Zwerdling, 20). Lenin became leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like animal, farm, george, orwell, russia, farm, animals, people, stalin, napoleon, power, very, russian, revolution, working, snowball, jones, farmer, class, compared, book, windmill, trotsky, time, police, out, lenin, world, treated, thought, speeches, similar, one, old, major, leader, gave, each, dogs, czar, because, barnyard, another, years, themselves, soviet, soldiers, secret, rebellion, own, nicholas, marx, government