Leon Trotsky's Animal Farm

For centuries, the Russian population had been overwhelmingly rural, the great majority worked as serfs on the estates of nobility. Even when the serfdom feudal was abolished, the population remained the same, peasantry was still happening in Russia. Relating to the book, Farmer Jones have no concern for the animals in regarding of their living conditions. They live in freezing stables, are not often feed properly, have none of their produce return to them and are put to death the moment their usefulness ceases. This represents the harsh conditions under which the toiling Russian masses lived, with the ruling class not taking their plight into consideration. Jones’ slovenly habits demonstrate the outmoding and corrupting state of the tsarist government.

From time to time, social tensions had broken out into violent insurrections throughout Europe. As a result, every nation organised its group of thinker and theorists to overcome the problems. Among the most significant of these was Karl Marx. He identified that a society should not have divisions or inequalities. In the book, the pigs as a group represent the intellectual, activist

He was a passionate believer who wanted to bring about revolution everywhere. On the other hand, Stalin was completely opposite, he preferred to consolidate party power within the borders of the Soviet Union. Snowball is an inspiring leader of the animals from the start. He devises the defensive strategy in leading a successful attack on the farmers. He finds ways to encourage animals on neighbour farms to drive out their own human oppressors. These qualities were similar to the historical Trotsky. Conversely, Napoleon is more secretive and has no interest in spreading the revolution beyond Animal Farm. Napoleon’s threat on the raising of the dogs is similar to Stalin’s way of manipulating others’ power within the party to strengthen his own