Animal Farm Communism Representations

ANIMAL FARM COMMUNISM REPRESENTATIONS

Below are a list of the representations of the Russian Revolution within Animal Farm. These were intentional by the author, George Orwell.

Manor Farm represents Russia during the Russian Revolution. 

Anonymous, Poster for Russian Revolution

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Animal Farm represents the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics abbreviation).

Animalism represents the Marxist Communism which is a belief based around economic and political theory and is a practice originated by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that states that actions and human institutions are economically determined, that the class struggle is the basic agency of historical change, and that capitalism will ultimately be succeeded by communism. 

Marx Engels Lenin Stalin, Unknown Artist (marxengelsleninstalin2.jpg)

REPRESENTATION OF CHARACTERS

'Other farmers represent the Tsarists.

The Pigs represent the Communist party leaders.

The lower down animals such as the Sheep represent the Proletarian people.

The dogs raised by Napoleon represent Russia's KGB.

Old Major represents Karl Marx.

Farmer Jones represents Tsar Nicholas II.

Napoleon represents Josef Stalin.

Snowball represents Leon Trotsky.

Squealer represents the propagandist Vyachaslav Molotov.

Moses the raven represents state religion (Russian Orthodox Church).

Foxwood (Mr. Pilkington) represents Britain and America (the Allies).

Pinchfield (Mr. Frederick) represents Germany and possibly Adolf Hitler.

"The Barnyard Speech" made by Old Major represents The Communist Manifesto.

"Beasts of England" represents "L'International' / "To the Men of England".

The Animal revolt (battle of the cowshed) represents the Soviet Revolution, or the October Revolution.

Battle of the windmill  represents the German invasion of Russia during WWII.

The animal executions (Snowball, and other lower animals) represent Stalin's Great Purge during the 1930's.

The starvation of the animals represents Holodomor (The Ukrainian famine).'

Source
http://quizlet.com/2684786/animal-farm-communism-relationship-flash-cards/

The several attempts to build the windmill represent Stalin's five year plans.

And the final meeting with the humans and animals represent the Tehran Conference, where Stalin met with Roosevelt and Churchill.