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Animal Farm - Russian Revolution

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    Parallelism
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  • The story can be read on two levels:
    1- Beast fable 2 - History of Soviet communism
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  • The pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, are symbolic of soviet leaders
    Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky
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  • The working class rallied around political philosopher Karl Marx’s doctrine of “Workers of the world, unite!”
    Animals get together to listen to Old Major's speech
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  • Marx believed that when all property is commonly owned, everyone is equal.
    students' answers
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  • Vladimir Lenin seized control of Russian and took land and industry from private control and put them under government supervision
    Students' answwers
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  • Russian Revolution, ending with the abdication of Nicholas II (March 1917)
    Battle of the animals against Jones
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  • October Revolution
    Battle of the Cowshed
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  • Start of Labor Camps
    Pigs encouraged the animals to work hard on the farm
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  • Beginning of the struggle between Stalin and Trotsky
    Different opinions between Napoleon and Snowball are apparent
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  • Trotsky deported
    Snowball chased away by the dogs
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  • Start of Industrialization
    Building of the windmill
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  • Starvation of millions of people who did not want to work for Stalin
    Hens starved to death, when they did not want to sell eggs
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  • USA recognizes USSR
    Other farms recognized animal farm
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  • "Secret Police" became official
    Dogs helped Napoleon to impose order in the farm
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  • Show trials of Stalin's opponents
    Death of four pigs, three hens, goose and sheep
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  • Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and Russia
    Deal between Animal Farm and Frederick
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