Animal Farm

Crystal Dwyer   2/15/09   1st period MWS   Animal Farm vs. Russian Revolution   The film “Animal Farm” is based on the book “Animal farm” written by Orwell, and it directly relates to the Russian Revolution and Stalin’s rule. Many characters depicted in the film correspond with the actual people who played a key role in the Russian revolution, typically leaders and different social classes. Orwell’s point of view towards the revolution and Stalin’s rule is negative towards the totalitarian dictator, in which would be Mr. Jones and Napoleon.   The film starts off with “Old Major”, a pig, dictating to the animals that it was time to revolt against the oppressor. This character and action is represented of a cross of Karl Marx and V.I Lenin and their support for the workers revolution. Mr. Jones represents the czar, and when Old Major dies there’s a power struggle between “Snow Ball” and “Napoleon”. Napoleon eventually overcomes Snow Ball by eliminating him. This event is directed depicted for when Trotsky and Stalin had a power struggle and Stalin eliminates Trotsky along with any other potential threats.   Napoleon takes over Animal Farm [much like Stalin takes over the USSR] and begins working the farm animals to get electricity. The humans didn’t like Animal Farm and were worried that the revolt would happen within their own farms. This is much like the countries around the world and how they disliked the concept of communism and were worried it would spread to their country.   The point of establishing an “Animal Farm” was so the animals were treated fairly and equal; they made laws in which prevented the same kind of life they had with Mr. Jones. This was basically the same idea of the Soviet Union in the sense that workers wouldn’t have to be treated like dirt anymore. But like in “Animal Farm” the government did a complete circle when the new dictator was barely different from the previous one. In “Animal Farm”, chickens destroyed their eggs in protest of them being...