Overall, Marxism, Leninism, Totalitarianism, and Trotskyism were the basic principles of Communism during the Russian Revolution, and their personal principles created the downfall of Russian Socialism. The concept of Marxism was based on the ideas of Karl Marx, who formed his government based on two main social classes, the Bourgeois and the Proletariat. The Bourgeois was the social class the owned the means of producing wealth. The Proletariat was the means of production, in other words, the working class. Marx believed that in a Capitalist society, the Bourgeois was dominant, which he believed to not make sense.
Key Historical Concepts- Autocracy- Absolute rule or government by one person. This relates to my studies, with how the German and Russian governments are run, with Joseph Stalin leading the Russians in an Autocracy and also Adolf Hitler leading the German nation in an autocratic government. Communism- An economic system that encourages individuals to make profits through investments and private ownership of goods, property and the means of production, distribution and exchange. This is very closely linked to my assignment as the Soviet state was a communist country. With Russia being a communist country this created hatred between the Nazis and the Communists.
Along with this, Lady Macbeth is also hasty to pursue the prophesised power, and manipulates Macbeth into committing the first deed. In animal Farm, it is Old Major’s ideals which spurs the animals into performing the uprising against Farmer Jones and forming the new idea of Animalism. Unlike the murder of Duncan, the animal’s revolt is a worthy cause, which benefits the whole community and not just a single individual. Both the Witches prophecy and Old Majors ideals planted the seed of ambition in Macbeth’s and Napoleon’s minds, unfortunately, those seeds quickly grow into tyranny. Macbeth begins his bloody chain of murders with the help of Lady Macbeth, working together to murder King Duncan.
The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell and the movie V for Vendetta demonstrate the dangers of bureaucratic leadership bodies, as they abuse language to their advantage, betray the loyalty entrusted to them, and eventually shift toward totalitarianism. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the dominant species also used lies and propaganda to secure their power. Squealer was the pig who served as the public relations person for Napoleon, the dictator of Animal Farm. Squealer used several techniques to persuade all the other animals. For example, he would take the Seven Commandments, the de-facto constitution of Animal Farm, and distort any connections the animals made between the actions of the pigs and the commandments.
There were many reasons why Stalin managed to emerge as the leader of the Soviet Union by 1929. Stalin can be viewed as a manipulative and a corrupt leader whilst Trotsky can be viewed as fairly honest and ethical leader. Some historians believe that Stalin managed to emerge as the leader of the Soviet Union by undercutting Trotsky’s influence . This means that Stalin managed to use Trotsky’s weakness to his advantage . Stalin used factionalism , bonapartism and Trotskyism to his advantage .
Even so, Animal Farm comes out victorious, but not before the deaths of many humans and animals. Adolf Hitler and his relations with Russia are very similar. The instigator of the Holocaust and World War II, Hitler was very crafty and very cruel, and saw the Russian Revolution as an opportunity. In the Moltov-Rippentrop pact, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agreed on border states. This surprised the citizens of both countries and the rest of the world because of the open hostility between the two.
Satire is used to criticise humanity’s creations, creating a mutual understanding between composer and audience. Through the use of literary devices, the flaws and hypocritical stances are identified within each text. This notion is explored in George Orwell’s allegory ‘Animal Farm,’ which is an allegorical representation of the Russian Revolution, illustrating flaws in our society with a mixture of black humour and critical attitude. The flaws of the human condition corrupt the dreams of Old Major. Napoleon and Snowball originally strive to fulfil Old Major’s dreams but due to the self centeredness of Napoleon, among others, the tenets of Animalism are systematically undermined throughout the novel.
The split opinion in terms of ideology between the two nations can be dated to 1917 during the Bolshevik regime in which the West intervened (Gann, L.H., & Duignan, P. 1996). Within his work, ‘America Faces Russia’, Bailey, (1950) like other traditionalist accounts, would suggest that the blame for the Cold War lies with the Soviet Union and its desire to spread further into Eastern Europe. Furthermore, they argue that the beginning of the Truman term in office witnessed the shift in US diplomatic policies in response to the threat of communism. The combination of these two factors is convincing when claiming the inevitability of the war from the traditionalist perspective. However, the traditionalist school of thought challenges this notion with the view that Stalin’s personality, in addition to his communist ideology would lead to the
Animal Farm and An American Tail are similar in many ways. One of the ways I found they are alike is that they both represent the Russian Revolution. In Animal Farm, the animals represent people were significant in the Russian Revolution. Napoleon was the head pig. He led the rebellion against the humans.
Just the Soviet, the pigs are able to establish themselves as a ruling class in the now new society. Symbolic Meaning: Some symbols that were in Animal farm were; Animal farm, the barn, and the windmill.Animal farm was a symbol because it is known as the beginning and the end of the novel and also symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union which was under the Communist Party rule. Animal farm also stands for human societies in general. It has an internal structure of the nation, with a government (the pigs), a police force or army (the dogs), a working class (the other animals), with state holidays and rituals. The barn is a symbol because this was the place the pigs painted the seven commandments and then added their revisions, which represents the collective memory of a modern nation.