Animal Farm
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Main Characters
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Old Major–dying pig who inspires the animal uprising
Represents Vladimir Ilich Lenin who founded the Russian Communist
Part and led the 1917 Russian Revolution
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Napoleon–ruthless, power-hungry pig who eventually seizes control of Animal
Farm and abolishes the idealistic rules of government
Represents Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin who succeeded Lenin and ruled
with an iron fist; any tyrant of any age, such as Nero, Napoleon
Bonaparte, Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin or Pol Pot
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Snowball –intelligent pig who helps establish animalism, seeing Snowball as a
rival for power, Napoleon ousts him
Represents Leon Trotsky, the Communist theorist who helped bring about
the 1917 Russian Revolution but was later expelled by Stalin
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Squealer –Napoleon’s clever propagandist
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- Fall '07
- morrell
- Russian Revolution, Animal Farm , Vladimir Lenin, Saint Petersburg, Animal Farm Represents
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