History and Animal Farm

BEGINNINGS OF COMMUNISM

• A political-economical policy
• Founded by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
• Founded in 1844
• Became a dominant political philosophy
• ("Communism- History")

Communist Russia

• Socialist Movements started to grow (Russian History)
• Japan defeated Russia in the East
• Russia's economy eventually collapsed
• Bolsheviks seize power over the empire

MR JONES and Czar Nicholas ii

• J- an irresponsible farmer
• CN- a bad leader
• J- Sometimes cruel, sometimes kind to animals
• CN- Sometimes cruel to troops, sometimes kind to them ("Animal Farm Chart")

OLd Major and karl marx

• Taught Animalism - Invented Communism
• Animals should take over the farm - Workers should take over the government
• Dies before animal revolt - Dies before Russian Revolution ("AF Chart")

ANIMALISM AND COMMUNISM

• No rich, no poor, everyone owned a part of the farm - No rich, no poor, everyone had a say in government.
• Animals get a better life than before, all equal - All workers are equal. ("AF Chart")

Snowball and leon trotsky

• Wants to make life better for all animals - Wanted a better life for everyone in Russia.
• One of the leaders of the Revolt - Other leader of the October Revolution
• Driven out by the dogs of Napoleon - Chased away by Lenin's KGB (secret police) ("AF Chart")

The dogs and the kgb

• Forced animals to work without revolt - Forced people to back Stalin.
• Often killed animals for opposition towards Napoleon - Wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone for disobedience.
• Part of Napoleon's plan to become ruler - Part of Lenin's power over his army. ("AF Chart")

Animal's revolt and Russian Revolution

• To make life better for all animals - To fix problems from Czar.
• Life turned out worse at the end - It was worse for people at the end.
• Eventually became what they were fighting against - Corrupt leaders eventually came back to power. ("Comparison to the Russian Revolution")

Works Cited

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