Snowball's Significance
Published on Nov 22, 2015
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Analysis
Napoleon and Snowball are competing against eachother for who is going to rule the "Animal Farm". Snowball has a better plan and system to rule the farm, but Napoleon uses the army of dogs to control his win.
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Snowball : Leon Trotsky
-Snowball symbolizes Leon Trotsky from the Russian Revolution.
-"In the struggle for power following Vladimir Ilich Lenin’s death, however, Joseph Stalin emerged as victor, while Trotsky was removed from all positions of power and later exiled (1929)." (Encyclopedia Britannica, Daniels)
-Snowball, like Trotsky, is competing against Napoleon who symbolizes Stanlin. Stanlin ended up winning, just as Napoleon did, and Snowball left the farm,
corresponding with Trotsky being removed from all positions of power.
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Quote
"Those ribbons that you also devoted to are the badge of slavery. Can you not understand that liberty is worth more than ribbons?" (Orwell, 13)
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Quote Analysis:
This quote shows how Snowball supports the revolution and wants freedom from the humans. This also shows that he understands liberty and he knows that the farm needs to be free.
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Allegory and Theme
Snowball relates to the allegory of the story because he symbolizes Leon Trotsky who was part of the Russian Revolution.
Snowball relates to the theme because all of the other pigs controlled by Napoleon are turning into the humans and taking advantage of the other animals. While Snowball had intelligent ideas to help the farm prosper.
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Work Cited
- Encyclopaedia Brittanica: Or, a Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Compiled upon a New Plan; in Which the Different Sciences and Arts Are Digested into Distinct Treatises or Syustems ; and ... Edinburgh: Printed for A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1771.
- Orwell, George. Animal Farm.
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