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Comparing Events from Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution
Event Summary: March Revolution In March 1917, women textile workers led a citywide strike in Petrograd, Russia. Soon after, riots over bread and fuel shortages erupted. Nearly 200,000 workers crowded the streets and soldiers, originally ordered to shoot the rioters, sided with them. Large groups gathered, shouting ''Down with autocracy!'' and ''Down with the war!'' This uprising led Czar Nicholas II to abdicate his throne. The end of the Romanov Dynasty paved the way for a new government to come into power in Russia.
Event Summary: The Rebellion In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the animals participate in the Rebellion, in which they overthrow the human farmer, Mr. Jones, who represents Czar Nicholas II and the autocracy of that period. After leaving to drink and failing to feed the animals for days, they grew angry, similarly to how the workers were angry over bread shortages. The animals broke into the storeshed, helping themselves from the bins until Mr. Jones came with wips. Like the workers in the March revolution, they rioted, attacking the humans and forcing them off the farm, paving the way for a new government. Both the animals and the workers rebelled for similar reasons and in similar ways. Thus, the two events connect.
Charactars Involved and Who They Parallel Mr. Jones- Czar Nicholas II Boxer/Most of the animals- The ''Proletariat,'' or working class Napoleon- Josef Stalin Snowball- Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky was a Bolshevik revolutionary. During the early days of the Soviet Union, he served first as People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs and later as the founder and commander of the Red Army and People's Commissar of War.
''Comrades, do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!'' (Orwell, 69-70).
''War is war. The only good human being is a dead one.'' (Orwell, 43).
''The situation was quite out of their control. They had never seen the animals behave like this before.'' (Orwell, 19).
Josef Stalin was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953. After Lenin's death he gained power and became the leader of the Soviet Union.
The March Revolution began when riots and strikes broke out Petrograd over the scarcity of food.
Julia Dolinger 4/14/09 Block 1A Western Civ.
