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Animal Farm Parallel
Animal Farm Character historical parallels
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Old Major | Marxism (Lenin) |
| Jones | Czar Nicholas II |
| Moses | Organized Rebellion (Russian Orthodox Church) |
| Animal Rebellion | Russian Revolution of 1917 |
| Napoleon | Stalin |
| Snowball | Trotsky |
| Squealer | Pravda |
| Napoleon's Dogs | Secret Police |
| Foxwood Farm (Pilkington) | England (Churchill) |
| Pinchfield Farm (Frederick) | Germany (Hitler) |
| Battle of the Cowshed | Anti-Revolutionary Invasion of Russia |
| Battle of the Windmill | Battle of Stalingrad (German invasion of Russia in WWII) |
| Final scene (meeting of men & pigs) | Teheran Conference |
| Animals other than pigs & dogs | The Proletariat |
| Building of the wind mill | Five-year plan |
| Old Major's skull | Lenin's body |
| Chasing away Jones | Disposal of Czar and family |
| Animal Farm | Russia/USSR |
| Confessions & execution | Blood purges of 1936-38 |
| Selling of wood | Nazi-Soviet pact |
| Pigeons sent to incite other rebellions | Communist Internationale |
| Four pokers reject Napoleon's ideas | White Russians |
| Mollie the cart horse | The bourgeoisie |
| Mr. Whypmer (broker) | Foreign agents of the Comintern |
| Napoleon takes over the farm | Stalin becomes a dictator |
| Hoof and horn flag | Hammer and sickle |