Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution… Four legs good, two legs bad…

Animal Farm Background

Allegory  An _______ is an expression of symbolic figures and/or representations [a story about a real life event]  _____, on the surface is about animals taking over a farm. The _____is that the story is a representation of the ________ ________

Allusion  ______ is a reference to a _____, _____, ________, of work of ____[similar to an allegory]  Very _______  Quick _________  Family Guy

Russian Revolution  ________  Led to the creation of the ____ ______  Lenin, ______, Stalin,_______, Nicholas II, KGB  The spread of ___________

Czar Nicholas II  Poor _______  Cruel  Brutal towards _________  Hired _________ to spy  Disconnected the _____ from the ______[this was a major cause in the revolution]

Leon Trotsky  One of the leaders of the _______ _____  Pure ________  Followed ____ _______  Wanted to improve life  Chased away by the _______

Vladimir Lenin  Leader of the ________ party  _______ of the October Revolution  Founded the _______ [KGB]  Initiated the ____ _______  Mass murdering of Russian civilians

KGB  Secret _________ force  Mercenaries  Used to do the “_______” work  Corrupt _________ group

Joseph Stalin  Tyrant  Only cared about ______  Killed all who ________ him  _________ Lenin  Used the _______ to do his dirty work

Famous Stalin analogy for running a country It was said that Stalin, while dying, was speaking to his heir apparent, and told him that the way you run a country is simple. Stalin took hold of a bird in his hand and began to pluck all the feathers out of the bird. Once the bird was featherless, Stalin relinquished his grip from the bird. The bird remained in his hand. Stalin then informed his listener that that is how you run a country. You force the people into needing you to survive.

Karl Marx  ________ of Communism  ________ philosopher  Wrote, “ ____ ____________”  Wanted the ________ of the world to unite to end __________  For the __________

Characters in Animal Farm  The ________ in Animal Farm are allusions to the political figures of the Russian Revolution  Each character represents a _______ or group of people apart of the _______

Point of Animal Farm  Animal Farm shows that the ______ in humanity and political leaders can corrupt the ideals of any Utopian society. It also shows that ________ towards problems can lead to more corruption and problems