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, KGBThe spread of ___________

Czar Nicholas II

Poor _______CruelBrutal towards _________Hired _________ to spyDisconnected the _____ from the

______[this was a major cause in the revolution]

Leon Trotsky

One of the leaders of the _______ _____

Pure ________Followed ____ _______Wanted to improve lifeChased away by the _______

Vladimir Lenin

Leader of the ________ party_______ of the October RevolutionFounded the _______ [KGB]Initiated the ____ _______

Mass murdering of Russian civilians

KGB

Secret _________ forceMercenariesUsed to do the “_______” workCorrupt_________ group

Joseph Stalin

TyrantOnly cared about ______Killed all who ________ him_________ LeninUsed 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