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Animal Farm

Animal Farm. Mr. Jones Czar Nicholas II represents old government evils of capitalism . Old Major Karl Marx grandfatherly philosopher of change socialism. Napoleon Joseph Stalin chief villain greed/power. Squealer Russian newspaper, the Pravda Propaganda

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Animal Farm

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  1. Animal Farm

  2. Mr. Jones • Czar Nicholas II • represents old government • evils of capitalism

  3. Old Major • Karl Marx • grandfatherly philosopher of change socialism

  4. Napoleon • Joseph Stalin • chief villain • greed/power

  5. Squealer • Russian newspaper, the Pravda • Propaganda • Link between Napoleon and other animals

  6. Snowball • Leon Trotsky • fighting for power against Stalin (Napoleon)

  7. Boxer • Boxer Rebellion • Beginning of Communism in red China • Proletariat – unskilled labor class • gullible

  8. Old Benjamin • older generation • unchanged – does work same way • Couldn’t care less about Napoleon and Animal Farm • not sucked in by Napoleon’s propaganda like the others

  9. Pigs • Communist party loyalists and friends of Stalin and Duma (Russian Parliament) • Inequality of Communism

  10. Dogs • represent KGB (Russian secret police) • bodyguards of Stalin • evil force to maintain power

  11. Windmill • Russian industry • built by the working class • Destruction of the windmill is symbol for failure of the Five Year Plan

  12. Jones’ Farmhouse • Russia under Czar Nicholas II • Place where greed dominates • Kremlin

  13. Battle of Cowshed • Bolshevik Revolution

  14. Milk • life

  15. Alcohol • corrupt government

  16. What is communism? System of government in which the state owns all the means of production, including industry and agriculture

  17. What was Lenin’s New Economic Policy? Allowed some capitalist practices such as letting small businesses operate on their own

  18. Describe the two goals that Stalin had for the Soviet Union. 1. rapid growth of heavy industry 2. Increased farm production through collectivization of agriculture

  19. Describe the totalitarian state that Stalin created. Government is a single-party dictatorship that controls every aspect of the lives of its citizens. Individual rights count for nothing. Citizens must obey the government without question. Critics are silenced. Totalitarian state supports extreme nationalism. Stalin used propaganda, censorship, & terror to force his will on the Soviet people. Government newspapers glorified work & Stalin himself. Secret police spied on citizens. Anyone who refused to praise Stalin & state faced severe punishment, even death.

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