Napoleon


 * NAPOLEON **



__ Background on Stalin __ - He was born in 1879 - He came from a poor background; his father was a cobbler and his mother was a peasant - His real surname is Djugashvili - He did well at school and won a scholarship to go to a seminary where priests were trained - It was at this seminary that Stalin turned to Marxism - He became a follower of Lenin and went to secret meetings and distributed leaflets - In prison he adopted the name Stalin which translated as "Man of Steel". He felt that it would be good for his image

__ Background on Napoleon __ - Napoleon's name comes from the French general Napoleon Bonaparte, whom orwell considered to be a repressive power seeker and dictator. - He has been a leader of the Animal Revolution from the beginning - He uses the nine dogs loyalty, as well as other animals of the farm in order to intimidate and manipulate the animals and keep his power. - His ambition is for power, and not for the Animals freedom as he perceives it to be

- Napolean uses the animals revolution to further his power - After revolution there are two leaders, Snowball and Napoleon - When Snowball becomes too much of a threat to his authority Napoleon runs him off - Napoleon makes it clear that humans are the animal's ultimate enemy - Napoleon made a 3-year plan to build a windmill - Worked boxer to death - Took Major's thought of animal freedom and equality and turned it into something completely different - Did not ease his followers fears - Napoleon sold timber to Mr.Frederick, who decieved him by paying for the wood with false bank notes - Napoleon succeeds Old Major, the pig who had inspired the animal revolution
 * Parallels **
 * Stalin used the Russian Revolution as a way to empower himself as a dictator
 * After Russian Revolution there were two leaders, Trotsky and Stalin
 * When Trotsky became too much of a threat to his authority Stalin had Trotsky killed
 * Stalin decides Kulaks are the ultimate enemy
 * Stalin made a 5-year plan to increase industrial progress
 * Stalin worked the peasants to death
 * Stalin took Karl Marx's idea of a perfect government with total and complete power
 * Stalin did little to keep a war torn country in order
 * Stalin signed a nonaggression pact with Germany and trusted Hitler to honor the terms. He was decieved, and Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
 * Stalin becoming soviet dictator in 1926

Quotes

"At this there was a terrible baying sound outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-strudded collars came bounding into the barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws" (37)

"He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense and that he advised nobody to vote for it and promptly sat down again; he had spoken for barely thirty seconds, and seemed almost indifferent as to the effect he produced" (37)

"On the third Sunday after Snowball's expulsion, the animals were somewhat surprised to hear Napoleon announce that the windmill was to be built after all" (40)

"On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleons papers" (41)

Other Links & Related Info

[|Marxism]

[|Karl Marx's ideas]

[|Napoleon's leadership & What Ties Him To The Russian Revolution]

References

1) Keren Perles. Parallels Between "Animal Farm" and the Russian Revolution. 2010.http://www.brighthub.com/education/homework-tips/articles/55971.aspx.

2) Jennifer. JOSEPH STALIN VS.NAPOLEON. 2001 http://www.milford.k12.il.us/MHSsite/Students/studentproj/animal/allegoricalsymbolism

3) Political Allegory. http://www.kimmelskorner.com/political_allegory.htm

4) Napoleon vs. Joseph Stalin. December 8, 2010. http://boe.poca.k12.wv.us/pchs/Novels/animal%20farm/napoleon.htm