Snowball

= Snowball as Leon Trotsky =

="Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad" =

Leon Trotsky Background

 * Leon trotsky was born in Yanovka, Ukraine on November 7th, 1879.
 * Trotsky's father was a jewish farmer.
 * -Leon Trotsky was the second leader for the october revolution in 1917.
 * -Trotsky served as the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs.
 * -Lead the Red Army to victory in the Russian Civil War.
 * - Trotsky elbowed his way into the Communist Party.
 * -Led an opposition party that was strongly critical of Stalin.
 * -Forced by Stalin, Trotsky leaves the Communist Party in 1928.
 * -Lenin forces Trotsky into excile for siding with Stalin

Snowball's Background
 = Similarities =
 * Smart, Young, Good speaker, Idealistic
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Created committees to make work on the farm easier.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Four committees he created were
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Egg Production Commitee for the hens
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Clean Tails League forn the cows
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wild Comrades' Re-education Committee
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Whiter Wool Movement for the sheep
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Created the idea for the windmill so the farm would be able to have power.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Also created the green and hoof flag
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Snowball || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Leon Trotsky ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wants to make life better for the animal. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wanted to improve life for all in Russia. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chased out of Animal Farm by Napoleon. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chased away by Lenin's KBG (secret police) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">One of the leader's of the revolution. || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">One of the leader's for the october revolution. ||

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Parallels

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Snowball represents Trotsky, who was the arch rival of Stalin.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Trotsky was exiled not from a farm but to Mexico, by Lenin. Just like Snowball was exiled from the farm by Napoleon.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The dictator of Russia tried to kill him, for the fear of losing leadership. Napoleon tried to have Snowball killed.

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿Example's from text

 * "<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Which could be made to operate a dynamo and supply the farm with electrical power." (48)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">"At the meetings snowball often won because of his speeches." (47)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">" They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place in in time to escape their snapping jaws." (53)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">" Then he put on an extra spurt and, with a few inches to spare, slipped through a hole in the hedge and was seen no more." (53)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 31px;">"The flag was green, Snowball explained, to represent the green fields of England, while the hoof and horn signified the future Republic of the Animals which would arise when the human race had been finally overthrown." (49)

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Trotsky Direct Quotes

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;">"Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people." <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">[|The Struggle for Cultured Speech] (1923 )
 * ==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px;">If the leaders seek only to preserve themselves, that is what they become; preserves, dried preserves. [|Some Questions on American Problems] (1940) ** ==
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The dictatorship will have to become softer and milder as the economic welfare of the country is raised. The present method of commanding human beings will give way to one of disposing over things. The road leads not to the robot but to man of a higher order. [|Family Relations Under the Soviets] (1932)

<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Helpful Links

 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Historic figures. (n.d.). Retrieved from []
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">All about Leon Trotsky [|Trotsky.net]

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">References

 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Historic figures. (n.d.). Retrieved from []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Lamont, G. (2010, December 9). Animal Farm - Comparison of characters to the Russian Revolution. Retreived from[]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Orwell, G. (1946). Animal Farm. Harcourt Brace & Company.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">﻿(2010, December 9). Mini Scenes- Animal Farm - Part 4 [Video file]? Retreived from []
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; line-height: 21px;">(2010, December 9). Leon Trotsky speaks on the Moscow Trails [Video file]? Retreived from []
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; letter-spacing: 2px; line-height: normal;">Snowball (a pig). (2010). Retrieved from []