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Context in Animal Farm (Lenin and the Revolution (Old Major and Lenin are…

- - - - Led the Bolsheviks who were a radical party who wanted to end inequality
      - Wanted to overthrow the Tsar and end capitalism
      - Wanted to take power on behalf of the workers
    - - Capitalism: an economic system based on business - selling things to make a profit
      - Marx was a political thinker
      - Said capitalism was wrong because those who did the work were poor while business owners got rich.
      - Said a worker's revolution would end inequality and afterwards the benefit would be shared by everyone - this is communism.
- - - - Became the communist party, the only legal party in Russia
  - - - Sensible and realistic approach
      - Old Major encouraged animals to rebel
    - - Napoleon puts Old Major's skull on display
    - - Snowball seemed like the obvious leader for animal farm.
- - - - This is represented by the Battle of the Cowshed
      - Trotsky organised a powerful army, showing he was a good leader. The Bolsheviks won the war.
        
        When Jones attempts to seize the farm, Snowball was in "charge of defensive operations".He is an organised, resourceful, military leader
    - - Mutiny broke out on Russia naval base and Trotsky sent in an army
        
        The army attacked and captured the base in a brutal battle
      - Snowball is so dedicated to Animalism that he can be coldhearted
        
        Tells Boxer that "war is war. The only good human being is a dead one"
    - - Trotsky was capable and popular
      - Stalin was Trotsky's main rival
        
        Stalin built a power base 'behind the scenes' in his work as a general secretary of the party
        
        Went on to steal power from Trotsky without him realising. Trotsky didn't realise he was a threat until too late
      - Lenin said Trotsky was arrogant but good at his job; he said Stalin was too rude and ambitious and should be removed from office
      - Mirrors power struggle on animal farm between Napoleon and Snowball when Old Major dies. Snowball's popularity can't compete with Napoleon's violence
- - - - Napoleon orders similar trials to those who were with Snowball plotting against him.
    - - Napoleon executes those working with Snowball
    - - Napoleon proves his power to stop people rebelling against him, and uses his dogs to strike fear into animals
  - - - Napoleon forces the hens to give up their eggs for the benefit of the farm
    - - Hens represent the Kulaks and smash their eggs in protest of Napoleon demanding 400 per week
      - Napoleon starved them to force the hens to give in
- - - - At first, Napoleon does not do much to gain power - secretly trains the puppies
      - Surrounds himself with loyal followers, similar to Stalin, leaving Snowball isolated
  - - - Napoleon exiles Snowball from the farm
    - - Napoleon uses Snowball as a scapegoat and spreads rumours about him
    - - Squealer spreads propaganda about Napoleon and Napoleon rewrites history so he looks less cowardly in the Battle of the Cowshed
  - - - Napoleon undermines the commandments and gradually changes them to suit himself
      - Napoleon becomes a dictator and has absolute power
    - - Animals become increasingly more scared of Napoleon and would never speak against him