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Animal Farm Allegory Table

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 * Character/Event/Thing || Symbolized for Orwell || Symbolized for you ||
 * Snowball || Snowball represents Leo Trotsky. Trotsky was one of the original revolutionaries. But as Stalin rose to power he became one of Stalin's biggest enemies, and was eventually expelled from the Politburo in 1925 - one year after Stalin took control of the nation. In the novel, Snowball was exiled from the farm just as Trotsky had been in 1929. But Trotsky was not only exiled in body, he was also exiled from the minds of the Russian people - His historical role was altered; his face cut out of group photographs of the leaders of the revolution. In Russia he was denounced as a traitor and conspirator and in 1940 a Stalinist agent assassinated him in Mexico City. || For Orwell, Snowball represented Trotsky, who was banned from the Russian community by Stalin. Stalin convinced the other people that Trotsky was not a good person, so all the other animals forced snowball out of their community and mind. ||
 * Clover || Clover is Boxer’s companion, a “stout motherly mare approaching middle life, who had never quite got her figure back after her fourth foal” (1.3). She is a good-natured horse, just as loyal and strong of spirit as Boxer, even if she doesn’t possess the same physical strength. She constantly warns him not to over-exert himself, though Boxer never listens to her. || Clover is like the motherly force of the working system. She works her hardest is is full of love and motherly love, gives good advice. Although she isn't as physically powerful as Boxer, she has just as much spirit.[[image:http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTa9RxGyI54chY8y9qZyZ9CcfTEObESuFCeCUA5vP1j51HJWVk width="299" height="219"]] ||
 * Moses || Moses the Raven is a paradox to many of the other animals. When the pigs first begin to educate the other animals about Animalism, their hardest struggle is to “counteract the lies put about by Moses, the tame raven” (2.8). Moses is the Jones's favorite pet, and he is a very clever talker. He tells the animals about a mysterious country called “Sugar candy Mountain” that gives them hope that one day their labor and suffering will come to an end (2.8). || Moses is a calm, hopeful bird. Everyone is hopeful about his stories of sugar candy land, and look up to him yet the pigs are uncertain of him.
 * Benjamin || Benjamin is a wise donkey, “the oldest animal on the farm and the worst tempered. He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark” (1.3). For all his bad temper, Benjamin seems to be the most intelligent animal on the farm, even more intelligent than the pigs, though probably less cunning. Though he tries to act completely uninterested and detached from everything happening on the farm, it’s clear that he is faithful to Boxer, and often tries to help his horse friend. || Benjamin was a very old, wise, and rude donkey who pretended as though he didn't care. Yet he did care about the farm, and about boxer. ||


 * ANIMAL FARM THE BOOK || ORWELL || PERSONAL BASIS ||
 * I thought animal farm was a great story and represents not only the russian revolution, but the future. It may be the most important bok ive ever read and the only book i can say that gave me a glimpse into the future. It was also a very enjoyable and relatively funny, sad, and envying book! I wish there was a sequel! || Orwell wrote animal farm based on the goverment of the russian revolution's goverment system and way of life. In the book, Napolean seized power and created to classes of animals. The ruling class and the working class. Orwell beleived that in time, every community will come to this split.into || I can relate animal farm to my household. My mom would be like napolean. The big boss. My dad would be like squealer, who stands up for mom's (napolean's) reasons. My older brother sister and i would be like Boxer, the working class. My youngest sister would be like a piglet, who they make an exception for, yet when she becomes older, she'll become more like boxer. ||