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Animal Farm: Non-Aggression Pact Between Russia And The Soviet Union
essity to trade with other countries. One country would have a product or natural resource another country would not; therefore to survive, the country would trade. Many times the trades were unfair and fraudulent. This created many international problems. Also, the deal symbolized the Non-Aggression Pact between Hitler and Stalin prior to World War II. This pact was then broken by Hitler when he invaded the Soviet Union. The breaking of the pact is similar to Frederick giving false notes to Napoleon. Pilkington symbolizes all the allies of the World War II except the Soviet Union. Like the Soviet Union before World War II, Animal Farm wasn't sure who their allies would be. But after losing the relationship with Frederick (Germany), Napoleon …show more content…
Building of the windmill is a symbol of Stalin's Five Year Plan. Just as the windmill was promised to make the animals' life easier, the 'Five-Year Plan' was supposed to improve the Soviet industry as well as the working class' life by increasing production and allowing the Soviets to shorten the work-week. And just like the windmill, Stalin's plan was a failure. After the destruction of the Windmill, the Animals decided to build another one and in real-life, Stalin also kept mixing out new 'Five-year Plans' promising that each new plan would solve all of Russia's problems and bring the USSR closer to equality with the industrialized nations of the west. "Snowball was in a league with Jones from the start! He was Jones's secret agent all the time," (Orwell, 53), was Napoleon's excuse to make the animals angry when the windmill was destroyed. This made animals to finish the windmill to show Snowball their unity. Battle of Cowshed represents the civil war between the Tsarists forces and Bolsheviks. This war is also known as the Red October. This is where the Tsarists tried to take back the reign but they were defeated again. In the novel, Mr. Jones tried to back his farm but he was defeated. This only strengthens the animal farm. Animal Revolution represents Russian Revolution as a whole. There are a few things to notice about the Battle of Cowshed. First, Snowball (Trotsky) emerges as a military hero. Second, Mollie the horse, who represents the Russian upper-middle-class runs off and plays little role in the battle. Third, Boxer, or the double for the working class, reveals himself as a powerful military force. As the narrator tells us, "the most terrifying spectacle of all was Boxer, rearing up on his hind legs and striking out with his great iron-shod hoofs like a stallion," (Orwell, 28). The Animal Revolution was supposed to make life better for

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