The February Revolution: The End Of The Tsarist Reign
The February Revolution; the End of the Tsarist Reign
The February revolution was the beginning of a quest for change. After centuries of being ruled by a monarch, the Russian people rose up against the Tsar, who then abdicated. With the February revolution, the governing system changed from an autocratic system, ruled by a monarch, to another system that might better represent the working class. Similarly, in George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, the animals launch their own revolution against the farmer. In this essay, I will discuss the events surrounding the February revolution, how Orwell portrays them in Animal Farm, and how accurately they were represented.
THE HISTORY
The last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, ruled from November 1, 1894 until March 15, 1917. He was also known as Nicholas the Bloody. Nicholas made many unpopular decisions. For instance, on a day known …show more content…
In the February revolution, Tsar Nicholas made a disastrous decision concerning the war whereas in Animal Farm, the last straw was when Jones did not feed the animals. The animals had had enough of Jones and that is when they kicked him out. For the Russian working class, the loss of their people in a failed war effort was the last straw.
Thirdly, after the revolution and the Rebellion, a change in the governing system occurred. The animals lost Jones as their leader and created a new system named animalism. In the February revolution when Nicholas abdicated, the people remained without a monarch as a leader for the very first time. Both stories lost the person in charge, the leader.
Lastly, both the Tsar and Jones found themselves fleeing to save their own lives, and were defeated by the people/animal uprising. In George Orwell’s book we see “A minute later all five of them were in full flight down the cart-track that led to the main road…” (Animal Farm, 12). Tsar Nicholas also loses control over his kingdom and in order to survive, he must
The February revolution was the beginning of a quest for change. After centuries of being ruled by a monarch, the Russian people rose up against the Tsar, who then abdicated. With the February revolution, the governing system changed from an autocratic system, ruled by a monarch, to another system that might better represent the working class. Similarly, in George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, the animals launch their own revolution against the farmer. In this essay, I will discuss the events surrounding the February revolution, how Orwell portrays them in Animal Farm, and how accurately they were represented.
THE HISTORY
The last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, ruled from November 1, 1894 until March 15, 1917. He was also known as Nicholas the Bloody. Nicholas made many unpopular decisions. For instance, on a day known …show more content…
In the February revolution, Tsar Nicholas made a disastrous decision concerning the war whereas in Animal Farm, the last straw was when Jones did not feed the animals. The animals had had enough of Jones and that is when they kicked him out. For the Russian working class, the loss of their people in a failed war effort was the last straw.
Thirdly, after the revolution and the Rebellion, a change in the governing system occurred. The animals lost Jones as their leader and created a new system named animalism. In the February revolution when Nicholas abdicated, the people remained without a monarch as a leader for the very first time. Both stories lost the person in charge, the leader.
Lastly, both the Tsar and Jones found themselves fleeing to save their own lives, and were defeated by the people/animal uprising. In George Orwell’s book we see “A minute later all five of them were in full flight down the cart-track that led to the main road…” (Animal Farm, 12). Tsar Nicholas also loses control over his kingdom and in order to survive, he must