COMPARISON BETWEEN THE Communities
The Bolsheviks originally a faction, overthrew the tsarist government and became the Communist party of Russia. At Animal Farm, the pigs were just normal farm animals until under Snowball and Napoleon's rule they battled for the cowshed and came out victorious.
The pigs changed the farm into communism till Napoleon took control and became a dictator. The bolsheviks made Russia a communist country but once Stalin took control he changed it to a dictatorship. Therefore both communities ended up with dictatorship rule.
The Bolsheviks and the pigs could not do anything to overrule the power of Stalin and Napoleon, in fear of being killed both communities followed their leaders commands.
The Animals knew that Snowball was fighting for their amelioration but Napoleon convinces the animals that Snowball has plotted with Mr. Jones and is conceived as the bad guy among the animals. Exactly the same way happens during the russian revolution, the Bolsheviks knew that Trotsky was fighting for Communism in Russia while Stalin as General Secretary gained much more powers over the party and so it was easy for Stalin to spread rumours about Trotsky and banish him. (The Bolsheviks, 2000)
The pigs changed the farm into communism till Napoleon took control and became a dictator. The bolsheviks made Russia a communist country but once Stalin took control he changed it to a dictatorship. Therefore both communities ended up with dictatorship rule.
The Bolsheviks and the pigs could not do anything to overrule the power of Stalin and Napoleon, in fear of being killed both communities followed their leaders commands.
The Animals knew that Snowball was fighting for their amelioration but Napoleon convinces the animals that Snowball has plotted with Mr. Jones and is conceived as the bad guy among the animals. Exactly the same way happens during the russian revolution, the Bolsheviks knew that Trotsky was fighting for Communism in Russia while Stalin as General Secretary gained much more powers over the party and so it was easy for Stalin to spread rumours about Trotsky and banish him. (The Bolsheviks, 2000)
GEORGE ORWELL'S POINT OF VIEW
George Orwell supported communism and Trotsky's methods of leadership. George Orwell despised Stalin as he wanted the same things as Trotsky did. George Orwell believed that the Bolsheviks didn't support Trotsky because they were scared of Stalin's special force. This is shown in the book where the other pigs like Squealer followed Napoleon till the end because if they didn't Napoleon would have killed them.
George Orwell was more fascinated by Trotsky than with Stalin because he was aware of Stalin's power's, and the length he was willing to go to maintain it. “We were very lucky to get out of Spain alive,” Orwell once wrote, and he wasn’t talking about the the Spanish Civil War, but; he was talking about the politically charged violence the Stalinists brought with them from Russia when sent to support the Spanish democracy. In Spain, Orwell was in a Trotskyite band of soldiers and later wrote that, “Many of our friends were shot, and others spent a long time in prison or simply disappeared,”
George Orwell was more fascinated by Trotsky than with Stalin because he was aware of Stalin's power's, and the length he was willing to go to maintain it. “We were very lucky to get out of Spain alive,” Orwell once wrote, and he wasn’t talking about the the Spanish Civil War, but; he was talking about the politically charged violence the Stalinists brought with them from Russia when sent to support the Spanish democracy. In Spain, Orwell was in a Trotskyite band of soldiers and later wrote that, “Many of our friends were shot, and others spent a long time in prison or simply disappeared,”
My opinion of the comparison
The pigs do the same things as the Bolsheviks. George Orwell shows his hate for the Bolsheviks by making them look bad for example all the pigs are more equal than the others. Also they got all the milk and bread while the other animals starve and work harder and harder for the farm. In the Russian revolution the Bolsheviks got an unfair advantage over the population and that is what happened in Animal Farm.