Context Flashcards
What ldeas did starlin add
Starlin added the use of a toraltarian dictatorship (one ruler)
Who was Snowball in realife
Snowball was Leon Trotsky and he disagreed with Starlin’s idea of socialism and his idea was of permanet reveloution (was exiled in Serbia)
What did Trotsky and Starlin disagree about
Starlin and Trotsky disagreed about the idea of of Starlins theroy which ment Trotsky was then banished and sent to Kazakhstan in 1928 and lifes the rest of his life in exile
How long was Trotsky expelled?
A life of exile from Febuary 1929
Who represented the beggining of Communism in Animal Farm
Russian Communism grew from the teachings of Karl Marx (represented by Old Major)
How did starlin change from Karl Marx is idea of Communism
Stalin then corrupted Communism, developing a totalitarian state in which an all-powerful dictator imposes their absolute will and ideas by using propaganda on the working class or proletariat
How are the pigs seen as powerful (intelligence)
The pigs are shown to be more intelligent than the other animals: ‘With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership’
‘Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!’
How were the pigs seen as powerful (debate)
The other animals understood how to vote, but could never think of any resolutions of their own. Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the debates.’
The pigs seen as powerful (Napolean gardued)
‘Napoleon rarely appeared in public, but spent all his time in the farmhouse, which was guarded at each door by fierce-looking dogs. When he did emerge it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs who closely surrounded him and growled if anyone came too near.’
What happened on Starlins birthday that happened to Napolean
By 1933, central Moscow had twice as many busts and images of Stalin as of Lenin, and Stalin would receive ovations at his rare public appearances lasting 15 minutes or more while on Napoleans birthday “A gun was also
fired “every year on
Napoleon’s birthday
