Snowball

=﻿﻿﻿﻿ Snowball & ﻿ Leon Trotsky = = ﻿ ﻿ **Similarities** · Pure communist, followed Marx’s theory · Wanted to improve life for all in Russia · Chased away by Lenin’s KGB (Lenin’s secret police) ||
 * * Young, Smart, Good Speaker, Idealistic
 * Really wants to make life better for all
 * One of leaders of revolution
 * Chased away into exile by Napoleon’s dogs
 * Pure animalist, followed Old Major || · One of the Leaders of the “October Revolution”
 * Parallel: **

Snowball represents Trotsky, the arch-rival of Stalin in Russia. The parallels between Trotsky and Snowball are uncanny. Trotsky too, was exiled, not from the farm, but to Mexico, where he spoke out against Stalin. Stalin was very weary of Trotsky, and feared that Trotsky supporters might try to assassinate him. The dictator of Russia tried hard to kill Trotsky, for the fear of losing leadership was very great in the crazy man's mind. Trotsky also believed in Communism, but he thought he could run Russia better than Stalin. Trotsky was murdered in Mexico by the Russian internal police, the NKVD-the pre-organization of the KGB. Trotsky was found with a pick axe in his head at his villa in Mexico.

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 * Brief History of Leon Trotsky: **
 * Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on November 7 1879 in Russia
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">His father was an Jewish farmer
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">As a teenager, Trotsky, was involved inn uderground activities, and was arrested, jailed and exiled to Siberia where he joined the Social Democaratic Party
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">"In 1903, the Social Democrats split. While Lenin assumed leadership of the 'Bolshevik' (minority) faction, Trotsky became a member of the 'Menshevik' (majority) faction and developed his theory of 'permanent revolution'."
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Trotsky was then made war commissar and in this capacity, built up the Red Army which prevailed against the White Russian forces in the civil war. Thus Trotsky played a crucial role in keeping the Bolshevik regime alive. He saw himself as Lenin's heir-apparent, but his intellectual arrogance made him few friends, and his Jewish heritage may also have worked against him.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Trotsky was an leader of the "October Revolution" which led into the creation of the Soviet Union. Trotsky was a pure communist, and believed that no one person was better than another and that everyone should be equal. Trotsky wanted to improve the lives of all Russian's. Trotsky's arch-rival Joseph Stalin had Trotsky exiled and later killed, in fear of Trotsky supporter's plotting to assassinate him.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%;">Leon Trotsky Moscow Trials Speech: **

**Direct Quotes from Leon Trotsky:** "The Soviet bureaucracy is like all ruling classes in that it is ready to shut its eyes to the crudest mistakes of its leaders in the sphere of general politics, provided in return they show an unconditional fidelity in the defense of its privileges." [|Revolution Betrayed] (1936)

" If the leaders seek only to preserve themselves, that is what they become; preserves, dried preserves." [|Some Questions on American Problems] (1940) "Abusive language and swearing are a legacy of slavery, humiliation, and disrespect for human dignity, one’s own and that of other people." [|The Struggle for Cultured Speech] (1923) A revolution is “made” directly by a minority. [|Hue and Cry Over Kronstadt] (1938)

The Windmill was to be used to supply the farm with electrical power.
 * Ideas and Creations of Snowball: **

"The flag was green, Snowball explained, to represent the green fields of England, while the hoof and horn signified the future Republic of the Animals which would arise when the human race had been finally overthrown."

Animal Committees:
 * Egg Production Commitee for the hens
 * Clean Tails League forn the cows
 * Wild Comrades' Re-education Committee
 * Whiter Wool Movement for the sheep

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 220%;">﻿"Four legs good, two legs bad."

**Snowball's Windmill Speech:** media type="youtube" key="dJIzXo2m7A4?fs=1" height="385" width="480"


 * For more information visit: **
 * [|Trotsky Archives] **

Lamont, G. (2010, December 9). //Animal Farm - Comparison of characters to the Russian Revolution.// Retreived from [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">﻿(2010, December 9). //Mini Scenes- Animal Farm - Part 4// [Video file]? Retreived from [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">(2010, December 9). //Leon Trotsky speaks on the Moscow Trails// [Video file]? Retreived from [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">Trotsky, L. (2010, December 9). //Trotsky Quotes.// Retreived from [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">(2010, December 9). //Historical Figures.// Retreived from []
 * References:** Orwell, G. (1946). //Animal Farm.// Harcourt Brace & Company.