Timber+Deal

Napoleon’s Timber Deal ﻿ //**"Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in secret agreement with Frederick." **//

Parallels: 
 * Napoleon: **Joseph Stalin **
 * Frederick: **Adolf Hitler **
 * Pilkington: **Western Allies **
 * Timber: **Soviet Union's Alliance **



﻿ Summary of Events: Historical Background:
 * ~ Animal Farm Events ||||||~ <span style="color: #ff9900; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Real Life Events ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Frederick and Napoleon did not get along with each other (Orwell, 1946) |||||| * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hitler and Stalin were mortal enemies (Ellis & Esler, 1997) ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Napoleon was in negotiations with Pilkington about the purchase of the timber (Orwell, 1946) |||||| * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Stalin almost signed an anti-German political alliance with France and Britain (Ellis & Esler, 1997) ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Napoleon sold the pile of timber to Frederick when he told the other animals he would never do such a thing (Orwell, 1946) |||||| * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Joseph Stalin signed the Non-Aggression Pact with Adolf Hitler instead (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2010) ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Frederick gave Napoleon fake money (Orwell, 1946) |||||| * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Stalin heard Germany was going to break the pact, but could not believe it (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2010) ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Frederick attacked Animal Farm (Orwell, 1946) |||||| * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941 (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2010) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact publicly bound Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations (Ellis & Esler, 1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the ten-year nonaggression pact on August 23, 1939, in which each country promised not to attack the other. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2010)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Secretly, they agreed not to fight if the other went to war and to divide up Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe between them. (Ellis & Esler, 1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pact based not on friendship or respect, but on mutual need. (Ellis & Esler, 1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Nazis feared communism; Stalin feared fascism (Ellis & Esler, 1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Hitler did not want to fight a war with the western democracies and the Soviet Union at the same time. (Ellis & Esler, 1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mutual suspicions kept Stalin from joining forces with Western democracies (Ellis & Esler, 1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">By joining forces with Hitler, Stalin bought some time to build up the Soviet defenses (Ellis & Esler, 1997)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">With no warning, Hitler and the German military forces invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, just two years after they signed the pact, breaking the ten year Non-Aggression Pact (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2010)
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Stalin quickly tried to make amends to their relationship with the Western democracies he had refused before. (Ellis & Esler, 1997)



<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Helpful Quotes:
 * //﻿//<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//"At the same time there were renewed rumours that Frederick and his men were plotting to attack Animal Farm and destroy the windmill."// page 66
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//"One Sunday morning Napoleon appeared in the barn and explained that he had never at anytime contemplated selling the pile of timber to Frederick..."// page 67
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//"Throughout the whole period of his seeming friendship with Pilkington, Napoleon had really been in secret agreement with Frederick."// page 68
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//"The pigeons had been told to avoid Pinchfield Farm and to alter their slogan from 'Death to Frederick' to 'Death to Pilkington'."// page 68
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//"In addition, four pigeons were sent to Foxwood with a conciliatory message, which it was hoped might re-establish good relations with Pilkington."// page 70

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Discussion Questions:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How did the other animals feel when Napoleon sold the timber to Fredericks even though he said he would never do such a thing?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Why do you think Napoleon chose to sell the timber to his enemy, Fredericks instead of Pilkington?
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">How do the events in the book //Animal Farm// compare to the real signing of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?

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 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">﻿Joseph Stalin Biography
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Adolf Hitler Biography
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Soviet-Nazi Non-Aggression Pact]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Animal Farm Parallels]
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Napoleon's Timber Deal]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">References:


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ellis, E. G. & Esler, A. (1997). World history: connections to today. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Orwell, G. (1946). Animal farm. United States of America: Houghton Mifflin Company.


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2010). German-Soviet Pact. //Holocaust encyclopedia//. Retrieved from []


 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2010). Invasion of the Soviet Union, June 1941. //Holocaust encyclopedia//. Retrieved from []