Mr.+Frederick


 * __Mr. Frederick __**

Mr. Frederick and Hitler have many common associations with one another. The most notable parallels between to the two are during the “Timber deal”, which is most likely a representation of “non-aggression pact” between Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany that was made during pre-WW2 alliance dealings (assuming that Napoleon represents Stalin, and Pilkington represents the Allies who were at the time Britain and France).

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 * __ Timber deal (Germany-Soviet non-aggression pact) [[image:Timber_deal.png width="616" height="461" align="center"]]

Napoleon wanted to sell his timber to either Pilkington or Frederick, but was at first indecisive in his decision. Stalin had a similar predicament where he wanted to have an alliance with the allies against the fascist dictators (namely Hitler) in Europe. Napoleon at first is friendlier to Pilkington (Allied powers) then to Mr. Frederick (Hitler). Association with Mr. Frederick is used as the way to condemn the pigs opposing Napoleon by “confessing” to have plotted to hand Animal Farm over to him (pg 58). Stalin feared Hitler as much as Napoleon feared Mr. Fredericks. Stalin’s attempts to obtain an alliance with the Allied Powers were not being taken as serious by the Allies as he wanted. Hitler eager to NOT fight a two front war offered Stalin a much better deal. The U.S.S.R. and Germany would attack each other for 10 years, Germany would trade industrial equipment for food stuff, and the Soviets would gain all of its territories lost after the fall of the Tsars. Napoleon told stories of Mr. Frederick’s impending attack on the farm, Mr. Fredericks’s terrible cruelty to his Animals ( “killed a dog by throwing it into the furnace” pg 66), and telling the pigeons (messengers of Animal Farm) to spared “Death to Frederick” (pg 67), but just as Stalin’s choice shocked everyone, Napoleon choose Mr. Frederick in the end. Just as Hitler had backstabbed Stalin by eventually breaking the pact, Mr. Frederick stole the timber, killed animals, and destroyed the windmill.

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