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__﻿Animal Farm __ BOLSHEVIK OPPOSITION TO LENIN represented by  THE FOUR PIGS


 * I. __The Bolshevik Revolution and how it is related to //Animal Fa ////rm //__ __by George Orwell __**


 * A. The Beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution **
 * 1) At the beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution, the working class (represented by the animals in //Animal Farm//) believed in what the revolution had to offer (Paul 1984).
 * 2) The people were encouraged by slogans like, "Bread, Land, Peace, and ALL Power to the Soviets," and "Long live the Soviets!" (Litwin 2002)


 * B. Lenin's Role in the Revolution **
 * 1) After Lenin's party (the Bolshevik's) took control, he used the power he had gained not to better the lives of the Russians, but to create a dictatorship. This is represented in //Animal Farm// by Napoleon, (Baggins 2005).
 * 2) As Lenin's good intentions from the beginning of the revolution faded away, he became more and more selfish and less concerned about his followers. This also occurred with Napoleon on Animal Farm //.// Because the pigs were the most educated animals on the farm, they saw what was happening, (Paul 1984).
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">"Under mounting pressures, the Bolshevik leadership assumed an increasingly dictatorial position. One by one, the goals of 1917 proletarian democracy, social equality, workers' self-management-were thrust aside. The institutions of the new society were recast in an authoritarian mold..." (Paul 1984).


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">C. The Bolsheviks under Lenin's Control **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">With Lenin in control of Russia, everything was working as he had hoped, but problems began to arise when his own followers began to doubt his leadership, (Paul 1984). The pigs represent previous Lenin followers that realize how he does not utilize his power for the betterment of the society and speak out against him.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lenin silenced this problem by using his Red Army (KGB) private police force to kill them, (Litwin 2002). The Bolsheviks and the Animals in Animal Farm had only two options: follow, or be killed.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">For more information on the Russian Revolution, click here <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">For more information on the Bolshevik opposition to Lenin, click here <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">To read some of Lenin's works, click here


 * **<span style="background-color: #ff008a; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">The Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution: ** || **<span style="background-color: #ff008a; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">The Four Pigs in Animal Farm: ** ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">A soviet political party in Russia that challenged the provisional government with Lenin. || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">At the beginning of the revolution in Animal Farm, the pigs were for Animalism. ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">As Lenin became more and more extreme, some Bolsheviks began to doubt him. || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Four pigs protested when Napoleon banned Sunday meetings (Pg. 38) ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The Bolsheviks wanted the party to remember its original goals of social equality (Paul, 1984). || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The four pigs liked the idea of Animalism but soon realized that it did not promote what it originally represented: equality. ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lenin killed several Russians that were no longer loyal to him so that he could carry on his work without interruption. || * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The same four pigs were later killed by Napoleon's dogs for communicating with snowball and plotting with him to destroy the windmill. (Pg. 57-59). ||

__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">﻿ __ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">1. "He [Napoleon] announced that from now on the Sunday-morning Meetings would come to an end. They were unnecessary, he said, and wasted time. In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself. These would meet in private and afterwards communicate their decisions to the others...there would be no more debates." (pg. 38)
 * __<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Quotes from the novel: __<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;"> //Animal Farm// **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">2. "For young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval, and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. But suddenly the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again." (pg. 39)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">3. "...the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them, squealing with pain and terror to Napoleon's feet...The four pigs waited, trembling, with guilt written on every line of their countenances...they confessed that they had been secretly in touch with Snowball ever since his expulsion, that they had collaborated with him in destroying the windmill, and that they had entered into an agreement with him to hand over Animal Farm to Mr. Frederick." (pg. 57-58)

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. "When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out..." (pg. 38)

__**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Examples of Bolshevik Propaganda: **__
 * [[image:http://www1.assumption.edu/users/McClymer/his261/Victim.jpg height="548" align="center" caption="This is an example of the Bolshevik propaganda used to encourage Russians to join the Bolshevik Party."]] || [[image:http://www.greatdreams.com/political/pig_brother.jpg height="520" align="center" caption="Stalin's KGB secret police force is represented in Animal Farm by Napoleon's dogs. The dogs watched out for suspicious behavior that might be against Animal Farm's government."]] ||
 * [[image:http://www1.assumption.edu/users/McClymer/his261/Step_by_Step.gif height="540" align="center"]] || [[image:http://www.dhm.de/magazine/agitprop/images/Kat1_klein.GIF height="574" align="center" caption="This is another example of USSR propaganda. It reads, "For the defense of the USSR" (United Soviet Socialist Republics)"]] ||
 * [[image:http://www.dhm.de/magazine/agitprop/images/Kat3_klein.GIF align="center" caption=""Strengthen the defense of the USSR!""]] || [[image:http://www.albany.edu/~iv176131/isp523/research/myimages/1917.jpg width="515" height="344" align="center" caption="Bolshevik meeting in Germany"]] ||

__**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">Discussion Topics: **__ __**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">﻿ **__
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why were the four pigs the only animals that showed their disapproval of Napoleon's decision to end Sunday meetings? What made them different from the other animals?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Why did Napoleon decide to kill the four pigs instead of keeping them on the farm to help with the building of the windmill?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">How did Napoleon's decision to kill the pigs affect the other animals on the farm?


 * __<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 130%;">References: __**

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Baggins, B, & Walters, D. (2005, May 1). Lenin collected works. Retrieved from http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/cw/volume23.htm

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Litwin, Peter. (2002, March 20). The russian revolution. Retrieved from http://depts.washington.edu/baltic/papers/russianrevolution.htm

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Orwell, G. (1946). Animal farm. United States of America: Houghton Mifflin Company.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Paul, A. (1984). Bolshevik opposition to lenin. Retrieved from http://flag.blackened.net/revolt/russia/bol_opp_lenin_avrich.html