In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, a boar named Snowball represents Russian revolutionist Leon Trotsky. Snowball and Leon Trotsky had similar roles of being leaders in their societies. Snowball was (co-leader) of Animal Farm, along with Napoleon, after Old Major died. “Snowball was a more vivacious pig than Napoleon, quicker in speech and more inventive, but was not considered to have the same depth of character” (Orwell 16). Snowball had become popular among to other animals because of his speaking ability, he was able to explain to the animals what he was doing to improve the farm. He focused on building the farm up and protect it against the humans. Snowball organized an army that fought against the humans at the Battle of Cowshed.
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“He advocated a revolution against Stalinism that, as he explained, was to be political, not social: its aim was to do away with Stalin’s oppressive government, to reduce the new inequality, to abolish the single-party system and the “leader cult,” and to bring the state under workers’ control” (“Trotsky, …show more content…
“These two disagreed at every point where disagreement was possible” (Orwell 47). They argued about which fields were the best for which crops and what was best for the animals. The biggest argument between Snowball and Napoleon was about the windmill. Snowball said it would decrease the work effort that the animals had to put in. Napoleon argued that Snowball’s idea was nonsense. Snowball and Trotsky were both exiled from their societies. Napoleon exiled Snowball from Animal Farm because he allegedly stole the windmill plans from Napoleon. “‘Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills--Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal?’” (Orwell 55). Napoleon and Squealer made the other animals on Animal Farm think that Snowball was always against them. Napoleon blamed Snowball for all of the problems on Animal Farm. When the windmill gets destroyed in a storm, Napoleon immediately put the blame on Snowball for destroying the entire windmill overnight. None of the animals ever saw Snowball doing any of the things that he was accused of
“He advocated a revolution against Stalinism that, as he explained, was to be political, not social: its aim was to do away with Stalin’s oppressive government, to reduce the new inequality, to abolish the single-party system and the “leader cult,” and to bring the state under workers’ control” (“Trotsky, …show more content…
“These two disagreed at every point where disagreement was possible” (Orwell 47). They argued about which fields were the best for which crops and what was best for the animals. The biggest argument between Snowball and Napoleon was about the windmill. Snowball said it would decrease the work effort that the animals had to put in. Napoleon argued that Snowball’s idea was nonsense. Snowball and Trotsky were both exiled from their societies. Napoleon exiled Snowball from Animal Farm because he allegedly stole the windmill plans from Napoleon. “‘Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills--Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal?’” (Orwell 55). Napoleon and Squealer made the other animals on Animal Farm think that Snowball was always against them. Napoleon blamed Snowball for all of the problems on Animal Farm. When the windmill gets destroyed in a storm, Napoleon immediately put the blame on Snowball for destroying the entire windmill overnight. None of the animals ever saw Snowball doing any of the things that he was accused of