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The book __Animal Farm__ by George Orwell portrays the main events in the Russian history of that time period through ideas or things that happen in the book. One of the things portrayed is the conflict between the farm animals and man. They resent man because their owner mistreated them and they were not about to give it back to him. This corresponds with the Russian civil war and the way the workers fought against the government and their army.

In __Animal Farm__ the animals who took the farm now have to defend it because Jones, the farmer, is coming back and they do not want to be enslaved again so they fight. This corresponds with the fact that the Bolshevik army or “red army” had seized control of Russia when the Russian provisional government collapsed. Then the collapsed government tried to come back with the help of some allied forces, just like Jones tries to come back with the help of some other farmers, but they lose the battle.

They also, in __Animal Farm__, reveal the fear that the animals feel towards the farmer’s return which, during the time of the war, makes them fight with passion to keep their newly founded freedom. This story parallels with the Russian civil war in the way that the Bolsheviks new freedom might have given them a “fire” of determination inside of them. That is one of the possible reasons contemplated by scientists for the power seen in the “red” side.

George Orwell created __Animal Farm__ in order to depict the problems in Russia by using simple barnyard animals to create coinciding conflicts. He used this analogy in an English society where the people could relate to farm work. This way the people of England could understand the book better in context. He also showed how the Bolsheviks went through trials and hardships of the Russian civil war and the determination and perseverance of the “Reds” to maintain their freedom from the returning government.



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