What are the symbolisms in Animal Farm by George Orwell?

Answer 1

Napoleon = Stalin

Snowball = Leon Trotsky

Mr. Jones = Czar of Russia (Czar Nicholas II)

The 9 dogs = The KGB (Secret Police)

Animal Farm = History of Russia

Old Major's philosophy = Marx's view on communism

Animalism = Communism

Seven Commandments = The rules for their society

Windmill Construction = Russian construction of steel mills and electric plants

Napoleon's sale of timber to Frederick = Stalin entered into a non-aggression pact with Hitler's Germany

Frederick's declaration of war on = Hitler's declaration of war on Russia Animal Farm

Windmill destruction = The trials and tribulations of building the society.

Sugarcandy Mountain = "heaven" Moses the Raven represents Religion.

Napoleon's entertaining of humans in the farmhouse = Different meetings between Stalin and Churchill in Russia

Answer 2

Political influences from the Russian Revolution

- Snowball is Leon Trotsky

- Old Major is Lenin or Karl Marx

-Napoleon is Stalin

- Etc...

-Moses: Religion

-Animal Farm: Russia

-Boxer: supporters of Stalin

-Mr.Jones: Czar

-Manor Farm: USSR

-Animalism: Communism

-Nepoleon's Dogs: Stalin's Soldiers

Answer 3

The purpose of killing those animals were to instill fear to the rest, so they'll behave accordingly. It's the use of terror and fear to subdued the voice of reason and protest.

Answer 4

The dogs are a symbol of the secret police (in Russia).

Answer 5

The executions of the animals represent Stalin's Great Purge.

Answer 6

The animals being slaughtered represent the Great Purge and how people were being accused and executed the same way the animals were.