Questions...
1. In the book Animal Farm, the animals are afraid of humans - how does this relate to the Russian people - are they afraid of foreigners? why?
2. Communism originated from Karl Marx, a GERMAN thinker. So, why wasn't communism spread in Germany first, instead of Russia? And How was Karl Marx's "communism thoughts" spread to Lenin?
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I forgot to add my name. Im Lakshmi, 3e4.
1. You are partially right - the humans represent the undesired (and sometimes foreign things are undesired as well). The original human owner of the farm also represented the ruler of the farm (translate: the Tsar of Russia). The main characters in the story are animals, and the "enemies" are humans. It is a way of differentiating the two - the animals are the "good" and "righteous", and the humans the "bad" and "corrupt". But more importantly, the portrayal of humans in the story really becomes important when the animals (or rather, just the pigs) come into contact with the humans. What do you think Orwell is trying to say here?
2. Don't go away thinking that Communism was only big in Russia. Communism spread throughout Europe, and even throughout the world later (China, Korea, Southeast Asia, South America, etc). And how to you spread an idea? The most common way would be to spread it through word of mouth, or through literature (books, publications, etc). Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin all got their ideas of communism through self-study and propaganda.