Essay On The Invasion Of The Soviet Union In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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The fable novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, is a story about animals that rebel against their tyrannical master, Mr. Jones. The events that took place in the novel are based on the true-life events from the Soviet Union during the time of the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm discusses the events leading up to and after the Russian Revolution, such as Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union. Orwell presents a brilliant representation of the Battle of the Windmill to Germany’s Invasion of the Soviet Union, which demonstrates the power of the newly formed Communist state, this is important because before the invasion, many nations viewed the Soviet Union as a weak country.
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Also during the beginning of the Battle of the Windmill, the animals suffered some losses against the humans and the Soviets in the beginning of the invasion also lost many battles against the Germans (Orwell 102) (2). But despite the losses, the animals defeated the humans and the Soviets defeated the Germans (Orwell 104) (2). The events from Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union, were used in the novel in order to transform the whole cause of the invasion into forged bank papers, instead of Hitler’s desire to kill the Jews within the Communist state and his fear of losing his oil supply (1) (1). Another way these events were used in the novel was by changing the cause of the victory in the end of the battle, the animals were able to win because they were enraged that their windmill was destroyed and the Soviets were able to win because Stalin was able to produce more troops around the same time the German troops ran out of supplies (Orwell 103) (Hughes 1) (Invasion of the Soviet union, June 1941 2). Orwell used these events in the novel because the Battle of the Windmill represents Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union (Orwell 103)
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