Joseph stalin
Born: December 21, 1879 in Gori Russia.
Died: March 05, 1953 in Moscow, Russia.
His nationality was Soviet and his occupation was a dictator.
Joseph Stalin had a difficult childhood, he was born in a two-room hut in a small village of Gori. His family was poor, and Joseph was the only child of four to survive. HIs father, was a shoemaker, he drank excessively and died in a barroom when Staline was only 11 years old. (Encyclopedia of World Biography. 4.9)
Devoted to Marxism. In 1894, Stalin received a scholarship to enter the Orthodox theological seminar in Tbilisi, the major city in Georgia. Later on he and other students joined a secret study groups opposed to the Russian Tsarist government. They discussed the utter ideas of the German writer Karl Marx, who dedicated history as a struggle between classes. Marx forecasted a future revolution led by workers. By his fourth year, Stalin had joined the first Marxist group in Georgia, called the “Mesame Dais.”. He was later expelled in 1899, he left the seminary devoted to the revolution and to Marxism. (Encyclopedia of World Biography. 4.9)
In 1901, Stalin was a member of the illegal Russian Social Democratic Party. Two years later, when the party split in two fractions, Stalin then supported the Bolsheviks, led by V.I Lenin. He liked Lenin’s militancy and conception of the party. He steadfastly promoted the Bolshevik line. Stalin’s career as a revolutionary, was disrupted eight times by arrest, from those eight times he managed to escape 6. (World War II Reference Library. 4.9)
Died: March 05, 1953 in Moscow, Russia.
His nationality was Soviet and his occupation was a dictator.
Joseph Stalin had a difficult childhood, he was born in a two-room hut in a small village of Gori. His family was poor, and Joseph was the only child of four to survive. HIs father, was a shoemaker, he drank excessively and died in a barroom when Staline was only 11 years old. (Encyclopedia of World Biography. 4.9)
Devoted to Marxism. In 1894, Stalin received a scholarship to enter the Orthodox theological seminar in Tbilisi, the major city in Georgia. Later on he and other students joined a secret study groups opposed to the Russian Tsarist government. They discussed the utter ideas of the German writer Karl Marx, who dedicated history as a struggle between classes. Marx forecasted a future revolution led by workers. By his fourth year, Stalin had joined the first Marxist group in Georgia, called the “Mesame Dais.”. He was later expelled in 1899, he left the seminary devoted to the revolution and to Marxism. (Encyclopedia of World Biography. 4.9)
In 1901, Stalin was a member of the illegal Russian Social Democratic Party. Two years later, when the party split in two fractions, Stalin then supported the Bolsheviks, led by V.I Lenin. He liked Lenin’s militancy and conception of the party. He steadfastly promoted the Bolshevik line. Stalin’s career as a revolutionary, was disrupted eight times by arrest, from those eight times he managed to escape 6. (World War II Reference Library. 4.9)
Napoleon
In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon does not play such a big role in the initial rebellion like the other character Snowball, which then happens largely by chance. Although he is introduced, along with Snowball, he is seen as of of the most brilliant and intelligent pigs around the farm. (Shmoop). Napoleon is described as “a large, rather fierce-looking Berkshire boar, the only Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker, but with a reputation on getting his way” (2.2). As well as being the most treacherous and cunning pig between Snowball and him, that manages to get his own way. (Shmoop) There are many examples that show how cunning he is, such as when Napoleon takes the puppies from their parents and begins raising them himself, but he did not educate him for their own good but for his own private army or secret police. After he took the puppies no one knew what exactly he was doing with the dogs, until suddenly they appear fully grown, only to chase Snowball off the farm. (Shmoop). After Snowball is then chased away from the farm, Napoleon soon took control of the farm. George Orwell, chose to name Napoleon after the French general, Napoleon Bonaparte who betrayed the democratic principles on which he rose to power.
Comparison between Stalin and Napoleon
In the book, Joseph Stalin’s character is portrayed as a pig named Napoleon. Like Napoleon, Stalin was a master at cunning and pulling strings behind the scenes. He grew a secret police force, which behaved a bit like as the dogs in Animal Farm who were Napoleon’s army. Which then they both managed to exile, Leon Trotsky who is portrayed as Snowball in the book, and one of Stalin’s chief rivals. One of the biggest parallels between Stalin and Napoleon is the way that Animal Farm production deteriorates while Napoleon is in control. An example would be when Napoleon decided to fill the granaries with sand to hide the smaller harvest. This links to how Stalin similarly disrupted the agricultural production with his five year plans, which begun in 1928. Although , Napoleon may or may not be the smartest pig on the farm, we know that he is the most conniving and selfish one as at the end of the novel, Animal Farm is a machine that runs according to Napoleon’s will. It is believed that George Orwell chose to portray Stalin as a pig in this book to show that he was a disgusting and horrid person for his actions.