dislike Moses because he distracts the animals from their current situation by promising a better situation later, regardless of how hard they work. The Communists disliked Christianity and all other religions for precisely the same purpose. Mollie represents the elite during this time and how they did not want to give up their privileges. She is used to being well treated, with ribbons in her mane and fed sugar. She does not understand nor like Animalism, similar to the upper-class during the communist revolution. The rest of the animals in this section most closely compare to the Russian population as a whole. The work-horses in particular were described as dumb, yet loyal to whichever cause that might be preached to them. This subtle remark is supposed to be about the uneducated Russian peasants who blindly followed the Communists when they promised a better life. Immediately before the animal rebellion, the animals were underfed and ignored by Mr. Jones and his workers so they finally revolted although they took injury in the process. Russian peasants during the Bolshevik revolution did the same; starving and agitated by Czar Nicholas II's utter lack of rule, they finally used violence to uproot him, although they were often fired on and killed by the Czar's soldiers. The names of all of the characters appear to have signifiance to their allegorical roles. This is definitely good information to understand while reading Animal Farm.
dislike Moses because he distracts the animals from their current situation by promising a better situation later, regardless of how hard they work. The Communists disliked Christianity and all other religions for precisely the same purpose. Mollie represents the elite during this time and how they did not want to give up their privileges. She is used to being well treated, with ribbons in her mane and fed sugar. She does not understand nor like Animalism, similar to the upper-class during the communist revolution. The rest of the animals in this section most closely compare to the Russian population as a whole. The work-horses in particular were described as dumb, yet loyal to whichever cause that might be preached to them. This subtle remark is supposed to be about the uneducated Russian peasants who blindly followed the Communists when they promised a better life. Immediately before the animal rebellion, the animals were underfed and ignored by Mr. Jones and his workers so they finally revolted although they took injury in the process. Russian peasants during the Bolshevik revolution did the same; starving and agitated by Czar Nicholas II's utter lack of rule, they finally used violence to uproot him, although they were often fired on and killed by the Czar's soldiers. The names of all of the characters appear to have signifiance to their allegorical roles. This is definitely good information to understand while reading Animal Farm.
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