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 * The Pigs in Animal Farm **

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 * Bolshevik Revolution of 1917:**
 * When Czar Nicholas II was overthrown, the Provisional Government took over power.
 * The Bolshevik Party was developed when the new government did not let the councils of workers and peasants make their own decisions.
 * The Provisional Government began to lose support and the Bolsheviks formed an insurrection against the Provisional Government.
 * Finally, the Provisional Government fell to the Bosheviks.
 * Joseph Stalin takes power once Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky are out of office.


 * All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks): **
 * Wanted social and economic equality.
 * Comes from the ideas of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin.

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 * The Pigs and Stalin's Communist Party Loyalists: **
 * **The Pigs** || **Stalin's Communist Party Loyalists** ||
 * Followed every word out of Napolean's mouth. || Followed every word out of Stalin's mouth. ||
 * Were treated better than the other animals because they believed in Napolean's rules. || Stalinists are treated better because they don't question Stalin's rule. ||
 * Pigs live comfortably unless they try to retaliate. || Stalinists were held in high esteem unless they tried to go against Stalin. ||


 * Important Quotes:**
 * "Somehow it seemed as thought the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer except, of course, the pigs and the dogs" (Orwell, 1997).
 * "...even the pigs joined in [the building of the windmill] at critical moments" (Orwell, 1997).
 * "It was absolutely necessary, [Squealer] said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in" (Orwell, 1997).


 * References: **

Bolshevik Revolution: 1917. (n.d.). //Then Again. . .//. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from []

Down, t. R., & Coelho, W. -. (n.d.). George Orwell - 'Animal Farm'. //Nabou.com - Book Reviews//. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from []

George Orwell's Animal Farm: Lessons for Today. (n.d.). //The Stentorian: For the Preservation of Liberty and Individual Freedom//. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from []

Orwell, G. (1997). Animal Farm. Evanston: McDougal Litell.

Social inequality, bureaucracy and the betrayal of socialism in the Soviet Union. (n.d.). //World Socialist Web Site//. Retrieved December 9, 2010, from []

Work: Summaries and Interpretations: Animal Farm. (n.d.). //George Orwell//. Retrieved December 6, 2010, from []