The+Hens

The Hens ﻿  __﻿General Information __ - After the revolution, the hens are able to keep their eggs - Napoleon, after his rise to power, forces them to forfiet nearly all of the eggs to Mr. Whymper, for grain and meal for the rest of the farm. - The Hens are distressed, and rebel against Napoleon by smashing the eggs they've lain. - Napoleon responds starving them.




 * The Hens ||  Soviet Farmers (Kulaks)  ||
 * - Are forced by Napoleon to give up their eggs for the good of Animal Farm. || - Are forced by the Soviet government to give up ownership of their farms for the good of the USSR to make larger Bonanza farms. ||
 * - Respond by violently destroying the eggs they've lain. || - Respond by burning their crops and slaughtering their livestock. ||
 * - Punished by Napoleon, who cuts rations and starves them. || - Punished by Stalin, who makes their actions punishable by death. ||



__Kulaks and Collectivization __

- The **Kulaks** were a group of Russian peasant farmers who owned medium to small-sized farms.

- Between 1929 and 1933, the Soviet government attempted **Collectivization**: a movement to seize the land from all private farmers and put them into larger, more easily managed **Bonanza farms** to supply the state.

- In outrage, the farmers rebelled by burning their crops to the ground and killing off their livestock.

- Stalin responded deporting the Kulaks to prison and forced-labor camps, and instituting the death penalty for anyone who was charged with neglect of their cattle or horses.

__ Bibliography __


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