The Difference in Representation of Napoleon and Snowball Characters in 'Animal Farm'

The novel Animal Farm represents the Russian revolution which covers pre arena, arena and post arena facts and the consequences of the Russian revolution.The main character Napoleon stands for Stalin and SnowBall represents LeonTrotsky both are the leaders for revolution who encouraged animal to standup for theirs right on thebasis ofcommunist manisfesto.

In the novel when MrJones playing cards with others human beings actually the war which heengaged Russian people instead of leading them,he left them in worse situation and forget to manage the things for his people Nichollas II.The tsars had been known for being out of touch with the Russian people for along time in1914.As a result of various blockages due to the war a famine was beginning across Russia. People revolt against the Nicholas (Mr Jones) and expelled him out off arm under the leadership of Stalin.Beacause people like Mr Stalin due to his kindness toward people. After sometime there is battel of cowshed actually the civil war of 1919 in which the people of Mr Jones (Nicholas) wanted to get thec ontrol of the country back but Snowball (Leon Trotsky) tactics and other animals successful able to counter them and defeated them successfully.Napoleon also opposed the Snowball ideas for the welfare of animals heals oput allegations on the snowball for having a relations with Mr Jones at the end snowball was expelled and executed.Napoleon gets the control of Animal farm he is not interest welafre of animals but in his own interest.He started making changes in commandments and doing the samethings which Humans do.He started trading with humans,allow drinking alcohol and do many changes.The end of Animal Farm the moment when that ace of spade shits the table might be take nast he allegorical beginning of the Cold War.At the time the West decided to play cards with the Soviet Union as soon as the war ended it fell apart in a mess of mutual distrust leading directly to fifty years of stale mate to fifty years of such tension between Russia and theWest that school going children in both countries were given instructions on what to do if a nuclear bomblanded near by.Orwell it seems sawit coming a mile away.The sheep represent the citizens of the Soviet Union who blindly follow and believe what ever they are told. George Orwell criticse on the leaders that they become selfish and greedy and had no worry about their people and their sufferings one who wants to do something good for the working class or lower class is being replaced and killed by higher authorities. While on the other hand common people believe what they would be told and shown. People revolt because the yare not given the irrights they face injustice in every affairs of life,they work day and night but still no table to fulfill basic needs and to ensure safety and security of family.They are ruled by upper class who have no sympathy for working class they exploit lower class in many ways.

In this novel George Orwell actually represented the idea of the ideas of Karl Marx founder of Communist ideology in which idea of classless society no one is superior than other and every one gets according to his needs. These ideas inspired Napoleon and Snowball - the main opposite characters of the novel.