George Orwell's Animal Farm is a satire of the Russian Revolution that occurred in the late 1930s. Orwell uses vivid characters such as Snowball, Old Major, and Napoleon to represent some of Russia's horrible past. While Old Major represents the idea of ​​revolution and Snowball represents the idea of ​​industrialism, Napoleon represents the totalitarian dictatorship in Russia. Animal Farm is a good example of what happened to Russia in this period. While Animal Farm can represent any dictatorship, it more specifically represents the totalitarianism carried out by Joseph Stalin through communism. When someone lives in a totalitarian dictatorship, they would have absolutely no freedom. Totalitarianism is a form of government in which the national government has complete control over every aspect of private and political life (Landestoy). When Stalin came to power in the 1930s, he took control of every single aspect of Russia. While living under these dictators, civilians could not express their opinion, had no freedom and had to live under the dictator's decisions. The dictator would set all the rules and punishments for anyone who breaks the rules. If anyone disobeyed Stalin, that person would be sentenced to death. Therefore, totalitarian dictatorship was evident in the history of Russia and in Animal Farm. In both cases, these dictators did not care about the well-being of their civilians, they only cared about themselves. Looking back at the history of Russia, you can very closely compare some political figures to the characters in Animal Farm. In the book Old Major represents Karl Marx. Karl Marx's revolutionary ideals are the same views that Old Major has on revo...... middle of paper ......ikipedia.org/wiki/TrotskyKreis, Steven. "The Age of Totalitarianism: Stalin and Hitler". File last edited on August 4, 2009. The History Guide. Network. December 1, 2011.Rollyson, Carl, ed. Notable British novelists. Pasadena: Salem Press, INC.,2001. Print.Jennifer. "JOSEPH STALIN AGAINST NAPOLEON." 2001. Milford High School. Network. December 22, 2011..Trueman, Chris. Life in the USSR under Stalin. Np, 2011. Web. 22 December 2011..Reiko, comp. Wiki page. Relationship between Stalin and Napoleon (Animal Farm)?Np, nd Web. 22 December 2011.index?qid=20090212142550AAnA8Zl>.