https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw 2016 Literature Project Sunil Kollipara & Pranav Kanmadikar en-us 2016-12-05 23:38:58 UTC 2023-06-13 12:18:17 UTC hello@padlet.com kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/141906410 The second anthem of Animal Farm, "Comrade Napoleon" only sings the praises of a dictatorial pig who has taken over. Similarly, in the USSR, Joseph Stalin and Vladimir Lenin are given tribute in the Soviet Union's later anthem.]]> 2016-12-05 23:56:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/141906410 kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/142443627 Many of the characters in Animal Farm resemble real figures in the USSR. For example, Joseph Stalin, a leader of the union, is mirrored to the pig Napoleon. That is because both Stalin and Napoleon started out as benevolent leaders but ended up as cruel dictators. ]]> 2016-12-07 23:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/142443627 kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/142871354 2016-12-09 18:00:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/142871354 kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/142873511 The book starts when animals on an English farm start to rebel against their human master. That parallels the February Revolution (1917), when successful street riots broke out against the autocrat Nicholas II. ]]> 2016-12-09 18:08:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/142873511 kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143260628 2016-12-12 23:21:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143260628 kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143262009 After the revolution, Jones came back to try to retake the farm during the Battle of the Cowshed. The animals won, just like the communists defeated others in the Russian Civil War. ]]> 2016-12-12 23:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143262009 kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143263257 Animal Farm had the "Seven Commandments," a set of laws that granted all animals equal rights. This would be significantly changed afterwards. Likewise, one of first Soviet constitutions granted everybody the right to vote]]> 2016-12-13 00:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143263257 kolliparasunil25 https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143492133 The pigs eventually manipulated the other animals and changed the Seven Commandments. For example, they changed "All Animals Are Equal" to "All Animals Are Equal But Some Animals are More Equal Than Others."]]> 2016-12-13 21:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kolliparasunil25/2wfibp62uqjw/wish/143492133