Animal Farm

Who would have thought that Animals could demonstrate the same flaws in leadership as humans? Many of the characters portrayed in George Orwell’s story Animal Farm can be compared to communist leaders often. The characters that had the most defined personalities in the book to compare to communist leaders were Mr. Jones, the dogs, Clover and Muriel, Benjamin, Mollie, Mosses, Old Major, Snowball, and Napoleon. Mr. Jones, the initial farmer on “The Manor Farm” represented an authority figure that was overcome.
Mr. Jones represented Nicholas II, who was the monarch of Russia prior to the revolution. Nicholas was in reign 1894-1917, similar to Jones’ in the point that it was cut short. Throughout his reign of Russia there was a large quantity of conflict between classes. In some ways, Nicholas’ actions led up to the revolution, just as how Jones began to give them less and less rations. In the end Nicholas was killed with his wife and kids, just as the animals would ...