Joseph Stalin Bashar Al-Assad's Animal Farm
Sometimes books have deeper meaning than they show. Books always contain hidden messages that require deeper analysis. For example, the book Animal Farm has animals and events that are similar to those in the Russian Revolution. The author of Animal Farm portrays Joseph Stalin accurately through Napoleon since both used similar methods to slowly gain dictatorship which is currently seen through Bashar Al-Assad. For instance, Joseph Stalin used force, fear and propaganda to get people to do what he wanted. Joseph shaped Russia negatively by industrializing it, assassinating millions of people and made it more military based than before. Stalin used police force and murdered people who counteracted against him. While he was in rule, “Stalin
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He became president in 2000 and slowly and over the years became more controlling. Al-Assad uses police force to control crowds and people that disagree with him. For example, during one protest, “Some protesters were shot and killed by security forces” (“Bashar Al-Assad”).The police force helped control groups disagreeing with Bashar. He regularly uses glittering generalities with other techniques to make him appear better. According to Al-Assad and others, Syria “…appears younger, livelier, and more efficient than it was…” (“Bashar Al-Assad”).Bashar Al-Assad uses glittering generalities to make it seem like he is good and helping. Al-Assad uses force and propaganda similar to Stalin and Napoleon. They all had some form of police to influence people’s decisions and used methods of persuasion such as fear, name-calling, and glittering generalities. All three used fear, force, propaganda, and other methods to slowly gain dictatorship. Napoleon continuously used many techniques discreetly so no other animal would find out. Today’s dictators are using methods similar to Stalin and Napoleon to gain dictatorship. Orwell’s purpose of putting Napoleon in the novel was to show the methods of manipulation Joseph Stalin used to secretly gain dictatorship. He was trying to tell society not every leader is a good one and take action when needed before it’s too
He became president in 2000 and slowly and over the years became more controlling. Al-Assad uses police force to control crowds and people that disagree with him. For example, during one protest, “Some protesters were shot and killed by security forces” (“Bashar Al-Assad”).The police force helped control groups disagreeing with Bashar. He regularly uses glittering generalities with other techniques to make him appear better. According to Al-Assad and others, Syria “…appears younger, livelier, and more efficient than it was…” (“Bashar Al-Assad”).Bashar Al-Assad uses glittering generalities to make it seem like he is good and helping. Al-Assad uses force and propaganda similar to Stalin and Napoleon. They all had some form of police to influence people’s decisions and used methods of persuasion such as fear, name-calling, and glittering generalities. All three used fear, force, propaganda, and other methods to slowly gain dictatorship. Napoleon continuously used many techniques discreetly so no other animal would find out. Today’s dictators are using methods similar to Stalin and Napoleon to gain dictatorship. Orwell’s purpose of putting Napoleon in the novel was to show the methods of manipulation Joseph Stalin used to secretly gain dictatorship. He was trying to tell society not every leader is a good one and take action when needed before it’s too