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Snowball is a character in George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm.He is largely based on Leon Trotsky, who led the opposition against Joseph Stalin ().Snowball is depicted as an intellectual white pig whose leadership, dedication, and feats for Animal Farm is unparallel to any others on the farm, however he is rivaled by Napoleon who has hatred for Snowball.
Snowball – Napoleon's rival and original head of the farm after Jones's overthrow. His life parallels that of Leon Trotsky, [18] although there is no reference to Snowball having been murdered (as Trotsky was); he may also combine some elements from Lenin. [20] [c]
Napoleon and Snowball mirror the relationship between Stalin and Leon Trotsky. Trotsky supported Permanent Revolution (just as Snowball advocated overthrowing other farm owners), while Stalin supported socialism in one country (similar to Napoleon's idea of teaching the animals to use firearms, instead). When it seems Snowball will win the ...
Lev Davidovich Bronstein [b] (7 November [O.S. 26 October] 1879 – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky, [c] was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist. He was a central figure in the 1905 Revolution , October Revolution of 1917, Russian Civil War , and establishment of the Soviet Union , from which he was ...
Pages in category "Cultural depictions of Leon Trotsky" ... Self-Portrait Dedicated to Leon Trotsky; Snowball (Animal Farm) Stalin (1992 film) State of Revolution;
There had been an increasing disillusionment among left-wing intellectuals with the advent of Stalinism and the viability of Marxism following the Russian Revolution.A number of Trotsky's associates such as Max Eastman, Victor Serge, Boris Souvarine, Ante Ciliga had raised questions about his responsibility over the suppression of the Kronstadt rebellion in 1921.
The following is a chronological list of books by Leon Trotsky, a Marxist theoretician, including hardcover and paperback books and pamphlets published during his life and posthumously during the years immediately following his assassination in the northern summer of 1940. Included are the original Russian or German language titles and ...
The Spanish Revolution, 1931–1939 is a collection of Leon Trotsky's writings about the Spanish Civil War. [1]Throughout this period, Trotsky asserted there was an urgent need for a mass revolutionary party, sharply criticised the conciliatory actions of the POUM faction such as abandoning the Left Opposition program, the intrigues of the Stalinist Comintern in suppressing the left-wing ...