In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the pig Napoleon was based on the U.S.S.R.'s brutal leader, Joseph Stalin. Both Stalin and Napoleon were power hungry and put power above everything else. Napoleon trained the farm's dogs in order to exterminate anyone who might go against him. The dogs were representative of Joseph Stalin's secret police--the KGB. Stalin was also a propaganda "king," who used all types of propaganda to control the people. Napoleon's henchman, Squealer, fulfilled this purpose in Animal Farm. Stalin had a five year plan for the purpose of getting agriculture and industry back up and running, and this plan was what the windmill on the farm symbolized. Furthermore, Stalin exiled Leon Trotsky, much like Snowball was chased off the farm by Napoleon and his dogs.
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