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Five Examples of Propaganda from Animal Farm

 * ~ Example ||~ What it means ||
 * When Squealer claims that Napoleon is the one who defends them at the Battle of the Cowshed. || It boosts Napoleon's image so everyone will hate Snowball and obey Napoleon ||
 * When Napoleon makes the animals confess to crimes they didn't commit || Napoleon is showing the other animals that he is in charge. ||
 * When the sheep bleat that they have larger food rations || The sheep are brainwashed to do this in front of Whymper so the humans outside the farm don't find out the truth of their starvation ||
 * When Clover asks Muriel to read the commandment about killing other animals, it says they can't kill an animal without cause. || Either Muriel is brainwashed or the pigs keep changing the commandments when no one is looking ||
 * When Squealer says that Napoleon forbids the song Beasts of England. || Napoleon is scared of being rebelled against ||

__**Vocab Webs**__


__ == || Karl Marx - A political philosopher in the 1800's whose concepts and ideas eventually turned into socialism and communism which are the idea that a societies' people should share in both all the work that is done...as well as all the goods that work produces. Believed IN SHARING.He also inspired many people . || Jimmy Wales - The creator of wikipedia. He is like Karl because he believes in SHARING information for FREE. || || __Joseph Stalin__- He was the second leader of the Soviet Union. He was on the resister's side, and formed the Bosheviks. He got very powerful and later over threw Lenin. He is a leader of rebels but over threw them. || __My parents__ - are a little controlling, but they are not evil and they don't harm others. They aren't the best example of Stalin. ||
 * ~ Character/Item/Event From Animal Farm ||~ What it symbolized for Orwell ||~ What it symbolizes for me (in today's world) ||
 * Old Major - The most well-respected animal on the farm. Humans were evil. If they weren't around life would be awesome. believed all animals should share in the work and the good things that come from work.
 * __Napoleon__ __the pig__- he was the "big cheese" and the leader of the animals once Old Major died. Right now he is second in command, but I think he is going to over-power Snowball. He is the Alpha pig and is hungry for power. He is constantly disagreeing with Snowball.
 * __Boxer__ __the__ __horse__- he is very hard working and always faithful to the pigs. He isn't bright and absorbs everything that the pigs say. He did more work than any of the other animals and worked overtime.

|| __The working class__- they are very dedicated and hard workers, but have a small IQ. They are even more willing to do more work now that it is for them.

|| __The middle class__- They work hard for their money and go above and beyond (most of the time) to please their bosses.

|| || __Old Men__- They don't like learning new things, and are convinced that anything that they don't think is important isn't. || __Senior Citizens__- Most think that new ideas are worthless and stupid. Some also hate technology and trying to learn it. They are stuck in the past and blame our generation for their problems. || __Lincoln Steffens__- he visited the soviet union in the early 1920's and told people that Communism works. || __Facebook__- on Facebook, people share their life. . Users connects with people all over the globe. Sometimes people start rumors, some true and others not so true. || || The Hen's Rebellion is reference to the __rebellion of peasant farmers__ of Ukraine. Stalin wanted the livestock of the peasant farmers. They tried to rebel by slaughtering their livestock and mistreating it. Their punishment was being starved to death, and between 4 and 10 million died that way. Stalin eventually started killing any farmer that killed or neglected their animals. || __When my brother and I used to fight__- When I was little, sometimes my brother liked to take my things and I liked to take his. We eventually hid our favorite toys so we couldn't take each others'. || || __Tehran Conference and the beginning of the Cold War__- Franklin Roosevelt of the United States; Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom; and Joseph Stalin of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are trying to defeat Hitler during WW II. At the defeat of Germany, they soon turn against one another. || __A Poker Game__- There is always someone who is bluffing, maybe even more. People will turn on each other, even when they make a pact to try to not beat one another. ||
 * __Old Benjamin the donkey__- he the oldest of the animals, and was good at reading. He just thought that reading was a useless skill to obtain. He also isn't for or against the revolution. He is always crabby.
 * __Mr. Whymper__- he is the only human that the animals came in contact. He relayed messages to the outside world. He spread rumors,good and bad.[[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSsU-_MxxVdNsAPzsJaC_C3VavSAJvMUvkBvAxJbTVHHHQx033lrw width="172" height="208"]] || __Westerners__- they are like the other countries that liked what the soviet union was doing. They spread truths and rumors, and said that they had things mostly under control ( when they really didn't). They spread the news of this new way of life called Communism.
 * __The Hen's Rebellion__- Napoleon ordered the hens to give up their eggs. They resisted by dropping their eggs from the rafters. They were punished by not getting their daily rations. 9 hens died during the rebellion.
 * __The meeting between the pigs and the humans and when the two aces of spades hit the table__- The pigs and the neighboring human farmers are playing cards. They are discussing the prosperity of Animal Farm. They get back to the game, and Napoleon and Mr. Pilkington both played an ace of spades at the same time. There is an uproar of anger because they are cheating one another.

__A Flow Chart of the Animal Farm Government__
The Rebellion || The pigs began reading and writing, and weren't doing quite as much work as the other animals. || Napoleon kicked out Snowball and showed off his trained dogs ||
 * ~ ===__Type of Government__=== ||~ ===__What it was like__=== ||
 * __ Humans in charge and the animals doing the work ( 2 classes and a dictatorship) __ || Jones whipped the animals to get the animals working, and took everything from them. The animals were being starved and they wanted to be treated better. On the day of the rebellion, Jones whipped them. ||
 * [[image:emsutopia/arow_pointing_down.png width="152" height="180" align="center"]]
 * __ Animals in charge of themselves; they were all equal(1 class and a social democracy) __ || Everyone got the same amount of rations and every critter (large and small) worked really hard, and pitched in, especially on the first day of the harvest. Every one worked hard for their food and earned it. They voted and had meetings. ||
 * [[image:emsutopia/arow_pointing_down.png width="151" height="179" align="center"]]
 * __ The pigs started to want more power, controlled what the animals worked on and made laws. The animals did more work than them. (2 classes and a dictatorship/constitutional monarchy) __ || The pigs began giving list of chores for the week. Before that, they made the 7 commandments ||
 * [[image:emsutopia/arow_pointing_down.png width="151" height="179" align="center"]]
 * __ Napoleon, the pigs, and the dogs got more privileges while the other animals did all the work (2 classes and a totalitarian state) __ || The pigs weren’t physically working after Snowball left. They also began living in the house and eating and drinking human food. The animals were starved, while the pigs were getting fat. The animals had longer work days and hours. But the pigs slept in and didn’t do anything. The animals were working for someone else other than themselves. ||

__ **Definitions** __ __Allegory__- a story in which each character represents or symbolizes something other than what it is and it has a hidden meaning __Satire__- the use of sarcasm, irony, in a story..., to ridicule/ poke fun at/ or criticize someone's faults or foolishness __Fable__- a story that has a moral/ lesson and it has animals that possess human characteristics (personification)

__Socratic Seminar__

 * (Napoleon is using propaganda to manipulate the animals)**
 * On page 66, Snowball has the windmill plans completed. Napoleon and Snowball have a little debate, in fact the book says, "...Snowball stood up...set forth his reasons for advocating the windmill. Then Napoleon stood up to reply. He said very quietly that the windmill was nonsense ...and promptly sat down again...". Snowball had obviously won the debate, but suddenly Napoleon has his "body guards" chase Snowball out of Animal Farm. Napoleon takes over Animal Farm and we had predicted that one of the pigs would over a disagreement. In real life, Napoleon is Joseph Stalin and Snowball is Leo Trotsky. What was Stalin's purpose of getting rid of Trotsky? Didn't Stalin realize that Trotsky wanted the best for Russia too? Why didn't Stalin realize that he was worse than Tzar Nicolas II (Mr. Jones)? I felt like Snowball was doing a good job leading the animals and I think they could have made Animal Farm a utopia without Napoleon.
 * Also in that chapter, all of the animals feel what Napoleon is doing is wrong, but they are too terrified to speak up (also, they don't know of any good arguments). How come Napoleon doesn't realize that this is worse than how Mr. Jones treated them? Does he just want power?
 * When Napoleon wants to trade outside the farm (starting on page 76), the animals are confused. They were, and I quote from the book, "... conscious of vague uneasiness." They thought that interaction with humans, engaging in trade, and making money were part of the first resolutions that they had made. Why is it that Napoleon is the exception to the rule? I know that Squealer convinced the animals that they were imagining things, but the seven commandments (that seem to be forgotten) imply that animals will do nothing with humans and will never be like humans.
 * If Napoleon didn't raise the dogs to protect him, what would have happened between him and Snowball? Would he still have been able to take over?

__**Study Guide for //Animal Farm//**__
__**Chapters 1 and 2**__ What assumptions about men and animals does this statement reflect? ||< They assume that no matter what, and living human is bad. This is not true because there are some people that strongly believe in not torturing, eating, or enslaving animals. They also assume that every living animal is going to be nice and friendly towards everyone. This is not true because the story even says that Mr. Jones's bird is devoted to him and even flew away with him when the animals chased him out of the farm. ||
 * ~ Questions ||~ Answers ||
 * < 1. In what ways are the animals behaving like animals? In what ways like humans? ||< The animals are like animals because they look like animals, most walk like animals, and when they sing, they sound like animals. They are like humans because they can talk, they can set up there own government, they figure things out on there own and comprehend things, the pigs can read and write, and the pigs started walking on two legs. ||
 * < 2. Review Old Major's speech in the barn. Describe its impact on the animals. ||< Old Major said that humans are evil and selfish, and that they shall start to get ready for a revolution. He also sang them a song, which they quickly learned by heart. The animals were almost going hysterical during the speech from the inspiration, but it was partly from the rats that startled them. They were able to decide that all animals are equal and are their friends. ||
 * < 3. Why does Old Major say, "All men are enemies, all animals are comrades"?
 * < 4. The pigs began leading the other animals in the 2nd chapter. Why were the animals so easily led? ||< The pigs can be very persuasive and are very clever. They practically tricked some of the animals into agreeing with them. Other animals aren't the sharpest pencil in the box, and just went along with it. They needed leaders, and so they let the pigs be just that. ||
 * < 5. Explain why Snowball says to Mollie, "Those ribbons, that you are devoted to, are the badge of slavery." ||< Snowball says the ribbons are a badge of slavery because they are a type of clothing (which is now illegal to wear and have) and they showed that Mollie once belonged to someone, Mr. Jones. She also wants to make sure everyone has an equal amount of things and rights, so she wants Mollie to get rid of them. Humans have tangible pleasures, and no animal is supposed to. ||
 * < 6. Examine the Rebellion and its aftermath. Describe the effect on the animals. ||< They seemed a little surprised in the beginning that they completed the revolution so quickly and easily, and they almost didn't believe it at first.The animals burned everything that they used to use or wear that made them feel like they were in "chains", and even personal pleasures, that once belonged to Mr. Jones. They didn't want to get rid of their belongings, but they did anyways. They also worked really hard on the harvest. They did that mostly to prove to themselves that they could get much more done once Mr. Jones was out of the way. They got more food, but I think that it will run out soon. They seem much happier, but I feel like they aren't sure that they like this new life completely. ||
 * < 7. Review the seven commandments. There is a strong statement implicit in these concerning mankind. What is it? ||< The 7 commandments in the story imply that animals will be nothing like humans. They will not have human pleasures such as alcohol, clothing, and real beds. They will not kill others, like some humans do. They also will make sure that everyone is treated equally, unlike when humans used to have slaves and when they don't pay workers enough. ||
 * < 8. Examine the relationship between Animalism and Marxism. ||< Animalism and Marxism are practically the same thing. Marxism has to do with the working class revolting from the king, so everyone is equal and get what they deserve. Animalism is when the animals (the working class) revolt from humans (king) so they can be equal and get what they deserve. They also both get rid of their superior and take control of the government. ||
 * < 9. A utopia is a place of ideal perfection. In what way could the farm have been a perfect place for a utopian community? ||< The animals created a government in which no animals would be taken advantage of and no animal would kill another. They decided that all animals are created equal. Perfect utopias have that too, where everyone is equal, gets and equal amount of things, and works an equal amount of time. No one would be stuck with all of the work and get nothing. Now, to create a utopia on the farm, they have to follow that and the leaders can't become tyrannies. ||

__**Chapters 3 and 4**__ the future Republic of the Animals, when the humans will be gone. ||
 * ~ Questions ||~ Answers ||
 * 1.How is the farm becoming more like a civilized society? || Most of the animals are literate. Everyone is kind to one another and help each other. They have meetings every Sunday and have an honoring of the flag on that day too. They are making decisions and vote on different subjects. They have clubs and classes. They have leaders. ||
 * 2. Describe the flag for the farm. Analyze the symbolism of it. || The flag is a green table cloth with a hoof and a horn painted in white on it. It symbolizes that they are a a civilization. The green symbolizes the green fields of England while the hoof and horn signify
 * 3. What foreshadowing is given that Napoleon and Snowball are going into a power struggle? || They are arguing all the time. They constantly disagreed, and Napoleon seemed to disagree with Snowball for no reason. They will probably try to overthrow on another. ||
 * 4. Snowball simplifies the seven commandments. How is this new slogan a good propaganda technique? || "Four legs good, two legs bad" is very easy to remember. Even the stupidest of animals new what it meant and recite it. Propaganda: it is persuades and catchy/ memorable. Snowball persuades them that "My way is right, your way is wrong" ||
 * 5.Explain how the pigs set themselves up to be the elite on the farm. || they are the leaders. they were considered the smartest. Because they were the leaders, they felt like they should have privileges. They threatened that farmer Jones would come back if they didn't get the apples. They used propaganda. ||
 * 6. Brainwashing of the animals takes place. Describe Squealer's part in this. || He told them that if they follow the pigs, the Jones won't come back. He convinced them that the pigs took the milk and apples for their own good, so the animals can be led and protected. He also used propaganda. He tricked them because the animals couldn't read. ||
 * 7. How is the Battle of the Cowshed different from the rebellion? || The rebellion was spontaneous, and the Battle of Cowshed (B of C) was planned. In the B of C, a sheep died and a man was knocked unconscious, but in the rebellion no one was harmed. There were more people. They used weapons ||
 * 8. Snowball and Boxer are bother decorated after the battle. Explain the emotions of each concerning this. || Boxer felt bad for killing the man, which turned out to out be cold. Snowball said that the only good type of human is a dead one. Boxer has a kinder heart than Snowball. ||
 * 9. The animals have risked their lives to create a society in which they hold the power. From what you know about the pigs so far, why is this ironic? || We all know the pigs are getting power hungry. They are probably going to take over, and be worse than Mr. Jones. ||

__**Chapters 5 and 6**__ I would consider it propaganda. || They can also trade with humans. They changed that so they don't starve and Jones doesn't come back. || Napoleon was trying to get rid of Snowball, so he was constantly disagreeing with him (especially for the windmill) and finally ran him out of the farm. ||
 * ~ Questions ||~ Answers ||
 * 1. Why is Mollie rejected by the other animals? || She didn't work. She is a traitor to them because she is interacting with humans and accepting sugar and ribbons from them. That is against the law. ||
 * 2. What happens between Snowball and Napoleon over the windmill issue? || They constantly disagreed. Napoleon didn't like the plans. But once the plans were finished, Napoleon made his "body guard" dogs chase Snowball out of the farm, and claimed them as his own. ||
 * 3. Compare and contrast the life on the farm under Jones's rule and Napoleon's rule. || They are both cruel and unfair. When Napoleon is in charge, they get tricked and verbally abused. When Jones was in charge, the animals got physical abuse. Now they work for themselves, but when Jones was in charge, they had to work for the humans. ||
 * 4. How has obedience and loyalty come to replace freedom and bravery on the farm? || With Napoleon in charge, everyone has to work more. Now they just follow orders without question because they can't. They have to follow Napoleon or else. ||
 * 5. Squealer squelches the animals' arguments about Napoleon's take over. Describe this technique. Would you consider it propaganda? || Well first of all, squelch means to forcefully silence or suppress. Squealer convinces the animals that Napoleon is always right, and has always been right. If they don't follow Napoleon, Jones will come back. He is very persuasive and he had dogs protecting him, so no one would disagree. The sheep also were trained to say "4 legs good, 2 legs baaaad"
 * 6. Boxer's motto is, "I will work harder." Explain how this shapes his character. || He is constantly working. Late at night and early in the morning. He works for the good of the farm. He is the power house of the farm. His motto makes him loyal to whoever is the leader. ||
 * 7. The windmill is eventually built. How does Napoleon establish credit for this || He did take credit for the idea of the plans(he said he pretended to disagree with Snowball so he could get rid of him). He said ||
 * 8. Napoleon begins changing the laws to suit his needs. Find examples of this. Describe how the animals are forced to accept these changes. || Now the pigs can use the house and sleep in beds. Muriel and Squealer both claimed that the fourth commandment said that now animal can sleep in a bed //with sheets//. The pigs wanted to be more comfortable, but claimed that because they are the brains, they need the peace and quiet. They also claimed that it wasn't that wonderful either. The animals can't read, so they didn't know what was part of the 7 commandments and what was added on.
 * 9. Several euphemisms have been used throughout the novel thus far. Explain what "tactics" means as Napoleon uses it. || Napoleon's use of tactics is close to the definition, which is: An action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end. It is also a way of lying.

__**Chapters 7 and 8**__
 * ~ Questions ||~ Answers ||
 * 1. The economy is collapsing on the farm. How does Napoleon make it seem everything is fine? || He convinced Whymper that they had plenty of food because he filled the food bins with sand. He also brain washed the sheep to say that they had increased potions of food, so Whynper would think that they were prospering. ||
 * 2. The hens threaten to thwart Napoleon. What happens to them? || They won't give Napoleon the eggs, so they drop them from the rafters. They are given less food and nine of them die. ||
 * 3.How is the memory of Snowball used to keep the animals in line? || They blame everything on Snowball, and Napoleon said that Snowball was on Jones's side the whole time. Squealer convinces the animals that Snowball left documents that say this and how at the Battle of the Cowshed he was leading them to their doom, and how Napoleon was the hero. ||
 * 4. Napoleon feels the need to show cause and effect. He forces four pigs to confess to rebellious attitudes, then executes them. Explain the meaning of this and how it affects Napoleon's power. || It shows that Napoleon is not a merciful leader. It also shows that he is in power and can do anything he wants. ||
 * 5. Clover is singing //Beasts of England// after the executions. Why? What does this reveal about Clover? || She is sad that the effect of the rebellion is not what she wanted it to be. ||
 * 6. Napoleon abolishes the song. What reason does he give? What is the true reason? || He doesn't wan't them to rebel against him. He is actually really scared of losing power ||
 * 7. Napoleon is systematically lying to the animals. Examine Chapter 8 for evidence of this. || He is constantly blaming Snowball for all of there problems. He wants to make sure that the animals turn against Snowball. He also said that Snowball was never brave at the Battle of the Cowshed. Napoleon is telling lies that everyone knows is not true, but they can't do anything about it. He tells lies about the neighboring farms, and says he is going to sell the lumber to one, but then decides to sell with the other. ||
 * 8. How does the poem //Comrade Napoleon// work to build up Napoleon's image? || It makes Napoleon seem the best thing that happened to Animal Farm. He seems to be the reason for all of their successes and good things, when he is not doing anything at all. ||
 * 9. Compare and contrast the Battle of the Windmill to those of the Rebellion and Battle of the Cowshed. || The Battle of the Windmill was not and easy victory like the Battle of the Cowshed. The rebellion was when the animals attacked the humans, but at the Windmill, the humans attacked the animals (Cowshed was also the humans came after the animals). The animals retreated in at the Windmill, but didn't at the Cowshed. They weren't prepared at the Windmill. More animals were killed (a cow, 3 sheep, and 2 geese) and everyone was wounded (humans and animals). ||

__**Chapters 9 and 10**__ Pigs and dogs- literate, intelligent, lazy, leaders, and got the good stuff All other animals- illiterate, hard workers, followers, and they got leftovers and bad stuff. ||  || __**Thought questons**__
 * ~ Questions ||~ Answers ||
 * 1. Describe the stated purpose and the real purpose of the Spontaneous Demonstration. || The stated reason was to celebrate Animal Farm's triumphs and struggles. The real reason was to boost up Napoleon's self esteem and to trick the animals into thinking life was better. Also to cover up how bad everything was. ||  ||
 * 2. Explain Napoleon's purpose in allowing Moses to return to the farm. How is this significant for Napoleon? || It tricked the animals into thinking that if they worked really hard, they would go to Sugarcandy mountain once they died. It was significant because it showed that Napoleon was starting to let people come back into Animal Farm. ||
 * 3. Boxer is admired by the animals on the farm. Why? What are the animals led to believe about where he is sent when he is ill? Describe Squealer's coverup of this event. || He worked hard, even things were bad. He does everybody else's work. He supposedly was going to the animal clinic, but really went to a slaughter house for horses so his hide, hooves, and meat could be sold. Squealer said that the wagon once belonged to a slaughter house, but now it was for an animal clinic and the words had not been painted over. ||
 * 4. Analyze the symbolism of the knacker. || it shows how the working class will end up once they die or get to ill to work. ||
 * 5. Over the course of events, the society within the farm has portioned itself into two classes. What are they and why/how did it form? || There is the working class (the horses, birds, cows, sheep..), and the highest class (the pigs and the dogs). I think that they were formed because the pigs are greedy and wanted more things. Now the 7 commandments are replaced with "All animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others". They also wanted the other animals to work harder, and now the pigs have whips to control the animals.
 * ~ Questions ||~ Answers ||
 * 1.[[image:thought_question_1.JPG]] || The were afraid of the dogs and of Napoleon getting mad at them. Candy mountain is supposedly in the sky and pigs can't fly. ||
 * 2.[[image:thought_question_2.JPG]] || Beasts of England was about a better time for animals and how they were all equal. It was the spark that started the flame in the rebellion. ||
 * 3. When Jones had the farm, the animals were a bit resentful of all the hard work they had to do. Once the animals took over the farm, they worked than ever. Why did their resentment vanish.? || The animals believed that the work they were doing was for themselves because they were no longer working for humans. They were also working for Napoleon. But at the end of the book, they pretty much were taking orders from the humans, because they couldn't tell the difference between the pigs and the humans. ||
 * 4. Napoleon is against building the windmill. Why? Why does he late change his mind? || He is against the windmill because he liked to disagree with everything that Snowball said. He probably didn't even look at the plans until Snowball was gone. He changed his mind because he finally realized that building the windmill was a good idea. ||
 * 5.[[image:thought_question_5.JPG]] || Snowball gave an amazing speech and Napoleon attacked him with his dogs because he couldn't make a come back to it. No animals stood up because they were surprised and were afraid. ||
 * 6.[[image:thought_question_6.JPG]] || Squealer always said that the animals couldn't make the decisions, otherwise Jones would come back. This let them lie and take control over them completely because no one wanted Jones back. ||
 * 7.[[image:thought_question_7.JPG]] || I think that they should make some decisions, but it wouldn't be a good idea. If they were the only ones that made a decision, they would fit it to their needs, not the people's needs. ||
 * 8.[[image:thought_question_8.JPG]] || They used propaganda and said Jones would come back if they didnt't let them. They also lied by rewriting the commandments and they used the dogs to threaten. They also claimed that they were doing the hardest work so they needed to be in there. ||
 * 9.[[image:thought_question_9.JPG]] || They were allowed to because they claimed they were doing the hardest work. They said jones would come back if they didn't let them. ||
 * 10.[[image:thought_question_10.JPG]] || Napoleon //didn't// know that Snowball destroyed the windmill. He was just really paranoid and needed a scapegoat. He also wanted to show the animals that Snowball was evil, when he really wasn't, so they would be on his side. ||
 * 11.[[image:thought_question_11.JPG]] || She, and none of the animals, can remember what it was like on the farm with Jones in charge. Also, Squealer claimed and made statistics about how Animal Farm was sooooo much better now. ||
 * 12.[[image:emsutopia/thought_question_12.JPG]] || He wanted their life to be better so he went to any extent to make it that way. ||
 * 13[[image:emsutopia/thought_question_13.JPG]] || A utopia is a place where all people are equal. Animal Farm was almost like that, but then Napoleon go power hungry. Orwell believes in class stratifacatioin- the belief that a social clases will always be split into two (rich/evil/greedy/make decisions and poor/work the hardest/follow orders/get less/not intelligent/followers) the followers need to question authority. He thinks that no matter in what situation, some people will always get more money or be power hungry, causing to social classes to form. ||

__The Russian Revolution of 1917__

 * ~ ====**Key Players**==== ||~ ====**What role they played**==== ||
 * Leon Trotsky || He was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist,Soviet Politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army. He was part of the Bolshevicks. He lead the left opposition against the policies of Joseph Stalin. He was forced out of power and deported out of Russia to be assassinated on Stalin's orders in 1924. ||
 * Vladimir Lenin || He was Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician. Vladimir was the leader of the October Revolution of 1917 and the leader of the Bolsheviks. ||
 * Blochvicks || They were the ||
 * Tsar Nicholas II || He was the king of Russia that the peasants revolted against ||
 * Josheph Stalin ||  ||

__**Why did the Russian Revolution of 1917 happen?**__
Most of the population consisted of peasants, the lowest social class. Tsar treated them poorly. The peasants did all the work on the lands, but got hardly anything for all it and didn't own any land. They thought that they deserved it, but wanted to be fair to others. They believed that everyone should work the same amount, and get an equal amount of pay for the work they did. They began to revolt so everyone would be equal. The Bolshevik's won. They took Tsar and his family out of the country to Yeakterinburg, in the Ural Mountains. They were murdered and burned before any of the anti-Bolsheviks could rescue them. Wikipedia says: The social causes of the Russian Revolution mainly came from centuries of oppression of the lower classes by the Tsarist regime, and Nicholas's failures in World War I. While rural agrarian peasants had been [|emancipated] from [|serfdom] in 1861, they still resented paying redemption payments to the state, and demanded communal tender of the land they worked. The problem was further compounded by the failure of [|Sergei Witte]'s land reforms of the early 1900s. Increasing peasant disturbances and sometimes full revolts occurred, with the goal of securing ownership of the land they worked. Russia consisted mainly of poor farming peasants, with 1.5% of the population owning 25% of the land. Lincoln Steffens,