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Animal Farm Then Vs Now

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Then V. Now
“Animal Farm” was a book written by George Orwell in 1945 about the Russian Revolution, and because “Animal Farm” was written about politics, and politics tends to repeat itself, it can relate to many current and older political events. Some events can even compare so exactly, it is almost as if they were based off of it. “Animal Farm” can compare to the Egyptian Revolution that took place in 2011 because there was an original uprising, the new leader was thrown out of the country, and the second leader was even more cruel.
The book tells the story of how the animals, whom represent the people of Russia, overthrow their human master Mr. Jones, which represents Tsarism, to make a new and better form of government. In this new …show more content…

He ruled for a long time and became bitter and lazy. He was overthrown and almost immediately was replaced by Mohammed Morsi. He had all these ideas, and in the end, it was because of his new and wild ideas that got him into trouble. He only lasted months as president before he was overthrown by the Egyptian minister of defense and commander-in-chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. To compare this current event to “Animal Farm” is easy. Hosni Mubarak is the farmer, Mr. Jones. They both ruled over people (or animals) that hated them, and their subjects overthrew them because they thought that anything else was going to provide a much better life. Mohammed Morsi is Snowball; they both won the loyalty of the people during the rebellions and uprising, but their new ideas were their downfalls. Adbel Fattah el-Sisi is Napoleon. He and Napoleon relate to each other in so many ways; the first being they both have a background in the military field, the second way is that they were both close to Morsi, or Snowball, but not exactly in the direct chain of command or the …show more content…

Since this book was written about a political event, and politics always finds a way to repeat itself, this book can relate and compare to many different situations and event that have happened throughout the years, and in many years to come. The book, “Animal Farm” and the Egyptian Revolution relate to each other in many different ways. A few of those ways being that there was an original uprising that involved the old, cruel leader being removed from office, the new leader that took over after the uprising was thrown out of the country, and the second leader after the uprising was even more cruel than the first who was kicked

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