Animal Farm was written by George Orwell as an allegory for the Russian Revolution.
First of all, all characters from this short novel represent a person, idea or movement. For example, Mr. Jones represented Czar Nicholas II, and he had the same characteristics as the Czar. Mr. Jones was irresponsible cruel and not fit for his duty.
Other examples are Old Major and Snowball. Old Major represented Karl Marx who was the creator of communism, and consequently in the story Old Major taught "animalism". Snowball represented Leon Tolstoy, one of the leaders of the October Revolution and a very smart and idealistic person, consequently Snowball led the revolution at the farm and had the same personal characteristics as Tolstoy.
Finally, Napoleon represented Joseph Stalin who was corrupt, selfish and only cared for power.
The Russian Revolution was a process that overthrew the Czar and established Lenin's regime. This situation is directly mirrored in the story because the same happens, there's a revolution and subsequently a new hard and unfair regime is established.
"By the Waters of Babylon" is a short story by Stephen Vincent Benét. The main character, John, is a priest and a priest's son who has lived in a post-apocalyptic world. He decides to travel to a forbidden place, a place where it is believed by himself and his people that gods used to live. After crossing the river Hudson and reaching New York, John finds out that the beings they believed to be gods were, in truth, men like himself and his peers. He realizes there are no demons haunting the place and also becomes aware of the fact that his people should be able to build great buildings and work with metal just like men used to do in the past.
In the excerpt, John has just returned home and told his father what he has seen. His father cautions him not to tell others the same way he told him. Since people have been living with wrong convictions for so long, they will probably not be able to take it all in at once, and might even doubt John, call him a liar or a crazy man. But if the truth is revealed little by little, people may get used to the idea that men caused their own destruction and that they are able to rebuild the world. Therefore, the best option seems to be: facing the truth is not an easy task.
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The larger tick marks appear for an event that is on the timeline and the smaller ones are basically non existent.
BCE stands for Before Common Era
The Roman Empire lasted for about 1000 years
