ia_2011_a_beiboutov

=Plan of the Investigation (100-150 Words) Tips]=

This study will attempt to answer the question “Is // Animal Farm // a useful source for a historian studying the rise of Stalin?” I chose this question because it has a unique way of telling the history of the Russian revolution and Stalin’s rise to power through a fable. George Orwell’s use of imagery and events in his // Animal Farm // fall directly into place with the events and political figures in the Russian revolution, beginning from the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II. This question remains relevant today as it shows the view of an outsider from Russia wanted to express the horror that he is seeing, but having to do it in a secret and coded way, in order to avoid prosecution. As Stalin managed to create an Iron Curtain in Russia, barely any views of the Soviet Union was seen by commoners outside of Russia, simply the people that lived through the tragic years in Russia herself.

I have structured my analysis section by starting with a discussion about the historical content of // Animal Farm //. I then move on to consider the main interpretation of the work before analyzing its use of characters ** (footnote) ** and symbols ** (footnote) ** to portray certain political figures ** (footnote) ** and key events in the Russian revolution. I will later on, analyze my sources and their limitations to be able to come to a more valid conclusion and if // Animal Farm // has the ability to relate to any other rise of political parties apart from Stalin and the Russian revolution ** (footnote) **.

Throughout the study, I make use of a variety of sources, ranging from primary sources such as Lenin’s Testament // //,// Children of the Arbat //by A. Rybakov, and a response to Britain by the Soviet Union // //,// Animal Farm //the movie  and furthermore books and websites.


 * You advised me to add footnotes to explain what I mean but I don't understand what to reference to.**

// //Lenin’s testament// // // Children of the Arbat // by A. Rybakov (this had been suppressed in the USSR for twenty years before being published in Britain in 1989)

// //Official Soviet reply to British proposals for an agreement with the Soviet Union, 15 May 1939//

[[file: /C:/Documents and Settings/beiboutov_s10/My Documents/IB/History/Internal Assesment/Internal Assesmentt.doc#_ftnref4|[4]]] // Animal Farm // Directors Joy Batchelor, John Halas, 13 Febraury 1956 (Sweden)