wanted to improve the lives of the people and was compared to Snowball. He was very enthusiastic and was a leader who organized the defense of the farm. He gave speeches and instructions but was not very beneficial. All the other animals liked him, but he was outsmarted by Napoleon. Trotsky and Stalin's relationship was very much like Snowball's and Napoleons. Trotsky organized the Red Army and gave speeches and everyone in Russia thought he would win power over Stalin. After Lenin's death Trotsky lost all his power to Stalin and was expelled from the communist party. He was at one time considered the second most powerful man in Russia. (Trotsky" Comptons 290). There are also several other characters in Animal Farm that represent groups of people. Mollie, a beautiful mare, shows that she is supportive of those who will grant her wishes. She shows up late to Old Majors meeting flaunting the ribbons in her mane for attention and does not care about the revolution. After the revolution, she was never around when there was work to be done. Mollie resented the rule against clothing. Later she has many rendezvous with a man that pays attention to her. She eventually leaves the farm to work as a carriage horse. She gets the attention she wants and gets to wear her beloved ribbons. Mollie represents the people of Russia that were vain. These people were apathetic to the revolution in Russia and were only worried about themselves. These people eventually fled to other more prosperous countries to fulfill their selfish needs. In contrast to the vain people, there were loyal, more gullible people that were fooled into thinking that Stalin was good just because he was Communist. Even after Stalin revealed himself to be a ruthless tyrant, these people continued to support his regime. Boxer, a loyal, hardworking horse, exerted himself to the fullest under Napoleons rule. He woke earlier than all the animals to do extra work and if anything were to...
