Napoleon and Stalin: In his Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx described his vision of the future, where the proletariat, or working class, rises up to topple the bourgeoisie and create a society without social classes. The Russian revolution of 1917, led by Vladimir Lenin, attempted to do just that. Lenin died in 1924, several years after the revolution, and Joseph Stalin rose to replace him, forcing rival Leon Trotsky to resign. In George Orwell's Animal Farm, Napoleon the …showed first 75 words of 711 total…

…showed last 75 words of 711 total…final reality. While such visions usually end in failure, they do have worth, for it is impossible to improve conditions without knowing how to improve them or what the final goal is. Hope, though not always satisfied, is necessary for survival, and those who live in bleak conditions need hope to look past the pains of life. Works Cited Orwell, George. Animal Farm. New York: New American Library, 1946. "Stalin Joseph." Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia. 3rd ed. 1999.