Snowball is a fictional pig in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell. Together with the pig Napoleon, he leads the animals' revolt against the human farmer, but is driven away from the farm (a comparison to the Russian government) by his former comrade Napoleon in the later part of the story. Unlike Napoleon, he has the best interests of the animals in mind. He is most attuned to the thinking of Old Major (whose role resembles that of Vladimir Lenin or perhaps Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels). He devotes himself to bettering the animals in intellectual, moral and physical ways. His role on the farm bears a significant and intended resemblance to the role of Leon Trotsky in the early Soviet Union. Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell, and is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... Spoiler warning: Napoleon is a fictional character in George Orwells Animal Farm. ... Old Major is the first major character described by Orwell in Animal Farm. ... “Lenin” redirects here. ... Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany – March 14, 1883, London) was a German philosopher, political economist, and revolutionary. ... Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820, Wuppertal – August 5, 1895, London), a 19th-century German political philosopher, developed communist theory alongside his better-known collaborator, Karl Marx, co-authoring The Communist Manifesto (1848). ...   (Russian: Лёв Давидович Троцкий, Lyov Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Leon Davidovich Bronstein (Лёв Давидович Бронштейн), was a Ukrainian-born Jewish Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ...

In his short-lived time as a leader, Snowball actively works to change Animal Farm, and although not all of his ideas work very efficiently, he is shown to have genuinely good intentions. Like Trotsky, Snowball is exiled after Napoleon seizes power by force, modeled after Joseph Stalin. After Snowball is exiled, he is used by Napoleon as a political scapegoat and is blamed for various problems on the farm. For example, he is blamed for allegedly mixing weed seeds into the wheat seeds under the cover of night to explain the growth of weeds in the farm's crops. He is also blamed for the destruction of the windmill the animals had created. Other animals make false confessions (an idea Orwell expands in 1984) saying they helped him in his "nightly visits," and they are executed brutally in public. (The killing is likely a parallel to the Great Purge started by Stalin in 1936 when he tried and executed many of his political adversaries using forced false confessions.) There is never a sure confirmation that Snowball is alive or dead as he was never seen again after his exile. Exile (band) may refer to: Exile - The American country music band Exile - The Japanese pop music band Category: ... “Stalin” redirects here. ... This article is about the Orwell novel. ... The Great Purge (Russian: , transliterated Bolshaya chistka) is the name given to campaigns of political repression and persecution in the Soviet Union orchestrated by Joseph Stalin during the late 1930s. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Snowball's ideas

Snowball believes in a continued revolution (he argues that in order to defend Animal Farm, the animals should stir up rebellions in other farms throughout England) and continues striving for the betterment of the Animal Farm. He tries to accomplish this through many failed committees, like the Cleaner Tails Organization for the cows. Napoleon is shown to have been Snowball's enemy from the very start of the revolution, disagreeing with almost all of Snowball's ideas. For example, when Snowball proposes instirring more revolutions on other farms in order to protect Animal Farm (similar to Trotsky's idea of Permanent Revolution), Napoleon proposes learning to use firearms and other more advanced weapons. When Snowball actively organizes the animals into groups of committees, Napoleon simply states that the education of the young is all that was needed. Animal Farm is a novel by George Orwell, and is regarded in the literary field as one of the most famous satirical allegories of Soviet totalitarianism. ... COW is an acronym for a number of things: Can of worms The COW programming language, an esoteric programming language. ... Permanent Revolution is a term within Marxist theory, which was first used by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels between 1845 and 1850, but has since become most closely associated with Leon Trotsky. ... An assortment of modern hand-held firearms using fixed ammunition, including military assault rifles, a sporting shotgun (fourth from bottom), a tactical shotgun (third from bottom), and a sporting rifle (top). ...

Snowball also writes the first version of the Seven Commandments. These are later altered by Squealer under the orders of Napoleon to accommodate the actions of the pigs. For example, the commandment stating "No animal shall drink alcohol" is changed to "No animal shall drink alcohol in excess." The Seven Commandments in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell were a list of rules that were supposed to keep order within Animal Farm. ... Squealer is a fictional pig from George Orwells Animal Farm, primarily inspired by Joseph Stalins aide Vyacheslav Molotov. ...

Exile

Snowball is exiled by Napoleon during a vote on the windmill. Snowball's enthusiasm had carried him away in creating the plans for a new windmill which he claimed could provide electricity for the entire farm, allowing hot-water showers and a three-day week and which Napoleon strongly opposed. But despite Napoleon's arguments against the plan, Snowball's eloquence quickly persuades the animals to join his cause. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ...

However, before a vote could take place Napoleon orders his nine puppies, which are then almost fully grown vicious dogs, to chase Snowball out of the farm. He then assumed total control and discontinues the Sunday meetings.

Snowball's exile is similar to that of Leon Trotsky's. Trotsky was exiled by Stalin so that the latter could consolidate his power. Trotsky was fairly widely viewed as the only leader outside Stalin's bureaucratic clique, which controlled much of the state apparatus, capable of succeeding Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union.