Czar Nicholas II was Russia’s last Czar following the Russian Revolution. He was said to be a narrow-minded and incompetent leader (Period E, 2006). He himself claimed he was not ready to become Czar when he took the throne after his father died in 1894. Most of Russian people under his power were poor and starving. He did nothing about this. He was a weak and careless ruler and when riots broke out, he could not cope so abdicated the throne (BBC History, 2008).
Although Czar Nicholas II was sometimes cruel and brutal, he would occasionally be kind to the people. For instance, he would hire students as spies so they could earn some money (Russian Revolution, 2008). This is similar to the role of Mr Jones in the novel. Mr Jones would beat and whip the animals to make them work harder. Contrastingly, he would sometimes be kind to the animals and mix milk in with their food. Both ‘rulers’ were lazy and inept to the peasants and working class people/animals. The Czar would treat the peasants cruelly and often force them to do back-breaking labor then leave them to starve to death. Mr Jones would constantly come home late at night and forget to feed the animals for days on end. The animals would be working hard all day and not be fed, fueling the burning desire for overthrowing his leadership. Czar Nicholas II and Mr Jones were both weak during the revolutions, leading to them handing over the country/farm to the peasants/animals (60 Second Recap, 2011).
Representing Czar Nicholas II through Mr Jones in Animal Farm, Orwell draws out the emphasis of Capitalism during the Russian Revolution. Jones represents the old government, the last of the Czars. Orwell successfully suggests Jones to lose his ‘edge’ with controlling the animals, the direct parallel of Czar Nicholas II (Orwell Links, 2003) Orwell managed to represent the hierarchy and class divide between rulers and peasants through the concept of a farm.
Although Czar Nicholas II was sometimes cruel and brutal, he would occasionally be kind to the people. For instance, he would hire students as spies so they could earn some money (Russian Revolution, 2008). This is similar to the role of Mr Jones in the novel. Mr Jones would beat and whip the animals to make them work harder. Contrastingly, he would sometimes be kind to the animals and mix milk in with their food. Both ‘rulers’ were lazy and inept to the peasants and working class people/animals. The Czar would treat the peasants cruelly and often force them to do back-breaking labor then leave them to starve to death. Mr Jones would constantly come home late at night and forget to feed the animals for days on end. The animals would be working hard all day and not be fed, fueling the burning desire for overthrowing his leadership. Czar Nicholas II and Mr Jones were both weak during the revolutions, leading to them handing over the country/farm to the peasants/animals (60 Second Recap, 2011).
Representing Czar Nicholas II through Mr Jones in Animal Farm, Orwell draws out the emphasis of Capitalism during the Russian Revolution. Jones represents the old government, the last of the Czars. Orwell successfully suggests Jones to lose his ‘edge’ with controlling the animals, the direct parallel of Czar Nicholas II (Orwell Links, 2003) Orwell managed to represent the hierarchy and class divide between rulers and peasants through the concept of a farm.