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   The windmill represents the animals' entry into the world of self-sufficiency. At first Napoleon is against it because Snowball favors it. However, once Snowball is banished, Napoleon suddenly changes his mind and is all for it. The allegory to this is Stalin's plan to modernize Russia and bring it into the 20th century. Russia was still a county using 19th century tools in a 20th century industrialized economy and in order to compete on the world markets, they had to industrialize quickly. This is why Napoleon, who represents Stalin, pushes the animals so hard in order to finish the windmill. It's also a reason the neighbors see the windmill as a threat because they don't want any more competitors in their neighborhoods.

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   Posted by ms-mcgregor on Monday October 6, 2008 at 1:41 AM