Assertion: mollie's character | /r/HasProperty | allusion
Facets:
value: to the russian writer
type: OTHER
value: to leon trotsky
type: OTHER
value: to joseph stalin
type: OTHER
value: to the russian proletariat
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to the russian citizens
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to adolf hitler
type: OTHER
value: to winston churchill
type: OTHER
value: to vyacheslav molotov
type: OTHER
value: to czar nicolas ii
type: OTHER
value: to the russian orthodox church
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to upper-middle class
type: OTHER
value: at the time of the revolution
type: TEMPORAL
value: to both karl marx
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The character of Old Major, who is the speaker, is an allusion to both Karl Marx (1818–1883), the German political economist and philosopher who believed the history of the world was class struggle, and Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924), who was a leader of the Russian Revolution and a proponent of the economic system of socialism.
text: The character of Squealer is an allusion to Vyacheslav Molotov (1890–1986), a government leader and a protégé of Joseph Stalin (1878–1953).
text: The character of Mollie is an allusion to the bourgeoisie, or upper-middle class in Russia at the time of the Revolution.
text: The character of Moses is an allusion to the Russian Orthodox Church.
text: The character of Mr. Jones is an allusion to Czar Nicolas II (1868–1918), the royal ruler of Russia who oversaw famines and shortages of supplies and who was overthrown by the forces of the Russian Revolution.
text: The character of Boxer is an allusion to the Russian proletariat, or the working class.
text: Foxwood is an allusion to England, and the character of Mr. Pilkington is an allusion to Winston Churchill (1874–1965), the prime minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
text: Pinchfield is an allusion to Germany, and the character of Mr. Frederick is an allusion to Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), the leader of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.
text: The characters of the sheep, who are easily led and not terribly bright, are an allusion to the Russian citizens who too readily believed the propaganda spread by Joseph Stalin and his supporters.
text: The character of Snowball is an allusion to Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), who emerged as a leader of the Russian Revolution and the Civil War as well as Joseph Stalin’s rival for power in the new government that formed afterward.
text: The character of Napoleon is an allusion to Joseph Stalin, who assumed leadership of the Soviet Union in 1924 and became a powerful dictator who ruled until 1953.
text: The character of Minimus is an allusion to the Russian writer Maxim Gorky (1868–1936), whose work was used to promote the Soviet agenda.