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Essay / Compare and Contrast Snowball and Leon - 833
Leon and Snowball were both hated by their opponents or the rulers they had above and beside them. Not only did the rulers dislike them, they exiled them. Snowball's exile was a terrible misfortune and imminent death. It all started when “nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the barn. They rushed straight at Snowball, who leapt from his home just in time to escape their snapping jaws” (Orwell, 57), which sent him to the outskirts of the farm and was not seen again . While Trotsky, for his part, decided to go into management when there was no one else. When “Lenin fell ill and died, Trotsky was easily outwitted by Stalin. In 1927 he was expelled from the party.” (Leon Trotsky, 1) Where the internal and formerly external banishment continued. Before being banned, however, they had certain advantages in remaining in the group. They were both very intelligent and arrogant. Snowball's writing ability for commandments and in general was a great thing for the farm. While Trotsky’s intelligence allowed him to play “a decisive role in the communists’ seizure of power.” » (Leon Trotsky, 1) and an arrogance which prevented him from making friends, let alone keeping them. In conclusion, Leon and Snowball varied in the beginning as well as in the cause and encouragement of the society they influenced. They both still had some of the assets