Why can it be said that George Orwell based the following characters on the following historical figures?: Old Major - Vladimir Lenin, Napoleon -...

One
reason why people would say thatbased characters of  off of individuals in
the Russian Revolution is because they closely parallel one another.

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shown to be the source of Animalism.  He brings the philosophy to the farm and speaks from a
theoretical perspective that unifies the farm. His persuasion enables the animals to "buy
in."   Old Major dies before his vision can take full form.  Lenin served much of the same
function in the history of the...