Animal Farm Notes

Who is Karl Marx?Many of the ideals behind theSoviet revolution were based onthe writings and teachings of KarlMarx. A German intellectual wholived in the mid-1800s, Marxbelieved that societies are dividedinto two segments, a working classand an owner class. The workingclass creates all the products,while the owner class enjoys allthe benefits of these products.This class division leads toinequality and oppression of theworking class. Marx’s objectivewas to create a classless society inwhich the work is shared by all forthe benefit of all, and he believedrevolution was the way to achievethis goal.