Animal Farm: Tsar Nicholas II/Farmer Jones Tsar Nicholas II was the last Tsar of Russia and ruled the country during the 19th and the twentieth century. He was overthrown by his own people because he lacked the leadership skills needed to rule Russia. Nicholas was the eldest son of Tsar Alexander III and Princess Dagmar of Denmark. Nicholas became tsar in 1894, after his father's sudden death, and ruled the largest country in the world, which at the time had a population of 130 million. From the beginning of his reign, people began to get angry at the royal family and wanted a better government ("Nicholas"). Farmer Jones, a character from George Orwell's Animal Farm, is the owner of the Manor Farm who treats his animals very harshly. He is an alcoholic and this leads him to make poor choices for his farm. This article focuses on the similarities between Tsar Nicholas and Farmer Jones and how they fell from their positions as leaders of Russia and Animal Farm into exile and oblivion. so drunk that he didn't return until noon on Sunday. The men had milked the cows early in the morning and then gone hunting for rabbits, without bothering to feed the animals" (Orwell 38). Mr. Jones abandoned the animals and left them to starve, just like Tsar Nicholas he ignored how terrible the situation was in Russia during the famine. He refused to take it seriously and did not help his people, instead he “continued playing dominoes for several hours” (Vogt 102) while his people starved and starved. he died. Eventually Nicola was forced to abdicate. Mr. Jones was forced to leave the farm after the Rebellion because he didn't take care of his animals and they were stars... at the center of the paper... because of his choices. Both could have prevented the Russian revolution/rebellion and led their country/farm prosperously if they had made the right choices and not neglected their people/animals. Their choices cost them power and many lives, including their own. Animal Farm proves that the Russian Revolution didn't actually help Russia because it didn't eliminate famines or make life better than it was during the reign of Tsar Nicholas II. Work cited “The Tsar of Russia Nicholas II”. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia. 6th Edition (2013): 1. Literacy Reference Center. Network. 15 December 2013. “Nicholas II”. Historic world leaders. Gale, 1994 United States History in Context. Web 10 December 2013Orwell, George. Animal farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1954. Print.Vogt, George. Nicholas II. New York: Chelsea House, 1987. Print