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Download Background Guide Animal Farm: The Rise of Communism in the USSR Table of Contents FROM YOUR DIRECTOR-GENERAL ....................................................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED. FROM YOUR CHAIR .................................................................................................................................................... 3 FROM YOUR CRISIS DIRECTOR ............................................................................................................................... 4 COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION/INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 5 SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF ANIMAL FARM ..................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER FOUR....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 CHAPTER FIVE......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 CHAPTER SIX ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9 CHAPTER SEVEN .................................................................................................................................................................................. 10 CHAPTER EIGHT .................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 CHAPTER NINE ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 11 CHAPTER TEN ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 HISTORY OF THE USSR ........................................................................................................................................... 13 THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 13 THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR .................................................................................................................................................................. 14 THE RISE OF STALIN ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14 STALIN’S FIVE-YEAR PLAN .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 THE GREAT PURGES ........................................................................................................................................................................... 14 WORLD WAR II ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 THE TEHRAN AND YALTA CONFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 15 CHARACTERS ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Princeton Model United Nations Conference 2019 1 Animal Farm: The Rise of Communism in the USSR FROM YOUR DIRECTOR-GENERAL Dear Delegates, It is my privilege to welcome you to the Princeton Model United Nations Conference. My name is Justin Curl, and I am honored to be your Director General of Crisis Committees this year. I am a sophomore in the Computer Science Department with certificates in Statistics & Machine Learning and Engineering Management Systems. On campus, I am a member of the Model UN Team, the Princeton Debate Panel, and a volunteer for the Mercer County suicide hotline. This is my second-year staffing PMUNC, I was a crisis director for the Joint Crisis Committee last year. I had a wonderful experience last year and am excited to be back again staffing PMUNC this year. I am from Los Angeles, California. I am not excited for the cold that awaits us all come November, but luckily, we have the heat of lively competition and new friendships to warm our hearts at PMUNC. I first joined the lovely activity of Model UN in college, and I have had an amazing experience competing on the college circuit. I hope you do not let the thrill of competition to distract you from the chance to learn something from your fellow delegates and building strong friendships. Crisis committees are a unique opportunity to form relationships with the 12-15 other students in committee. These committees will push you to creatively combine your long-term strategy with short-term events, spinning each update to your advantage. Success in crisis will require delegates to think critically and quickly to persuasively respond to constant crises coming out of the back room. Constantly balancing the goals of individual delegates with the success of the entire committee, delegates in crisis represent Model UN and politics at its best. This year we have an excellent slate of topics lined up, including a committee analyzing Orwell’s Animal Farm in the context of the USSR, another addressing Venezuela’s humanitarian crisis, and another responding to 9/11 among others. Both myself and my chairs have been working all summer to lay the foundations for the best PMUNC experience possible. Please read through the background guide, start thinking about your arc, and get ready to have an amazing weekend of fun at PMUNC. All the best, Justin Curl Princeton Model United Nations Conference 2019 2 Animal Farm: The Rise of Communism in the USSR FROM YOUR CHAIR Welcome, delegates! My name is Maya Mishra, and I’m a sophomore planning on concentrating in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology with certificates in Global Health & Health Policy as well as Planets & Life. (Not public policy-- shocker!) This is my second PMUNC, and my sixth year of MUN. I’ve served on Press Corps from Chicago to Washington, D.C., and was the Managing Editor of the newspaper of The Hague International MUN in 2018. (Read: I’m not huge on parliamentary procedure.) I can’t wait to meet you all! I’m from Indiana, so you could say that I know a thing or two about farms. Our farm, however, will be a little more interesting than most. As a menagerie of barnyard animals, you’ll navigate through George Orwell’s take on the Russian Revolution, led by your trusty guide, the ghost of Old Major/Vladimir Lenin/me. We’ll delve into the historical period as well as explore the literary classic. Please make sure to read (or re-read) Animal Farm before arriving, with special attention paid to your animal’s role. (I promise it’s really not that long.) For those of you with roles that we created, think about how your animal might fit into the narrative. What might they think about key events in the book, and what could they do to protect their interests? Remember, the book (and the history itself) is a guideline rather than a timeline. Do some research about your animal’s historical parallel if you’re not sure where to go next in crafting your crisis arc. Your English teachers also may be able to help. A well-prepared delegate is a successful delegate. Feel free to email me if you have any questions, comments, or really good historically relevant Tweets ([email protected]). While cultural dress isn’t appropriate for MUN, animal ears or noses are encouraged. I can’t wait to see where you all will take our version of Animal Farm. Four legs good; two legs bad! Maya Princeton Model United Nations Conference 2019 3 Animal Farm: The Rise of Communism in the USSR FROM YOUR CRISIS DIRECTOR Dear Delegates, My name is Hannah and I’m so excited to be your crisis director for this PMUNC! I’m a sophomore from Massachusetts planning on studying economics, and I also hope to pursue certificates in sustainable energy and Latin American studies. I didn’t do MUN in high school, but this is my second year staffing PMUNC and I can’t wait to be back! Fun fact: Maya and I actually became close friends through PMUNC; many beautiful friendships have blossomed through PMUNC, and I hope you all enjoy meeting fellow delegates this weekend! As Maya mentioned, you should be reading Animal Farm (or our summary if you really don’t have the time, but please try to read the book!) as well as our background guide to prepare
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