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The purpose of a revolution, as history has shown, is to fight some sort of political or social injustice suffered by a group of the general public. Typically a minority of the population, in search of a better lifestyle fights back against the oppression they have been forced to endure. History is full of countless examples of this. Two such notable revolutions are the French and Russian movements, though they occurred at completely different time …

…difficult to dispel Orwell's feelings against revolutions of the same nature which he describes in his own words to be "violent conspiratorial revolution, led by unconsciously power-hungry people". With the only conclusion to such revolutions to be a change in master. Though it is well known how deep Orwell's true feelings are regarding ideas of revolutions, the novel still serves as a template to the downside and in many cases the harsh reality of revolutions.