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I think you should leave it as is. You italicize words to stress a meaning but to my knowledge, nothing needs stressing in that sentence. Hope it helps and sorry if it didn't. ♥
<span>Major symbolizes two historical figures. First, he represents Karl Marx, the father of Marxism. Marx’s political hypotheses about working-class consciousness and division of labor worked infinitely better in theory than in practice, especially when corrupt leaders twisted them for their personal gain. Second, Major represents Vladimir Lenin, the foremost of the three authors of the Russian Revolution and the formation of the Soviet Union. Lenin died during the Soviet Union’s early years, leaving Trotsky (Snowball) and Stalin (Napoleon) to vie for his leadership position.</span>
Answer: He makes a comparison between the man with the muck-rake and journalists.
