Analyzing The Allegory Of George Orwll's Animal Farm

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George Orwll wrote Animal Farm as an allegory about the evils of the Russian Revolution. Napoleon, Joseph Stalin, emerges as the leader of the Animal Farm after the Rebellion. He used military force to intimidate the other animals and combine his power. In his almighty talents, Napoleon proves more betrayal and deception that his opponent Snowball.

Snowball, Leon Trotsky, is the pig who challenges Napoleon for control of the Animal Farm after the rebellion. He is intelligent, passionate, eloquent, less subtle and less devious than Napoleon. Snowball appears to win the loyalty of the other animals and cement his power. Old Major, the prize winning boar, whose vsion of socialist Utopia serves as the inspiration for the rebellion. After telling

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