Orwell's Animal Farm is an allegory because it is about the evils of the Russian Revolution. An example of this is when the Battle of the Cowshed represents the Russian Civil war and its battles with occupying Germany. Orwell is using the story of Manor Farm's animal rebellion to caution people against the encroachment of tyranny. The entire book rests on the assumption that "The Russian Revolution is like beasts taking over a farm". Orwell chose pigs to represent the leader's and sheep to represent the leader's and sheep to represent the mindless followers because the animals show the qualities of the individuals. Orwell chose to use satire, because through humor and parallelism, we realize the absurdity more than we would if it was just the
