One of the most important symbols in Animal Farm is personification. Personification is used all around on Animal Farm, making all the animals talk and giving them human characteristics. By personifying the animals, Orwell was able to satirize some of the most serious political figures of the era. A well-respected pig, Old Major, like Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, is idealistic about the workers coming together and living a communist lifestyle instead of being satisfied with hard labor that benefits only an elite class. His hopes and dreams of Animalism inspire the working class to rise up and take control of the farm soon after his passing. Unfortunately, those that took the reins after his death distorted his views for their own benefit.
