'Totalitarianism In George Orwell's Animal Farm'

In George Orwell's book Animal Farm, each character has a symbolic meaning and/or represents a historical individual. When George wrote Animal Farm, he wanted to expose the evils of totalitarianism. He also wanted to uncover the lies that were told to the British by the Russian propaganda. In order to do that he wrote Animal Farm and told the story through the animals. One Of the main characters is a pig named Napoleon who is supposed to represent Joseph Stalin.
When Snowball is run off the farm the animals are left without a leader, Napoleon steps up and says he will take over. Although Napoleon seems at first to be a good leader , he is eventually overcome by greed and soon becomes hungry for power. The animals believe that he is a good strong