The rise of totalitarianism in Europe. Animal Farm is based off of the government in the Soviet Union at the time. Snowball the pig is supposed to resemble Trotsky, while Napoleon represents Stalin. read more
George Orwell also known as Eric Arthur Blair wrote the Animal Farm during World War II and it was published in 1945. He was a democratic socialist and has written the Animal Farm to criticize the Stalin era. The major events in the book are based on Soviet Union. read more
Inspired to rebel by Major, an old boar, animals on Mr. Jones' Manor Farm embrace Animalism and stage a revolution to achieve an idealistic state of justice and progress. A power-hungry pig, Napoleon, becomes a totalitarian dictator who leads the Animal Farm into"All Animals Are Equal / But Some Are More Equal Than Others" oppression. read more