Orwell's main message in Animal Farm is that power corrupts, even when idealism is at play. The events of the story are an allegory for the Russian Revolution of 1917, where the bolsheviks overthrew the tsar in order to establish a communist regime.

What is the story behind Animal Farm?
Animal Farm, anti-utopian satire by George Orwell, published in 1945. ... One of Orwell's finest works, it is a political fable based on the events of Russia's Bolshevik revolution and the betrayal of the cause by Joseph Stalin.

What Animal Farm teaches us?

For a novel to be a good novel, it has to teach us lessons of life, as Animal Farm teaches us that a utopian society cannot exist due to leader becoming corrupt.

The novel teaches us that with the gain of power, leaders will fall into the temptation of a luxurious life and will then always work for their personal gain.

What does Animal Farm symbolize?

Animal Farm, known at the beginning and the end of the novel as the Manor Farm, symbolizes Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule. But more generally, Animal Farm stands for any human society, be it capitalist, socialist, fascist, or communist.

What do the pigs in Animal Farm represent?

Mr. Jones, the original human owner of the farm, represents the ineffective and incompetent Czar Nicholas II. The pigs represent key members of Bolshevik leadership: Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin, Snowball represents Leon Trotsky, and Squealer represents Vyacheslav Molotov.

What message does Animal Farm convey?

Orwell's message is this: Malicious groups of people, like the pigs, will continue to use propaganda to usurp power, to exploit the vulnerable, and to control the masses, unless courageous individuals spread the truth and stand up for those who cannot fight for themselves.

What is the Animal Farm conclusion?

The book's final image expresses the animals' realization that the pigs have become as cruel and oppressive as human farmers. The ending also makes the argument that political power is always the same, whoever has it and whatever ideology is used to justify it.

What are the four themes in Animal Farm?

• The corruption of Socialist Ideals in the Soviet Union. ...
• The Societal Tendency Toward Class Stratification. ...

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• The Danger of a Naïve Working Class. ...
• The Abuse of Language as Instrumental to the Abuse of Power. ...