Animal Farm

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to which was which." The animals in George Orwell's Animal Farm change throughout the story and become just like the people they detest in the beginning of the tale. George Orwell uses this symbolism to show how power in government changes and corrupts people and organizations. Orwell uses characterization and allegory to speak against totalitarianism and too much power within government.

With his use of characterization, in Animal Farm, Orwell tells the story of the soviet union. Man, in the beginning of the story represents the czars of Russia. The animals on Jones's farm represent the oppressed people in Russia under the reign of the czars. The pigs are the peasants who ultimately do something about their oppression and bring about the rebellion. Napoleon, Snowball and Squealer, are the leaders of the pigs, and later on, of all the animals on the farm.

In the beginning the animals are all working towards the same goal, against the humans. All want to govern themselves and get rid of the humans, and anything that resembles or is of man. The pigs, as natural

leaders set up the seven commandments of 'animalism", what they call their new set of ideals, representing good intentions and what the people of the soviet union initially and genuinely wanted in their government.