Animal Farm

Animal Farm is an allegorical novel about the ups and downs of the Communist Revolution in Russia. Although fictional, characters in novels, tv, and film can be used to explain complex topics. George Orwell create an allegory based on the Russian Revolution in “Animal Farm”. The characters in Animal Farm represent their counterparts well, because Snowball represents Leon Trotsky, Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin, and Mollie represents the bourgeoisie.

One of the first characters introduced in the novel is a large, Berkshire boar named Napoleon. Napoleon is intimidating, however, he failed to garner support against Snowball as he was a weak speaker. Instead, Napoleon utilised a smaller pig named Squealer to speak for him and sway the animal’s

With her bow and her sugar cubes, Mollie only complains about the revolution and is the only animal who wants Mr. Jones to return. Upper class Russians wanted nothing to do with the revolution, like Mollie, as it would only result in them losing their lifestyle. Contrary to what the rich wanted, the revolutionaries beliefs didn’t allow them to live in luxury without a worry in the world. Mollie was fed up with the revolution and “...disappeared,” it wasn’t for a few weeks until the pigeons spotted her on another farm with a “..man…. stroking her nose and feeding her sugar.” Her opposition to the revolution drove her back to enslavement with another farm, just as the rich of Tsarist Russia scattered after their revolution. While on the farm, Mollie was even less of a help. She selfishly woke up late and left work early, unlike the cart horses Boxer and Clover. These other horses are the same species as Mollie, however Mollie is a polar opposite to them. Just as the horses are opposites, the Russian upper class were Russian just as much as anyone else, however, they didn’t support the same ideals, instead Mollie was in support of the farmers, or in real life, the Czars. Horses are represented as powerful animals, crucial to the revolution on the farm, and then there is Mollie, faithful to her captors for her own personal