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Animal Farm is a book written by [[George Orwell]] in 1946. Satirical in nature, the story characterizes animals taking over a farm, symbolically alluding to the [[communist]] takeover of [[Russia]].
Animal Farm is a book written by [[socialist]] [[George Orwell]] in 1946. Satirical in nature, the story characterizes animals taking over a farm, symbolically alluding to the [[communist]] takeover of [[Russia]].
==Characters==
==Characters==
'''Old Major''': A pig, and the leader of the animals before the revolution. He dies of old age before the revolt begins.
'''Boxer''': A very strong horse who is characterized by the phrase: "Napoleon is always right!" His attitude is very simplistic and uncaring, simply determining that, no matter how maniacal, the leadership on the farm is always right.
'''Boxer''': A very strong horse who is characterized by the phrase: "Napoleon is always right!" His attitude is very simplistic and uncaring, simply determining that, no matter how maniacal, the leadership on the farm is always right.
==Representations of Characters==
==Representations of Characters==
'''Farmer Jones''': Czar Nicholas II
'''Old Major''': [[Karl Marx]] and [[V.I. Lenin]]
'''Boxer''': The [[proletariat]]
'''Mollie''': The [[czarist]] aristocracy
'''Snowball''': [[Leon Trotsky]]
'''Farmer Frederick''': Adolf Hitler
'''Napoleon''': [[Joseph Stalin]]
'''Farmer Pilkington''': Possibly Winston Churchill
'''Squealer''': [[Propaganda]] newspaper [[Pravda]]
'''Snowball''': Leon Trotsky
'''Farmer Jones''': Czar Nicholas II
'''Napoleon''': Joseph Stalin
'''Farmer Frederick''': [[Adolf Hitler]]
'''Squealer''': Propaganda impersonated
'''Farmer Pilkington''': [[Winston Churchill]]
'''Mr Whymper''': George Bernard Shaw
'''Mr Whymper''': [[George Bernard Shaw]]
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