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]] and the betrayal of the people by their leaders, who impose a totalitatian system consolidating and perpetuating the power of those leaders.
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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]] and the betrayal of the people by their leaders, who impose a totalitarian system consolidating and perpetuating the power of those leaders.
==Characters==
==Characters==
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'''Snowball''': A pig who struggled with Napoleon for power. Possibly the most intelligent animal on the farm, he envisioned the windmill and much of the governance structure of the farm.
'''Snowball''': A pig who struggled with Napoleon for power. Possibly the most intelligent animal on the farm, he envisioned the windmill and much of the governance structure of the farm.
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'''Napoleon''': Another pig who's lust for power will stop at nothing. While taking a stand against Snowball's ideas every time they come up, Napoleon rarely presents any of his own.
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'''Napoleon''': Another pig whose lust for power will stop at nothing. While taking a stand against Snowball's ideas every time they come up, Napoleon rarely presents any of his own.
'''Squealer''': A porker who manages to convince, using lies, everyone on the farm to accept whatever Napoleon declares.
'''Squealer''': A porker who manages to convince, using lies, everyone on the farm to accept whatever Napoleon declares.