Lu answers “So is this really about animals or is it...”

A Goodreads user asked this question about Animal Farm:

So is this really about animals or is it representing people?

Lu Yes! Do you honestly believe the author of 1984 would write a story about a bunch of animals while sober and of sane mind without there being any hidd…moreYes! Do you honestly believe the author of 1984 would write a story about a bunch of animals while sober and of sane mind without there being any hidden meaning behind it?

It's a satire of the Russian revolution.
The humans - ruling class (capitalist countries, the Russian upper class)
Old Major - Marx
Napoleon - Stalin
Snowball - Trotsky
Narrates the futility of communism and the revolution. If you read the end, you notice that Napoleon ends up acting much like the humans. A metaphor illustrating Stalin's reign and his version of communism, known as Stalinism (all pigs are equal but some pigs are more equal than other pigs).(less)

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