Examples of Allegorical Symbolism in Animal Farm (1946) by George Orwell
The Manor Farm / Animal Farm represents Russia / The Soviet Union)
The Soviet Flag (The Hammer and Sickle) . . .
. . . is represented by the Animal Farm Flag (The Hoof and the Horn)
Old Major represents both Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin
Napoleon represents Josef Stalin
Snowball represents Leon Trotsky, Stalin’s political rival.
Moses the Raven represents the Russian Orthodox Church
Boxer, Clover, and Benjamin represent the Working Class (Proletariat)
Mollie represents the privileged middle class (bourgeois)
Squealer represents Stalin’s propaganda
Mr. Jones represents Czar Nicholas II, Mr Mr. Jones represents Czar Nicholas II, Mr. Pilkington represents Winston Churchill, and Mr. Frederick represents Adolf Hitler