George Orwell

 Animal Farm is a metaphor for the Russian Revolution  A cranky farmer represents the Czar  A big pig represents Karl Marx  Animalism represents communism  Trotsky, Stalin, and the KGB all have their representatives

 Animals work together to overthrow the czar  Animals work together so everybody has more food  More crop was produced.  Everybody was happy

 The pigs were the smartest  The pigs start taking more than their share  The pigs become hypocrites

 Commandments are supposed to create a beautiful society  Everybody following the commandments will be ‘better’  Commandments, in order to be commandments, require punishment if they are not followed

 Pigs slept in beds  Pigs drank alcohol  Pigs wore clothes  Pigs learned to walk on two legs

 Pigs sold goods for money  Pigs even sold the eggs from the chickens  Pigs bought whiskey

 Pigs violated the commandment about killing  Pigs executed animals

 Pigs trained dogs to be their secret police  Justice was swift