George Orwell’s Animal Farm has been the subject of literary analysis since it was published in 1945, during a major peak in political uprising.  It was written as an allegory, with nearly every character, event, and objective comparable to that of the people and events of that time era.  The farm leader Napoleon is comparable to Stalin, the dogs to that of the KGB, and the farm could be the Soviet Union, run for the animals (Soviet people) but governed by the pigs (Communist Party).  

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