George Orwell wrote Animal Farm as an allegory and satire of the Russian Revolution and Stalin's rise to power. As a socialist, Orwell was disillusioned by how those in power in communist Russia began to take advantage of citizens, going against the ideals of equality. The farm animals of Manor Farm, led by the pigs Napoleon and Snowball, revolt against their human farmer and establish a society run by all animals. However, the pigs soon take over leadership and establish a totalitarian regime, oppressing the other animals and going back on the revolution's principles, mirroring what happened in the Soviet Union. The novel uses characters like Napoleon and Snowball to represent historical figures like Stalin and Trotsky and explores themes of political