Animal Farm Allegory

In the first couple chapters of Animal Farm by George Orwell, it becomes obvious that the story is a historical allegory to Russian Communism after World War One. Orwell cleverly portrays three important communist figureheads as three of the most important pigs of "Animalism". Karl Marx is clearly represented by Old Major, who teaches the other animals the foundation of communism and preaches revolution against the humans. Leon Trotsky is portrayed as Squealer the pig; one of the leaders of Animalism and the pig who is in charge of propaganda. Stalin is portrayed by Napoleon the pig. Napoleon is a bully, he rules with an Iron fist and uses intimidation tactics to keep the animals in order. Napoleon also eliminates Squealer when the disagree on political actions by releasing his own set of trained war dogs on him. The way that Napoleon got rid of Squealer is meant to show the way that Stalin got rid of Trotsky. Napoleon's war dogs are to be seen as the NKGB; Stalin's secret police. It is exceedingly obvious that Animal Farm is a direct reflection of Russian Communism.