A Theme in "Animal Farm" by George Orwell

    The frightening book Animal Farm by George Orwell has many themes in it.  Today I will be focusing in on the theme of what each character symbolizes in the book.  To start, this book is about a farm of animals who decide to start a revolution.  They kick out the previous owner of the farm, Mr. Jones and install  two pigs named Snowball and Napoleon as their new leaders.  They live by the rule that "all animals are equal".  The animals live in paradise, they learn how to read and write, they are allowed to graze the wide open fields, and they are asked to do little work.  Then, (spoiler alert) Snowball is kicked out of the farm by Napoleon and everything goes wrong.  The animals are overworked and are starved.  Napoleon is a brutal leader and changes the law of "all animals are equal" to "all animals are equal but some animals are more than others."  Then, he walks on his hind legs and acts like how Jones used to.  He even changes the name of Animal Farm to Manor Farm.
    Each animal symbolizes someone.  For example, Napoleon represents a brutal dictator who is no better than the last ruler.  All of the pigs represent the upper class or the ones who are treated better in society.  The dogs represent the threat that is making the animals follow the dictator's rules.  The sheep represent the unaware citizens who are oblivious to the dictator's cruelty and unjustness.  Benjamin represents the old and wise people who adjust to situations when they become hard or unfair.  All of these animals represent people when a country or society is taken over by a dictator.  I find that this is a very creative and effective way of proving a point.  This could help more people understand an issue who don't know about it already.  If you use different animals or creatures to represent people in the real world, people at a younger age could understand what the author means.
    This book seems like just a story about animals who take control of their farm but there is a deeper meaning.  This book represents how sometimes governments don't work out.  As the book goes on, Napoleon and the other pigs slowly take away all of the animals rights.  It starts when Snowball is in power and the pigs get more apples and milk than the other animals. They say that they took the extra food because the pigs need the energy to come up with new ideas on the farm. Then, when Napoleon becomes the next ruler he slowly changes the Seven Commandments of Animalism as time goes on.  It finally ends with him getting rid of the Commandments all together.  He replaces it with one single rule of "all animals are equal but some animals more than others."  I think that the pigs symbolize how a revolution can turn worse than the previous situation (the revolution on Animal Farm turns out worse than when Mr. Jones was in control).
    In conclusion, Animal Farm holds the important theme of how each animal represents a human equivalent.  I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a classic well written book with a political meaning behind it.  Just so you know, this book is being banned in some schools. Don't let it happen!  Animal Farm deserves to be in every library.  This book was amazing.