George Orwell's novella, Animal Farm, is not only a congenial piece to read but also doubles as a political satire of certain events following the Russia Revolution in 1917. Orwell uses plot, setting and characterization in Animal Farm to parallel communism. ("George Orwell.") The novella sites specific events during Joseph Stalin's reign of communist Russia. George Orwell's Animal Farm uses metaphors to describe the Russian revolution and revolutions in general. All the characters seem to represent a leader, or class, or other country involved in the revolution. Orwell illustrates the futility of any human system of government and its eventual fall. Communist Russia or the U.S.S.R. has, since its procreation, played a major role in world history and affairs; this becomes evident in Orwell's famous satire Animal Farm.

The Manor farm serves as the setting of the novel, it is run by Farmer Jones, who in...