Animal Farm is an allegorical novel because it depicts many events that happened during the Russian Revolution through symbolism. This is proven by discussing how the beginning of the Animal Rebellion mirrors the starting of the Russian Revolution, the pigs' use of propaganda based on the use of manipulation by Stalin and Pravda to influence the Russian people, and Mollie the cart horse and the pigs represent the bourgeoisie before and after the Revolution.

The events that lead up to the Animal Rebellion in Animal Farm is based on how the idea for the Russian Revolution first came to light.

In Animal Farm, the first evidence of the Animal Rebellion begins with a meeting of the animals surrounding a dream that the wise pig Old Major had. His dream centers on a time when animals will be able to one day overthrow the human race and live under...