I. SUBJECT Animal Farm is a novel about animals developing their own society and the abuses of power that result. The setting of the story is in England, at Manor Farm. Based on the technology present in the house it can be deduced that the story takes place in the past. The novel begins when the farm owner, Mr. Jones, was slipping into a drunken sleep. Meanwhile the animals gathered in the stable where a boar, Old Major, gave a speech to his animal companions. He spoke of a dream he had: that one day all animals would be free from the tyranny of man and in perfect camaraderie. Two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, hatch a plan to chase Mr. Jones away from the farm. Together with the other farmyard animals they succeeded, but a larger conflict came to light, the struggle between Snowball and Napoleon for the distribution of power. Over the years, Napoleon and Snowball engaged in many disputes regarding running a successful farm. Snowball set up committees to educate the other farm animals while Napoleon was not interested. He thought that the training of young people should take priority over the education of an adult animal. He secured a group of nine cubs and took them under his wing. As the years passed, Napoleon and Snowball continued to clash. Their most explosive argument occurred over Snowball's idea of ​​building a windmill. When the time came to vote to approve the construction of the windmill, Napoleon let out a strange moan and the nine dogs he had trained emerged from their hiding places. The ferocious attack dogs chased Snowball away from the farm. Without Snowball, Napoleon gained complete control of Animal Farm, what he had always wanted. Under Napoleon's leadership, the animal's condition never improved. He and the other pigs became more and more human-like. At the e......middle of paper......moral. The characters are often animals, but sometimes inanimate people are central” (Harmon 467 68). In Orwell's Animal Farm the main characters are animals and the reader learns that when there is a leader with an excessive amount of power it will lead to corruption. Animal Farm can also be classified as an Allegory subgenre. An allegory is “A form of extended METAPHOR in which objects, people, and actions in a NARRATIVE are equated with meanings found outside the narrative itself” (14). For example, the characters and their actions are reminiscent of the main actors of the Russian Revolution. WORKS CITED Harmon, William, William Flint Thrall, Addison Hibbard, and C. Hugh Holman. A literature manual. 11th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009.Orwell, George. Animal farm. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc., 1946.