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The initial part of the book begins with Old Major telling the animals about his dream, in which the humanity
disappeared and the world is ruled by animal, and all of them are equal. The authors attitude to the Old Major
doesnt lack irony: in particular, the fact concerning the placement of the Lenins body to the Mausoleum – in this
case, appears in the skull of Old Major, which the animals hoisted every morning, saluted it, and sang a hymn
composed by Old Major. He (the Old Major) thought about what is the cause of all troubles and eventually comes to
the conclusion that the mankind is to blame, he says: “There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is
summed up in a single word — Man. Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove Man from the scene, and the root
cause of hunger and overwork is abolished forever.” (Orwell, 1945) Already from the contents of the first chapter, it is
clear that the farm and its owner Mr. Jones represent tsarist Russia led by Nicholas II. Napoleon is a boar, to gained
power after the uprising. He uses repressions and the repressive apparatus represented by nine dogs, which he bred
himself to gain the power and to suppress the dissent, and also to remove his main rival – Snowball. Later there
appears a personality cult of Napoleon. His image is a parody of Joseph Stalin. Snowball is one of the leaders of the
uprising. Described with ironically, but also with sympathy, unlike Napoleon, Snowball is intellectual and sincerely
believes in possibility of building a society of equal animals. His image is a parody of Lev Trotsky (he was exiled from
the Soviet Union in 1929). At the end of the book boar Napoleon and his cronies violate seven basic commandments
and start wearing human clothes, walk on two legs, and sleep in the beds, they are likened to man. All this
symbolizes the attempt of the Soviet Union to resemble the Western countries.
So in conclusion we can say that the appearance and behaviour of the pigs has changed, and this symbolizes the fact
that the Soviet Union succeed in its attempts to at least resemble the Western world, but at the same the book
shows us the strong satire, proving that the essence does not change if you change the shell.