Communism in Animal Farm

Communism in Animal Farm The novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, is a story of rebellion and dictatorship. The book is usually referred to as an extended fable, or a story that contains a moral and has animals that function as humans. The moral of Animal Farm is that communism does not work. This book can also be described as a satire because it makes fun of a certain aspect of society, such as …

…pig. In the beginning, Jones owns Manor Farm, which is operated by "Man". This whole time period is known as the thesis. The antithesis is when the animals take over and everything seems to be going good for them. Even though the novel does not follow Karl Marx's theory for a synthesis, Napoleon and the pigs think it does. The main message, which is contradicted by Karl Marx's theory, is that communism does not work.