The novel Animal Farm is a satire on the Russian revolution, and therefore full of
             symbolism. General Orwell associates certain real characters with the characters of
             the book. Here is a list of the characters and things and their meaning:
             Mr Jones: the farmer Mr Jones stands for the Russian Tsar Nicolaii the second who
             was forced to abdicate after the successful February-revolution. But Mr Jones also
             somehow stands for the moral decline of men in a capitalist or feudalist type of government.
             This book is a satire of the Russian Revolution. It shows how a minority took over when all
             were supposed to be equal and how the others listened without complaining.
             The theme of Animal Farm is not difficult to understand. Orwell intended to criticize the communist regime he saw sweeping through Russia and spreading to Europe and even the United States. Though he agreed with many Marxist principles, Orwell was unable to accept the communist interpretation of socialism because he saw many similarities between the communist governments and the previous czarist regimes in old Russia. Communism, he thought, was inherently hypocritical.
             In his self-proclaimed "fairy-story," Orwell uses his allegorical farm to symbolize the communist system. Though the original intention of overthrowing Mr. Jones (who represents the Czars), is not inherently
             evil in itself, Napoleon's subsequent adoption of nearly all of Mr. Jones' principles and harsh mistreatment of the animals proves to the reader that indeed communism is not equality, but just another formof inequality. The pigs and dogs take most of the power for themselves, thinking that they are the best administrators of government. Eventually the power corrupts them, and they turn on their fellow animals, eliminating competitors through propaganda and bloodshed. This is of course a reference to Stalin, who murdered many of his own people ...