The novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell is an allegory of the Russian revolution. In this essay I am going to discuss to what extent Snowball provides a morally legitimate alternative to Napoleon's reign.
             In early March Old Major a prize middle white boar who represents Karl Marx dreams of a world where all animals are equal and man is no more. He passes these ideas onto other animals on Manor Farm in hope that someday beasts will trod alone on the fields of England, but the animals must remember:
             "All habits of Man are evil. And above all no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind."
             Old Major dies and the rebellion takes place. The animals make seven commandments, change the name of the farm to "Animal Farm" and destroy all traces of humans. The farm house is preserved as a museum and it was agreed no animal must ever live there. Leadership falls amongst the pigs as they are the most intelligent animals, but animalism is not as easy as Old Major had predicted. There are the seven deadly sins of pride, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, laziness and jealousy to consider, combated perhaps by the seven commandments compiled by Snowball, Napoleon and Squealer.
             The first hint that Snowball might be a preferable alternative is when the milk suspiciously disappears: "Never mind the milk comrades! Cried Napoleon pacing himself in front of the buckets. That will be attended to."
             Here Napoleon's greed surfaces. It was later discovered the milk was mixed with the pig's mash. The milk is used to represent the care and love mothers give to their children. Napoleon is stealing from his fellow comrades. The apples were also kept for the use of the pigs. Snowball and Napoleon are in full agreement of this. Squealer convinces the animals that:
             "Our sole subject of taking these things is to preserve our health."
             Squealer uses the threat of Jones coming bac...