What Is The Satire In Animal Farm

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is a satire which mocks religion, Russia’s Communist government and ridicules the unchallenged conformity of society. Through the tale of the animals of Animal Farm, Orwell portrays how, much like people, the unintelligent workers on the farm are easily persuaded to support the theory of Animalism. The unlawful acts of Napoleon and the other pigs are meant to relay that pigs and humans are very much alike. However, the acts of the pigs symbolize other matters. Moses, the raven in Animal Farm tells stories of Sugarcandy Mountain; an after death paradise filled with lump sugar and linseed cake. At SUgarcandy Mountain, everyday was Sunday and clover grows year round. Moses and his preachings of Sugarcandy mountain represent organized religion and a belief of a higher place. When times were tough, Moses would return to the farm and preach to the animals that “just on the other side of that dark cloud that you can see —there it lies, Sugarcandy Mountain, that happy country where we poor animals shall rest for ever from our labours!”
Snowball represents Leon Trotsky. Animalism represent Communism. In Animal Farm, the pigs are very unjust to the animals. The seven commandments by the end of the book are gone and replaced by the moto “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” (Orwell, 134). This mocks how the government in Russia is ultimately corrupted just like Animal Farm is. Squealer, playing the part of propaganda, was always in favor of what Napoleon did and always tried to convince the other animals that Napoleon was the best. Squealer would even “talk with tears rolling down his cheeks of Napoleon’s wisdom, the goodness of his heart, and the deep love he bore to all animals everywhere” (Orwell, 93). This is mocking how new and propaganda resources are swayed in favor of the