The true gist of "Animal Farm."

The book "Animal Farm" may seem strange if not properly understood. To the naked eye the story seems odd and unusual. But, to the careful and intelligent reader "Animal Farm" is a book with a powerful meaning. The pigs represent the ruling communist party of Russia in the 1930's. Animals of the farm actually stand for the working class of the Soviet Union. Also, the whole idea of the farm symbolizes a ruling government. Animal …

…discover and understand these themes is the real task of reading the book. Since no animal stood up to the pigs, the animals were doomed before they could do anything about it. So naturally the pigs end up being the evil tyrants turning animal farm into a dictatorship. The theme of the other animals in the story is that they are the working class of Russia. Finally, the actual farm itself personifies a human society.