Analysis

The following pages will focus on in-depth analysis of various aspects of Animal Farm by George Orwell.

On the first page of this chapter we will consider the expectations created by the title.

We will also look into the various aspect of the setting. The physical setting of the story is an English farm. The social setting is complex, as it contains many allegorical parallels to human societies. Some of the animal species represent specific social classes, and some of the events refer to real political situations.

In the next section, we will give a detailed overview of the most important characters in the story (most of which are animals) - particularly Napoleon and Snowball, who both play major roles in the development of Animal Farm.

You can read the full analysis in the following s…