I. SubjectAnimal Farm is about a group of animals who rebel against the farm owner to gain control of the farm and be treated with more respect. It begins by explaining how the animals are treated unfairly by their owner, Mr. Jones. The setting is never clear throughout the story, but it is obvious that it is set in the past, due to the dialogue used and the tools used on the farm. Almost every animal in the story is a main character, although some stand out more than others, including; Napoleon, Snowball, Mr. Jones, Old Major and Boxer. Old Major is the protagonist of this novel because he is the character who instilled the right morals in every animal. Animals are selfish and in the end nothing turns out to be in their favor. Mr. Jones, the owner of the farm, is cruel and mistreats his animals and does not take care of his farm. One day, Old Major, the wisest pig, tells the rest of the animals about the dream he had: to get rid of their human master and manage the farm on their own. After Old Major's death, two new leaders of the farm come to power and oust Mr. Jones from the farm, leaving the animals to fend for themselves and take care of the farm using a group effort. For a while, the animals work hard to keep the farm in perfect condition and feed each animal with abundant amounts of food. The animals really took care of the farm much better than Mr. Jones ever did. Shortly thereafter, Napoleon becomes so selfish due to his power over the other animals on the farm, that he blocks Snowball from all his power, thus turning the situation into a business. other animals against him. Napoleon then uses Boxer, an intelligent horse to persuade t...... middle of paper ......n two legs. At the beginning of the story they were convinced that they would never walk on two feet because that is how their enemies walked.9IX. GenreThe main genre of Animal Farm is political. Politico is “a novel that deals with significant aspects of political life and in which these aspects are essential ingredients of the work” (Harmon 400). This novel has a political genre because it deals with politics in real life. Mainly the Soviet revolution. A subdrama of Animal Farm is the allegory. This means “a form of extended metaphor in which objects, people, and actions in a narrative are equated with meanings found outside the narrative itself. It represents one thing in disguise of another” (Harmon 12). This novel is an allegory because every character and event that took place in the book represented something that happened in real life.