Why read Animal Farm Animal Farm is a great depiction of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the USSR . It shows how the leaders manipulate the public over their beliefs (sometimes which are wrong). Animal Farm is an engaging eye-opening book that highlights the issues of betrayal, greed, and inequality in human society. Animal Farms Summary The animals get fed up with their master, Farmer Jones, so they kick him out. Once they are free of the master Jones, life on the farm is good for a while and there is hope for a happier future of less work, better education, and more food. However, trouble starts as the pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, fight for the hearts and minds of the other animals on the farm. Napoleon seizes power by force and ends up exploiting the animals just as Farmer Jones had done. The novel ends with the pigs behaving and even dressing like the humans the animals tried to get rid of in the first place. Animal Farm was written by George Orwell and p...