Animal farm written by George Orwell explores the detrimental effects of the greed for power through the difficult events that had occurred in Russia between 1917 and 1945. It also demonstrates the struggles that had existed in between these time periods. The author George Orwell employs various literacy devices to study the greed for power within a society through not only the characterisation but also through anthropomorphism and through allegory.
The author employs the character Napoleon as the antagonist to portray the detrimental effects of the greed for power and to show the corrupt actions of Josef Stalin. The characteristic of Napoleon helps to show this as