The author, George Orwell, published Animal Farm in 1945 ... These rules include the idea that "All animals are equal". Two pigs, Napoleon and Snowball, compete to be in control.

“Animal Farm ... is that the farm initially has two porcine leaders--Napoleon and Snowball--who together bring an element of healthy tension to politics. All the animals participate in ...

Napoleon gets a taste for power, drives out Snowball, and establishes a totalitarian regime as brutal and corrupt as any human society. Manor Farm becomes a world where all animals are equal, but ...