Animal Farm and Russian Revolution Comparison: Highlights, Events, Characters, Themes The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is an anti-utopian story of animals taking over a farm in England. There are many parallels between the events and characters in Animal Farm and those of the Russian Revolution. As in the Russian Revolution the animals in Animal Farm strive to create a better life for themselves by taking over the farm. But in the end their lives are no different than before except they have different leaders. In addition, their new leaders became the same way as their old leade