Animal Farm

Animal Farm
by George Orwell
read: approximately 1997
Time 100 Novels, Modern Library #31, Guardian 1000 Novels, Hugo Award (Retroactive)

Another book I read a long time ago and remember little of.  You've got to give Orwell a ton of credit for writing a history of Stalinist Russia that high school students can relate to.  Were the animals just to make the story more understandable, or was there symbolism in the allegory?  I'd have to re-read to have an opinion on it.