`(hook). The novel Animal Farm is written by George Orwell. The main characters are Napoleon, Snowball, Squealer, Boxer, and Benjamin. In Animal Farm the animals are feeling suppressed in their environment and decide to start a revolution against their farmer, Mr. Jones. They succeed in revolting but their own government starts turning against them and soon things are worse than before.. In “Animal Farm” George Orwell shows the animals, except for pigs, struggling for equality/freedom. As voiced by Old Major in his speech, “No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.” (p.14 ) This is the main reason for why they start the revolution; the animals feel suppressed and want to do something