George Orwell created the novel Animal Farm as a pun on historical events. Orwell created an entertaining farm story based on the events of the Russian Revolution. It is a novel based on the first thirty years of the Soviet Union, a real society that pursues the ideal of equality. Orwell uses many comic approaches in the novel describing historical events. Many of the events, people, and animals featured in Animal Farm are a direct representation of the Soviet Union. This story shows the reality of a corrupt society. It ties in perfectly with the history of Russia and its problems with the Soviet Union. A controversy develops between the intelligent and the naive. The novel describes the Russian Revolution, telling the story of the emergence and development of Soviet communism in the form of an animal fable. Every event that occurs in Animal Farm has a historical parallel. The rebellion is the October 1917 revolution, the Battle of the Barn is the subsequent civil war. Mr. Jones and the farmers are a representation of loyalist Russians. The Chicken Revolt represents the brutally repressed sailors' mutiny of 1921. Napoleon's agreement with Whymper represents the 1922 Treaty of Rapallo between Russia and Germany. The animals follow the seven commandments throughout the novel. The construction of the windmill is the most important event in the novel, representing industrialization. Orwell ends the novel with a satirical portrait of the Tehran Conference of 1943, the meeting of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin who are now allies. All these events are noted in the novel in a humorous way. Orwell uses humor in a way that enhances the story and events in the novel. All animals represent human qualities. They eat, sleep, behave, and... middle of paper... even creating electricity for themselves is fun. Orwell created Animal Farm as a humorous approach to the Russian Revolution. Most of the events in the novel are closely related to those in the story. The animals possess humanistic qualities and eventually take over the farm. The novel describes the Russian Revolution, telling the story of the emergence and development of Soviet communism in the form of an animal fable. Orwell's use of humor in the novel is a depiction of historical events from long ago. Works Cited Kreis, Steven. The History Guide: Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe, The Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939), 2001. Web, 18 March 2012. Orwell, George. Animal farm. Strand London: Penguin Classics, 1989. Print.Rong, Sheng. Oracle Think Quest. The Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia, 2001.Web. March 18 2012.