Animal Farm satire not at all gentle upon a particular State—Soviet Russia? It seems to me that a reviewer should have the courage to identify Napoleon with Stalin, and Snowball with Trotsky, and express an opinion favourable or unfavourable to the author, upon a political ground. In a hundred years time perhaps, "Animal Farm" may be simply a fairy story, today it is a political satire with a good deal of point." "Animal Farm" has been subject to much comment in the decades since these early remarks. The pigs Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer adapt Old Major's ideas into "a complete system of
Pig (zodiac) the time when the Pig is doing what it does best (sleeping and enjoying the sweet life). In terms of astrology, the hours in which the person is born (technically termed as the Ascendant) is the second most important facet of their astrology. Thus, this also alters greatly the characteristics of a person. Even if a person was born in a year governed by another animal (for example someone born on 20 December 2000, i.e. year of the Dragon) will display strong characteristics of the Pig as well. Thus, they may also be fierce and strong like the Dragon, but