How many types of satirical devices are used in George Orwell's novel Animal Farm?

Most people
are aware that
is aof the Russian Revolution. Most of the characters
in
the story can be traced to real historical figures. For example, Lenin and
Trotsky are
represented as(also Marx) andand Stalin is . Even the dates of
the revolutions coincide, at
least in terms of the October
revolution.

The story is also a satire of
revolutions in
general. Take away the Russian resemblances and it is basically the story of

every revolution that failed. It is also a cautionary tale. We read the story and
realize that
idealism is hard to maintain into reality.