I understand that Animal Farm is a satire of Stalin and the russian revolution, but I don't understand the message that is trying to tell us.
The book is about a group of farm animals that is being oppressed by the farmers, so the animals, commanded by the pigs overthrow the farmers and the animals get in control but in reality is the pigs who end up controlling the farm and they are as bad as the farmer.
So to me the message is simple: "don't revolt, don't try to change the status quo, nothing will change if you try, so don't do it"
even as a lib in high school i thought it was a dumb book to read in school, because the message is 'the soviets were bad because they became indistinguishable from america and britain' which was a weird message to see completely fly over everyone elses head.
not to be too pro orwell, he mostly sucked, but it's more nuanced than it's taught in high school. still anti-communist though.