(15 Mar 2015, 10:00 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote I hear it was banned in the UK at the time because Stalin was an ally when it was released, and they didn't want to destroy the relationship. I believe the ''head pig'' was based on Stalin's appearance and personality (much like ''Big Brother'' has a face like Adolf Hitler and a moustache as bushy as Stalins).
Despite buses and trains being my main hobbies, I do enjoy reading books when boredom hits.
Yup, both Napoleon (the head pig) and Big Brother are loosely based on Stalin.
Trotsky is also sympathetically portrayed in both novels with both Snowball and Emmanuel Goldstein being partially based on him.