Why Animals why animals have such a prominent role in Fables, ie Animal Farm

Fable as a Kind of PhilosophyThe word “fable” comes from Latin. It ultimately means “story” and is derived from the word fari which simply means “to speak.” 

Theon famously called it “a false discourse depicting the truth.” Although not all fables are about animals—humans, plants, inanimate objects, and the gods all make appearances—animals certainly predominate, and understanding what fable is requires understanding something about why animals have such a prominent role in them. 

(Indeed, if we remember that fables were, for a long time, written down on animal skins, it would be fair to say that the ancient fables would not exist if not for animals, either intellectually or physically.