My biggest complaint was how thin the allegory was. Like, Orwell didn’t have to use animal farms at all, it read like a history lesson for most parts. I felt between chapter 3 to chapter 8 were mostly just boring and pigs Doing a power capture slowly. Did chapter 3 to 8 help create the impact of chapter 9 and 10? Absolutely. Could they have been done better? I think so, it didn’t have to be read like a history lesson.
Sure, but most people will not realize that and it makes it easier to have certain discussions with them.
I don’t follow. People not understanding the book makes it easier to have discussions about what, exactly? Why have the characters be direct allegories in the first place if missing the allegory makes it easier to discuss things?