If Orwell was to be compared to any character, I think the closest comparison would come to Benjamin (the donkey). Benjamin wasn't excited about the rebellion, because he knew it wouldn't change things, and it didn't. Orwell seems pretty disenchanted with leaders in general as well as with those who could lead, but for whatever reasons don't.
One message I get from this book is not pin all your hopes on one person (or political leadership structure) and not to pin all the blame on one person (Farmer Jones, Snowball, etc). Especially as to the blame thing, when you get in the habit of pinning it all one person, it makes it easier for you not to look around and see where blame might elsewhere be attributed right in front of you. Although to the animals credit, if they looked around much, they were liable to get their heads snapped off by a dog.
Pretty disturbing - disturbing because Orwell nailed it right on the head.
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