Symbolically what is revealed in the last chapter of Animal Farm is why Communism doesn't work. An idea, that sounds so good, full of equality and fairness, when it is put in place as illustrated by this book, fails because of the innate corruption that lies in the human/animal soul.
The author uses the pigs to illustrate how, when they take on human characteristics, they easily fall under the spell of corruption and the misuse of power. The selfish greed of humans is already present in the pig, a dirty animal that is most interested in self gratification. It isn't much of a strech for the pigs to resemble humans at the end, because for Orwell, man and pig already share many similarities.
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