Animal Farm Characters
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- OLD MAJOR
- His role compares to that of Karl Marx, whose ideas set the Communist Revolution in motion
- PILKINGTON
- likes hunting and fishing better than farming, may represent ORWELL's view of the British gentleman- and of the nations of FRANCE and BRITAIN who were allies at the time.
- FREDERICK
- The cruel Frederick represents GERMANY
- BOXER and CLOVER
- Represent the long suffering workers and peasants of the world. The are shown by Orwell to be big, strong, patient and decent-however not very bright. Boxer believes in the revolution: "Napoleon is always right"; while Clover is a motherly protective figure who experiences the sadness of the failed revolution
- FARMER JONES
- drunken, negligent leader that represents the dictator, Czar, but he also stands for any government that falls due to mismanagement and corruption.
- SNOWBALL
- energetic, brilliant leader. He successfully organizes defense of the farm like LEON TROTSKY did with the Red Army. He is an eloquent speaker with original ideas. He is a white Boar
- THE DOGS
- Napoleon's Secret Police, used to terroize his own people a way to maintain control.
- MOSES
- The Raven, does not work, but tells stories about "SugarCandy Mountain, which is a heaven like place where animals go when they die. He represents the concept of organized religion, which was called the ORTHODOX Church in Russia. Communism was opposed to organized religion, Marx called it"the opiate of the people"
- NAPOLEON
- "large, fierce looking, black Berkshire Boar, with a reputation for getting his own way" He gets his way through POWER, not ideas. Napoleon represents JOSEPH STALIN because he was a dictator. (Napoleon Bonaparte was another dictator who creaed his own personal empire in the French Revolution)
- MOLLIE
- Frivolous, luxury-loving mare, CONTRASTS with Clover. SHe may represent certain Russian nobility or of a general human type. She deserted the revolution in favor of candy and attention by the humans.
- WHYMPER
- a commercial-go-between or animals and humans, for profit, like certain capitalists have always transacted business with Communist nations.
- THE SHEEP
- The stupid sheep keep bleating away any slogan the pigs teach them. They represent the masses of uneducated people.
- MURIEL
- The goat who reads better than Clover and often reads things like the Commandments out loud
- BENJAMIN
- The gloomy donkey, cynical, like Eeyore from Whinnie the Pooh. Skeptical and pessimistic, but VERY loyal and dedicated to Boxer. He works hard like Boxer, however no more than is required of him. He DOES NOT believe in the Revolution, he only thinks life is too hard.
- THE PIGOENS
- Spread the word of the Rebellion beyond the farm, like many Communits spread the doctine of the revolution beyond the boundaries of the Soviet Union.
- SQUEALER
- "short, fat, twinkle-eyed and nimble, a brilliant talker". VERY PERSUASIVE. He convinces the animals that all the changes are necessary for well being of them all. The PROPAGANDA machine that spreads the big lie and makes people believe in it.