Animal Farm Character

Mr. Jones

Tsar Nicholas II (overthrown ruler)

Old Major

Karl Marx / Vladimir Lenin (ideas of communism)

Napoleon

Joseph Stalin (dictator of USSR)

Snowball

Leon Trotsky (Stalin’s rival, exiled)

Squealer 

Soviet propaganda/media

Boxer

Working class (loyal but exploited)

Clover

Ordinary, caring people (especially women workers)

Benjamin

Cynical, skeptical people who see the truth but stay silent

The Dogs

Stalin’s secret police (NKVD/KGB)

Mollie

The bourgeoisie (upper class who fled Russia)

The Sheep

The easily manipulated masses

The Pigs (in general)

Communist Party elite

Mr. Frederick

Adolf Hitler / Nazi Germany

Mr. Pilkington

Western Allies (Britain/USA)