Animal Farm Characters

Characters from Animal Farm

Old Major

• Karl Marx

• An old boar whose speech about the evil of humans leads the animals into rebelling.

• His philosophy concerning the tyranny of Man is named Animalism by his followers.

• Taught the song "Beasts of England" to the Animals.

Snowball

• Trotsky

• A lively boar who becomes one of the rebellion's most valuable leaders.

• After drawing complicated plans for the construction of a windmill, he is chased off the farm forever by Napoleon's dogs and thereafter used as a scapegoat for the animals' troubles.

Napoleon

• Stalin

• A Berkshire boar who, with Snowball, leads the rebellion against Jones.

• After the rebellion's success, he systematically begins to control all aspects of the farm until he is an undisputed tyrant.

Squealer

• Russian newspaper

• A porker pig with very round cheeks who becomes Napoleon's mouthpiece.

• Throughout the novel, he displays his ability to manipulate the animals' thoughts through the use of hollow yet convincing language.

Boxer

• Unskilled labor class

• A dedicated but dimwitted horse who aids in the building of the windmill but is sold to a glue-boiler after collapsing from exhaustion.

• “I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right” are Boxer’s catchphrases.

Mollie

• Skilled middle class

• A vain horse who prefers ribbons and sugar over ideas and rebellion.

• She is eventually lured off the farm with promises of a comfortable life.

Benjamin

A cynical, pessimistic donkey who continually undercuts the animals'

enthusiasm with his cryptic remark, "Donkeys live a long time."

Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincer

Three dogs.

The nine puppies born between Jessie and Bluebell are taken by Napoleon and raised to be his guard dogs.

Clover

A motherly horse who silently questions some of Napoleon's decisions and tries to help Boxer after his collapse.

Moses

A tame raven and sometimes-pet of Jones who tells the animals stories about a paradise called Sugarcandy Mountain.

Mr. Jones

• The often-drunk owner of Manor Farm, later expelled from his land by his own animals.

• He dies in an inebriates' home after abandoning his hopes to reclaim his farm.

Mrs. Jones

• Mr. Jones wife

• Flees from the farm when the animals rebel.

Mr. Whymper

A solicitor hired by Napoleon to act as an intermediary in Animal

Farm's trading with neighboring farms.

Mr. Pilkington

• The owner of Foxwood, a neighboring and neglected farm.

• He eventually sells some of his land to Napoleon and, in the novel's final scene, toasts to Napoleon's success.

Mr. Frederick

• An enemy of Pilkington and owner of Pinchfield, another neighboring farm.

• Known for "driving hard bargains" (negotiating good deals), Frederick swindles Napoleon by buying timber from him with counterfeit money.

• He later tries to attack and seize Animal Farm but is defeated