Main Characters

Animal Farm’s Characters have a lot of similarities with the Russian communism system, which occurred in 1917 with the leadership of Vladimir Lenin. In other words, the characters are based on some important people that participated in the Russian Revolution. Here are the characters: 

Mr. Jones: He is the human in the history, he runs the farm poorly, leaving his animals starving, being a good owner occasionally, later in the novel that would cause a rebellion in the farm. He clearly represents the Tsar Nicholas II, who was a brutal and cruel with his opponents, this was the cause of the Russian Revolution.

Old Major: He represents the wise in the Novel, the Boar has a vision of the utopian Socialism, the inspiration that the animals needed for the rebellion. He dies leaving his teachings to Snowball and Napoleon. He is based on Karl Marx, German politician and economist of the XIX century.

Snowball: Based on Leon Trotsky, one of the leaders of the Red October. He, as Trotsky, is an enthuastic pig who really wants to make the life better in the Farm, he inspired himself in the words of the Old Major, as Trotsky was with Marx.

Napoleon: He was one of the leaders too, but he was not smart and good speaker as Snowball, his ambition for power made him kill everyone in his way (with his nine loyal dogs), he represents Joseph Stalin, who was not as good as Trotsky, using the KGB he reached the president of Russia

These are the main characters, as in the Russian Revolution, but there are other animals that also represent other things in communist Russia.

The raven Moses represents the religion, he used to say about the Sugarcandy Mountain, where animals go when died. The dogs are the KGB, who used their strength to take the power. Squealer is the Pig who spreads Napoleon’s ideas and had a strong power of persuasion. And the others that don’t represent a single person but represent a group of people in Russia. Clover, Mollie, Mr. Whymper ,Benjamin, Muriel, Mr. Frederick, Mr. Pilkington, Minimus, Jessie and Bluebell