Characters and Correlating Historical Figures

 Irresponsible when it comes to his animals- he lets them starve!  Beats animals  Shows occasional kindness- mixes milk in animal’s mash WHO IS HE?

 A poor leader at best, especially when compared to other leaders  Cruel and often inappropriately brutal with opponents  Occasionally kind- hired students as spies to help them make money

 Taught Animalism  The status quo is that the workers do the work while the rich keep the money. The animals revolt against this.  Dies before the revolution WHO IS HE?

 Invented Communism  “workers of the world unite” and take over the government  Dies before the Russian Revolution

 No owners; no rich, but no poor  Workers promised a better life  All animals are equal  Everyone owns the farm WHAT IS IT?

 No owners; no rich, but no poor  All people are equal  Government owns everything; people own government

 Young, smart, good speaker, idealistic  Really wants to make life better for all  One of the leaders of the revolution  Treated as the scapegoat WHO IS HE?

 A leader of the “October Revolution”  Pure communist, followed Marx  Wanted to improve life for all in Russia

 Not a good speaker, not as clever as Snowball  Cruel, brutal, selfish, devious, corrupt  Ambition for power, killed opponents  Used manipulation to control WHO IS HE?

 Not a good speaker, not educated like Trotsky  Brutal and cruel, didn’t follow Marx’s ideals  Ambition for power, killed all who opposed him  Used KGB and propaganda

 Big mouth, talks a lot  Convinces animals to believe and follow Napoleon  Changes and manipulates the commandments WHO IS HE?

 Worked for Stalin to support his image  Used any lie available to convince people to follow Stalin

 Tells animals about Sugar Candy Mountain- Heaven  Animals can go there if they work hard  Snowball and Major are against him- they thought Heaven was a lie to make animals work  Napoleon liked him because he encouraged the animals to work WHAT IS HE?

 Marx said that religion is “the opiate of the people” to make them not complain and simply do their work  Stalin allowed religion because he thought it would stop violent revolutions from the workers

 A private army that uses fear to force animals to work  Killed or intimidated any opponent of Napoleon  Gave Napoleon complete control WHO ARE THEY?

 Not really police, but still enforced support for Stalin  Used force, often killed entire families for disobedience  Totally loyal

 Vain- loved beauty and herself  Didn’t think much of the animal farm, nor did she care about it  Followed anyone who gave her what she wanted- attention, compliments, etc. WHAT IS SHE?

 Some people simply did not care about the revolution  Many people went to other countries because they felt they were offered more in other places

 Strong, hardworking horse  Believes in Animal Farm  “Napoleon is always right”  “I must work harder”  Gives his all, only to be betrayed WHO IS HE?

 People believed Stalin because he was “Communist”  Many stayed loyal after it was obvious that Stalin was a tyrant  These people were betrayed by Stalin, who ignored and killed them

 Old, wise donkey who is suspicious of revolution  Thinks “nothing ever changes” and is correct in his beliefs  His suspicions always prove true WHO IS HE?

 These people weren’t sure the revolution would change anything  Realized that a tyrant could call himself a communist  Knew that communism wouldn’t work with the powers at hand

 Laid back farmer/owner  Farm was neglected, old-fashioned and overgrown  Pilkington spent days fishing and hunting WHAT IS IT?

 He doesn't represent one person in particular, but rather is a composite of all of the leaders of England.  An implication by Orwell that Britain is not using its power and resources effectively

 Shrewd farmer/owner  Frederick drove hard bargains and was involved in many lawsuits  Well-kept farm WHAT IS IT?

 Frederick is a representation of Hitler  Animals on his farm are mistreated as the Jews were by Hitler