Farmer Jones
A drunk and a poor farmer, his cruelty
towards the farm animals inspires their rebellion.
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Snowball
A clever pig with a head for ideas, he becomes
one of the main leaders of Animal Farm and the author of its central
commandments.
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Pilkington
Jones' neighbor, he finds a way to profit from
Animal Farm by forming an alliance with the pigs.
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Muriel
A goat who believes in the rebellion, she watches
as Animal Farm slips away from its founding principles.
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Napoleon
A pig with a gift for techniques of control, he
establishes most of the Farmís rules and eventually becomes its sole leader.
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Old Major
An elderly show pig whose instruction to the animals about
"animalism" becomes the philosophical basis for the creation of
Animal Farm.
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Mollie
One of the farms horses, she resists the animal
rebellion because she doesn't want to give up the petting and treats she
receives from humans.
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Benjamin
The most cynical of all the animals, the farm's
donkey doubts the leadership of the pigs but is faithfully devoted to Boxer.
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Squealer
A pig with the ability to make any idea sound
reasonable, he is Napoleon's side-kick and is in charge of communicating to the
animals.
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The Sheep
Not tremendously clever, the sheep remind
themselves of the principles of animalism by chanting "four legs good, two legs
bad."
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Moses
A raven with strong feelings of loyalty to Jones, he
tells the animals that their reward awaits them at the "Sugar Candy Mountain."
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Jessie
The farm's sheepdog, she keeps tabs on the pigs and
is among the first to suspect that something is wrong at Animal Farm.
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Boxer
A strong and hard-working carthorse, he shows
tremendous faith in the rebellion and its leaders.
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