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Animal Farm Characters
Cards in this deck (14)
- 1Old MajorOld Major inspires the rebellion with his rhetorical skill and ability to get the other animals to share his dream. Which in the end is never really achieved. Represents Carl Marx/Lenin
- 2SnowballA 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 of the farm by Napoleon's dogs and afterwards blamed for all misfortune. Represents Trotsky
- 3NapoleonA boar who, with Snowball, leads the rebellion against Jones. After the rebellion's success, he begins to control all aspects of the farm- Tyrant. He trains nine puppies to become his bodyguard. Kills any animal who works with Snowball and treats his "comrades" bad. Represents Stalin
- 4SquealerA porker pig who becomes Napoleon's right hand men. Throughout the novel, he displays his ability to manipulate the animals' thoughts the use of hollow yet convincing rhetoric. Representative of propaganda
- 5BoxerA dedicated but dimwitted horse who helps in the building of the windmill but is sold to a glue-boiler after collapsing from exhaustion. Represents 'Proletariat'
- 6MollieA self-centred horse who prefers ribbons to rebellion. She eventually leaves the farm for a more comfortable life on another farm.
- 7CloverA "motherly mare" who silently questions some of Napoleon's decisions and tries to help Boxer after his collapse.
- 8BenjaminA cynical, pessimistic donkey who continually undercuts the animals' enthusiasm with his cryptic remark, "Donkeys live a long time."
- 9MosesA tame raven and sometimes-pet of Jones who tells the animals stories about a paradise called Sugarcandy Mountain. Represents religion
- 10Bluebell, Jessie, and Pincher Three dogsThe nine puppies born between Jessie and Bluebell are taken by Napoleon and raised to be his guard dogs. Represents the KGB
- 11Mr. JonesThe 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. Represents Tsar Nicholas II
- 12Mr. WhymperA solicitor hired by Napoleon to act as an intermediary in Animal Farm's trading with neighboring farms.
- 13Mr. PilkingtonThe 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. Represents the west(U.K & U.S)
- 14Mr. FrederickAn enemy of Pilkington and owner of Pinchfield, another neighboring farm. Frederick tricks Napoleon by buying timber from him with counterfeit money. He later tries to attack and seize Animal Farm but is defeated. Represents Hitler
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- Adam White · Apr 2019
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- Created by mrstevenwelcome · May 27, 2016
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