Character Correspondence to Historical Figures

Clover / Boxer: The working class
Napoleon: Joseph Stalin, Napoleon,
Snowball: Leon Trotsky
Squealer: Russian Media
Old Major: Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin,
Benjamin / Muriel: Lower Class Intelligentsia*, Literate Lower Class
Mollie: The Lower Class; Lumpenproletariat
Birds: Peasant Farmers
Moses: Russian Orthodox Church
Pigeon: Comintern; The Communist Magazine
Dogs: The Secret Police
Mr. and Mrs. Jones: Tsar of Russia, Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov (Nicholas II), and his wife Alexandra
Mr. Pilkington: Composite of England’s Leaders
Sheep: The Masses at Large
Mr. Fredrick: Composite of Germany’s Leaders w/ emphasis on Hitler
Mr. Whymper: Capitalism

* Intelligentsia: intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite