Dec 4, 2008

Animal Farm | Characters

Appearing in a dream, the birth of revolution was the inspiration of old Major, a pig renowned for wisdom and benevolence. However, as the dream becomes reality, the responsibility of the revolution falls on the two most "pre-eminent" pigs, Snowball and Napoleon. Thinly disguised as the historical principals in the emergence of Soviet Russia, Major and Snowball are Lenin and Trotsky, and Napoleon is Stalin. Consequently, although a clear distinction is made at the beginning of the novel between Jones as the representation of the human element and the community of animals inhabiting the...