Animal Farm Characters

Napoleon
1. Napoleon is a large black Berkshire Pig.
2. No further identifying features are mentioned.
3. Napoleon does not wear any clothes until the very last chapter in which be begins to wear items from Mr. Jones wardrobe, carries a whip and begins smoking a pipe.
4. Based on his frequent use of the word "comrade," Napoleon can be easily identified as an animal representative of a Russian individual.
5. Napoleon serves as the leader of the Animal Farm after Snowball is chased off of the property. He commands the animals to perform various tasks that will ensure the sustainability of life on the farm, however he himself does not actually engage in any of the labor.
6. Napoleon has an incredible thirst for power that he continually tries to satisfy.
7. All the animals of the farm, with the exception of pigs and dogs, lack the intelligence to realize the cruelty of Napoleon. Due to Squealer's deceitful statistics and speeches that praise Napoleon whilst blame Mr. Jones and Snowball for the farm's past problems, Napoleon is able to manipulate the minds of all the animals into believing that all is fine under his leadership.
8. Napoleon is representative of Joesph Stalin. All of Napoleon's actions in the novel are identical to those of Joesph Stalin during his rise to power.
9. His name elicits a connection to the French general, Napoleon Bonaparte. Much like the leader of the Animal Farm, Napoleon Bonaparte aimed at eliminating the monarchies that ruled Europe in order to establish equality, however he gained a power that rivaled his adversaries.
10. After the rebellion, Napoleon aims at establishing the Animal Farm as a place free from the tyranny of humans where equality exists for all animals. As the story progresses Napoleon's lust for control over the Animal Farm drives him to toss aside the virtues of equality he once preached and invoke the past cruelty of the humans.

Snowball
1. Snowball is a pig.
2. He has no identifying marks.
3. Snowball does not wear clothes.
4. Like Napoleon, Snowball refers to the other animals as "comrades."
5. After the rebellion, Snowball emerges as a hero of the animals on the farm because of his courageous bravery he displayed in their to gain independence from Mr. Jones.
6. Snowball believed that the animals should invest their efforts toward developing advanced technologies that would ensure a more comfortable life in the future.
7. Before his banishment from the Animal Farm, almost all of the animals publicly praise Snowball for his bravery during the rebellion. Once Napoleon assumes leadership over the Animal Farm he convinces all of the animals that Snowball was no different from the cruel Mr. Jones and that he is to blame for many of their problems.
8. Snowball is representative of Leon Trotsky, a man who was exiled from the Soviet Union by Joesph Stalin.
9. His bravery during the rebellion produces a snowball effect in the surrounding farms, inspiring other animals to rise up against their human oppressors.
10. After the successful uprising against Mr. Jones, Snowball emerges as a potential leader of Animal Farm, however Napoleon's fierce guard dogs force Snowball to leave the Animal Farm never to be seen again.

Boxer
1. Boxer is a horse who is described as "nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together."
2. Boxer has a white stripe down his nose.
3. Boxer does not wear clothes for he is a horse.
4. Boxer is not an intelligent creature, however he does retain a firm belief that he is working for the best interest of the Animal Farm.
5. He is the backbone of the workforce of the Animal Farm.
6. He believes that the state of the Animal Farm will flourish if he continues to work harder. He also believes that his endless toil is in the best interest of the collective Animal Farm.
7. All of the animals on the farm praise Boxer for his dedication to the benefit of the Animal Farm by working harder.
8. Boxer is representative of the Russian working class. He is committed to working as hard as he can, however he is oblivious to the cruelty he must suffer under the rule of the pigs.
9. I believe that his name represents the will of a boxer: to never give up.
10. After the Rebellion, Boxer is convinced that his work efforts are beneficial to the collective Animal Farm, so therefore he must continue to strain himself to work more efficiently. Like the rest of the animals, Boxer is constantly deceived by Napoleon and Squealer, absorbing whatever they say to be true without any objection. His dedication to the ideals that he believes the Animal Farm continues to follow, eventually leads to the good-hearted creature's death. He overworks himself, and is sent to a glue factory to be killed rather than to a doctor.