| A | B |
|---|
| Napoleon | symbolic of Joseph Stalin |
| Snowball | powerful orator who represents Leon Trotsky |
| Boxer | motto was "Napoleon is always right" |
| Squealer | Napoleon's propagandist |
| Benjamin | the cynic who never changed |
| Clover | suspicious; often doubts the Commandments and the pigs |
| Jones | died in an inebriates' home |
| Minimus | the farm's poet and songwriter |
| Pinkeye | tested Napoleon's food for poison |
| Moses | talked of Sugarcandy Mountain |
| Mollie | loved sugar and ribbons |
| Muriel | read from scraps of newspapers |
| the sheep | repeat the maxim "Four legs good, two legs bad" |
| Pilkington | played the ace of spades simultaneously with Napoleon |
| Frederick | gave Napoleon forged bank notes |
| the dogs | threaten and intimidate by Napoleon's side |
| Old Major | introduces the song "Beats of England" to the animals |
