Animal Farm Characters

In my opinion, there are four main characters in Animal Farm. They are Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer.

• Snowball was one of the two leaders of the Manor Farm. He was a democratic leader, who really wanted what was best for the animals. He was the first to come up with the windmill for the farm so the animals could work less and live in comfort. Very outspoken, he would be able to captivate the animals' hearts. He is chased out of the farm by Napoleon's dogs.
• Napoleon was the other pig who was a leader alongside Snowball. He is a huge boar, and is not very spoken. There seems to be a dark aura around him that any reader could feel once he gets on the page. He takes away several puppies, which we later find out that he trained them to be his secret police. He doesn't enforce the windmill; he, in fact, goes against it. He uses his dogs to chase Snowball out of the farm. A ruthless dictator, Napoleon will stop at nothing in his way.
• Squealer is what is known as a herald. A very twisted and corrupt herald. He was originally for both Snowball and Napoleon, but after Snowball was kicked out, Squealer worked for Napoleon. He would be the pig that would go tell the other animals all sorts of data, and how Napoleon is leading the animals to paradise. In reality, he is spreading false propaganda to the animals. However, the animals trust him, and in the end, they know nothing else except the things he says.

These characters show the depth of a human's heart. In there, there is always compassion, apathy and deceit.

I personally like Squealer because even though he lies about what he says, I think he will be the one who can change this situation if he turns good. He is able to persuade people so well, that if he could persuade them to the darkness, then he can also turn them back to the light as well.