Benjamin is a donkey in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm. He is also the oldest of all the animals (he is alive in the last scene of the novel). He is less straightforward than most characters in the novel, and a number of interpretations have been put forward to which social class he represents as regards to the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union.
In George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm, Benjamin is a donkey who survives to the end of the story. He is more enigmatic than other characters in the book, and several theories have been advanced about which social class he represents during the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union.