Benjamin (Animal Farm) simply flees Napoleon's unendurable regime with some of the other animals. (Neither event occurs in the book.) Benjamin (Animal Farm) Benjamin is a donkey in George Orwell's 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. ("Animal Farm" is an allegory for the evolution of Communism in Russia, with each animal representing
Boxer (Animal Farm) Jones will send you to the knacker, he will cut your throat and boil you down for the fox-hounds." Boxer is based on a coal miner named Alexey Stakhanov who was famous for working over his quota. The Joseph Stalin Regime built a cult of personality around him that rewarded workers who showed a similar heroic dedication to production and efficiency. He supported Joseph Stalin. In the 1954 film adaptation of "Animal Farm", Boxer is voiced by Maurice Denham. In the 1999 film adaptation, he is voiced by Paul Scofield. [[Category:Male characterr Boxer (Animal Farm) Boxer is described as a