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
Pig (zodiac) the time when the Pig is doing what it does best (sleeping and enjoying the sweet life). In terms of astrology, the hours in which the person is born (technically termed as the Ascendant) is the second most important facet of their astrology. Thus, this also alters greatly the characteristics of a person. Even if a person was born in a year governed by another animal (for example someone born on 20 December 2000, i.e. year of the Dragon) will display strong characteristics of the Pig as well. Thus, they may also be fierce and strong like the Dragon, but