Benjamin (Animal Farm) 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 a different social class, e.g. Boxer represents the working class.) Benjamin also represents the old people of
Mollie Sugden Mollie Sugden Mollie Sugden (21 July 19221 July 2009) was an English comedy actress, best known for portraying the saleswoman Mrs Slocombe in the British sitcom "Are You Being Served?" (1972–85). She later reprised this role in "Grace & Favour" (1992–93), Sugden and her co-star John Inman would become cult figures in America, so much so she was asked to appear in Donizetti's opera, "La fille du regiment", in a non-singing role. Sugden appeared in many other television series, including "The Liver Birds", "That's My Boy" and "Coronation Street". She was born as Isobel Mary Sugden, in Keighley in the