Old Major

Major
A Middle White boar, the breed that Old Major is described as in the book
First appearanceAnimal Farm
Created byGeorge Orwell
Based onKarl Marx, Vladimir Lenin
Voiced byMaurice Denham (1954 film)
Peter Ustinov (1999 film)
Andy Serkis (2025 film)
In-universe information
NicknameWillingdon Beauty
SpeciesMiddle White
GenderMale
OccupationRevolutionary Leader of Animal Farm
Relativesissue of 400 piglets

Major, also called Willingdon Beauty during showings, is a fictional character of 1945 novella Animal Farm. A prize Middle White boar, the pig is a kind, grandfatherly philosopher of change.

Described as a first major character in the novella by George Orwell, Major is an allegory for Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, whose both influenced to Marxist-Leninist communist ideology proposed by Joseph Stalin, an allegory to Napoleon (the novella's main antagonist).

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