Frederick (Animal Farm)

Mr. Frederick of Pinchfield Farm was a human character in the satirical novella "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Mr. Frederick was one of Animal Farm's neighbours, and kept a small but organized farm. He was constantly in bad terms with the other farm on the opposite side of Animal Farm owned by Mr. Pilkington.

Frederick in the allegory

Mr. Frederick played the role of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany in Orwell's book. After Germany broke its treaty with Russia, Hitler promptly invaded Russia, jealous of the resources, and nearly succeeded. The Russians eventually defeated the Germans.

During this invasion, many of the Russians started starving and many were being killed by Germany's better equipped army. The Allies failed to offer much help to the Russians (such as Pilkington's message: "SERVES YOU RIGHT"). However, the Russians managed to defeat the Germans and push them out of the country.

In the 1999 live-action film version of "Animal Farm", Frederick is depicted as being just as tough ("On my farm, there are no weak men") and also has a mustache similar to Hitler's. However, his role in the film is reduced; in one scene, he even expresses sympathy to the starving animals.