The owner of the neighboring farm of Pinchfield. He’s vicious, cruel, and calculating, and rumors circulate that he’s especially horrible to his farm animals. After suffering abuse from Napoleon, Mr. Frederick ultimately purchases timber from Animal Farm, but pays for it with counterfeit bills, and days later, attacks Animal Farm and blows up the windmill. Though he’s successful in this endeavor, he disappears from the story after this point. Mr. Frederick symbolizes the fascist Germans and Hitler in particular.