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 , 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 . 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.