Boxer, The Cart-Horse, Animal Farm

Boxer, The Cart-Horse, Animal Farm

My favorite animal from the novel Animal Farm is Boxer, a cart-horse and he is the hardest working, most motivated, always satisfied animal on the farm. He has a white stripe down his nose and even though he appears dull-witted, he is admired for his hard work and enormous power. He always works to the best of his capacity, and in a cheerful mood while doing it. He never gives up on anything and will do whatever it takes to make himself better, but he doesn’t only make himself better for his own benefit, he does it for the benefit of both him and the farm. “I will work harder.” (Orwell 29). He adopted that as his personal motto and he would work all day and night if that’s what it took to make himself better.

He followed his motto with the greatest passion and even when something went wrong and he was not responsible for it, he took the blame and would do whatever it took to fix it. He also assists with non-mandatory work. “He also assists with whatever seemed most needed and put in full labor volunteer work.” (29). He starts work about a half an hour earlier than the other animals and also stays about an hour later than the other animals. He is the most fun and motivated, hard working animal on the farm. Not to forget that he, even before the rebellion was the hardest working animal on the farm and it is inspiring because he has a never give up attitude. Another reason reason Boxer is my most preferred animal is his way of taking responsibility for an accident that he did not cause to happen. ”It was my fault, i must take the blame”(118). Even after the building of the windmill faced many problems, and it wasn’t his fault, boxer being the caring, hard-headed horse he was, blamed himself. That is why he is the undisputed hardest working animal on the farm. He received an injury and could not work anymore and was taken from the farm to get “Treatment”. Napoleon sent him, but Napoleon really sent him to a slaughterhouse to be made into materials. Boxer was treated more cruelly than any other animal on the farm and still worked to the best of his aptness. This carthorse not only had a tremendous amount of power, but an astounding amount of compassion and care for every animal on the farm. He even added another motto to his belt. Even before Boxer knew that Napoleon is very cruel and a tyrant, he looked up to him and listened to everything he said, but he didn't just listen, he took it in and used it to motivate and inspire himself. “Napoleon is always right”(46). He used this as motivation to keep himself focused on accomplishing the task he needed to complete. It is inspiring the way Boxer is always happy around his comrades even when he is putting himself down because he thinks he isn’t sturdy enough. Despite Boxer’s attitude about himself, he is still my favorite animal in the book Animal Farm because he is motivated, powerful, and caring, not to mention the fact that he never gives up.