Character Analysis Of Boxer In Animal Farm

My favorite character in the novel Animal Farm is Boxer because he is always a hard worker, always follows directions when he is told to do something, and keeps trying to do the right thing even though he is not a very smart horse since he trusts everything Napoleon states. Boxer always works hard on everything he does, like when they blamed Snowball for the destruction of the windmill he just worked twice as hard rebuilding the windmill as stated in the novel, “Squealer made excellent speeches on the joy of service and the dignity of labour, but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer’s strength…”(Orwell 74). Boxer always tries his best to accomplish everything he puts his mind into and even inspires the other animals on the farm to work harder when they see the potential inside him to keep on working hard. Boxer always works

hard and tries to work harder everyday, he even has a life motto,”I will work harder!” Boxer also follows directions, even if it is the littlest thing he has to do. For example,” When Boxer heard this he fetched the small straw hat which he wore in the summer to keep the flies out of his ears, and flung it on to the fire with the rest ”(21). In this passage, it shows how Boxer follows directions even if it is to get rid of something that makes your life easier, like how he burned his straw hat that helped him get rid of annoying flies in his ears. Even though it was a small hat and no one told him that he had to get rid of the hat he respected what was said about getting rid of all the things that represented or were used by the humans. Boxer is an excellent hard worker and is really great at following directions, but he is not really a smart horse. For instance,” Our leader, Comrade Napoleon...has stated categorically- categorically, comrade- that Snowball was Jones’s agent from the very beginning- yes, and from long before the Rebellion was ever thought of”(82). After Squealer explained that Napoleon had stated he believe in the fact that Snowball was Jones’s agent from the very start, Boxer then replied,”Ah, that is different...If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right”(82).

Before Squealer even mentioned what Napoleon had thought about the situation, Boxer was certainly convinced that Snowball was not a traitor at the beginning and thought that in the Battle of the Cowshed he was a good comrade. Then suddenly when he heard that Napoleon had said that, he changed his whole mind towards the subject and believed in every word Napoleon stated. Boxer does not even know if what Napoleon states are always right, but he automatically goes with what he says and agrees with Napoleon. In significance Boxer is my favorite character because he is a very hard working horse and I would like to work with as much potential as he does. Boxer is really good with treating with other people, he is a friend to everyone who meets him and gets to know him. The main reason why I chose Boxer as my favorite character is by the way he is, for his personality because he is just himself and I love that about

him.