Boxer's Power In Animal Farm

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A black household has an annual income that is 63% of what a white family per capita is in America. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, animals leaders and followers experience some type of inequality. Leaders like Napoleon and Snowball did not have the brightest of followers , animals like Boxer, and those followers never realized how they were being treated.

The main leader of animal farm is Napoleon. He is a large, fierce looking berkshire. Napoleon used to be co-leader of animal farm, but chased out Snowball with his dogs or basically a secret police. He continued to use his dogs to get what he wanted. Napoleon changed the rules to benefit himself, and he made the other animals work harder and fed them less. Napoleon uses manipulative behavior to ruin equality and take the rights of other animals on the farm. An example of this behavior by Napoleon is when, in chapter six, he convinces the animals that Snowball has been causing all the problems on the farm. He also Another behavior Napoleon shows is greed. He uses greed by sleeping in the …show more content…

He is a large and strong horse, who is not the most intelligent animal. He was a hard worker even before Napoleon became leader but began working twice as hard but he doubled his work effort after the first revolution. Boxer’s gullibility affects the other animals on the farm as well. Because he is easily tricked, he genuinely believes that “Napoleon is always right” which becomes one of his sayings throughout the novella. Another saying he has is “I will work harder” makes the other animals look up to him, the animals then start to listen to things he says so they become gullible as well. Napoleon uses this to take advantage of not only Boxer but the rest of the animals on the farm. This also led to his death which many animals didnt realize thays where he was going. So, Boxer is a monumental reason as to why the farm has a lack of equality and also does not allow the animals to have

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