Clover In George Orwell's Animal Farm

In the novel Animal Farm, there are many interesting characters with many unique characteristics, both good and bad; Clover, a crucial workhorse on the farm, who Orwell exhibits as a caring, hard-working and perceptive. Throughout the novel Clovers main trait that illustrates to the audience that Clover cares about the animals is shown in the quotation, “Clover made sort of a wall around them with her great forelegs, and the ducklings nestled down inside it and promptly fell asleep”(Orwell 5). Orwell portrays Clover as a caring motherly figure who cares about the little ones who do not have a mother, such as the ducklings. She protected the ducklings when they did not know where to go in order to not get trodden on. The ducklings would neither

These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when Old Major first stirred them into rebellion. If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from the hunger... and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing shocking crimes”(62). Based on this passage the audience can distinguish how Clover can both see and understand matters that arise on the farm far better than most. She, unlike the others, remembers how everything was when the rebellion still did not occur. This gives Clover clues to how things have changed since Jones was in charge, to how Napoleon currently runs the farm. The animals planned to rebel against the human race in order to gain freedom. Instead, they are now trapped and terrified to speak their mind because they will most likely be slaughtered. All of the qualities that Clover acquires portray her to the audience as an important character who manifest the traits of acting caring, hard-working, and