Boxer is a wonderfully strong character who has an intense work ethic, is loyal and does not question the process. Boxer, a horse, has intense values and cares for all living things. He simply works to make everything better without complaint. Boxer works himself harder than every other animal on the farm and his mottoes throughout the novel are: “I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right.” Boxer gives everything he has to the success of the farm but when he becomes older and too sick to work Napoleon sells him to the slaughter house. His work on the windmill and all that he has done for the farm don’t mean anything to the pigs. Benjamin is a Donkey. He is “the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered,” is lazy and not a strong character at all. He is the exact opposite from Boxer. Benjamin doesn’t trust the party or anything else. He refuses to read and he does anything he can to avoid work. His philosophy is that no matter how hard they work or what they do to advanc