Who are the main characters in the novel? do you like them? Why or why not? What is special about them? What do they reveal about the universal human experience?
Napolean
Napolean is the pig that monopolizes animal farm. He is a also a dictator who holds power over all the animals in the animal farm. The only thing that he contributes to the whole windmill project is his helpless words. He always tells animal what-to-do and what-not-to-do. He gives everybody little food after doing back-breaking labor. Napolean himself in the other hand enjoys alcohol and "human" food. He is I mean, IT is a digusting, malicious pork chop trying to act like Mr. Universe. I hate Napolean. What he does to animals is inexplicable. He makes poor impotent animals build windmill over and over again. He has no feelings. While the animals work endlessly, Napolean eats, talks, sleeps, and drinks. What Napolean reveals about the universal human experience is that dictatorship is detrimental to the society or the world and that it can even lead to people's death.
Boxer
Boxer was the light in the animal farm before he was sent off to glue factory. He was a loyal and diligent horse that reperesented all the good qualities of a leader. He took a huge role in building windmill. He brought up humongous stones up the hill and scattered them into to pieces. He never gave up; instead, he kept on telling himself to do better. The only flaw that Boxer had was that he supported whatever Napolean said. He gave his respect to Napolean and followed his orders. If he knew what Napolean was doing wrong, I'm pretty sure that he would have stopped him. Sometimes, being a good listener isn't good. Despite he's flaw, Boxer was my favorite because I liked what he believed in: not to give up but to try to bring better result. I hate to give up what I do. Like Boxer, I try my best to bring a satisfying, effective result. What Boxer reveals about universal human experience is that respecting his master's orders are good, but sometimes it is necessary to disobey them.
Squealer
Squealer is another corrupt pig that works under Napolean. He is the "secretory". He writes the rules/commendments on the wall. When the animals get suspicious of Squealer, he just responds by saying that it's in the rule. He controls the animals through language. He secretly changes the commendments as the days pass to gain even more power. For example in the story, seventh commandment changes: "all animals are equal" to "all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others". I hate Squealer as much as I hate Napolean. Squealer resons his foolish acts through words. He makes the animals feel stupid through his two skills: writing ands reading skills. He alters the commandments every night to take advantage of himself. Toward the end of the story, he becomes a "human". What Squealer reveals about universal human experience is that a good leader does not make rules that will satisfy his own needs.
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