3. 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?
All animals in the novel are the main character. My dislike animal is Benjamin, a donkey, who is the oldest animal on the farm, and the worst tempered. He is a sad cynic who believes that whatever the animals do, conditions on the farm will remain equally as bad. Although he usually refuses to read (one who reads the side of the truck that comes to take Boxer away and realizes it belongs to the horse slaughterer). In this novel, Benjamin is moved to action, but he was too late to save his friend. Benjamin represents the cynical intellectual who refuses to get involved in politics and so fails to affect meaningful change. I think Benjamin’s cynicism is much like George Orwell’s own attitude toward life.
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