Snowball is hungry for change, he believes in the values of sacrificing the principle of animal equality for his own personal comfort. The betrayal of Boxer represents the absolute betrayal of the animal’s right and equality. Boxer is working himself to death, he is not recovering from his injuries quickly as it should, because he practices his own motto, ‘I will work harder.’ (Orwell 3.2). Napoleon response is driven by fear of loss of power. On the other hand Squealer response is driven by loss of comfort.
