Orwell evokes sympathy from the audience for Boxer using a variety of successful methods. Firstly, he does this by the presentation of his intellect, and also by the characterisation of his personality and attributes. The Author additionally uses the way Boxer is treated, as well as with the setting, and the contrast with other animals, to make the reader empathise with the situation he is in. Finally he uses Boxer's lack of self-knowledge along with his death to show his naivety towards believing in an altruistic existence. The author creates sympathy for Boxer by the fact that he is not very clever, and is quickly taken advantage of by the pigs because of his trustworthy nature. This is show by Boxer's personal mantra, "I will work harder," which indicates that he believes in animalism and that there is something better than Jones and is prepared to work