Have you ever accepted something in a group that you would never accept alone? First, let's say you love soccer and are part of a team. One day, someone in a group says that soccer is "gay" or that it's not as good as another sport like soccer. If you looked around, many people would start to agree, and eventually you would too. For what? As the conflicts between characters in George Orwell's Animal Farm show, the reasoning and ideals of a group are much easier to manipulate than those of an individual. When talking to Squealer alone, Boxer clings to his ideals and is not easily convinced by Squealer. “Why are we shooting this weapon? » said Boxer. “To celebrate our victory!” cried Squealer. “What victory?” Boxer said. His knees were bleeding, he had lost a shoe, he had split his hoof and a dozen bullets had lodged in his hind leg. “What victory, comrade? Have we not driven the enemy from our soil – the sacred soil of Animal Farm? » “But they destroyed the windmill. And we worked on it for two years! » Who cares?... “Then we got back what we had before,” Boxer said. "This is our victory," said Squealer... But when the animals saw the flag flying green, and I heard the cannon fire again - seven times in all - and I heard the speech that Napoleon did, congratulating them on their conduct, it seemed to them after all that they had won a great victory (p. 105-106). The boxer is not completely convinced by the pigs that it was up to them to celebrate victory. Only later, when the entire group sees the pigs' celebrations of their victory, are they manipulated into believing that it really was a victory. Boxer alone (although not a great thinker) could... middle of paper..., surely they knew their beloved leader, Comrade Napoleon, better than that? But the explanation was actually very simple. The van previously belonged to the knacker and was purchased by the veterinarian, who had not yet painted the name. This is how the error arose (pp. 124-125). The controversy was quickly resolved and the group readily agreed with the explanation. Right away, they all start thinking it was such a crazy coincidence. Benjamin, however, is never mentioned after the explanation. Such groups did not necessarily behave like the individuals highlighted throughout the book. Imagine being a citizen after a revolution like this. The new government would probably change things once things are settled in a certain way. How would you act as an individual? Better yet, how would you act in a group?