Boxer’s role in animal farm is the muscle and carried the heavy stuff also he was the oldest in the farm. Napoleon seems threatened by Boxer because Boxer has been suspicious by trying to find out what napoleon and the other pig have been up to. Boxer did not betray napoleon, the wheel fell of the wagon and made boxer get hurt and not work so that’s why napoleon sent boxer to a horse slaughterer.
From the beginning of the story to the end the pig napoleon was the second in command. The pigs also changed the rules so that they could sleep in the beds. The original rule was that, “No animal shall sleep in a bed”, so after Major died the pigs changed that rule to, “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets“. One more reason