The sun rises. It's a new day, soon to be filled with hard work. Animals work hard, overcoming many difficulties through sheer determination and hard work. But everything goes back to the way it was, and leads absolutely nowhere. In the book Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, this is exactly what happens. The animals work hard, especially the horse named Boxer, but their hard work earns them nothing. They work hard for years on a windmill that collapses twice, they overcome specific difficulties to get the harvest that ultimately leads them to cut food rations, and, most notably, Boxer sacrifices his health in the name of hard work only to be killed, as if he were nothing. Because animals work hard to overcome struggles and difficulties but get nothing good out of it, it is clear that the theme of Animal Farm is that hard work sometimes gets nowhere. In Animal Farm, the animals have been dedicating their brutal labor to the cause of the Windmill for years, but their work is going nowhere. On page 61, Orwell describes the work towards the windmill as “a slow and laborious process. It often took a whole day of exhausting effort to drag a single boulder to the top of the quarry. But then, after all their hard work, when the windmill was almost finished, a great storm broke out. By morning, “the windmill was in ruins” (Orwell 69). This shows that the animal's hard work was for nothing. They worked hard on the windmill only to lose it in a storm. Because the animals work hard and long on the windmill, but get nothing for it, it is clear that the theme of Animal Farm is that hard work sometimes gets nowhere. In Animal Farm, animals work hard to overcome specific struggles to achieve results. the harvest,...... middle of paper ......written by George Orwell, the theme of hard work can sometimes lead nowhere because the brutal work of animals and their attempts to overcome their struggles seem to only lead nowhere. The animals work hard, especially the horse named Boxer, but their hard work earns them nothing. They toil for years on a windmill that collapses twice, they work past specific difficulties to bring in the harvest that ultimately reduces food rations, and, in particular, Boxer sacrifices his health in the name of 'hard work only to be killed, as if he were nothing. Because animals work hard to overcome struggles and difficulties but get nothing good out of it, it is clear that the theme of Animal Farm is that hard work sometimes can get nowhere. Works Cited Orwell, George. Animal Farm: a fairy tale. New York, NY: Signet Classic, 1996. Print.