Only when Boxer is actually being taken away does Benjamin come running to alert the other animals.Boxer's death doesn't exactly cheer up the old donkey, in fact, he's " worse and taciturn than ever.When the other animals want to know whether things were better before or after the rebellion, he replies with a characteristically cynical answer, "things had never been, nor ever could be much better or much worse It does mean that the animals lost some of their freedom because whenever he realized that napoleon had no good intentions he should have said something other than just pushing it away and pretending like nothing happened .he should have said something even though he wasn't doing anything wrong he would just sit back and laugh at the animals and not. Benjamen did realize that the farm was in danger and in no good hands but didn't do anything about it. He could have stood up for the farm but he just sat back.boxer could have been alive if he benjamin acted on his feelings a long time