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snowball is a good leader and cares for everyone. The quote is "No sentimentality comrade! cried Snowball from whose wounds the blood was still dripping. This suggests that he does not want Boxer to regret about Snowball getting injured and wants everyone to continue on fighting. The word sentimentality means do not regret. It links with the quote no mercy when he was injured and in pain. Also Snowball is a character who wants the enemies to be killed and shows no feelings towards them. The quote is "War is war. The only good human being is a dead one." This suggests that he wants the humans to be killed, not alive. He only wants animals to be in this world and wants the enemies to be gone far away from this
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