Which Animals Work The Hardest And Which Exploit The System

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The characters in Animal farm tin be separate into iii groups - the humans, the pigs, and the other farm animals. Each grouping represents a unlike element of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

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Boxer in Animal Farm

Boxer, featuring labels that highlight him as a great worker, trusting and having limited intelligence

Boxer, a horse, is a tragic hero. He is a difficult worker, stiff, loyal and caring . He also fights bravely against the humans. Unfortunately, he is too loyal, the pigs take advantage of this and work him until he collapses. And so they sell him to the horse slaughterer then that they can buy more whisky. Whenever something goes wrong, he blames himself and vows to work even harder.

His favourite sayings are 'Napoleon is always correct' and 'I will work harder'. He is the strongest animal and could hands fight off the pigs and dogs. He never does though, equally he is too used to taking orders.

	How is Boxer similar this?	Evidence from the text	Analysis
Trusting	Boxer shows that he is trusting in his loyalty to the pigs .	"Napoleon is always correct."	Boxer believes everything that Napoleon tells him. The language is simple and reflects Boxer's naivety, he is the strongest animal on the farm but does nothing when conditions get worse.
Great worker	Boxer's efforts to brand the windmill show he is a great worker.	To see him toiling upward the gradient inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the footing, and his bully sides disordered with sweat, filled everyone with adoration.	This description of Boxer is very emotive and inspirational. Information technology shows how hard he works. The epitome of him dragging huge rocks whilst dripping with sweat shows his peachy forcefulness . He never complains or lacks motivation.
Limited intelligence	Boxer is uneducated and struggles to express himself and his thoughts.	He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times and tried to marshal his thoughts; just in the stop he could not think of anything to say.	Unfortunately, Boxer, similar a lot of the other animals, except the pigs, lacks an didactics. Orwell uses Boxer to show that without the benefit of learning, he cannot express himself and so he will never be able to speak out against the pigs.

Social and historical context

Russian shipworkers, around 1900

Boxer represents the peasant workers of Russia. They were exploited past the Tsar Nicholas II who ruled from 1894 until his expulsion in 1917. The workers were kept in a position where they never earned enough money to pay for food or accommodation.

The Revolution of 1917 sought to address this problem only only led to more hardship and starvation under the dominion of Stalin.

Analysing the evidence

Boxer, who has now had time to recall things over, voiced the full general feeling by maxim: "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be correct." And from and then on he adopted the maxim, "Napoleon is always right," in addition to his individual motto of "I will work harder." Description of Boxer

Question

Looking at this excerpt from the book, explain why Boxer doesn't pb his own rebellion against the pigs when he is the strongest animal on the subcontract.

How to analyse the quote:

'Boxer, who has now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying "If Comrade Napoleon says information technology, it must be right." And from and so on he adopted the proverb, "Napoleon is always right," in addition to his private motto of "I will work harder."

'If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must exist right' - Boxer is unable to think for himself.
'Napoleon is always right' - Boxer is far too trusting of the pigs and not intelligent enough to question them.

How to use this in an essay:

Despite being the strongest animal on the farm, Boxer cannot pb a rebellion of his own against the pigs. His inability is summed up in merely a few quotes. Firstly, 'If Comrade Napoleon says information technology, it must be right,' shows that Boxer cannot think for himself and fears taking the initiative. One of his other quotes is "Napoleon is always right." This simple statement in plain language shows why he would never take power from the pigs - he is too trusting and possibly as well simple to question the decisions the pigs make. He fears showing initiative. He focuses all his ability on working for the pigs which is eventually what leads to his downfall.