Boxer In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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“I will word harder” is a saying a horse named boxer told everyone every day, until one day he could not. Boxer represents the working class in the novella named, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell. In the novella, this horse is constantly working and will do anything in order to get his job complete. Boxer represents the working class in the russian revolution by having Mr. Jones nor the pigs never noticing how much effort he puts in; and by the way he expresses his “never give up” type working to help him get through the day. Boxer the horse is a very strong and independent animal, but definitely does not get the treatment he should by the leaders. Boxer completes more work than any other animal on the farm and should have a better life than he does. He definitely is treated extremely peasant-like and no one really cares nor notices. Due to his major daily hardworking job, he barely has any free time to relax. In the novella Orwell writes, “You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will sell you to the knacker, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the foxhounds” (3). Boxer is treated differently and more …show more content…

He works hard everyday to allow him to feel better within himself. He wants to achieve his goal by never giving up on anything so that maybe he will be noticed more. This is also shown though that novella when it states how much food he gains. In the novella Orwell writes, “It was only his appearance that was a little altered; his hide was less shiny than it had used to be, and his great haunches seemed to have shrunken” (45). Boxer is fed very poorly and very rarely. He is treated just like a peasant from the Russian Revolution. Still, no one is worried until he is really gone and they have to start to work in order to take his place to keep the farm all in