Boxer A. K. The Middle Class In George Orwell's Animal Farm
Boxer A.K.A the Middle Class
The “working class”, like in 1945, still populates most of today’s society. In the extended metaphor, Animal Farm Boxer the workhorse plays an important role in the comparison of past Russia to an overrun farm. He is portrayed as the working people of today and of centuries before. Of course, the Russian Revolutions in 1917 put an immense difference between past and present working societies. Boxer may be the representative of the middle class in George Orwell’s famous allegory, but he possesses a much different outlook on the idea of a rebellion against a megalomaniac leader who cares for no other living being.
Animal Farm is a novel written in 1945, based on the symbolism of Russia and how Joseph Stalin ran it. Boxer the horse is an animal that is portrayed as the working class. Boxer’s character is based solely on how those forced to work eventually just become willing to do what is demanded of them because they are given no choice. Throughout the reading, this horse literately works himself to his death. This loyal “comrade”, as used in the book, by Napoleon the dictating pig, never asks why he is pushed to his limits every day and he never quits until his body forces him to fall in exhaustion. …show more content…
Boxer is a loyal, obedient, and hardworking individual who fills each day with rigorous tasks to satisfy the pig in command, Napoleon. In past and present working societies, people are underpaid, overworked, and uncared for. Even though Boxer never went against his leader, the tired workers of centuries before decided to better their own lives and demand that changes occur. The maltreated wage earners may still exist today, but had it not been for the revolutions in Russia, would have continued to grow until the entire population was
The “working class”, like in 1945, still populates most of today’s society. In the extended metaphor, Animal Farm Boxer the workhorse plays an important role in the comparison of past Russia to an overrun farm. He is portrayed as the working people of today and of centuries before. Of course, the Russian Revolutions in 1917 put an immense difference between past and present working societies. Boxer may be the representative of the middle class in George Orwell’s famous allegory, but he possesses a much different outlook on the idea of a rebellion against a megalomaniac leader who cares for no other living being.
Animal Farm is a novel written in 1945, based on the symbolism of Russia and how Joseph Stalin ran it. Boxer the horse is an animal that is portrayed as the working class. Boxer’s character is based solely on how those forced to work eventually just become willing to do what is demanded of them because they are given no choice. Throughout the reading, this horse literately works himself to his death. This loyal “comrade”, as used in the book, by Napoleon the dictating pig, never asks why he is pushed to his limits every day and he never quits until his body forces him to fall in exhaustion. …show more content…
Boxer is a loyal, obedient, and hardworking individual who fills each day with rigorous tasks to satisfy the pig in command, Napoleon. In past and present working societies, people are underpaid, overworked, and uncared for. Even though Boxer never went against his leader, the tired workers of centuries before decided to better their own lives and demand that changes occur. The maltreated wage earners may still exist today, but had it not been for the revolutions in Russia, would have continued to grow until the entire population was