Physical strength against strong thinking skills
Physical strength against strong thinking skills
True strength lies not in the muscular power but within the ability to use mental capacity. This statement is also certified by the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, where the strongest of all animals on the farm, Boxer the horse, is suppressed by the cleverest animals, the pigs, just like all the other animals on the farm.
Boxer is the farm’s most hard-working and loyal labourer. Being taller heavier and stronger than all the others, the horses working power is of great importance for many projects of the pigs, just like the build-up of the windmill. The pigs are the brain workers and manage and organize such happenings like this build-up. After the rebellion and the killing of Mr. Jones, the animals try to manage the farm on their own which doesn’t work without money. So the pigs take the leadership and Napoleon stands on top of the career ladder and is symbol for the communist leader Stalin, which was known to be without personal warmth. His military force is represented by the dogs in animal farm. In my opinion Boxers role on the farm could be described as a very constant and calming one towards the other animals that are suppressed by the pigs. Looking on the relationship between the horse and the pigs, especially Napoleon, the power seems to threaten the leader and that’s why they try to suppress him even harder than the others and let him work as hard as he can. This is also the reason why I think that his fictional character in the book could be interpreted as an allegory for the Russian working class. Another comparison could be drawn to the Boxer Rebellion in China in the early twentieth century.
Boxer also is the key for some of the main happenings in the book. He fights bravely in the Battle of the Cowshed, and the Battle of the Windmill. In a fight between Boxer and Mr. Jones, the Farmer, Boxer is the victorious one and so he kills Mr. Jones. Furthermore Boxer is not a very intelligent horse and
True strength lies not in the muscular power but within the ability to use mental capacity. This statement is also certified by the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, where the strongest of all animals on the farm, Boxer the horse, is suppressed by the cleverest animals, the pigs, just like all the other animals on the farm.
Boxer is the farm’s most hard-working and loyal labourer. Being taller heavier and stronger than all the others, the horses working power is of great importance for many projects of the pigs, just like the build-up of the windmill. The pigs are the brain workers and manage and organize such happenings like this build-up. After the rebellion and the killing of Mr. Jones, the animals try to manage the farm on their own which doesn’t work without money. So the pigs take the leadership and Napoleon stands on top of the career ladder and is symbol for the communist leader Stalin, which was known to be without personal warmth. His military force is represented by the dogs in animal farm. In my opinion Boxers role on the farm could be described as a very constant and calming one towards the other animals that are suppressed by the pigs. Looking on the relationship between the horse and the pigs, especially Napoleon, the power seems to threaten the leader and that’s why they try to suppress him even harder than the others and let him work as hard as he can. This is also the reason why I think that his fictional character in the book could be interpreted as an allegory for the Russian working class. Another comparison could be drawn to the Boxer Rebellion in China in the early twentieth century.
Boxer also is the key for some of the main happenings in the book. He fights bravely in the Battle of the Cowshed, and the Battle of the Windmill. In a fight between Boxer and Mr. Jones, the Farmer, Boxer is the victorious one and so he kills Mr. Jones. Furthermore Boxer is not a very intelligent horse and