ANIMAL FARM ANALYTICAL ESSAY Question: How was Boxer affected by Napoleon’s power? Power corrupts all those around it, and it is very easy for one to abuse power. In this novel, Animal Farm is an allegory in which the characters, events and settings are directly parallel to the people and events during the 1917 Russian Revolution. Napoleon is parallel to Joseph Stalin and Boxer represents the Russian proletariat (working class.) These two characters symbolize how communist ideals and power can be used in different aspects, in an approving or disapproving manner. Napoleon is a cruel, selfish fierce-looking Boar, who plays smart enough to obtain leadership by using tools of propaganda to gain power. Boxer is a hardworking, powerfully built horse, the strongest animal on the farm. He is rather gullible and is not wise enough to figure things out on his own. Napoleon rose to power, using manipulation and tactical strategies. Napoleon uses every animal on the farm for his own benefit. He uses Squealer to help implement his ideas and plans; the nine dogs he seized since puppies to be his guards; and the other animals, besides the pigs to do the work and pinpoint the faults to. Boxer is one who foolishly agrees and believes that every action carried out by Napoleon, is fair. Due to his lack of intelligence, he reiterates the slogan, “Napoleon is always right,” without truly knowing the intentions of Napoleon. Many animals including the four pigs; three hens; and sheep
In chapter 9 Boxer dies working and he was a hard worker. Boxer believed everything that napoleon said was good so his main mottoes were “I will work harder” and “Comrade napoleon is always right.” Because these mottoes served Napoleon good, Napoleon decided to tell the animals to adapt Boxer's mottoes and they did because they wanted to be as good as Boxer was. There are more examples of propaganda used in Animal Farm and it is one of the biggest techniques used by Napoleon to gain power in the Animal Farm.
By now the responder clearly realises that the strong relationship between Boxer and Napoleon is obviously a negative one. It saddens the responder and invites their empathy to find Boxer to be so oblivious to what is going on around him and at the same time his level of incomprehension creates a feeling of slight frustration in a sympathetic type of sense. A strong feeling of dislike is formed towards Napoleon as he so easily controls Boxer, forcing him to do such tough, punishing labour as he is aware that Boxer is extremely loyal to his superiors and happily prepared to complete all set tasks. Boxer and the other animals fall victim to the pigs’ cunning ways, but besides the easily convinced sheep and Boxer, the other animals are aware of this but are too frightened or cowardly to put a stop to it, for fear of being accused of treachery and then executed.
When Napoleon becomes the leader of the farm,“Boxer, voiced the general feeling by the saying: ‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.’ “And from then on he adopted the maxim “Napoleon is always right,” in addition to his private motto of “I will work harder!” (Orwell 56). As what the quote shows, Boxer is becoming very loyal to Napoleon, ignorant to his corruption. Boxer’s defining trait is his loyalty.
This fact is why Boxer is viewed as a treat, despite being an ally napoleon ultimately took the first chance he had to get rid of boxer, and why his eventual fate comes about. Napoleon took full advantage of the disposal of Boxer and knew once he was gone the threat of Napoleon being over thrown was banished, Because even if the animals tried to revolt or protest, he would be able to take control with his almighty army of beast like dogs.
As soon as the revolution starts, Boxer is more devoted than ever to the farm. At the Battle of the Cowshed, Boxer is trying to prove his loyalty to the farm by defending the animals against a stable boy with kicking him with his hoof. “I will work harder.”(Orwell 25)The quote reveals his hard work and devotion to other animals and the farm. Though Boxer is very strong, he is also very naïve. The pigs bossed him around, being blindly loyal to Napoleon. “Napoleon is always right”(Orwell 48) When he says this, it demonstrates that he does not understand that the pigs are using him. He believes that everything Napoleon says is just. While others are trying to learn how to read Boxer does not feel the need he only wants to work harder for the good of the animal farm. Unfortunately, at the end of the book, he is so worn down that he cannot work anymore, so the pigs make the decision to send him to be slaughtered. At this point Boxer realizes that pigs have used him and was not loyal to the animals like he was. Boxer represents the Russian working-class in the Soviet
On Animal Farm all animals are equal and all try to pull their weight, but some animals are more equal than others. And many other animals don’t work and some work more than others. Boxer is a hard working horse who is kind but he is very persuaded with the ideas of Napoleon. The sheep of Animal Farm are stupid and blind in following the pigs and just do what the pigs ask them to do. Napoleon develops a secret police out of nine puppies he stole and those nine puppies were taught in the way of Napoleon, who wants the dogs to be loyal and enforce his ideas. All of these animals are being manipulated by Napoleon and making choices so they can help others or help themselves.
Another motto that Boxer has is that “Napoleon is always right.” When Napoleon says something, even though it is not proper, Boxer is always the one who believes it first. Again, because of Boxer’s reputation in the farm whatever he does, the animals tend to follow and in turn it benefits the pigs’ ambitions. On the other hand, not only Boxer was the one who pressures the animals, the sheep, who was used by the pigs, also took part in pressuring the animals.
Throughout the story, Boxer displays loyalty towards the leaders of the farm. For example, one of Boxers personal favorite mottos is “Napoleon
Napoleon: A large Berkshire boar who administers Animal Farm after the rebellion. He uses nine dogs, which he raised since they were pups, to make other animals accept his offers and rules.
Napoleon’s use of propaganda keeps the animals on his side. Squealer tells the animals that the pigs need milk and apples because they work more than the other animals. Squealer told the animals, “... So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and...apples...should be reserved for the pigs alone,”(Doc C, Chapter 3). Napoleon uses propaganda through Squealer telling the animals to do what he says.
It is the middle of Summer when Boxer, a horse, and Benjamin, a donkey were freed from their human oppressors on Manor farm, or commonly known as Animal Farm. Napoleon, who is the farm’s “President” is a pig, which all pigs are smarter than the other animals (and Napoleon is the smartest pig out of all the pigs, which makes him the leader). Animal Farm is a book written by George Orwell. Boxer, who has a big role in this book, is the main topic of this essay. Boxer has a big role on this farm because of all his actions. Boxer is a hard worker, and his main motto is “I shall work harder,” (Orwell #29) showing that he is a big helper on the farm. He supports “Comrade Napoleon”, which makes him loyal to Napoleon, and he is overall a great animal to have around a farm because of how hard he works and how his personality is.
Boxer is a character that contributes a lot to the success of animal farm. He is the one that at first helped the farm with his muscles and his motto ‘’I will work harder’’, because the muscles of Boxer and the cleverness of the pigs was the solution to all problems at the beginning (p.11). Boxer is, in jones’s times, strong as two horses. But, after the rebellion he is considered strong as three horses (p.11). However, his low capacity mind didn’t evolve in the story. He is always following blindly the orders of his leaders. At the beginning he follows Napoleon and snowball. But after Napoleon’s dictatorship begins, He follows Napoleon. Boxer is following Napoleon so blindly that he even made another motto that is ‘’Napoleon is always right’’.
In George Orwell's allegorical novel Animal farm, animals are used to represent people and groups in the Russian revolution. The horse Boxer represented the peasants. Furthermore, Boxer is a very important character to the story. The farm would have not survived without Boxer. Boxer helped the farm tremendously with his hard work,trusting nature, and honesty.
Boxer is a strong, hardworking, honorable, though not so intelligent, horse. He is trustworthy, loyal, and naïve. So naïve that he believe that everything the pigs or do is virtuous. Boxer’s favorite saying is, “Napoleon is always right”. This proves his devotion and loyalty to napoleon.
After the animals rid the farm of Mr. Jones “Manor Farm” became “Animal Farm “which is supposed to be a place where animals are free, the key word being supposed. As time would have it, another would rise to take the place of Mr. Jones, Napoleon, who represents the Russian leader Joseph Stalin. In the book Animal Farm, the cart horse, Boxer, symbolizes the working class in Russia during the Russian Revolution as a way to confirm how the working class blindly obeyed Stalin.