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How Is Boxer Presented In Animal Farm

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In “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, life events can influence how your actions, and can also change your personality, so you are more guilty or sad, as shown by Boxer, which reveals the theme that the people still have their own feelings and opinions even though they are constantly influenced by society and world leaders. In works of literature, like Animal Farm, The Hunger Games, article about the controversy on Starbucks cups, and Brave, the recurring theme of people changing after life events is present. Boxer, from “Animal Farm”, is a key example of a being having differing emotions, perspectives, reactions, and opinions after a big life event. Boxer accidentally murdered a stable boy, and should have been proud like the pigs wanted him …show more content…

Boxer is later seen as being more hesitant around the humans, and having opinions that slightly differ from theirs because his perspective of them changed, and he is worried he might accidentally kill one again. Similarly, Katniss in the Hunger Games, changed her perspective to focus on protecting and taking care of her sister and mother. Katniss was affected by the death of her father, who brought in a lot of the family’s income. Instead of mourning, Katniss took on the role of her father to focus on protecting Prim and her mother, which Katniss admits to the reader by saying “At eleven years old, with Prim just seven, I took over as head of the family. There was no choice. I bought our food at the market and cooked it as best I could and tried to keep Prim and myself looking presentable.” (Collins 6), which shows how Katniss consciously makes decisions with Prim in mind. Katniss tries her best to keep Prim out of harm’s way as shown when she says “I protect Prim in every way I can, but I'm powerless against the reaping” (Collins 3), which shows how Katniss’ perspective is focused on …show more content…

A controversial, current event that shows these differing opinions would be the controversy about the Starbucks cups. This major change affects mainly people who go to Starbucks on a daily basis and rely on the caffeinated drinks available there. Unfortunately, the removal of the snowflake from the cup has caused some outcry among people. One person with a strong opinion has stated the following, "’It's not just about a cup,’he [Jeffery Fuerstein] explained in an email to The Washington Post. ‘The cup is symbolic of a larger war against Christianity in this country. The policemen of political correctness have demanded that the silent majority bend its knee to a vocal minority’” (Moyer), but his opinion is not common in the general population. The majority of people agree with the removal of the snowflake as stated by one person, “‘Starbucks is trying to remain neutral and be culturally sensitive to everyone by leaving them blank. You are offended that they don't say Merry Christmas, but Jewish people would be offended if it only said that, not Happy Hanukkah. So they are leaving them blank so they can't offend anyone’” (Moyer), or simply do not care about the removal. The first quote shows the reader how even though the majority of society believes in the

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