1. “‘Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion! I do not know when that Rebellion will come, it might be in a week or in a hundred years, but I know, as surely as I see this straw beneath my feet, that sooner or later justice will be done. Fix your eyes on that, comrades, throughout the short remainder of your lives! And above all, pass on this message of mine to those who come after you, so that future …show more content…
- Boxer While the animals are living happily on the farm, the humans come back in attempt to retake it. During the fighting, Boxer accidently kills one of the farmhands who used to work on Manor Farm. The other animals try to convince Boxer that killing the boy was a good thing, but Boxer is not okay with the killing. This statement by Boxer encaptures the significance of the farmhand’s death. Even though Boxer is one of the least intelligent animals on the farm, he has the most morality. Beginning from this action, Boxer develops into the purest character in the story. After reading the entire story, this short sentiment impacted me more than anything else. Boxer is the physically strongest farm animal, but he only wants to use his strength to help the animals, not to kill. Even though Boxer is more than capable of killing most people, he values all life and refuses to kill again. Boxer brings forth the perspective that all lives are meaningful, even those of the people that have wronged him. …show more content…
However, the animals have reached the point where they need someone to dictate what they should do next. Both Snowball and Napoleon have different ideas on what the animals should do to better their lives. They start an election to see which of the pigs will become the leader of Animal Farm. All of the animals picked one of the candidates, except Benjamin, who is the oldest and wisest animal on the farm. Benjamin did not believe that either of the actions proposed by the pigs would make life on the farm any easier. Benjamin’s statement gives the idea that no matter which pig is elected, things will not change for the better. Benjamin is used as a sign of wisdom amongst the animals on the farm, since he has lived there longer than anyone else. Through Benjamin’s perspective, the reader learns that life on the farm has never been easy for the animals. All of the animals have worked their entire lives, and Benjamin believes that nothing they can do will change that. 6. “Once again this argument was unanswerable. Certainly the animals did not want Jones back; if the holding of debates on Sunday mornings was liable to bring him back, then the debates must stop. Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying: “If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right’” (Orwell
The Pigs selling Boxer to a slaughterhouse shows that they don’t really value the other animals on the farms lives. They knew Boxer was getting old and couldn’t do much so they sold him. The Pigs are beginning to treat the other animals just Jones. They are resembling Jones because they are giving the animals low rations of food. They also began drinking beer and getting drunk like Jones did.
In the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, the horse, Boxer, was a complex character. He behaved in a loyal manner when interacting with the farm’s leader, Napoleon. Boxer contributes to the farm by being extremely hardworking. He was also one of the most committed of all the animals.
Whenever the other animals start to doubt Napoleon, Boxer reassures them that “If comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right” (Orwell 82). Boxer and the other animals on the farm get mistreated in many ways such as, Napoleon takes away their food rations while the pigs and dogs get a large amounts of food and better living conditions. If Boxer wasn't on the farm the book would be different in many ways because the animals would have probably turned against Napoleon by now. The animals wouldn't have anyone to look up to or have to encourage
However, as Snowball was not present for the entire duration of the novel it is unknown how his actions would have altered as story progressed. Before Snowball was run out the farm by comrade and the ultimate dictator, Napoleon, he practiced heroic actions and behaviours. Snowball revolutionised Animal Farm by attempting to educate the other animals. Snowball did this by broadening the animals knowledge through his speeches. "A bird's wing, comrades," he said, "is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation.
Boxer is one of the many animals in this novel that was treated with great inequality, even though he was known for his hard work, loyalty, and determination. “... He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in some volunteer labor at whatever seemed to be most needed, before the regular day's work began. his answer to every problem, every setback, was ‘I will work harder!’ which he adopted as his personal motto” (Orwell 20).
In George Orwell’s allegorical novel Animal Farm, the sneaky and mischievous actions of the government leave the inhabitants of the farm helpless and completely controlled. This novel serves as a warning to people everywhere to challenge authority and never abandon independent thought. Benjamin hides his knowledge of the pigs schemes from the other animals to avoid conflict, proving that mature members of a society may deceive others to remain true to personal philosophy of uninvolvement, if only to solidify to everyone that they are invariably right. Benjamin retains the information he posses in order to prove a point that all systems of government come and go, and will never affect his life.
“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship” (A Quote from 1984). When a country is ruled by an incompetent person who has too much power, its citizens suffer and they will eventually overthrow the dictatorship. Communist dictatorships are just that, a dictatorship. George Orwell satirizes the rise and fall of the Soviet Union in his book Animal Farm. In Orwell’s Animal Farm, the use of situational irony reveals that too much power concentrated in one individual will lead to the demise of a society.
Since the animals were like blindfolded, no one made the connection between Boxer's being taken away and the pigs suddenly having more money. The contrast between what the animals believe, what the narrator actually is talking about, and what the reader knows to be the truth, fills one with an anger. (“Animal Farm: Animals Irony”) Animal Farm satirises the breakdown of political ideology and the misuse of power. The major players are animals but their failings are all recognisably human. They begin with an idealistic attempt to form a new society, liberated from the tyranny of humans and founded on the principle of equality and freedom for everyone, but it all goes wrong as the pigs take over.
It’s shown here that Benjamin uses his skill and shows all the animals the truth, completely changing their minds from being happy to complete terror. If Benjamin utilized this ability and wasn’t completely apathetic about what Animal Farm had turned into, he could’ve easily stepped up with every animal on his side and prevented the corruption of the farm. Another example of how Benjamin’s extreme pessimism and inability to see past bad things, poisons his chance to influence the animals again happens after his only friend Boxer, dies. “Only Benjamin was much the same as ever, except for being a little greyer about the muzzle and since Boxer’s death, more morose and taciturn than ever.” (pg. 128)
He worked hard until the day he falls due to lung failure. Instead of treating him, Napoleon sent Boxer to horse slaughter house and lied to the animals that Boxer died in the hospital and even ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer’s two favourite maxims, ’I will work harder’ and’ Comrade Napoleon is always right’. This is what happens to the most faithful animal in the Animal Farm due to Napoleon’s cool-blooded judgment as he could not have any form of benefits from dying Boxer. In the end, the name ‘Animal Farm’ was abolished and changed to ‘Manor Farm’, the original name by Napoleon. Napoleon and his pigs also join arms with the humans who were believed to be the animal’s enemy in the beginning by Old Major and the
In George Orwell’s allegory, Animal Farm, animals are applied as a deputation for historical figures in the Russian Revolution. The animals try to form a utopia, but fail. Instead, the pigs take over. One of the main characters, Boxer, is deceived by them. In summary, him being loyal, hardworking, and indefatigable made the farm successful.
Even when injured, Boxer always kept working, waking up earlier than others to provide his help. His slogan ‘’ I will work harder’’ shows his devotion to animal farm and Napoleon, but also motivated the other animals into playing their part in the windmill’s contruction.
This novel is a reality turned into a fable, although there are many great roles played throughout Animal Farm, but my favorite would be Boxer because he is .hardworking, respected and a role model. Boxer is a hard working horse by using his motto as described in the novel , “ I will work harder!” (Orwell 22). This phrase that shows determination and additionally it is encouraging to the other animals on the farm. It also shows a side of Boxer’s personality throughout the story ,in which if he fails he will not give up until his goal is reached.
Using the examples of Napoleon and Boxer this essay will discuss the truths of human nature and express the traits of these characters both good and bad including; loyalty and obedience as well as selfishness and greed. Napoleon represents the corrupt political dictators that have been in power before and even after the novel was written. He slowly and subtly put himself into power of the farm and was very manipulative in the way he got there. The animals were always ensured that everything he did was for the good of the farm but as the book goes on Napoleon’s hunger for power is revealed.
Boxer was forgotten except by the few who knew him. ”(Orwell, 142) Orwell presents a sad tone as he mentions that many animals, including Mr. Jones have died, and the memories of Snowball, Boxer, and the dreams of Old Major have been forgotten. Orwell also uses a threatening tone on how the dogs and pigs seem to be very powerful and all the animal farms are running away in fear. The tone of novel changes from the beginning to the end.