Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... a devout revolutionary. Boxer is the horse with the strength to carry Animal Farm on his shoulders, figuratively and literally. Boxer’s role among the animals is that of a worker. His catchphrase, “I will work harder,” is exactly what the pigs want to hear. Boxer is a role model for weaker animals, and although he isn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, he’s certainly a useful one.
Personality… hardworking, obedient, and naïve. Despite Boxer’s lack of ingenuity, he has a loving heart of gold and is a friend to many on the farm. Without his devotion and loyalty, the revolution would be lost in the dirt of the past.
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Animal Farm is the most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories. Its account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind, can fairly be said to have become a universal drama. Orwell is one of the very few modern satirists comparable to Jonathan Swift in power, artistry, and moral authority; in animal farm his spare prose and the logic of his dark comedy brilliantly highlight his stark message. Taking as his starting point the betrayed promise of the Russian Revolution, Orwell lays out a vision that, in its bitter wisdom, gives us the clearest understanding we possess of the possible consequences of our social and political acts.
