Where In Animal Farm Does Boxer Say I Will Work Harder

Characters

The characters in Animate being farm can be dissever into three groups - the humans, the pigs, and the other farm animals. Each group represents a unlike element of the Russian Revolution in 1917.

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Boxer in Animal Farm

Boxer, featuring labels that highlight him as a great worker, trusting and having limited intelligence

Boxer, a horse, is a tragic hero. He is a hard worker, strong, loyal and caring . He besides fights bravely confronting the humans. Unfortunately, he is too loyal, the pigs have advantage of this and piece of work him until he collapses. So they sell him to the horse slaughterer so that they can buy more whisky. Whenever something goes wrong, he blames himself and vows to work even harder.

His favourite sayings are 'Napoleon is ever right' and 'I will work harder'. He is the strongest animal and could hands fight off the pigs and dogs. He never does though, equally he is also used to taking orders.

	How is Boxer like this?	Evidence from the text	Analysis
Trusting	Boxer shows that he is trusting in his loyalty to the pigs .	"Napoleon is always right."	Boxer believes everything that Napoleon tells him. The language is simple and reflects Boxer'due south naivety, he is the strongest animal on the farm but does nothing when weather condition get worse.
Swell worker	Boxer'south efforts to make the windmill bear witness he is a smashing worker.	To run into him toiling up the gradient inch by inch, his jiff coming fast, the tips of his hoofs clawing at the ground, and his swell sides disordered with sweat, filled anybody with admiration.	This description of Boxer is very emotive and inspirational. It shows how hard he works. The epitome of him dragging huge rocks whilst dripping with sweat shows his great strength . He never complains or lacks motivation.
Limited intelligence	Boxer is uneducated and struggles to express himself and his thoughts.	He set his ears back, shook his forelock several times and tried to marshal his thoughts; only in the end he could not think of anything to say.	Unfortunately, Boxer, like a lot of the other animals, except the pigs, lacks an education. Orwell uses Boxer to testify that without the benefit of learning, he cannot express himself and so he volition never be able to speak out against the pigs.

Social and historical context

Russian shipworkers, around 1900

Boxer represents the peasant workers of Russia. They were exploited by the Tsar Nicholas II who ruled from 1894 until his expulsion in 1917. The workers were kept in a position where they never earned enough coin to pay for food or accommodation.

The Revolution of 1917 sought to address this trouble merely only led to more hardship and starvation under the rule of Stalin.

Analysing the evidence

Boxer, who has now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying: "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right." And from then on he adopted the proverb, "Napoleon is always correct," in addition to his individual motto of "I will work harder." Clarification of Boxer

Question

Looking at this extract from the book, explain why Boxer doesn't lead his own rebellion confronting the pigs when he is the strongest animal on the subcontract.

How to analyse the quote:

'Boxer, who has now had fourth dimension to think things over, voiced the full general feeling by saying "If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must exist right." And from then on he adopted the saying, "Napoleon is e'er right," in improver to his private motto of "I will work harder."

'If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must exist correct' - Boxer is unable to recall for himself.
'Napoleon is always right' - Boxer is far as well trusting of the pigs and non intelligent enough to question them.

How to utilise this in an essay:

Despite being the strongest animal on the farm, Boxer cannot lead a rebellion of his own against the pigs. His inability is summed upwardly in just a few quotes. Firstly, 'If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right,' shows that Boxer cannot think for himself and fears taking the initiative. One of his other quotes is "Napoleon is ever right." This uncomplicated argument in plain linguistic communication shows why he would never take power from the pigs - he is too trusting and perhaps likewise simple to question the decisions the pigs make. He fears showing initiative. He focuses all his power on working for the pigs which is eventually what leads to his downfall.