Who Is Boxer In Animal Farm

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In George Orwell's Novella, Animal Farm Boxer represents the working class. “I will work harder.” (Orwell 56).Boxer is a strong, and determined working horse, who would rebuild the windmill after it had collapsed multiple times and never gave up. Throughout the novella boxer says this many times. Boxer is constantly working whether it be the windmill, or pulling things around he was always working and never stopped, just as the working class in Russia. “Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two horses put together... But he was universally respected for his steadiness of character and tremendous powers of work.” (Orwell 3). Boxer was one of the strongest animals on the farm, and is a tremendous worker.

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