Why does Napoleon feel threatened by Boxer in Animal Farm by George Orwell?
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What happened to Boxer in reality? (animal farm)?
He got taken to the Knackers Yard! (abbatoir) The other animals didn't realise it until the van was driving off and they saw the name on the back! It made me cry! :/ Now do your own homework in future! LOL
What happens at the end of the book Animal Farm?
I'm reading it for school, and honestly I don't like it very much. There are far simpler ways to write about the Russian revolution than using pigs on a farm. Napoleon kicks snowball out using one of the dogs puppies that he stole and trained. He blames snowball for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Some of the animal own up to think Snowball told them to do. (Snowball never told them to do these things) Napoleon kills them. He sends Boxer to the knackers. Squealer changes the commandments. Pigs drink, sleep in beds, eat, stand on hind legs, basically go against everything they said in the first place. The befriend the humans. Call Animal Farm- Manor Farm again. The commandments become the famous "All animals are equal, some are more equal than others"
Do you feel sorry for the animal farm, boxer?
I was reading Animal Farm today, actually. It’s probably my favorite work of literature. I’ve read it dozens of times and know it like the back of my hand.I will never get over Boxer’s death.Boxer is amazing, even if you don’t consider the symbolism. He doesn’t need to be smart, because he has enough initiative to get far more done that the most intelligent animals on the farm. His death is the point in the book that most people would consider the turning point, when the Animalism (or Communism) stopped being good. Personally, the turning point for me was Snowball’s ostracizing and the abolishment of Sunday meetings, but Boxer’s death is the emotional peak. It’s even stronger for most people than the pig’s parade at the end, and the infamous last lines.Also, the package that arrives for the pigs was probably Boxer’s meat.(If you hadn’t thought of that I am so sorry)
In Animal Farm, what does Boxer's death symbolize?
Boxer the horse himself represents the exploited working class with all their qualities of dedication, loyalty, and huge capacity for labour. He also, like the proletariat, had a naive trust in the dominant pigs. Being unintelligent, he was unable to recognise even the blatant forms of injustice and corruption of Napoleon, the same way the working class was blindly loyal to the government. His pitiful death at Napoleon’s hands symbolises the pigs’ betrayal. When Boxer collapsed and fell ill after overworking himself over the windmill, Napoleon claimed to have taken Boxer to a veterinary surgeon in town, when in reality he sold him to an animal slaughterer and used the resulting money to buy himself whiskey. Later, he told the animals that the surgeons did everything they could, but it did not work. His importance is also shown as after his death, the older animals miss him, and the farm is not quite the same.
How did boxer change in animal farm?
He was the kindest animal who always worked hard and tried his very best. He changed the least from the beginning to the end of the book because he always kept his strong heart. When they took him to the glue factory to kill him for being a weak horse, it was really sad because the pigs that took him were the ones that caused him to be weak.
Was Boxer the horse in Animal Farm, condemned to a tragic end no matter the situation, due to his good nature?
Yes - he was condemned to a tragic outcome; his nature (good, bad or indifferent) had little to do with it.Although the Soviet Communists held Alexei Stakhanov as an exemplar for the masses, they would have spurred them on without him; using threats or fear. Boxer represents the masses. He pushed himself hard and harder - like Stakhanov
QUESTIONS ON CHAPTERS 9 & 10 FOR THE BOOK, "ANIMAL FARM"?
Can somebody help me please, i missed the last 2 weeks of school due to having MRSA, and i was given my missing work for the book Animal Farm for chapters 9 & 10, but no book. =/ Chapter 9 1. How is Boxer hurt? Who helps him? 2. How far away is Boxer's supposed retirement? 3. What word does Squealer used to describe the reduced ration? 4. Do the animals still believe they are free? 5. What special rights do pigs gain in this chapter? 6. What is ironic about the pigs gaining so much weight? 7. What is a Spontaneous Demonstration? What is the purpose? 8. Why was Napoleon elected? 9. What propaganda is spread about Snowballs' wound in the Battle of the Cowshed? 10. What is significant about the reappearance of Moses? 11. What type of building is going on now? 12. Why does Napoleon make arrangments to send Boxer to a "hospital"? 13.How do the pigs explain the knacker's truck? Do the animals believe them? 14. How do the pigs continue to use Boxer's strength after his death? 15. Where did the pigs get the money for the case of whiskey? Chapter 10 1. Who is left after all these years? 2. Has anyone retired? Do you think anyone ever will? 3. What has happened to the animals' promised rewards? 4. What do the pigs have to work on, according to Squealer? 5. What does Benjamin remember about the past? 6. What new song does Napoleon now have Squealer teach the sheep? Why? 7. What does the wall of commandments now say? 8. What is the similarity between Napoleon and Jones? 9. Describe the conversation at the card game. 10. What is the final irony at the end of the novel? Whoever answers all will be guaranteed BEST ANSWER=]. thank you-- leah
How is Boxer betrayed by the pigs in "Animal Farm" by George Orwell?
Boxer is supposed to represent the working masses of the Stalinist communist economy. He is, quite literally, the ‘work horse’ of the economy. He is also the person who was promised the greatest gain by the pigs.Before the pigs took over, Boxer was worked the most of all the animals on the farm, as he was the strongest animal that the farmer had. Thus, he represented the proletariat (peasant masses) that had been worked and oppressed by the capitalist system (in the communist view). This group became the champion of the communist revolution as they were promised equality and wealth under communism. No longer would they work long hours for menial wages while the capitalists rallied their profits! This is reflected by Orwell in the promise that the pigs make when they overthrow the farmer. They promise Boxer greater equality where he would work less and be paid what he truly deserved.In fact, when the pigs took over, this promise was not fulfilled, and Boxer found himself working to death simply under a different capitalist (the pigs instead of the farmer). The relation to reality is that this is a metaphor for what happened to the working class under the communist revolution. Their promised wealth and equality never materialised and they found themselves at the bottom of society once again.The betrayal came in the fact that Boxer was sold the dream of a better life by the pigs, but gained nothing but the same miserable life as before, the only difference being his master.