Boxer (Animal Farm)

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Boxer is a character from George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm, who is shown as the farm's dedicated and loyal labourer. The cart-horse Boxer serves as an allegory for the Russian working-class who helped to oust Tsar Nicholas II and establish the Soviet Union, but were eventually betrayed by the government under Joseph Stalin. He is described as "faithful"; and he believes any problem can be solved if he works harder. David Low used a cart horse as a symbol for the T.U.C. in cartoons for many years before Orwell began to write Animal Farm. Boxer can only remember four letters of the alphabet at a time but sees the importance of education, aspiring to learn the rest of the alphabet during his retirement. Boxer is a loyal supporter of Napoleon. Boxer listens to everything the self-appointed ruler of the farm says and assumes that everything Napoleon tells the farm animals is true, hence "Napoleon is always right". Boxer's strength plays a huge part in keeping Animal Farm together prior...

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