Symbolism Of Animals In Animal Farm

All throughout Animal Farm George Orwell symbolically uses farm animals to represent actual human beings. These human beings that are being represented by animals are many men who were in Russia during the time Stalinism, Socialism, and Communism was rising under the command of Joseph Stalin. Using the animals as a clever disguise, Orwell tells a story of the uprising of a Tyrannic animal society. Despite the fact that the main characters in Animal Farm are animals, Orwell does show human characteristics in the animals. Both good and bad human characteristics are given to the animals, and even the way some of the animals react to the tyranny they face is much like humans. Humans are known to be very selfish and self-centered. They always want

One of these virtues is that human beings have a tendency of being stubborn and never wanting to give up. Yes, at times this can prove to be a bad thing, it’s sometimes a very good thing as well. One character in Animal Farm who has the same stubbornness and the will to never give up like humans do is a steed named Boxer. Boxer is a brave horse who never gives working up and always is trying his best to help out on the farm, and is very loyal to one of the tyrant pigs who control the farm. (Though, Boxer doesn’t realize that the tyrant pig is actually a tyrant until later on in Animal Farm.) In the end of the story, he basically worked himself to death because he was too stubborn to give up working! “Boxer refused to take even a day off of work, and made it a point of honour not to let it be seen that he was in pain. ...Benjamin urged Boxer to work less hard.” (111) This happens after Boxer has split his hoof, and despite the pain, he still works through it. Though stubbornness can tend to be a vice when it comes to human nature, the stubbornness in Boxer is a rare, but headstrong, attribute that can be seen in both humans and