Boxer In George Orwell's Animal Farm

In the satiric novel entitled Animal Farm by George Orwell, The character Boxer represents the working class members of society who rebel against Farmer Jones to gain freedom. However, the utopia that they fought for was not realized and they are manipulated by the pigs; inturn, find themselves no better off than they started. Boxer is loyal, and diligent and he sacrifices his life for the others. Without Boxer, Animal Farm would have never progressed as far as they did.

Boxer held the whole farm together because of his loyalness. Boxer is one of the most loyal animals on the farm and everyone admires it. “Their most faithful disciples were the two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover (7).” This shows that Boxer’s loyalness does not go unnoticed and is appreciated. Furthermore, this also illustrates that his is completely dedicated to helping the farm succeed. When the animals have a meeting, Boxer never misses it. “They [Boxer and Clover] were unfailing at their attendance at the secret

meetings in the farm…(7).” Overall, this explains that he gives the meetings his full attention and does not miss a thing. Moreover, Boxer is known to be dependable. The farm got rough hard times due to Boxer keeping everyone together.
Boxer, a zealous horse, was devoted to helping the farm accomplish all of its goals.

Boxer is often working harder than any other animal on the farm. “At such times his lips were seen to form the words, ‘I will work harder’; he had no voice left (37).” This shows that he will stop at nothing if it means that work is getting finished. All in all, Boxer will never give up, even if it kills him. Later in the story, the animals build a windmill and Boxer works harder than anyone. “...it was always Boxer who strained himself against the rope and brought the boulder to a stop. To see him toiling up the slope inch by inch, his breath coming fast, the tips of his hooves clawing at the ground, and his great sides matted with sweat, filled everyone with admiration (20).” This shows that Boxer’s hard work inspires everyone else to work. To sum it up, he is determined to see the farm achieve massive success at any cost. Boxer will not surrender his hard work because put in a lot of

effort.
Boxer can be described as diligent because of many reasons. There was a lot of work to be done on the farm, and Boxer made sure to get it done. “His answer to every problem, every setback, was, ‘I will work harder!’- which he had adopted as his personal motto (10).” This shows that Boxer never settles for less and will strive for triumph. In brief words, he is reliable because of his courageous actions on helping the farm. During the building of the windmill, Boxer put forth the effort of many horses. “He had been a hard worker in Jones’ time, but now he seemed more like three horses than one; there were days when the entire work of the farm seemed to rest on his mighty shoulders(10).” This shows that the whole farm knew they could rely on Boxer when the times were tough. To summarize, Boxer is the most trusted and devoted animal on the farm. Boxer, the diligent horse he is, can get much more work done than the other animals on the farm.
In Animal Farm, animals rebel against their tyrant leader, Mr. Jones and work for themselves. Boxer, a cart- horse, is the most loyal, zealous, and diligent animal on the farm, The whole farm depends on him and could never achieve what they did without him.