Boxer

Boxer represents the people of Russia under the rule of Stalin.

In Boxer, Orwell portrays the oppressed Russian people who were betrayed by their leaders many times over.

Like the Russian people, Boxer believed everything that he was told, thinking that whatever happened it was for the good of the Farm.

It was Boxer who inspired the other animals, working himself nearly to death, with too little food or rest, Boxer would take on extra work for the good of all. ‘I must work harder’ was his recant, and for his hard work he was rewarded with a trip to the glue factory.

Like the majority of Russian people, Boxer was uneducated and a tireless worker. He was obedient and trusting to the extent that when something was changed to the detriment of all the animals, he could easily be persuaded that he must have misunderstood the original meaning of whatever he had changed, and as he trusted Napoleon, he would be easily convinced he was in the wrong.