Boxer is more, I think, the party loyalist who is fooled by Napoleon (Stalin) and is utterly dedicated to the party line. Think of some of the "confessions" made by that type during the purges.
Boxer is more, I think, the party loyalist who is fooled by Napoleon (Stalin) and is utterly dedicated to the party line. Think of some of the "confessions" made by that type during the purges.
Yep, he is the hard-working Russian peasantry that Stalin [& Napoleon] built his empire upon.Quote:
Originally Posted by jgweed
I was just referring to his physical attributes. As well as doing the hard work, the Battle of the Cowshed would probably have been lost without him.
i am doing an english 10 class and i need to write an essay on how animal farm represents the russian revolution and world war 2 and i need to hand it in tommorow can someone plz help me out..
Read the thread at the top of this page - it's all in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikita-xo
i really help finding rare, interesting points or symbolisms in animal farm! its urgent!
please dont suggest sites like sparknotes, gradesaver, cliffsnotes or novelguide. have used sites like that already.
Thread above yours, sticky one; is all you need. If you read the book, they you'll understand it, and if you need further help post questions.
hi i kno im like your millionthh person to ask but i was wondering if i could have your opinion on what i should write for an assigment on animal farm?
this is the question ;
put animal farm into context and and a brief summary.
a description of the text that analyses key features and significant events in the text. (for your response concentate on the world or society being presented and any links you can find to our world).
a judgement of the text that includes your opinions and maybe some recommendations.
ANY HELP WILL BE MUCHHHLY APPRICIATED :)
Please, read the story, it's 50 pages; and then check this thread from start and if you will have any questions, doubts or further explanation, ask here.
Write short summary of the plot, explain what events in real world story describes, relation humans - animals, who is who...
So, I am not entirely sure if this has already been covered, because I was going to read the entire thread, but I didn't have time, but anyway, when I read animal farm, one of the first things that I noticed was how strongly Orwell seemed to contrast Benjamin and Boxer. They were foils of each other, the two extremes of the people in the society of Russia, being Boxer (the ignorantly faithful) and Benjamin (the way too cynical for his own good).
Since Boxer accepts anything that is said by Napolean, he does not refuse the ample amounts of abuse that he is laden with. He does not recognize the corruption because in his mind it is all for the revolution, for the better society that everything has been sacrificed for. Benjamin, on the other hand, fully recognizes the pigs corruption immediately, but his cynisims is so large in magnitude, that he is unable to hope for anything better, because he believes it wouldn't come. the only time he shows any signs of hope is when the pigs are selling boxer, when he is being taken away, but by that time, it is far too late to rebel against the pigs.
Again, I am not sure if this has been said, but Moses is allowed back on the farm for the same reason the song "Beasts of England" is no longer sung. Once the pigs have reached their full corruption where all of the other animals are suffering in poverty, their perfect society that was the original reason for rebellion has been reached. However the other animals singing about a perfect society would make them realize that they were no where near that perfection. Moses is allowed to come back so that the animals, instead of having to sit in their poverty watching the pigs in wealth, thinking that this was not the perfect society they were striving for, will be able to hope for that better society after they die. Instead of Utopia in this life, ther is one in the next.
I have to do an essay, and it is:
"What human qualities does George orwell satirise in Animal Farm?"
I had to choose three qualities to do it on, and I chose gullibility, greed, and hypocrisy.
I wanted some clarification on the topic. Does it mean I have to state and briefly explain the quality, give an example of when it is in AF, and then explain how the instance I have described actually denoted that quality?
Yep, that pretty much nails it.Quote:
Originally Posted by balehead