Boxer ( Animal Farm ) - wikipedia Boxer ( Animal Farm ) hide This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( September 2008 ) This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states a Wikipedia editor 's personal feelings about a topic. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style. ( May 2009 ) Boxer First appearance Animal Farm Last appearance Animal Farm ( Only Appearance ) Created by George Orwell Voiced by Maurice Denham ( 1954 film ) Paul Scofield ( 1999 film ) Information Species Horse Gender Male Occupation Labourer at Animal Farm Boxer is described as a hardworking, but naive and ignorant horse in George Orwell 's Animal Farm. He is shown as the farm 's most dedicated and loyal labourer as well. Boxer serves as an allegory for the Russian working - class who helped to oust Tsar Nicholas and establish the Soviet Union, but were eventually betrayed by the Stalinists. Boxer cares and looks out for the other animals. One example of this is when all of the animals are hungry from the poor rations, and he gives away most of his food. He is mostly helpful in the places where the other animals are having difficulty. He does all his work loyally and faithfully. Boxer has two maxims that define his personality, `` Napoleon is always right. '' and `` I will work harder. '' He is described as `` faithful and strong '' ; he believes any problem can be solved if he works harder. Boxer is slightly dim - witted and can only remember four letters of the alphabet at a time, but sees the importance of education and aspires to learn the rest of the alphabet during his retirement ( which never happens ). Boxer is a loyal supporter of Napoleon, and he listens to everything the self - appointed ruler of the farm says and assumes, sometimes with doubt, that everything Napoleon tells the farm animals is true, hence `` Napoleon is always right. '' Boxer 's strength plays a huge part in keeping the Farm together prior to his death : the rest of the animals trusted in it to keep their spirits high during the long and hard laborious winters. Boxer was the only close friend of Benjamin, the cynical donkey. Boxer fights in the Battle of the Cowshed and the Battle of the Windmill, but is upset when he thinks he has killed a stable boy when, in fact, he had only stunned him. When Boxer defends Snowball 's reputation from Squealer 's revisionism, the pigs designate him as a target for the Great Purge, but he easily out muscles the dog executioners, sparing them at Napoleon 's request. When he collapses from overwork, the pigs say they have sent him to a veterinarian, when they actually have sent him to the knacker 's yard to be slaughtered, in exchange for money to buy a case of whiskey for the pigs to drink. Benjamin, who is described as `` devoted to Boxer, '' recognizes that the dogcart that Boxer is taken away in is the knacker 's ; however, Squealer deceives the other animals by saying that the dogcart was possessed by a veterinarian who failed to repaint the dogcart. Squealer concocts a sentimental tale of the death of Boxer, saying that he was given the best medical care possible, paid for by the `` compassionate '' Napoleon. During Old Major 's speech, which inspired the principles of Animalism, a specific reference is made to how Boxer would be turned into glue under Farmer Jones ' rule, thus implying that it would not happen to him under Animalism. `` You, Boxer, the very day that those great muscles of yours lose their power, Jones will send you to the knacker, he will cut your throat and boil you down for the fox - hounds. '' Real life model Boxer is based on a coal miner named Alexey Stakhanov who was famous for working over his quota. The Joseph Stalin Regime built a cult of personality around him that rewarded workers who showed a similar heroic dedication to production and efficiency. He supported Joseph Stalin. Films In the 1954 film adaptation of Animal Farm, Boxer is voiced by Maurice Denham. In the 1999 film adaptation, he is voiced by Paul Scofield. References Jump up ^ Sutherland, T. ( 2005 ). `` Speaking My Mind : Orwell Farmed for Education ''. The English Journal. 95 ( 1 ) : 17 -- 19. JSTOR 30047391. Jump up ^ Roper, D. ( 1977 ). `` Viewpoint 2 : The Boxer Mentality ''. Change. 9 ( 11 ) : 11 -- 63. doi : 10.1080 / 00091383.1977. 10569271. JSTOR 40176954. Jump up ^ Chapter I p. 9, Signet Classics edition hide George Orwell 's Animal Farm ( 1945 ) Characters Old Major Napoleon Snowball Squealer Boxer Benjamin Pilkington Mr. Jones Concepts Anthems Other media 1954 film 1999 film Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boxer_(Animal_Farm)&oldid=844470728 '' Categories : Animal Farm characters Fictional characters introduced in 1945 Fictional horses Fictional revolutionaries Male characters in literature Hidden categories : Articles that may contain original research from September 2008 All articles that may contain original research Wikipedia articles needing style editing from May 2009 All articles needing style editing Articles with multiple maintenance issues Talk About Wikipedia 한국어 Simple English 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 5 June 2018, at 03 : 51. About Wikipedia

Question: who does the boxer represent in animal farm
Answer: the Russian working-class who helped to oust Tsar Nicholas and establish the Soviet Union, but were eventually betrayed by the Stalinists