Boxer Flashcards
“enormous beast”
DESCRIPTION with connotations of strength to show how working class are the backbone of society
“universally respected”
Was an inspiration to other animals like the worker, Stakhanov, who famously worked over his quota.- able to be maniulated by igs to insire more tools for them
Role
Allegory for the Russian working-class who helped to oust Tsar Nicholas and establish the Soviet Union, but were eventually betrayed by the government under Joseph Stalin.
“our labour tills the soil”
Old major says this but he is referring to the working class
“met with much stupidity and apathy “ on the revolution
Non-intellectuals were not as enthusiastic about the revolution as the pigs(intellectuals) and ended up being abused through it by the intellectuals.
“met with much …
stupidity and apathy “ on the revolution
“always at the spot where the work was the hardest”
EXAGGERATION to reflect Working class contribution to Russia’s growth and development out of patriotism which is also why they could also be exploited easily
“always at the spot …
where the work was the hardest”
“Boxer could not get beyond the letter D”
SATIRICAL representation of how majority of the working class were illiterate or very poorly educated to show to the reader just how grave this issue was in Russia
“I will work harder”
Boxer’s motto- Working class’ tireless contribution to early communist Russian development
“Boxer could not get …
beyond the letter D”
