Napoleon And Stalin In Animal Farm

Napoleon who represents Stalin wanted at first a proletariat run government, where everyone was equal, but as time went on both Napoleon and Stalin got greedy with power and both became a communist dictator. With the new communist-run government, Napoleon (and Stalin) did not care about the working class and adapted to a way call capitalism. This created horrible changes for the working class as this economic and political system did not benefit them. In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, Boxer, representing the working class, was a hard working and naive horse on the farm. As Napoleon became the leader and ran the farm differently, Boxer became more hard-working and strong, he kept loyal to Napoleon and he inspired other animals to work …show more content…
They work for their own lives but also for their communities. Just like Boxer worked for himself but for the benefit for the farm. Boxer inspired many animals on the farm with his relentless will to work. Him and Clover (another horse on the farm)"never lost heart (in the cruel work during the winter)...the animals found more inspiration in his strength and his never-failing cry of 'I will work harder!'" (page 46) Boxer representing the working class also represented a little bit of Vladimir Lenin, as both wanted to work hard to see their society prosper with everyone happy. As Napoleon overtook the farm and started to change the amendments, many animals got suspicious and wanted to overthrow Napoleon. Throughout that time Boxer stayed loyal as he was very naive. As most animals complained about what was happening, Boxer just went on with his day repeating, "His two slogans, 'I will work harder' and 'Napoleon is always right', seemed to him a sufficient answer to all