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- Boxer is described as a hardworking, but naive and ignorant cart horse in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm. He is shown as the farm's dedicated and loyal laborer. 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 government under Joseph Stalin. He is described as "faithful and strong"; and he believes any problem can be solved if he works harder. David Low used a cart horse as a symbol for the T.U.C. in cartoons for many years before Orwell began to write Animal Farm. Boxer 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 Animal 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. Though he dislikes humans, he kicks a stable boy during a fight. Boxer believes that he has killed the boy which Boxer hates himself for doing, thinking that he went too far (shortly afterward, it revealed the boy was only stunned, and soon fled to freedom). When Boxer defends Snowball's reputation from Squealer's revisionism, the pigs designate him as a target for the Great Purge. However, when the dogs attack, Boxer pins one under his hooves, causing the other dogs to flee and the captured dog spared at Napoleon's request. When he collapses from overwork, the pigs say they have sent him to a veterinarian, when they 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 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. Boxer's death is turned into a day of honoring him. Squealer says that his sayings, "Comrade Napoleon is always right" and "I will work harder!" should live on in all the animals; ergo another excuse to make the animals work even harder. 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, who will cut your throat and boil you down for the fox-hounds." (en)
- 鲍克斯（英語：Boxer）是乔治·奥威尔的小说《动物庄园》中虚构的一匹马 。他是整座农场中最勤劳、最忠诚的工人。鲍克斯这一形象象征着俄国的工人阶级，因为他们，沙皇遭到驱逐，苏联得以建立，但渐渐地他们被斯大林主义者出卖。 鲍克斯在牛棚大战和风车大战中表现勇敢，但他在误以为自己杀死了一名的时候感到了沮丧，而事实上他只是打昏了马倌。鲍克斯反对斯奎拉（Squealer）的修正主义道路，捍卫斯诺鲍的名誉，猪群因此将他作为大清洗的对象，但他轻易地制服了前来行刑的几只狗，在拿破仑的要求下鲍克斯没有杀死他们。鲍克斯的死彻底揭露出这些猪走得有多远。当鲍克斯因过度劳动而累倒後，这些猪谎称会把他送去疗养院，事实上他们把他送给宰马商宰杀，换得购买一箱威士忌的钱。一匹强壮、忠诚的役马，直到死前，他仍然竭尽全力维护庄园的团结。他也是——一头愤世嫉俗的驴——唯一的亲密朋友。 老麦泽的演讲催生了的基本原则。他特别提到在琼斯的统治下，自己最终会被制成马胶，借此暗示在动物主义制度下，他的命运不会如此。 鲍克斯头脑迟钝，他只记得字母表的头四个字母。他代表着工人阶级，他们被愚弄、欺骗，满以为自己将会生活在乌托邦中。 鲍克斯是拿破仑的忠实支持者，他听从拿破仑说的一切，即使偶尔心存怀疑，也最终认定拿破仑对庄园中动物们所说的一切都是真实的。“如果拿破仑这么说，那就一定没有错。” (zh)
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