Who Is Boxer A Conformist

The Battle of the Words Conformist…? Nonconformist…? What are you? In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell (which is based off the Russian Revolution) a pig who was the main leader of the farm basically told the other animals what to do. The animals that followed Napoleon (the leader) and the rules were conformists and the ones that didn’t were nonconformist. A horse named Boxer was strong and also was a conformist. He was the hardest worker on the farm. But I am comparing him to a nonconformist you might know… Rosa Parks. You think of her as the lady that wouldn’t move her seat but she did much more than that, which makes her a true nonconformist. I want to compare Boxer and Rosa Parks to show my reader that conformity results in a saddened and favorable way. Boxer shows conformity by waking up early to work, and showing loyalty by fighting in every battle that happened in the novel. If someone told him to calm down on the work he would always say,” I will work harder”. What he …show more content…
Boxer really has been through much while also trying to be loyal and doing the work that he's supposed to be doing. Like his rations got cut short, so even though he worked his butt off, he still got less food than he deserved. Also, he got shot in one of the battles he fought in being a conformist. Also, in the novel the animals that were conformist like Boxer, they all came together to build a windmill and the building of it was a success at first but then someone blew it up. The result was that everyone that were conformist was angry and very sad. Boxer was sad but he still wanted to manage to build another windmill. Another consequence of Boxer being a conformist was that he didn't get to retire because he died from being overworked. Another reason was that after he died he got slaughtered and his leader the person he was loyal to sold his body for a barrel of whiskey. That's the consequences of Boxer being a