I figured out the pun for Benjamin's name. Since he is smart old and wise he is named after the man on the 100 dollar bill. There are 10 pages left in the book and years have gone buy and a few of the older animals are dead. Ben isn't dead of course. Know I'm having doubts about that rebellion.
SICK AND CRUEL
Boxer died:( He was dying and Napoleon promised to send him to a vet. Napoleon also needed money. So, taking advantage of the other animals inability to read, he actually called a horse slaughterer to take him so he could get money. Ben for the first time, since he is the only one who can read of the others, saw this and tried to save his friend but it was to late. Napoleon was even sick enough to say that Boxer had died in the hospital and that he was at his bedside when he died.
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Things like that seem to happen pretty often in more serious classics; that being someone (or even everyone) ending up dead to make a point. Also, as I believe the book was intended as political commentary (if I'm mistaken forgive me, I haven't really been reading this blog; sry) I wouldn't be surprised if the revolution did fail.
ReplyDeleteIf Ben is supposed to represent a particular historical figure, might the other characters represent someone specific as well?
ReplyDeleteYes. I posted about who the other people represent in the previous blog. Napoleon is Napoleon Bonaparte. I'm not quite sure who the others represent though.
ReplyDeleteWhat bothers me is how dedicated Boxer was. Wasn't his mantra "I will work harder"? He was always the first one up and the last to sleep. And Napoleon had the gall to murder him? In a way, he was kind of undermining his own rule. Boxer inspired all the other animals to work hard, and without him, that was the beginning of the end.
ReplyDeleteIn most cases it would be, but in this book,in the next chapter, a few years have passed and a few animals are dead and most people have forgotten, except those who are still alive that remember, about the days of the rebellion. Now Napoleon has come up with another lie for his pet, squealer to announce: The previous owner of the cart that took him away used to be a horse slaughterer and now the new owner was a vet who hadn't had the time to paint over the "Horse Slaughterer" sign on the cart.
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ReplyDeleteI'm definitely with you on the different animals representing different historical people, but I don't think they necessarily represent the people whose names they share.
you might want to check this out and see if you agree with it: http://www.answers.com/topic/animal-farm-novel-2
thanx miss k
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