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pups
pups
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High School - 10th Grade

How do we know that the pigs did not forgive Boxer for protesting that Snowball fought bravely at the Battle of the Cowshed?

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Posted by pups on Wednesday November 19, 2008 at 9:38 PM and tagged with animal farm, boxer.

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  1. parkerlee
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    Towards the end of the story Boxer is traded off at the knacker's for whiskey. The white van that drives up to fetch him when he falls ill is not at all an ambulance as the pigs say but a butcher's van to haul him away for slaughter.

    It could be debated whether the pigs got rid of Boxer out of vengeance, but I think rather this was just another "deal" made for profit and nothing else. After many long years of faithful service, Boxer was simply old and worn out and, in the pigs' opinion, of no more use to the community. 

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    Posted by parkerlee on Thursday November 20, 2008 at 6:11 AM