Boxer is the hard working cart horse who is very adaptable to the new philosophy the Napoleon institutes. In fact, Boxer comes up with a maxim to accept Napoleon's rule, Napoleon is always right, and I will work harder. Like the sincere members of society who believed in the the ideology of socialism, were probably the most annoying to the establishment.
"In the end, once Boxer's health fails and he is no longer able to work, Napoleon sends him to the horse slaughterer. In Orwell's tale, he represents the common working class who unwittingly accept their base existence, because they believe by hard work they will get ahead and that their leaders will protect them. Boxer's lung trouble seems to refer to Orwell's own bouts with tuberculosis."
Boxer is a true believer, he works so hard that he becomes old before his time, thereby becoming useless to Napoleon. The fact that he must get rid of him poses a serious problem for Napoleon, because he does not like the idea of drawing attention to the fact that he must send him to the slaughterhouse.
This flies in the face of the ideology that Animal Farm was built on that all the animals will enjoy a peaceful, relaxing retirement in the grazing field. Napoleon shows the animals, very early on, that retirement for any animal who outlives his usefulness is not going to happen.
Napoleon likes to keep his real purposes veiled, secret, so getting rid of Boxer poses a problem, which highlights Napoleon's real intentions and this must be covered up immediately by Squealer, the chief propagandist.
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