The character Boxer from Animal Farm represents the Russian Proletarian society during the Russian Revolution. George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, wrote the novel in 1946 to give an entertaining but symbolic representation of what a "totalitarianism system, like Russia's government, was like" . The book was an allegory of this time in world history, each character or event represented a different aspect of the Russian Revolution, and Boxer was figurative of the proletarian society.

The Russian Revolution was a political movement in Russia that climaxed in 1917 with the overthrow of the provisional government that had replaced the Russian Tsar system and led to the establishment of the Soviet Union, which lasted until 1991. This movement was led by Vladimir Lenin based upon the ideas of Karl Marx and marked the beginning of the spread of communism in the twentieth century. (www.knowledgerush.com)

Proletarian is defined by Webster's Random...