Who do Mollie, Boxer, Benjamin, and the dogs represent in Animal Farm?

does a
magnificent job representing many different groups of people in many societies, even though the
backdrop for his characters is the Russian Revolution. It is interesting to see that these
characters can also be seen today. For example, the dogs that protectnot only represent the
secret police who protected Stalin in the early twentieth century, but are akin to any body
guards used to protect any political figure or dictator today. What comes to mind currently are
leaders of drug cartels who also have paid thugs to protect them.

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also represent the loyal and hard working laborers found in many nations today. They work for
their own lives but also for their communities. They are also the backbone of any society
because without them, the majority of the big projects wouldn't get done. Truckers and
construction workers might come to mind when thinking about Boxer today; but during the Russian
Revolution, they were the strong workers who were unwittingly manipulated by their
own government.

Benjamin might represent professors, scholars, and
intellectuals who know how the government exploits is people, but they choose to sit back and
watch society ruin itself rather than do anything to help it. People like Benjamin must figure
that it is safer to know and say nothing rather than get involved. They might also believe that
society is too stupid to understand the complexities of what is happening around them that it is
better to watch it disintegrate rather than take the time to teach others around them.

Mollie does represent those who are materialistic, but who also would rather seek after
their own goals and aspirations rather than fight for what's right in their own communities.
Mollie actually leavesin search of a different life because she didn't see that working under
the pigs was what she wanted. Therefore, she might also represent capitalists or anyone else who
left Russia for western countries in search of their own destinies. Rather than stay and help
their home country overcome the suffering inflicted upon them, they chose to get out and seek
their own fortunes elsewhere. This was difficult during Stalin's rule, however, because many
were unable to leave Russia at all.