<span>Boxer - the workhorse. He believes things will get better if he works harder and trusts the pig leadership will help him. He is considered the metaphor for the common people in Russia whom believed the Revolution and overthrow of the Russian monarchy would help them. They are trusting and easily manipulated like Boxer.
Benjamin - the cynical goat. He has seen the cycle of power struggles and knows that nothing will get better with the pigs' leadership. He is never really happy and trusts no animals but Boxer and loves him until Boxer is taken away to his death.
Similarities: Both animals are controlled by the pig regime whether they like it or not. Both find friends in each other and try to make best of what they have</span>
Because of their cultural and economical differences.
Answer:
After doing a close reading, you should analyze the figurative language in a text for the following reason:
b. to reveal hidden meanings.
Explanation:
If a reader relies only on what is denotative, that is, on what is on the surface, he or she will certainly be missing out on a lot of messages that can only be perceived and understood with an open mind and thorough eyes which also attain to what is connotative, that is, to what is between the lines and goes way beyond the core meaning of words.
In Voltaire's "Candide", the main character starts to lead a farmer's life and his friend Pangloss suggests they are living in the best of possible worlds, to which Candide responds with the classic line:
“That is very well put . . . but we must cultivate our garden.”
The author is certainly not literally talking about a garden; he is rather symbolically referring to something that is much more profound and meaningful and lies within the very essence of mankind. Therefore, there is indeed a hidden meaning in those words, and it must be analyzed and interpreted so the reader can better profit from the text.
The top because it is was floating and then it started slowly sinking