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Animal Farm Dedication Quotes

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Day shows dedication throughout Legend many times, much like Boxer did in Animal Farm. He shows dedication towards what he believes in as well as dedication to his family and friends throughout the novel. The text says: “ I’m in a huge room filled with rows of gurneys and chemicals boiling under metal hoods. Doctors and soldiers look up at me with startled faces. I grab the first person I see—a young doctor standing close to the door. Before any of the soldiers can point a gun in our direction, I whip out one of my knives and hold it close to the man's throat. The other doctors and nurses freeze. Several of them scream. ‘Shoot, and you’ll hit him instead,’ I call out to the soldiers from beneath my handkerchief. Their guns are focused on me …show more content…

But he’s still alert, and he recognizes us. I think he has a few more weeks.’” (139-140). Day risks his life, and being caught and discovered that he is alive, to go check on his family, again, update his brother with news, and give him things to help the family get by. Day is constantly visiting his old house and checking up on them and never travelling too far from home but Day does not show this dedication to only keep his family safe, he shows it to Tess as well: “Kaede looks slowly around the circle, shaking her head or sometimes tilting it to one side. I keep my eyes on Tess. She stands on her tiptoes behind several taller people, straining for a good look. Then she taps them hesitantly on their shoulders, says something, and pushes her way forward. I tighten my jaw at the sight. Next time I’ll join her. Then she can sit on my shoulders and finally get to see the fights, instead of calling unwanted attention to herself. A second later, I bolt upright. Tess has pushed her way past one of the larger gamblers. He shouts something at her, something angry, and before Tess can apologize, I see him shove her roughly into the ring’s center. She stumbles, and the crowd roars with laughter. Anger boils up in my

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