Animal Farm Quote Analysis

The first time we see Squealer is when some of the other animals question the consumption of milk and apples by the pigs. This point in the book is significant because it is the first time the pigs are seen to be giving themselves better quality food than the rest of the animals. Squealer is described in the book as a brilliant talker and persuasive. He is excitable and confuses the others with his skipping motions and whisking tail. These actions take the focus away from what he is actually saying. Squealer begins his explanation by using the word "comrades." The use of this word leads the animals to believe he is talking to them as an equal; this would make the animals more likely to believe what he is saying because the animals

Squealer uses fear in his speech to convince the animals that the pigs absolutely need the milk and apples, then leading to the animals privileges and freedom to be taken away. The animals become blinded about what is actually happening on the farm. On the farm that the animals believe is a perfect utopia, where everything is equally shared and everyone is honest milk goes missing and the apples are redistributed to the pigs. Squealer then states that, “It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in out duty?

As the pigs began to take over the farm they got power hungry. They would sit and order the other animals around as Orwell explains in the following quote, “The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.” This was the start of the pigs takeover. They were beginning to rule the whole farm without regarding any of the other animal’s opinions. The pigs assumed that they were more equal than other animals and began to abuse this. Since Squealer was excellent at speaking in a way in which everyone would agree, he used this to his advantage. In one of his speeches Squealer said, “Comrades! You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples…. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for your sake that we

Throughout the book Squealer, continuously uses biased language, in his rhetoric, which leads to him control the animals. Squealer says that Snowball was Jones's secret agent the whole time and the Battle of Cowshed was an arrangement. “Did we not see for ourselves how he attempted-fortunately without success-to get us defeated and destroyed at the Battle of the Cowshed?” This quote shows the biases Squealer has against Snowball, in which he is basically saying Snowball had plan this all long and it was his fault for the battle. This evidence is very emotional and well known event to talk to the animals. Squealer is very biased toward Napoleon, because he wants Napoleon to maintain power. So he is against Snowball, in which he says Snowball is is for blame for everything. By using his

The major way that Squealer was able to control the animals was the simple use of time and intelligence. All the animals on the farm were not as smart as the pigs. With this, the animals were not able to remember what it was like before the pigs had come to power. This was important because, “a time came when there was no one who remembered the old days before the Rebellion, except Clover, Benjamin, Moses the raven and a number of the pigs.” The time had come where almost all the animals except a select few had forgotten what had happened and Squealer took advantage of their lack of memory.

The pigs use the threat of the humans, like Mr Jones, to manipulate the other animals to not question their orders. This is shown when Squealer uses a rhetorical question when he says "there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?". In this case Squealer is harnessing the power

Squealer used repetition to make sure that the ‘threat’ stays on the animals’ minds. They surely don’t want to fall into ‘slavery’ with Jones, so they had no choice but to willingly give the pigs the authority to reign over them. And to really make

At the end of chapter three we notice the disappearance of milk, of course, the pigs will be directly accused, and this dilemma needs an urgent escape. Obviously, Squealer will be in charge and clears the pigs from the theft. With his ability to turn black into white, he finally succeeded to convince the other animals that the pigs need milk for the benefit of the farm; such a trick will easily be believed by stupid animals. Napoleon totally understands that Squealer is a very important advantage for his future plans.

Squealer’s role is to calm down the angry animals and explain the rightness of the situation. To win an argument, he overly complicates his language and takes advantage of the uneducated animals. “Many of us actually dislike milk and apples” (p. 25) says Squealer. By telling the animals this, Squealer supports himself with the other animals by pretending to be more interested in their well-being than his own. He gains their agreement by implying that if the pigs aren’t well fed then they will be unable to protect the other animals, therefore leading to the return of Mr. Jones.

He is very persuasive and is known to be a great arguer. When the animals protested about the milk and apples, Squealer managed to convince the other animals that it was necessary to the pigs. If the pigs didn’t get the milk and apples, apparently, Jones would come back. In another scenario, the animals were questioning whether

“I have no wish to take life, not even human life.” (27) – Boxer, from Manor Farm, after accidentally trampling a stable-lad to death. In Orwell’s story, Boxer is Mr. Jones’ cart-horse, along with Clover. Brave and strong, yet timid and soft-hearted, he helped the farm back up on its feet after Jones’ expulsion. Due to this, the animals gave him a great deal of respect, using him and his determination as their motivation during hard times. Because of this, the animals were devastated upon hearing the news of his death.

I really feel like this novel is a mockery of politicians. Mainly because of their persuasive ways, their capability to control others and the way that once they have some power they end up compulsively gaining more. In this novel, Napoleon presents himself very selfless but clearly hungry for power. He manages to manipulates the animals by convincing them know that he’s doing everything for the sake of the farm. Just like the removal of Snowball, he revealed to the animals that Snowball was a traitor, when really Napoleon was the one who pushed him away.

The animals don't want jones back on the farm. Squealer uses Fear to warn and scare the animals.He says, “ Surely none of you wishes to see jones back” (67). Squealer reminds the animals about Jones. The animals reassured him after not to worry about what happened before which was the pigs sleeping on the beds. In today's world fear is very big. For instance, Donald Trump being our president has made many mexicans fearful of deportation.  Time article states, “Fear and anxiety has already spread throughout immigrant communities.” A lot of immigrants are scared and not going out anymore. Donald trump has mexicans afraid of being deported.

He mentions to the lower animals, “if [the] pigs failed in [their] duty… Jones would come back” (23). The animals believe Squealer’s statement and certainly do not want Jones to return so they do not rebel. Another example of the lower animals allowing the creation of the society to happen is when Napoleon executes some of the lower animals. After the execution the thoughts of Clover are, “There was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in [Clover’s] mind. She knew that even as things were they were far better off than they had been in the days of Jones” (58-59).

In this example he tells the other animals that Snowball was teamed up with Jones to try to recapture the farm from the animals to take the rebelling out of there minds. In this particular example one of the animals says in Snowball's defense that he fought with courage in the battle of the Cowshed, and that everyone saw him with blood seeping out of him. Squealer replies to the animals by saying, "That was part of the arrangement! Jones' shot only grazed him. I could show you this in his own writing, if you were able to read it. The plot was for Snowball, at the critical moment, to give the signal for flight and leave the field for the enemy. And he very nearly succeeded-if it had not been for out heroic leader comrade Napoleon" (Orwell 80). Squealer recalls the battle of the Cowshed the way the pigs wanted it to be remembered, with as much detail of Napoleon saving the farm as possible. Although the animals don't actually recall it that way they believed it because Squealer has remembered it in much more detail than the animals did. This is also an excellent example of Squealer manipulating the other animals on the farm. He also takes the animals' lack of intelligence to his advantage whenever he can. When Snowball was in change Squealer was living in his shadow. But when Napoleon came to power Squealer also shared the spotlight. Squealer wasn't being used to his full potential under Snowball,