Persuasion In Animal Farm By George Orwell

Meet Napoleon, a pig that tries to act as a human in order to pursue his lifelong dream as a farm’s dictator (not really). Welcome to Animal Farm. Napoleon is a pig in a farm called Animal Farm, after the animals decide to rebel against their farm owner Jones, they change the farm’s name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. This story goes on to Napoleon deciding to use his intelligence as an advantage to lead the other animals. He writes 7 commandments that the animals need to followed. Napoleon’s power could have been checked after he broke these commandments, by deciding to give the pigs all of the milk and apples, by beginning to sleep in the beds of the farmhouse, and by killing two sheep.

Napoleon, the revolutionary leader, was a power hungry and abusive pig. When the animals wouldn’t listen he had to have them follow his rules and visions. He brainwashed the animals into believing whatever he said, threatened them and used popular animals to convey his desires. As dictatorship was the most prominent form of governing during the revolution, the leader used techniques to influence the animals’ opinion.

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

When Squealer uses this technique the animals are lied to corrupting the honesty they supposedly had. As Squealer uses this technique Napoleon and him gain more power over the animals. Squealer’s use of hyperbole is not the only technique he uses that affects the farm. Squealer also uses

and sank his teeth in Jones's leg? " The lies and half-truths of squealers speeches lead the animals to believe that Napoleon was a hero, that he should be respected. It leads to the animals obeying his commands without questions. The corruption in the language was used for horrible purposes.

Squealer used these propaganda techniques to give Napoleon’s cryptic actions a justifiable pretext. Therefore, Squealer’s propaganda greatly impacted the events that occurred throughout the book.

In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, one of the main characters, Squealer, was used as the voice of the leader of Animal Farm, Napoleon. Squealer was used to manipulate the animals on the farm using propaganda. Without Squealer, Napoleon would not have been able to keep the farm under control in times of chaos. Squealer had a way with words and was able to convince people of something even when it seems far fetched. Napoleon used Squealer to keep the peace and to address the animals of Animal Farm.

Being cunning is one of Squealer’s best characteristics. An example of Squealer being cunning is,” At the foot of the end wall of the big barn, where the Seven Commandments were written,

Squealer isn’t much of a decision maker, Snowball is more like the dumb animal on the farm that goes with what his leader tells him. Squealer weakens equality by being a bystander to Napoleon’s ideas and actions. Squealer doesn’t realize the other animals losing their equalities or their freedom, because he’s blinded by Napoleon’s good leadership and his mission to have the farm be the animals farm and for no human to ever be back there. Squealer influences the chance of more people joining with Napoleon because the more animals that are in an alliance with Napoleon, the more animals will join. “Apathetic towards Napoleon's actions (On Snowball's expulsion): "I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself" (Orwell 55).

With the help of Napoleon’s cleverness and Squealer’s persuasive speeches, the pigs are able to rule the farm through manipulation and false information in “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. After a revolution on the farm owner, Mr. Jones, the animals try to make the farm a better place for all the animals. The pigs were the leaders of the revolution and are leading the farm after they got rid of Mr. Jones.

Squealer is one of the major characters in the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell. He is described as having round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. In the novel, he serves as Napoleon's mouthpiece and Minister of Propaganda. Furthermore, some character traits that Squealer possesses throughout the story are; persuasion, intelligence, and manipulation. Squealer is a very persuasive pig.

This shows that Squealer is changing the animals minds. He is using words that none of the animals on the farm understand and saying them in a persuasive way to manipulate all of the animals. In addition, Squealer gives a speech about how snowball fled during the battle and how Napoleon was the one to hurt and chase off Mr. Jones (Page 81). This shows how Squealer is making Snowball look like the bad guy. He is manipulating the animals into thinking this so that they won’t rebel and will be loyal and follow Napoleon without question.

Squealer pretends to be a leader when he only follows the instructions he gets from Napoleon. He has no control over his actions and he is unable to see what he is doing is wrong. Squealer feels that Napoleon is always correct. By doing what he says, Squealer leads others to wrongdoings. He hurts the

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,

He is Napoleon’s right hand man and is the spokesperson of Animal Farm. Squealer uses the power of language to keep Napoleon in the role of leader and to ensure that the pigs have control of the farm. “Comrades!' he cried. `You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege?