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Animal Farm

In many ways, Squealer’s name says it all. Squealer is an extremely clever pig and a brilliant talker and the animals seem to think he could simply turn black into white. Squealer rises to power because of his quick mind.
The first time we see squealer is when some of the other animals question the consumption of the milk apples, which then squealer gives a fabulous and persuasive speeches (like he always does) is about how the pigs need the milk and apples by saying “contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of the pig. We pigs are brainworkers” which the animals fall for and if there was any debate the sheep would bleat out loudly “four legs good, two legs bad” to confuse the animals with their own thoughts. During his speeches he confuses the animals by skipping with excitement whisking his tail. He has an explanation for everything. Squealer begins his explanations by using the word “comrades”. The use of these words leads the animals to believe in thinking that squealer is actually talking to them individually and this would make the animals more likely to believe in what he is saying. In his speeches squealer uses repetition, lying, assertion and mostly by rhetorical questions. Squealer is a very clever character. He is fat white pig, who stands by Napoleon throughout this novel Squealer also uses "rumors" to hide his viciousness. All the animals support him, think he is right, and do what he tell them to do.
Snowball and Napoleon argue at every opportunity possibly, so napoleon uses the dogs to chase snowball which is successful and steals snowballs plan to build a windmill, squealer then goes round the farm so no animal is against napoleon by asking rhetorical question mostly “surely you do not want Jones to come back?”. Squealer gives an other smooth speech about how Napoleon never opposed to the windmill and it was his idea in the first place which snowball stolen from napoleon “The windmill was, in fact Napoleon

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