Examples Of Ethos In Animal Farm

In George Orwell’s, “Animal Farm” is a realistic fiction book published in 1945. It is about working animals on a farm in England that learn about rebelling against the horrible conditions they are facing. In a key passage from chapter six Squealer lies and deceits the animals on the farm by changing and manipulating the commandments that the animals live by. The animals don’t realize that this is happening to them. This kind of lying is portrayed throughout the book. Squealer is manipulating the animals on the farm, using the rhetoric, pathos. Later Squealer uses forms of kairos and ethos to make the animals feel less than themselves, but not making it obvious that is what he is doing.
The first example of rhetoric that Squealer uses is pathos. In chapter six of Animal Farm Clover sees the commandments on the wall and notices that commandment number four has been added to. The commandment say “No animal shall sleep in a bed, with sheets.” Squealer then explains to the animals “We have removed the sheets from the farmhouse beds, and sleep between blankets. And very comfortable beds they are too! But not more comfortable than we need, I tell you, Comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays” (Orwell 67). Squealer is
Gettinger 2
When Clover and Muriel were reading the wall, “Squealer who happened to be passing at this moment, attended by two or three dogs, was able to put the whole matter in it’s proper perspective” (67). Because Squealer happened to be passing at that exact moment, the animals know that Squealer is always listening to them and will always be able to clear things up that may not be apparent to them. Squealer had a terse tone when explaining what happened. The animals are affected by Squealer always being around because if the animals start thinking about any type of rebellion, Squealer will be there to stop those thoughts, it’s the same for if the animals were questioning the