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How Do The Pigs Control Animal Farm
Imagine everyday walking out to a helpless world, a world were the leaders have full control over everyone. A world where people can be swayed away from the truth with one sentence. How can innocent people fight the helplessness of the world, is it with weapons and words? Or could it be the education of people to help them question and take down radical leaders. The pigs had full control over the other animals because of their persuasive language, education for pigs only, and the animals carelessness to not question the pigs actions. The pigs had full control over the animals of the farm because of their persuasive language. “Squealer easily convinced them that the veterinary surgeon in Willingdon could treat boxers case-pg. 118.” Squealer which is one of the pigs was so convincing that he strayed the animals away from the number one rule which is to not have contact with humans. All it took for the pig was a couple minutes of talking to convince a whole group of animals to stray …show more content…
“”No animals shall drink alcohol,”but there were two words that they had forgotten. Actually the commandment read,”No animal shall drink alcohol to excess.” The pigs changed the everyday rules of the animals of the farm right before their very eyes. But the animals never thought to question the pigs actions and plans. They just went along with them and accepted everything they did and said as to be true and better for the farm. “And, I longed to read my Bible, For precious words it said, But when I begun to learn it, Folks just shook their heads.” The slaves just stuck to their old ways of doing things and didn't try to question what was going on and how the masters were manipulating there power. This made the slaves more and more gullabe to anything there master demanded or said because they would not think twice about how the master could be tricking them into

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