Rulers always need a goal to work towards to. Without it, people or in this case, animals may get restless and want to revolt. In George Orwell’s allegory, Animal Farm, an old wise pig called Old Major says a speech where all the animals on Manor Farm will never have to suffer under a human’s wretched rule ever again. With humans in their lives, it just makes everything more difficult since humans take everything the animals produce. A few months later, Old Major who has already peacefully passed away, the animals on the farm gets tired of being fed less than the minimum amount, breaks into a rebellion against the owner of Manor Farm, Mr. Jones. The animals were finally free! The pigs, who are considered the wisest of the bunch, have educated themselves how to read and write. Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer, the major pigs, have taken Old Major’s ideas and created a new philosophy, Animalism and Seven Commandments. Snowball and Napoleon began having debates over new plans such as the construction of a windmill. Napoleon becoming more and more frustrated of Snowball’s ideas, he uses the dogs he secretly raised to chase Snowball out of the farm. Napoleon, now an arrogant and powerful pig, quickly takes charge of the farm after the expulsion of Snowball. Napoleon displays many strategies such as terror, propaganda, and rewriting history to obtain and maintain power over the animals.
After the exile of Snowball, Napoleon gains full control over the farm. He always uses propaganda to his advantage. Having the sheep by his side, he perpetually has them blurt maxims like, “ Four legs are good, two legs are bad.” Continually saying this, it makes the animals scatters their thoughts. Squealer, Napoleon’s right hand pig, usually announce why Napoleon makes these certain decisions and benefits of it. Squealer is a brilliant talker. He can use his superior intellect to alter the real definitions, and creating flimsy claims. There have been many