Squealer Persuasive In Animal Farm

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Squealer the Pig In the book Animal Farm, Squealer is a brilliant talker, persuasive, and manipulative to the animals and is the one to go to when needed by Napoleon. Squealer is a brilliant talker on the farm. He has a way of speaking to the animals that get them to believe the truth, from this passage from the book “When he was arguing some difficult point he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive” (Orwell 16). What this quotation means is when Squealer speaks it does not matter how difficult the question or anything that has to do with that matter, he will still have a counter argument that is an outstanding answer. The arguing to his point, he tends to jump from one side …show more content…
Squealer is also very persuasive when he is talking to the animals with the quotation ‘You have heard then, comrades, that we pigs now sleep in the beds…. none of you wishes to see Jones back?’ (67). Although, Squealer is talking to the animals, he can be very convincing and compelling when he wants. He has a certain, eloquent tone when he is giving a speech to the animals. It triggers them to give Squealer their full attention and after listening to his influential words, all of the animals would agree to any words that comes out of his mouth. The other piece Squealer can do is to manipulate the animals to do what Napoleon wants. Squealer is the servant to Napoleon and does what he says, for another quotation when Squealer is manipulating them is “I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice…. you make your decisions for yourselves” (55). Squealer’s speeches can have that tweak for the animals to believe the words are the truth and can manipulate the animals into believing him. While Squealer is speaking, he does a trick with his whiskers and tail that gets the animals to do what he says. Again, he can either influence them or manipulate them. Squealer is an astonishing speaker and has the ability to do what he

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