Also, when the animals question them, the pigs change the commandments in their favor. Then when the farm doesn’t remember that particular commandments as they are, they are blamed for their “faulty memories.” On page 80 Napoleon is questioned, and Squealer steps in to state that there weren’t problems, and that what the pigs were doing is okay. “You did not suppose, surely, that there was a rule against beds? ... A pile of straw in a stall is a bed, properly regarded. The rule was against sheets, which are a human invention.” The pigs have clearly changed the commandments, for their comfort in this situation, and now have more peaceful resting areas because they could certainly not be “too tired to carry out their duties.” The pigs do use other tactics to get what they want; though changing rules was the most common.
Many people abuse power and instead use it for personal benefits. Similarly in the novel Orwell uses his characters, specifically Napoleon and his fellow pigs. Napoleon is the leader of the farm which greatly increases his power and authority to gain control and rule others in an injust way, ultimately creating destruction to the animals society. Through symbolism of the windmill it illustrates how power is gain by money for commercial us against their enemy. This also alludes to the historical destruction created between Russia and the Soviet Union under Communist Party rule.
By using the idea that it is for everyone’s good that the pigs eat the milk and apples, they are able to convince the other animals that they are not taking advantage of them like they had originally thought. In the same context, Squealer also frightens the animals by saying “Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” (pg. 43) By using this propaganda technique, Squealer appeals to everyone’s fears and immediately all doubts of the Ha-2 pigs being selfish were cast out of the other animals’ minds as they are made to think the pigs are only doing what is best for the farm. When Snowball is expelled from the farm, this is another example of the propaganda being used to the pigs’ advantage.
Based on his actions, speech, and what others comments about him, one can conclude Squealer’s attributes include manipulation, the skill of being a brilliant talker, and overall a propagandist. As one can see, Animal Farm exposes the truth about the Russian Revolution and mirrors a modern dystopia in which Squealer plays an important position. To begin, one of Squealer’s main attributes is manipulation and slyness. First, when no one is looking, he alters the commandments. Squealer changes the commandment from “No animal shall sleep in beds” to “No animal shall sleep in beds with sheets.” This action shows how sly and furtive he was by doing it.
Through the use of obfuscation Squealer manipulates the “dumber” class of animals on the farm to believe that even though they cannot see the pigs working they are the ones that are making sure the farm is functioning. This is portrayed in “Squealer told them that the pigs had to expend enormous labours every day upon mysterious things called ‘files’, ‘reports’, ‘minutes’ and ‘memoranda’.” By using these words Squealer is confusing the animals because they do not understand the meaning of them and they just accept it. However, those were used to confuse the animals when Squealer is actually directly lying to them. Symbolism between the Russian Revolution and the revolution on Animal Farm is very closely related. In the extract it describes how the farm has gotten richer but the animals still live their hungry troubling lives.
When the pigs came into power they had seven commandments by which all of the animals need to live. Because the pigs had ultimate power they were easily corrupted. Just trying little things to see if anybody would notice or question. Then they tried something a bit more drastic and these behaviors fed on themselves, and by the end of the novel the creators of the commandments had broken all of them. Just to protect their coveted treasure or expand it.
Power and Communication are dangerous things in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Orwell’s satirical novel mocks the political oppression placed on the people of Russia, by the Totalitarian Government, in the middle of 20th century. The book Animal Farm puts across the opinions of socialists on the corrupt regime that caused the population to suffer. The lower down a person in the hierarchy, the poorer they were, and the poorer they became, is put across in the book, and represents the reality in Russia. The book however is clearly set in England, so as not to directly insult the Russian Government.
Satire Essay Stephen Marić Satire is a powerful tool, which can expose the faults in the world. Do you agree? One could say that satire is a powerful tool, which can expose the faults in the world. This is demonstrated through George Orwell’s Animal Farm where the author is satirising the Russian revolution through the use of animals and Larry Charles’ Borat were The Kazakhstani people and their lifestyle are being criticised. These texts show that satire can be used to portray places and events; satire can be used to portray people, and satire can be used to portray ideas Satire can be used to portray places and events.
Orwell has written in an intriguing and captivating style that makes the reader want to continue deeper into enlightening fairytale of the Russian Revolution. He uses the animals to reveal the conditions and emotions that people felt and witnessed firsthand during this tragic time. Orwell uses the puppies in the book to show Napoleons true character. Napoleon is often thought of secretive throughout the book as he “took away the puppies from their mother and reared them privately”. Napoleon took away the puppies so he could raise them exactly how he wanted and so that nobody could interfere.
In his self-proclaimed fairy story, Animal Farm, George Orwell has clearly shown that absolute power corrupts absolutely. In order to get this theme across, he has used fable to replace human beings with animals and show the process of power corrupting, allegory to draw parallel between Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution and satire to expose the corruption of the leaders. In order to demonstrate that absolute power corrupts absolutely without being defensive to anyone, Orwell has created Animal Farm as a fable, where all animals think, talk and fight like human beings. He has effectively used Napoleon, the leader of Animal Farm as an example, to show the process of power corrupting. Although Napoleon seems to be a good leader at first, he becomes very corrupted when he has gained absolute power, that is, when he has exiled Snowball from Animal Farm.