Examples Of Manipulation In Animal Farm

Manipulation is a powerful tool that can be easily abused to benefit the person or animal who employs it while harming those who are subjected to it.The novel Animal Farm is a satire written by Téa Obreht. The theme of Animal Farm is to never let the people in control have complete control of you, because they could come back and hurt you. Manipulation has a significant impact on the events in the novel Animal Farm.This is so because the pigs used the ideas of fear, altering thoughts, and false truths to manipulate the other animals.
One of the biggest ways that the pigs used to manipulate the other animals in Animal Farm was fear. They used this because if the pigs scared them and made them fear the power that they held, then the animals would

Times when they altered the minds of the animals were when Clover wasn’t sure about a rule being there since the beginning, but Squealer convinced her that it has been there forever. And the other time was when Squealer taught the sheep the chant, "Four legs good, two legs better!" In Chapter 6, the animals believed that the pigs weren’t being 100% loyal to the commandments that they made. Specifically, the pigs were sleeping in beds and using sheets like humans.Rule #4 stated, "No animal shall sleep in a bed. The narrator states on page 67, "Curiously enough, Clover had not yet remembered that the fourth commandment mentioned sheets; but as it was there on the wall, it must have done so." Clover was not sure if she was reading one of the commandments right, as of before, animals were not supposed to use sheets or sleep in beds like humans because they were related to mankind. She figured out that not only were the pigs eating in the kitchen, they were also sleeping in beds. Just like the humans. Squealer happened to be passing by when he noticed Clover questioning the commandment wall. He then tried to convince the animals that human beds were just like their straw beds. But instead of sheets, the pigs switched them for blankets. So the animals ended up believing Squealer, and it was never mentioned again. In the

Two examples of this is when Old Major told the animals to rebel against the humans, and then the pigs took control. Also, when Squealer, told the animals that the pigs needed to have all of the milk and apples, if they didn't, then their health would decline. Old Major was explaining his crazy dream to the rest of the animals and telling them that if they got rid of man, then their lives would be less miserable and more about what they wanted to do. On page 9, Old Major said, "Only get rid of man, and the produce of our labor would be our own. Almost overnight we could be rich and free." When Old Major was explaining his strange dream that occurred the night before, he told the animals that if they rebelled against the humans (Jones), then they would be free and wouldn’t have to work as much as before. After Old Major’s death, the animals overthrew Animal Farm and claimed it as their own. But as time went on, the animals didn’t realize that the pigs slowly started taking control of everything. The animals were working more than before and were probably eating less. Old Major wanted the animals to be free, but once he died, Napoleon took charge and gained power. Then soon, the animals were doing what he wanted. Napoleon constantly re-assured the animals that they were all doing less than before and were