EOM TASK Essay: Khadija Wahib 705 Book/text: Animal farm by: George Orwell Poem: Dreams by: Langston Hughes The power of language. It can make people do anything. Manipulation. It can make you wanna do anything. uplift . It can make you do evil or do good. But which one is more powerful?, the power of language that uplifts or the power of language that manipulates and controls?.I believe the most powerful way of using language is to manipulate people or in this case animals. In the book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, it shows the power of language and how it's used in a way of manipulation. In the poem “Dreams” by langston Hughes, however, it shows the power of language used in an uplifting/inspiring kind of way. But I feel that the power …show more content…
For example throughout the book Napoleon and Squealer had tricked the animals into believing the lies they told and actually thinking they were doing the right thing. On page 91 which states “Some of the animals remembered-or thought they remembered-that the sixth commandment decreed ‘no animal shall kill any other animal’.......muriel read the commandment for her. It ran : ‘no animal shall kill any other animal without cause’ . Somehow or other, the last two words had slipped out of the animals’ memory. But they saw now that the commandment had not been violated; for clearly there was good reason for killing the traitors who had leagued themselves with snowballs”. This shows how this is more powerful because the animals let it slide after they were fooled about what was written on the wall, because in the book Napoleon would paint the wall and change the commandments and the animals didn't notice and thought nothing of it when two words were added. So in the end they let the death of those innocent animals slide by. Another example is when a boxer was sent to the “hospital” by the pigs in order to heal but when the animals saw that the van had the words horse slaughterer on it the animals were freaking out. That's when squealer let out a speech on pages 124-125 It states “three days later it was announced that he had died in the hospital at Willingdon.....it had come to his knowledge , he said, that a foolish and wicked rumor had been circulated at that time of boxer's removal. Some of the animals had noticed that the van which took the boxer away was marked 'horse slaughterer' and had actually jumped to the conclusion that the boxer was being sent to the knackers…. Surely, he cried indignantly, whisking his tail and skipping from side to side, surely they knew their beloved leader, comrade Napoleon, better than that? But the explanation was very simple. The van had previously been the property of
In "Letter from Birmingham Jail", "Heart of Darkness" and "She Unnames Them", language is used as a persuasive tool which shows the power that language holds. The authors of each of these pieces of writing can express how words are immensely powerful. The use of language in each of these is extremely important, since they can use it for different purposes. Different types of language can sometimes show emotion, prove a point, persuade somebody etc. Words and the use of language is extremely important in any piece of literature.
In the novel “The Book Thief” By Markus Zusak, almost all of the character have been affected by the power of words at some time or another in their stories. When the book first starts the main character is very uneducated and unaware of what is happening in the world around her but as the book progresses she slowly becomes better educated and learns how to uses her words so that they make an impact on those around her. In the book one of the most important themes is the power of words. The power of words have impacted the Jewish citizens, helped Ilsa Hermann out of her depression and made it so Max’s believes he is not deserving of help. The first way that the power of words is shown in the novel is when Max's is daydreaming about fighting Hitler.
(P. 67) Squealer is able to manipulate and control the animals' thoughts and actions, further solidifying his and Napoleon's rule over the farm. Therefore, due to Squealer’s extensive persuasive tone and language, the animals listened and believed nearly everything he
Many people all over the world have a lack of education. Without a proper education, it will be difficult to have a successful life unless you have a certain skill. Throughout history, it has been proven that so many people are being manipulated just because they think it’s the right thing. The people who are rich and powerful have control and influence on others and usually have a special talent, but the majority of successful people is in their position because of knowledge. In the book Animal Farm, by George Orwell, most of the animals do not have the ability to learn, which allows them to be manipulated.
For example, in the beginning of the book, Squealer wants to gain the animals’ support and tries to do so by turning them against Snowball by saying, “Suppose you had decided to follow Snowball, with his moonshine of windmills- Snowball, who as we now know, was no better than a criminal?"(Orwell 55). Squealer directly calls Snowball a criminal and he does this to try and destroy any faith the other animals have in him, while also having them direct their loyalty and attention to Napoleon. Because of this, Snowball is no longer seen as the hero of the Battle of the Cowshed, but as nothing more than a traitor and a criminal. Though the animals know the role that Snowball plays in the great victory over the hated human oppressor, Squealer still continues to gaslight the animals into believing Snowball's a criminal. He then persuades them into thinking their memories are somehow faulty and that what they think they see isn't really happening.
Napoleon lied to the other animals in many different ways. One way he lied was by telling the other animals that he was going to send one of the horses on the farm, Boxer, to doctor to be treated for his sick lung. Napoleon made the other animals think that he was sending Boxer off to get better, but he was actually sending Boxer to a horse slaughterer to be killed. When Boxer was being loaded into the “ doctors” van one of the animals began to read what was on the side of the van. It read “ ‘ Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and glue boiler, Willingdon.’ ”
Manipulation is the most deceitful way for us to achieve the things we desire the most. Throughout George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, language and the use of persuasive language lead to the accumulation of power. Language and the disappearance of Mr.Jones is where Napoleon dictatorship is made possible. The powerful rhetorical and their smart manipulations skills of language for any situation was what controlled the farm of its entirety. Pigs manipulated the Seven Commandments,Napoleon dictating, and the deceitful lies told by the Pigs were all methods for them to gain more power.
All major wars have occurred over the position or want of power. Napoleon Bonaparte, the French conqueror, conquered Europe for the power to rule it. Hitler started up slowly in his political career, and e started World War II, murdering 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Napoleon in the political rankings of Animal Farm, up to the point which the desire for power corrupted him. Orwell shows how power corrupts a person by turning Napoleon, a good animal, into a monster.
A world where they are free from their oppressors, a world without classes that tear societies apart, a world where everyone is equal. Those were the promises of Animalism in the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell. A story of lies, false promises, and the rise of the dictator, Napoleon who inevitably becomes the oppressor that the animals had started a rebellion. Napoleon's rise to power and maintenance of it makes the rebellion seem like it had never happened. The methods that dictators use to be able to rise to power are the use of fear and manipulation and they are able to maintain their power over society with propaganda and censorship.
On top of this, the animals have little food, are cold, and are tired from all the working they’re having to do to please Napoleon and Squealer. Sadly the lust for power and greed from Napoleon doesn’t stop and when Boxer is injured he is taken to a glue factory even though Squealer tells the other animals that Boxer is going to the hospital and on top of all this the animal’s memory of Boxer is further tarnished by Squealer by telling them that Boxer’s last words supported the
Animal Farm -the history of a rebellion that went wrong- is George Orwell 's brilliant satire on the corrupting influence of power. It was first published in 1945. According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalin era in the Soviet Union. In the book, Mr. Jones, the owner of the Manor farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock.
He makes them believe everything he and the pigs are doing is for the greater good of the whole farm despite the fact that it is not. Squealer controls them in many ways but the strongest or most apparent are telling the other animals Mr. Jones their neglective abusive owner will come back, lying about Boxer the horse’s death, and finally changing the unalterable commandments into one that reads “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”. One of the very first and most used techniques Squealer uses is instilling fear in the animals. He does this by threatening Jones’s return.
Don’t let other people control the way you think. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, the pigs take over and are able to manipulate everyone. A farm full of animals revolts against the owner of the farm, and afterwards, they end up in a very similar situation as they started with. The pigs are very controlling of everything on the farm, and whatever they want, will be what the animals remember. Orwell explains the problem by showing the quick effect it had on changing the other animals mind.
One night there was a loud crash in the yard. The animals came running out to see “...Where the seven commandment were written, there lay a ladder broken in two pieces. Squealer, temporarily stunned, was sprawling beside it, and near at hand laid a lantern, a paint brush, and a overturned pot of white paint.” None of the animals could put meaning behind what they had
In Animal Farm, some animals would speak up and question actions when they seemed to contradict their memories. However, Napoleon’s loyal pigs would either convince them they remembered incorrectly or convince the other animals that the animal who spoke up was anti-animal or cooperating with the enemy (Snowball). Sometimes the sheep would drown out the doubters words. Usually, something bad happened to anyone who did speak against