Soviet Propaganda In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Squealer is a small pig, with rounded cheeks and twinkling eyes. His voice is screechy and his movements are nimble. After Snowball he is the best talker of the farm, and he has a way of skipping side to side while he gave speeches and used to whiskey his tail, detail that somehow was very persuasive for the other animals. In the farm the other animals knew him as someone who could “turn black into white”, meaning that his speeches were persuasive, and he could completely change someone’s mind. In the allegory “Animal Farm”, Squealer represents the Soviet Propaganda, Pravda, the Russian newspaper of the 1930s. This newspaper was Stalin’s key to propaganda, and was very powerful. Also Squealer is thought to represent Vyacheslav Molotov, who was a protector of Stalin and controlled the Communist propaganda. As the story progresses and the barnyard starts being mire stratified, Squealer serves as a link between Napoleon and the animals. He always, achieves to convince the animals that Napoleon is right, and all the animals are treated equally. Squealer becomes the spokesman of the Napoleon, after he chased away Snowball. Being smart and a brilliant speaker he always delivers Napoleon’s orders, explains his choices to animals, and even lies just to protect Napoleon. He delivers propaganda to animals and always explains to …show more content…

After the chase of Snowball, he always gives such speeches that protect Napoleon, and his new responsibility about the farm, and always threatening the animals that if they do not do what Napoleon says, Jones will return back, and animals do not like such a thing to happen. In the speech that he makes after exile of Snowball, Squealer says that Napoleon did a great personal sacrifice in taking on the extra burden of leadership: Do not think, comrades that leadership is a pleasure! It is a big responsibility for

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