Ethos Pathos Logos In Animal Farm

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Animal Farm, an allegory written by George Orwell, compares to the Russian revolution. In the story, animals rebel against humans and take control of the farm they live on. They adopt the idea of “Animalism”, comparable to Communism. This idea is based on the principle that all animals are equal; that is, until their leader, Napoleon, takes total control of the animals and farm. He uses the other pigs to convince the rest of the “comrades” to follow his ways. The pigs use many different types of rhetoric in their speeches to accomplish this purpose. One of the pigs, Squealer, gave most of the speeches to the other animals. In these speeches, Squealer uses mainly pathos to address the “comrades”. For example, he says, “Snowball was Jones’

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