Clover In Animal Farm

Clover scrutinized the wall that had once contained the original seven commandments and finally asked Benjamin,“It appears to me that the wall looks different…”(Orwell 134). Clover, like the rest of the animals were oblivious to the world, causing them to be easily manipulated. How would it feel to be used by the ones whom you call your leader? In Animal Farm, George Orwell emphasizes the value of education and literacy through the indirect characterization of the animals by displaying that the unwitty are easy to deceive through the deceitful words and actions of the pigs. Animals other than the pigs are pictured as uneducated to convey that the unintelligent are easily influenced. For instance, when all the pigs took the milk and apples

Although the birds do not understand Snowball’s words, they still choose to believe him, demonstrating the senseless nature of the animals. Orwell illustrates Snowball as a knowledgeable pig with great grammar, who controls the other animals using his wits to convey the value of education. Additionally, after Boxer was sent off in a van which was thought to take him a hospital, Benjamin shouts, “Fools! Fools! Fools! Do you not see what is written on the side of the van...they are taking him to the knacker’s!”(Orwell 122). Benjamin’s words depict the other animals as oblivious “fools” who did not know what was happening to Boxer. Napoleon misleads the animals into thinking he was helping Boxer and gains more of their trust through his false actions, ultimately showing how being attentive to your surroundings allows you to delude those who are