Examples Of Manipulation In Animal Farm

Manipulation at its Finest

More or less? Longing or content? Money, power, or people? In ‘Animal Farm,’ by George Orwell, we can tell throughout the reading that all three of these topics have come up in various ways, although hidden in a thick blanket of allegorical connections, seeing as the whole book is actually an allegory. One cannot, while reading this, see all of the underlying themes. If one can, then they are simply lying to themselves. These themes are very prominent through the book, and some of these evident themes include, but are not limited to, ignorance, power-hoarding, and manipulation. Some of the main problems in the book coincide with these themes, some of these also center around money, power, and “people”, or animals. But, which of these most led to the corruption of ‘Animal Farm?’ While it is true that ignorance and power hoarding plays a big part in the corruption of the farm,

Squealer uses Mr. Jones as a staple for keeping the animals in line in the very beginning. After Mr. Jones' expulsion from the farm, the animals are free to be treated fairly, not by humans, but by one another. So, naturally, the idea of Mr. Jones’ coming back would indeed terrorize the animals. This is how Squealer uses it to the pigs advantage, he convinces them that Jones will come back. In the same quote on page 36, it says, “Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duties? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back!” He makes them believe that Jones will come back if the pigs weren’t in charge, though the animals do not know this. It is yes, a possibility, that Mr. Jones could come back, but using it as a tactic to get what the pigs want is an obvious sign of corruption. And, even though Mr. Jones did come back for revenge, but it was not because of those said reasons that Squealer