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Examples Of Manipulation In Animal Farm

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Manipulation is a powerful tool that can be easily abused to benefit the person or animal who employs it while harming those who are subjected to it.The novel Animal Farm is a satire written by Téa Obreht. The theme of Animal Farm is to never let the people in control have complete control of you, because they could come back and hurt you. Manipulation has a significant impact on the events in the novel Animal Farm.This is so because the pigs used the ideas of fear, altering thoughts, and false truths to manipulate the other animals. One of the biggest ways that the pigs used to manipulate the other animals in Animal Farm was fear. They used this because if the pigs scared them and made them fear the power that they held, then the animals would …show more content…

Times when they altered the minds of the animals were when Clover wasn’t sure about a rule being there since the beginning, but Squealer convinced her that it has been there forever. And the other time was when Squealer taught the sheep the chant, "Four legs good, two legs better!" In Chapter 6, the animals believed that the pigs weren’t being 100% loyal to the commandments that they made. Specifically, the pigs were sleeping in beds and using sheets like humans.Rule #4 stated, "No animal shall sleep in a bed. The narrator states on page 67, "Curiously enough, Clover had not yet remembered that the fourth commandment mentioned sheets; but as it was there on the wall, it must have done so." Clover was not sure if she was reading one of the commandments right, as of before, animals were not supposed to use sheets or sleep in beds like humans because they were related to mankind. She figured out that not only were the pigs eating in the kitchen, they were also sleeping in beds. Just like the humans. Squealer happened to be passing by when he noticed Clover questioning the commandment wall. He then tried to convince the animals that human beds were just like their straw beds. But instead of sheets, the pigs switched them for blankets. So the animals ended up believing Squealer, and it was never mentioned again. In the …show more content…

Two examples of this is when Old Major told the animals to rebel against the humans, and then the pigs took control. Also, when Squealer, told the animals that the pigs needed to have all of the milk and apples, if they didn't, then their health would decline. Old Major was explaining his crazy dream to the rest of the animals and telling them that if they got rid of man, then their lives would be less miserable and more about what they wanted to do. On page 9, Old Major said, "Only get rid of man, and the produce of our labor would be our own. Almost overnight we could be rich and free." When Old Major was explaining his strange dream that occurred the night before, he told the animals that if they rebelled against the humans (Jones), then they would be free and wouldn’t have to work as much as before. After Old Major’s death, the animals overthrew Animal Farm and claimed it as their own. But as time went on, the animals didn’t realize that the pigs slowly started taking control of everything. The animals were working more than before and were probably eating less. Old Major wanted the animals to be free, but once he died, Napoleon took charge and gained power. Then soon, the animals were doing what he wanted. Napoleon constantly re-assured the animals that they were all doing less than before and were

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The pigs stealing the apples for them to eat was twisted into a lie that they needed them to perform their best to be able to lead the other animals, so it is for the other animals they eat the apples. The last quote that shows how manipulated all the animals are is, “I will work harder” (Orwell 37). Even the strongest of the animals, Boxer, was even manipulated into thinking he has to work as hard as he possibly can just to please the pigs and make it on the farm. This directly resulted in the power-hoarding behavior of the pigs.

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This, he said, contained the essential principle of Animalism.”. Throughout the book the commandments are changed to fit the pigs lifestyle. Animalism was supposed to be used to keep one animal from having more, or less power than the others. One of the commandments states that “5. No animal shall drink alcohol.”.

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But this hierarchy depended upon the verbal artistry of propaganda. And the chief propagandist was Squealer. He used complicated and fancy words to distort the truth. Deception was accomplished by constant repetition of lies, threats, and misinformation. One of Squealer’s greatest devices in controlling the animals was utilizing the fear of Jones’s imminent return as a deterrent to any complaints.

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Edmund Burke once said, “The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse”. George Orwell’s Animal Farm is about the animal's rebellion against their owner. The pigs are the only ones that can read and write. They abuse their abilities to gain power over the animals. Animal Farm shows that there are many ways power will corrupt good intentions, such as Ignorance, Manipulation, and Power Hoarding Behavior.

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Squealer is trying to convince the other animals that the pigs need better food to live and since the pigs are leaders and are the only ones that understand English well, they must have decent food. Another reason the animals listened and believed Squealer is because, “He was a brilliant talker,” Meaning people listened to what he said. And the most recognized thing he did to convince them was “he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail which was somehow very persuasive” (16) Squealer was the only reason that people listened to Napoleon and followed him. One of the biggest lies spread in Animal Farm was the only thing left on the commandment board at the end of the book. They had changed the commandment board so many times in the book to benefit the pigs and this one was the biggest.

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Later in that paragraph, the text states, “Reading out the figures in a shrill, rapid voice, he proved to them in detail that they had more oats, more hay, more turnips than they had had in Jones's day, that they worked shorter hours, that their drinking water was of better quality, that they lived longer, that a larger proportion of their young ones survived infancy, and that they had more straw in their stalls and suffered less from fleas. The animals believed every word of it.” Squealer is an animal used as propaganda by the other pigs and is often the one convincing the other animals that what they were doing is good by lying to the animals and comparing this time with the time of Jones, a time in which most animals don't remember anymore. This is what Squealer does here, as well as at other times when rations are reduced, to keep the other animals compliant with this way of life. He and the other pigs continued to lie about the reasons for the reduction.

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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?

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Squealer uses language and propaganda to scare the animals. After the animals find out about the pigs had taken the milk and apples, Squealer uses fear to explain why the pigs took them. Squealer states, “Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!... Surely there is no one among use who wants to see Jones comes back?”(36)

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(Orwell 25). Squealer uses both ethos and pathos to persuade the other animals to give them all the milk and apples they need. He implies the word “your” as that the pigs are selfless rather than selfish when taking the milk and apples. This shows manipulation by forcing the idea of pigs needing milk and apples for their health instead of equally distributing them. However, power-hoarding behavior is a bigger factor in Animal Farm because if the pigs did not have power in the first place, they would not be able to manipulate the animals into giving them milk and apples.

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All pigs had a sense of superiority due to their enhanced skills, and since no one else had those skills, they used them to their advantage and manipulated the other animals. Every time the pigs wanted to do something that went against the rules, they just changed it and then deceived them into thinking that it had always been like that. At the end of the novel, the pigs, who first stated that "Whoever goes upon two legs is an enemy," also known as humans, became friends with the pigs. They became hypocrites because they were given too much power. They were manipulating the animals in any way they wanted because the other animals didn't know any better.

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This relates to the theme because, throughout the story, the pigs have been in charge because they have more knowledge than the other animals. They were also really clever and could think of a way around every difficulty the farm experienced. ( Orwell 13) In the middle of the story, some crucial rules were being changed and the animals did not do anything about it. “ … pigs not only took their meals in the kitchen and used the drawing-room as a recreation room, but also slept in the beds.”

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In “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, there are many ways that manipulation, power-hoarding, and ignorance relate to the corruption of Animal Farm. The pigs take complete control of the farm and spread corruption and disarray throughout the animals. The pigs have more intelligence than the rest of the animals, so they can take advantage of them, change commandments, and lie straight to their faces. The other animal's ignorance has the most significant impact on Animal Farm because of these reasons.

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The pigs’ manipulation in the farm is abused, and becomes problematic for the animals. In the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell the pigs manipulate the rest of the farm through lies, greed and disloyalty. The pigs become dependent on their lies and let them manipulate the truth to hide it from the animals. Their greed demonstrates how careless they are becoming for the others in the farm. They control and reduce rations for the animals until they are left malnourished or simply unfed.

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