Squealer is a pig who lives on Animal Farm and is known as Napoleon’s right-hand man. Anytime that someone questions Napoleon, he is always there to set them straight and keep Napoleon’s image clean. Throughout the novella, we see Squealer defend the actions of Napoleon to the rest of the animals. Like when some animals questioned where the apples and milk went and why the pigs were the ones who got to eat them, he said that the pigs were the brainworkers and needed the apples and milk to make sure Jones wouldn’t come back. Even after Napoleon and the other pigs break the Seven Commandments, Squealer convinces the other animals to look over it, he does this to make sure they still see Napoleon as a trustworthy leader. He is able to manipulate …show more content…
Using the example from before, Squealer told the other animals that the only reason the pigs got the apples and milk was because they are the brains of the farm and needed it, but in reality pigs just wanted the milk and apples for themselves. In the novella, it says that Squealer skips and this is true physically and vocally. Whenever Squealer must explain something to the other animals he decides to skips around the truth. He never tells the pig’s true intentions to the animals, but he says enough to make a convincing and believable argument. The other animals are on a need to know level with the pig’s plans and Squealer makes sure it stays that way. Squealer’s name also has a deeper meaning to it. The noise that pigs make is a squeal and this describes Squealer, because he is always the one talking for Napoleon, therefore he squeals a lot. A synonym for the word squealer is betrayer. This also describes Squealer, because he betrays to other animals whenever he lies for Napoleon. The betrays their trust when he lies about the food production statistics going up, whenever the animals say that they are starving and have no food. But there is one animal that Squealer will always be loyal to no matter what, and that is