Orwell presents Squealer as a mischievous and intellectual character throughout 'Animal Farm'. Squealer being mischievous is lucid when he uses deceitful language about the milk and apples: he does this to ensure the animals wouldn't have to question the pigs about their hypocritical ways. Squealer also persuades the animals when she blames everything on Snowball so that the pigs would look innocent. Although Squealer has done a lot, his real ambition was to make Napoleon superior -which he acquired-.
In Chapter 5, Squealer brainwashes the animals into believing Snowball was a coward at the Battle of the Cowshed. Squealer emotionally manipulates them into thinking that Napoleon is trustworthy when he announces, 'No animal believes more firmly
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The verb ‘sprang’ suggests that Napoleon knew when the time was right to jump in, making the other animals feel at fault for not fighting well enough. It also shows that Napoleon cares about them as he has no hesitation to save the day. The phrase ‘Death to Humanity ’ is very insincere as it shows how Napoleon was against humans; he trades and interacts with humans. It is yet another hypocritical term that Squealer has used to confuse the animals about what is right and …show more content…
It hides the fact that the pigs were idle during the battle. The noun ‘enemy’ proves that Squealer is trying to get the animals to believe they are against humans: no animal will think that they interact with them. The phrase ‘sacred soil’ suggests that the pigs care for the farm as they ‘fight’ for it, unlike all the other animals. It could also imply that the pigs wouldn’t want it to get destroyed as it is where all the food that everyone has to survive. This shows Squealer cares about their welfare: making the animals believe him