Rhetorical Questions In Animal Farm

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Lauren Davis
Ms. Thrower-Paterson
English 8
December 16, 2022 brainwashed
In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, Squealer and Napoleon shut down open debate by brainwashing the animals into thinking the same things the pigs believe. Squealer and Napoleon use rhetorical questions to get the animals to think that the pigs are better leaders than Jones. The animals question the pigs about what they are eating. Squealer questions them about Jones coming; he uses “no one”(27) making it obvious that none of them would like to see Jones back. The word “no one”(27) is used to make it clear to the animals that when Jones was here things were much worse. Obviously “no one”(27) wants to see jones back. Squealer constantly manipulates his speech