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The Destruction Of Snowball In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Squealer is another selfish pig that resembles the Russian media. Squealer and Napoleon persuaded the animals that Snowball destroyed the windmill which contributes to the destruction of the noble societal concerns of Snowball, Old Major and the other animals on the farm because he uses Snowball as a scapegoat which makes the animals hate him. In November, the windmill was half-finished and the animals harvested enough food to survive for this winter. Then one night, the raging winds demolish the windmill into broken pieces of stone. The animals woke up and Napoleon said quietly, “Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL! In sheer malignity, thinking to set back our plans and avenge himself for his …show more content…

The windmill was in ruins”(81). Squealer and Napoleon are acting selfishly for themselves because they used Snowball as a scapegoat for the destruction of the windmill even though it was the violent winds that destroyed it. It states, “Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL! There came a night when the gale was so violent and the windmill was in ruins.” These actions contribute to the destruction of the noble societal concerns of Snowball, Old Major and the other animals on the farm because it leaves a bad image on Snowball, and hatred towards Snowball grows even more. Squealer is based on the Russian media and contribute to the destruction of the original communist values of Marx and Lenin by using the Kulaks as scapegoats for the starvation in Russia. Stalin acts selfishly by controlling the Russian media to brainwash civilians to thinking what he says is right. This contributes to the destruction of the original communist values of Marx and Lenin because everyone should have an equal understanding about the truth of Russia’s starvation. Pinheiro states, “Hatred against the Kulaks as a

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