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Essay / Status Quo in George Orwell's Animal Farm - 1793
The cynical act of deceiving the less intelligent is, in fact, the gracious act of conveying a "truth" to the latter group. This ideal is constantly formulated by a central government with the sole aim of maintaining classes in the status quo. In George Orwell's Animal Farm, an allegorical satirical novel, the subject of Orwell's satire is the byproduct of a revolution with communist roots symbolized by a rebellion on a farm by the creatures inhabited by it. Two animal pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, impose themselves on the rest of their animals thanks to their superior intelligence. Being symbols of true leaders, Snowball being Leon Trotsky while Napoleon being Joseph Stalin, the story tells the reader what is going to happen. Therefore, after Napoleon finally usurps Snowball's power by driving him out, Napoleon finally begins, like Stalin, the deterioration of the lives of the masses. Similar to Stalin using propaganda, Napoleon uses another pig, Squealer, with an eloquent speech to address the rest of the animals and convey the "party line". Squealer's ability to distort the real meaning of Napoleon's actions is due to misinformation and the use of pathos over the rest; but animals' lack of intelligence and memory also contributes to the distortion of facts. The first method Squealer employs is simply lying and covering up the truth to completely avoid cracks in the animals' dependence on pigs. After some muttering about whether the pigs were being greedy in eating most of the milk and apples, Squealer replies: You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs do this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege ? Many of us don't like milk and apples... Our only goal in taking these...... middle of paper ...... The talented orator, Squeaker is capable of deliberately deceiving and exploiting the approval of animals through fabricated truths. , emotional responses and malleable memory. On the one hand, Squealer is naturally exceptional in crafting his words to receive positive respect from his "comrades", while largely using the lack of intelligence in them to distort the truth. Thus, Squealer convinces the farm animals that the intelligentsia does good, rather than committing crimes against established laws. The author, George Orwell, mocks the idea that the general public believes that after a revolution the newly established government can do what it promised and bring tranquility and equality. Additionally, he explored human nature, represented by pigs, to seek superiority and abuse others, in this case through propaganda, all to act on their secret desires.