Why I Write

George Orwell states that “You can’t have a revolution unless you make it for yourself; there is no such thing as a benevolent dictatorship,” and that is what he shows through Animal Farm. In chapter 7, Napoleon uses the rhetorical devices like imagery to express this view. “Napoleon stood sternly surveying his audience; then he uttered a high-pitched whimper. Immediately the dogs bounded forward, seized four of the pigs by the ear and dragged them… The pigs' ears were bleeding, the dogs had tasted blood, and for a few moments they appeared to go quite mad.” In this moment, Orwell uses imagery to show how dictatorship can be harmful to the people. He shows how violent of a dictator Napoleon is, just as Stalin was.

In chapter 8, Orwell uses the rhetorical device Ethos to express his point of view. “On Sunday mornings Squealer… would read out to them lists of figures proving that the production of every class of foodstuff had increased by two hundred per cent, three hundred per cent, or five hundred per cent… The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him…” When Squealer reads to the animals about the production increasing, it gives the animals the thought of squealer and the other leaders being good and helpful. This expresses Orwell’s point of view by showing that the Squealer can gain the animals trust and can lie to them without the animals questioning them.

In chapter 9, Boxer expresses Orwell’s views through the rhetorical device Pathos. “There lay Boxer, between the shafts of the cart, his neck stretched out, unable even to raise his head.” Being that Boxer is such a loved character by readers, it is emotional for the reader to witness Boxer in deathly condition. This shows how Orwell sees the dictator not taking care of his workers and could care less about their health and condition. It also shows how in communism, the harder working people do not receive anything more than what the average worker