Theme Of Manipulation In Animal Farm

The novel “Animal Farm”, written by George Orwell, was written as a reference to the Russian Revolution during the Second World War. The main characters of the novel were two, Napoleon and Snowball. The animals in the farm were facing bad treatments from the owner of the farm, Mr Jones; therefore, the animals, led by Napoleon and Snowball, decided to raise a rebellion against Mr Jones and his workers. The rebellion succeeded, and the farm became owned by the animals. Throughout the novel, Napoleon and Snowball could never agree in anything. All of the sudden, one day Napoleon made a dirty move by convincing the animals in the farm that Snowball was a spy, and he was working with Mr Jones the whole time. This forced Snowball to escape from the farm leaving Napoleon the only leader in the farm. One of the most important themes
In relation to the book, many characters demonstrated the manipulation of language; three of them were Squealer, Napoleon, and Minimus. First of all, Squealer displayed language manipulation throughout the novel. For instance, when the animals in the farm discovered that the milk and the apples were disappearing, it turned out that the milk and the apples were gone to the pigs. Later, Squealer started manipulating with words when he said to the animals in the farm, “Comrades! You do not imagine, I hope, that we pigs are doing this in a spirit of selfishness and privilege? Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself” (Orwell,