Self Preservation...
By Alexis Shirley
In the novel "Animal Farm" by George Orwell there is a pig named Sqealer. Throughout the novel, over and over again he launches himself into speeches that pursuade the rest of the farm that all is well and that there is nothing wrong with their current condition. These speeches soothes their hysteria and almost always cures their doubt. He motivates them when their knees begin to shake. This is all just fine and dandy except for what his intentions are with said speeches. With every word he spews out to them, with them are lies and deception. The purpose of this essay is to show how Sqealer demonstrates self preservation through deceiving the other animals on the farm through his lies that he conveys throughout his speeches and actions.
In the begining,, it warns us that Sqealer is a master of words. "He was a brilliant talker, ...
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