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Animal Farm Persuasive Essay

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“To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful”. Edward R. Murrow. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, animals decide to rebel against their current owner and take the farm for themselves. In the novel, the animals took over the farm, which was originally owned by Mr. Jones, their previous owner, but he didn’t treat them with the respect that they deserved, so they decided to rebel.All of the animals were known for a certain trait. Squealer was most well known for being a brilliant talker, which led him into having a huge impact on the farm. Without Squealer, the animals might have been more suspicious of Napoleon and he might not have …show more content…

While Jones was in charge of the farm, “they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference as Squealer did not fail to point out” (113). Since the animals knew that the way Jones was treating them was incorrect, they had no problem believing what Squealer was telling them. The animals knew that they had no freedom when Jones was put in charge of the farm, so when Squealer was pointing out that they were now free and they should be thankful for what Napoleon has done for them. There were times where the animals would remember a certain moment, that may affect the farm, but “Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault” (98). Once someone on the farm would remember something the pigs shouldn't do, Squealer would come up to that animal and tell them that what they are remembering is completely wrong. The animals would say that they remember an event or a commandment a certain way, but Squealer would say something and convince the animals that it was just a messed up memory. Even though the animals would be certain that they were right about an event, Squealer would say that it probably just a

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