Examples Of Manipulation In Animal Farm

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Manipulation can lead to power but certainly a corrupt power {Hook}. At the beginning of animal, farm power was used to attain good things; it brought the animals in the farm together under a united case and allow them to gain their freedom, however as the story develops power began to destroy the community. After this point power struggles emerge and serve to divide the animals in the farm instead of uniting them.{Background} In “Animal FarmGeorge Orwell used the pigs to try to demonstrate humans’ susceptibility to the manipulation of language and how people fall victim to the power of words without fully comprehending the true meaning behind these words {Author, genre, and title of work} The pigs in “Animal Farm” were able to confuse and trick the other animals by manipulating them and putting them in a lot of work so the animals would not have time to think for themselves. As a result as the pigs grow in power the state of the farm worsens. {Thesis: What,how, and to what effect} In “Animal Farm” Orwell showed the audience how manipulation can be used in different ways as the novel progresses by using the pigs.{Topic sentence}
The pigs are using manipulative language to obtain power and leadership {Point 1} For example when Squealer said “The
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To begin the pigs broke the commandment “Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy" and through Squealer powerful speech he justifies the pig's action to the other animals. “Napoleon announced that he had decided upon a new policy. From now onwards Animal Farm would engage in trade with neighboring farms: not of course, for any commercial purpose but simply in order to obtain certain materials which were urgently necessary." (Orwell 42). {Evidence

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