Thrashing her commands like paper airplanes and snatching the wand from the fairy godmother to wish the worst for Cinderella, the evil stepmother has the attitude of your stereotypical teenager, but holds the power to control like a mother. Her selfish desires to want her real daughter to marry into the throne and make certain Cinderella’s dreams to find her true love are shattered, ruled over her to make her one of Disney’s most egotistical characters ever created. Likewise, the pig Squealer from Animal Farm possessed several similar characteristics as the evil stepmother such as excessive selfishness and wanting the best only for his “real” family. Being selfish, wanting approval, and avoiding conflict is all human nature, everyone does these
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In a similar way, if you tell a toddler the world is flat and they’ll believe it. Convince a three-year-old that the candy bar she relentlessly pounds her feet on the ground for is illegal until she turns 18, and she’ll probably consider it. Examples such as these barely begin to explain the vulnerability majority of young children possess. In the same way, the animals living on Animal Farm mirror the gullibility and innocence of 3-year-olds who know nothing more than they are taught. For example, Squealer used Boxer’s weakness of over-trusting to hurt him. Along with Napoleon and the other pigs on the farm, he sent Boxer off to be slaughtered, for the luxury of enjoying a glass more of whiskey (Orwell 114 & 116). After Boxer poured every ounce of himself into the prosperity of the farm, Squealer knew he’d be an easy target to take advantage of for his own selfish gain. When someone whole-heartedly places their trust in something, he or she believes there is no fault within it, which as in Boxer’s case, can lead someone to ruins due to them becoming naïve. In addition to bringing Boxer to his death, Squealer must also be held accountable for deceiving the other farm animals by adjusting the commandments to fit his desires. First, he convinced the animals there was no rule that stated they couldn’t …show more content…
Squealer was no exception to this fact; in fact he models as the perfect example. His actions showed the readers that his motives were all directed inwards–which screamed selfishness. This was proven true through seeing how Squealer manipulated all the other animals to have sheets and better food for himself, tricked the other animals into believing everything he said by using his keen vocabulary, and lastly, he took advantage of the other animals stupidity so he could enjoy an extra glass of whiskey and a comfortable bed, all for himself. Similar to how the evil stepmother hurt Cinderella and stopped her wedding to get what she desired, Squealer hurt every other animal who poured their whole soul and put years into fighting their human enemy, but in the end, he sided with the humans. They’re both founded in selfishness and are both un-justly ruthless, all because of their uncontrolled selfishness and their evil human nature to force their way into getting what they want. All too often we all let human nature get the best of us, leading us to act just like the evil stepmother and Squealer, and unfortunately, we don’t have our own fairy-godmothers to remove all self-preservation within us at the words of
In a similar way, if you tell a toddler the world is flat and they’ll believe it. Convince a three-year-old that the candy bar she relentlessly pounds her feet on the ground for is illegal until she turns 18, and she’ll probably consider it. Examples such as these barely begin to explain the vulnerability majority of young children possess. In the same way, the animals living on Animal Farm mirror the gullibility and innocence of 3-year-olds who know nothing more than they are taught. For example, Squealer used Boxer’s weakness of over-trusting to hurt him. Along with Napoleon and the other pigs on the farm, he sent Boxer off to be slaughtered, for the luxury of enjoying a glass more of whiskey (Orwell 114 & 116). After Boxer poured every ounce of himself into the prosperity of the farm, Squealer knew he’d be an easy target to take advantage of for his own selfish gain. When someone whole-heartedly places their trust in something, he or she believes there is no fault within it, which as in Boxer’s case, can lead someone to ruins due to them becoming naïve. In addition to bringing Boxer to his death, Squealer must also be held accountable for deceiving the other farm animals by adjusting the commandments to fit his desires. First, he convinced the animals there was no rule that stated they couldn’t …show more content…
Squealer was no exception to this fact; in fact he models as the perfect example. His actions showed the readers that his motives were all directed inwards–which screamed selfishness. This was proven true through seeing how Squealer manipulated all the other animals to have sheets and better food for himself, tricked the other animals into believing everything he said by using his keen vocabulary, and lastly, he took advantage of the other animals stupidity so he could enjoy an extra glass of whiskey and a comfortable bed, all for himself. Similar to how the evil stepmother hurt Cinderella and stopped her wedding to get what she desired, Squealer hurt every other animal who poured their whole soul and put years into fighting their human enemy, but in the end, he sided with the humans. They’re both founded in selfishness and are both un-justly ruthless, all because of their uncontrolled selfishness and their evil human nature to force their way into getting what they want. All too often we all let human nature get the best of us, leading us to act just like the evil stepmother and Squealer, and unfortunately, we don’t have our own fairy-godmothers to remove all self-preservation within us at the words of