Animal Farm - Squealer's Propaganda

Comrades! I hope you all are as exited as I am to celebrate the success of Animal Farm and our great leader, Comrade Napoleon. You have been called here because of some rumors that have been spreading around the farm. I speak to you now to put those irrational statements to rest.

Firstly, I have heard that some animals are complaining about their rations compared to mine and the other pigs rations. The reason, comrades, is quite simple. We pigs do different work than other animals. We use our brains which require certain nutrients that happen to be found most commonly in apples and milk. I hope, comrades, that you do not think that we were doing this for our own benefit! We are merely taking into account self-preservation for the good of the farm.

Secondly, many of you seem to be uneasy about the trade agreement Comrade Napoleon has made with Mr. Whymper. You should know that Napoleon is only thinking toward making Animal Farm as efficient as possible. Some of you even seem to recall a resolution that was made against trade and money. I assure you that such a resolution was never passed. In fact, you probably were told about the revolution by Snowball in an attempt to break your trust in Comrade Napoleon. You shall all soon see what we can earn from trade and purchase.

Thirdly, I know how disappointed many of you were after the Battle of the Windmill. I was disheartened myself, but I know we can rebuild the windmill to it's former glory and the we could make six more if we wanted! Many of you thought of the battle as a loss, but I see it as a battle that will always represent animals' victory over humans. We drove man off of our earth once and for all! He shall no longer toil for our land. 

Finally, I wish to put to rest the misunderstanding about the death of our dearest comrade, Boxer. I can only imagine the horrors all of you must have been feeling when you saw Boxer being escorted away in that knackers van. As you should know, that van was previously owned by a knacker but was bought by the vet of Wilingdon. He just hadn't had a chance to repaint the side of the van yet. As you see, it just a simple case of misunderstanding.


In Animal Farm, the pig Squealer is supposed to represent the Pravda, the Russian newspaper that was edited by Leon Trotsky. It was the main source for of propaganda at the time and was used to make large groups of people believe ideas formulated by the hierarchy of Russia.