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“He carried a whip in his trotter” Chapter 10 napoleon

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  • Displays, the servitude of the animals as well as the control the pigs have over them,
  • it also is an allegory to stalin who turned communism into a dictatorship
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“terrible stories were leaking from pinchfield about the cruelties of frederick practised upon his animals “ Chapter 8

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  • This we can assume is propaganda released by Snowball, which is to make the animals hate Frederick.
  • This shows that the pigs are manipulating the animals for there own personal gain of more food and staying not only in control of trade but control of the animals
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“Only Boxer and clover never lost heart “ Chapter 7

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  • This is an allegory to the workers of the USSR who were manipulated into constant work by the government,
  • the intellect of the pigs, allows them to control Boxer in particular because he is not smart and ignorant to what the pigs are trying to achieve
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“Have you any record?”, “Is it written down anywhere” Chapter 6, Squealer

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  • Squealer is trying to justify that Snowball and the stories about him are lies,
  • the idea of having documents and physical items allows him to make the past how he likes,
  • this refers to the propaganda that was used to remove the other revolutionaries and the ideas about them during the purges to further stalin’s power
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