Squealer (Media / Propaganda)

Question 1

Role

Answer 1

Allegory for propaganda and the media

Question 2

“brilliant talker”, “very persuasive”, animals said “he could turn black into white”

Answer 2

DESCRIPTION- shows the media is a brilliantly persuasive power even able to convince people of unreal things

Question 3

“Squealer was sent to make the necessary explanations”

Answer 3

Shows that the media is a very necessary tool for corrupt leaders used to deceive people into accepting exploitation

Question 4

“Milk and apples,”“(this has been proved by science comrades)”“contain substances absolutely necessary to the well-being of a pig”

Answer 4

Fake statistics and facts used to overwhelm the mass uneducated lower classes(animals) and prevent them understanding the truth of their exploitation. Squealer poses his lies as facts and figures.

Question 5

“It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples”

Answer 5

Media masks exploitation as normal by making useless leaders seem deserving of the things they steal and presenting them as heroes who deserve rewards/ to be treated differently and better than others

Question 6

“If we pigs failed our duty… Jones would come back!”

Answer 6

Use of fear to coerce the animals into submission as they believe that the pigs are heroes who are way better than Jones and so accept whatever the pigs tell them.

Question 7

“it was agreed without further argument that the milk and windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs alone”

Answer 7

Success of media as a propaganda machine in the hands of corrupt leaders among lower classes especially