The pigs' decision that Snowball is responsible for the windmill's first collapse represents the psychological manipulation the pigs are capable of. ... Orwell uses his characters not only to portray leaders form the Russian revolution, but to also emphasize his main point of the novel. ... Although Orwell illustrates Snowball as a somewhat perfect character, he manages to refrain from putting snowball on a pedestal, and we see Snowball's faults quite clearly. ... Squeler is the pig who spreads Napoleon's propaganda between all the other animals. Squealer stands beind Na...

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In Animal Farm a key character that distributed propaganda to the Farm was Squealer. ... Squealer's continuous support to Napoleon alike of the Pravda, made him unpopular, due to the fact that he made up stories to cover for Napoleon's controversial decisions and he convinced the animals that the pigs were the leaders and the rest of the farm worked hard to please the farm overall, when really it was only to provide for the pigs. ... When Pilkington, a neighboring farmer who has been betrayed by Animal Farm, sends a reply for the cry of help from the pigs, he says "serves you r...

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