Squealer
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Sep 23, 2026
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To rebuild the windmill with walls twice as thick as before, and to finish it by the appointed date, together with the regular work of the farm, was a tremendous labour.
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There were times when it seemed to the animals that they worked longer hours and fed no better than they had done in Jones's day, On Sunday mornings, Squealer, holding down a long strip of paper with his trotter, would read out to them lists of figures proving that the production of every class of foodstuff had increased by two hundred percent, three hundred percent, or five hundred percent, as the case might be.
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The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him, especially as they could no longer remember very clearly what conditions had been like before the rebellion.
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All the same, there were days when they felt that they would sooner have had less figures and more food, All orders were now issued through Squealer, or one of the other pigs.
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Napoleon himself was not seen in public as often as once in a fortnight.
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When he did appear, he was attended not only by his retinue of dogs, but by a black cockerel who marched in front of him and acted as a kind of trumpeter, letting out a loud cock-a-doodle-doo before Napoleon spoke.
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He was always referred to in formal style as Our Leader Comrade Napoleon.
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and the pigs liked to invent for him such titles as Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheepfold, Duckling's Friend, and the like.
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Once again, all rations were reduced except those of the pigs and the dogs.
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A too rigid equality in rations, Squealer explained, would have been contrary to the principles of animalism.
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In any case, he had no difficulty in proving to the other animals that they were not, in reality, short of food, whatever the appearances might be.
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For the time being, certainly, it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations—Squilo always spoke of it as a readjustment, never as a reduction—but in comparison with the days of Jones, the improvement was enormous.
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But doubtless it had been worse in the old days.
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They were glad to believe so.
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Besides, in those days they had been slaves, and now they were free, and that made all the difference.' as Squealer did not fail to point out.
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There were many more mouths to feed now.
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Only Boxer and Clover never lost heart.
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Squealer made excellent speeches on the joy of service and the dignity of labour, but the other animals found more inspiration in Boxer's strength, and his never-failing cry of, I will work harder.
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In January, food fell short.
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The corn ration was drastically reduced, and it was announced that an extra potato ration would be issued to make up for it.
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In these days, Napoleon rarely appeared in public, but spent all his time in the farmhouse, which was guarded at each door by fierce-looking dogs.
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When he did emerge, it was in a ceremonial manner, with an escort of six dogs, who closely surrounded him, and growled if anyone came too near.
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Frequently he did not even appear on Sunday mornings, but issued his orders through one of the other pigs, usually Squealer.
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One Sunday morning, Squealer announced that the hens, who had just come into lay again, must surrender their eggs.
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two legs bad,' which went on for nearly a quarter of an hour, and put an end to any chance of discussion.
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Afterwards, Squealer was sent round the farm to explain the new arrangement to the others.
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"'Comrades,' he said, "'I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself?' Do not imagine, comrades, that leadership is a pleasure.
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On the contrary, it is a deep and heavy responsibility.
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Snowball, who, as we now know, was no better than a criminal.
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He fought bravely at the Battle of the Cow Shed, said somebody.
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Bravery is not enough, said Squealer.
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Loyalty and obedience are more important.
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Mr. Whimper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, had agreed to act as intermediary between Animal Farm and the outside world, and would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions.' Napoleon ended his speech with his usual cry of, Long live animal farm! And after the singing of Beasts of England, the animals were dismissed.
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Afterwards, Squealer made a round of the farm and set the animals' minds at rest.
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He assured them that the resolution against engaging in trade and using money had never been passed, or even suggested.
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It was pure imagination, probably traceable in the beginning to lies circulated by Snowball.
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A few animals still felt faintly doubtful, but Squealer asked them shrewdly, Are you certain that this is not something you have dreamed, comrades? Have you any record of such a resolution? Is it written down
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anywhere?
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And since it was certainly true that nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken.
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Except through whimper, there was as yet no contact between Animal Farm and the outside world, but there were constant rumours that Napoleon was about to enter into a definite business agreement either with Mr Pilkington of Foxwood or with Mr Frederick of Pinchfield, but never, it was noticed, with both simultaneously.
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All the other male pigs on the farm were porkers.
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The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice.
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He was a brilliant talker, and when he was arguing some difficult point, he had a way of skipping from side to side and whisking his tail, which was somehow very persuasive.
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The others said of Squealer that he could turn black into white.
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These three had elaborated Old Major's teachings into a complete system of thought, to which they gave the name of Animalism.
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Several nights a week, after Mr. Jones was asleep, they held secret meetings in the barn and expounded the principles of Animalism to the others.
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They explained that, by their studies of the past three months, the pigs had succeeded in reducing the principles of animalism to seven commandments— These seven commandments would now be inscribed on the wall.
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They would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after.