use of political rhetoric has effects on memory Animal Farm
In most societies today, the literacy rate is much higher than it has been in preceding years. ... Those who cannot read and gain knowledge through reading have to rely on their memory to retain facts about past events. ... In the book, “Animal Farm,” by George Orwell, Squealer uses his gift of language to justify Napoleon’s otherwise inexcusable actions to the other animals on the farm and he does this in such a way that the animal’s memories of past events become clouded with the persuasive stories that he tells. ... Squealer first becomes recognized as an influential speaker when he convinced the other animals that it is important for the pigs to keep all the milk and apples produced by the farm for themselves. ... He explained that they needed to keep their health up or they would not be able to manage the farm or protect them from Mr. ... Squealer’s role became increasingly more essential to the farm as soon as Napoleon chased Snowball out of the farm with his trained dogs. He went around the farm to make sure that the animals did not think badly of Napoleon.