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squealer
squealer
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High School - 9th Grade

Squealer describes Napoleon's suddenly changing attitude towards the windmill as tactics. What does he mean by that and what do his tactics mean?

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i had to do a 100 question study guide on animal farm.

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Posted by squealer on Thursday April 9, 2009 at 6:32 PM and tagged with animal farm, characters, napoleon, squealer, tactics, windmill.

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  1. pmiranda2857
    pmiranda2857 Teacher
    High School - 10th Grade

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    Napoleon's decision to accept the windmill project farm is a tactic or a method that he uses to control the farm and the animals.  When Napoleon decided that Snowball was getting too popular and perceived him as a threat to his power, he decided to get rid of him.  This shocked the animals at first, who did not understand why Snowball was chased off the farm by Napoleon's dogs.

    However, then Squealer begins to persuade the animals that Snowball was really a traitor and not part of the rebellion.  He says that the idea for the windmill was actually Napoleon's and that Snowball actually stole the idea.  Squealer also tried to convince the animals that Napoleon was all in favor of the windmill so as to keep them calm and reassured, believing that they were all working for the betterment of the farm.

    It was a tactic, or management of a situation method that he employs to make the animals think that Napoleon has their best interests at heart.  Napoleon does not care about the windmill, he cares about keeping the animals so busy that they don't have time to talk to each other and question what is going on the farm.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/animal/napoleon
    http://www.enotes.com/animal/summary

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    Posted by pmiranda2857 on Saturday April 11, 2009 at 3:52 PM