Squealer

Squealer is a fictional character and one of the primary antagonists in George Orwell's allegorical novel Animal Farm. He is a pig, depicted as a charismatic and persuasive orator, whose role is to manipulate the other animals on the farm to accept the pigs' growing control. Squealer is the propagandist for Napoleon, the tyrannical pig who rises to power.

Squealer's primary function is to twist the truth and justify the pigs' actions, no matter how unjust or contradictory they may be. He uses his rhetorical skills to convince the less intelligent animals that the pigs' decisions are for the good of all, often by misrepresenting facts, creating scapegoats, or invoking fear. He is adept at altering the Seven Commandments of Animalism, the foundational principles of the animal rebellion, to align with the pigs' evolving agenda.

The character of Squealer represents the power of propaganda and manipulation in controlling a population. He embodies the idea that language can be used as a tool of oppression, obscuring reality and maintaining a false sense of order and equality. His name itself suggests his role as a snitch or a tattletale, but more importantly, it evokes the incessant, often annoying, noise of propaganda that drowns out reason. Squealer's effectiveness highlights the vulnerability of an uninformed populace to deceptive rhetoric.