Read the following excerpt:
“Three nights later old Major died peacefully
in his sleep. His body was buried at the foot of
the orchard. This was early in March. During
the next three months there was much secret
activity. Major's speech had given to the more
intelligent animals on the farm a completely
new outlook on life. They did not know when
the Rebellion predicted by Major would take
place, they had no reason for thinking that it
would be within their own lifetime, but they
saw clearly that it was their duty to prepare for
it. The work of teaching and organising the
others fell naturally upon the pigs, who were
generally recognised as being the cleverest of
the animals. Pre−eminent among the pigs
were two young boars named Snowball and
Napoleon, whom Mr. Jones was breeding up
for sale. Napoleon was a large, rather
fierce−looking Berkshire boar, the only
Berkshire on the farm, not much of a talker,
but with a reputation for getting his own way.
Snowball was a more vivacious pig than
Napoleon, quicker in speech and more
inventive, but was not considered to have the
same depth of character. All the other male
pigs on the farm were porkers. The best
known among them was a small fat pig named
Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling
eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice.
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”.
ORWELL, George. Animal farm. 21 ed.
London: Penguin books, 2008.
It is CORRECT to affirm that: