Squealer manipulates the animals by exaggerating the distinct lack of physical blackmail, taking advantage of their lack of intelligence and emotional blackmail. (Propaganda is used to brainwash and influence. Its success depends on the animals’ intelligence and emotions)
-the less intelligence or education one has will increase the tendency to be manipulated or brainwashed.
-the lack of education puts the animals in a disadvantaged position as they cannot fight for their rights or remembers what happened in the past. They are unable to put his thoughts into words and are thus controlled by thus who has more intelligence, the pigs; as they are able manipulate them, using their dim-wittedness as a tool for them to maintain power.
Education was a tool for the pigs/Napoleon to manipulate and control the pigs.
Thus, Orwell illustrated the both the importance and misuse of education.
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