Question

read the passage from animal farm. that evening squealer explained privately to the other animals that napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. on the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among napoleons papers. the windmill was, in fact, napoleons own creation. why, then, asked somebody, had he spoken so strongly against it? here squealer looked very sly. that, he said, was comrade napoleons cunning. he had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a maneuver to get rid of snowball, who was a dangerous character and a bad influence. now that snowball was out of the way, the plan could go forward without his interference. this, said squealer, was something called tactics. he repeated a number of times, tactics, comrades, tactics! how does orwell use squealers explanation to support his purpose? squealers explanation of napoleons tactics is representative of a dictator who reverses policies and lies about his reasons. squealers explanation of napoleons tactics is meant to shed light on why it is often necessary for dictators to lie to their people. squealers explanation of napoleons tactics demonstrates a connection between napoleon and squealer that was not previously clear. squealers explanation of napoleons tactics reveals a connection with stalins intent to do what was right for his people.

Explanation:

In Animal Farm, Napoleon is a dictator - like figure. Squealer's explanation that Napoleon was never against the windmill and that his earlier opposition was a tactic to get rid of Snowball shows how dictators reverse policies and lie about their reasons. This is a key aspect of Orwell's critique of totalitarianism in the novel.

Answer:

Squealer's explanation of Napoleon's tactics is representative of a dictator who reverses policies and lies about his reasons.