Read the excerpt 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
Napoleon's papers. The windmill was, in fact,
Napoleon's own creation. Why, then, asked somebody,
had he spoken so strongly against it? Here Squealer
looked very sly. That, he said, was Comrade
Napoleon's 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!"
Squealer explains to the other animals that Napoleon
was never opposed to the windmill. How does this
conflict propel the plot forward?
The other animals realize that Squealer and
Napoleon are friends
The other animals realize that Napoleon can be
trusted.
It changes the way the other animals feel about
Napoleon
It changes the way the other animals feel about the
dogs.