<Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Napoleon's second - in - command and a leader of Animal Farm </Td> </Tr> <P> Squealer is a fictional character, a pig, in George Orwell's Animal Farm . He plays the secondary antagonist to Napoleon, the pigs' leader . He serves as Napoleon's second - in - command and the farm's minister of propaganda, and is described in the book to be an effective and very convincing orator . In the book, he is described as merely a fat pig, but in the 1954 film, he is a pink pig, whereas in the 1999 film, he is a Tamworth pig who wears a monocle . </P> <P> Throughout the novel Squealer is highly skilled at making speeches to the animals . He is also one of the leaders of the farm . Under the rule of Napoleon, Squealer does things to manipulate the animals . Squealer represents Vyacheslav Molotov who was Stalin's protégé and head of Communist propaganda . </P> <P> It is also possible that Squealer represents the Soviet newspaper, Pravda . This paper was Stalin's key to propaganda in the communist times, and was very powerful to proletarians of the time (proletarians being Boxer, the horse). </P>

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