Read the excerpt from Animal Farm E That evening Squealer

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Read the excerpt from Animal Farm E 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 skipping round and whisking his tail with a merry laugh The animals were not certain what the word meant but Squealer spoke so persuasively and the three dogs who happened to be with him growled so threateningly that they accepted his explanation without further questions Squealer explains to the other animals that Napoleon was never opposed to the windmill How does this conflict propel the plot forward O 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