Essay: The Significance of Squealer The novel , by George Orwell, is an allegory portraying the dangers of a totalitarian government. It seeks to show how a society where all live completely equal has not been, and cannot be achieved. Orwell, through the use of the character Squealer, shows how propaganda can affect members of a communist society in a negative way. By drawing parallels to events in communist Russia, Orwell’s illustrates how propaganda was used to control the Soviet people by deceiving them, threatening them and keep ....