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Squealer | |
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First appearance | Animal Farm (only appearance) |
Created by | George Orwell |
Voiced by | Maurice Denham (1954 film) Ian Holm (1999 film) |
In-universe information | |
Species | Large White pig (1954 animated film and novel) Tamworth pig (in the 1999 film) |
Occupation | Napoleon's second-in-command and a leader of Animal Farm |
Squealer is a fictional character, a pig, in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm. He serves as second-in-command to Napoleon and is the farm's minister of propaganda. He is described in the book as an effective and very convincing orator and a fat porker. In the 1954 film, he is a pink Large White pig, whereas in the 1999 film, he is a Tamworth pig who wears a monocle.