To understand the
significance of this quote, you need to look a little further back in the story. Remember that
just before this change, the pigs find a case of whisky in the farmhouse cellar. That night,
they drink the whisky and get very drunk, so drunk thathas a hangover the next day. Instead of
telling the animals that Napoleon has a serious hangover, the pigs realize that this is a great
opportunity to further blacken s reputation. As a result,declares that Snowball has tried to
poison Napoleon. So, on the one hand, this quote is proof that the pigs have lied to the other
animals about Napoleons hangover.
This quote is also significant because it
demonstrates just how corrupt and increasingly human the pigs have become. In the beginning, it
was declared that no animal should drink alcohol because alcohol is associated with human
behavior. Now, the pigs are replicating this human behavior and, even worse, changing the
commandments so that they can...
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