Explain the language technique in this Animal farm quote: "That evening Squealer explained privately to the other animals that Napoleon had never in...

In this
quote,uses a language technique called indirect quotation. The story is not repeating exactly
whatsaid to the other animals but simply summarizing the highlights of it, which is exactly what
indirect quotation does.

We know enough about the animals at this point to
realize that this must have been a much longer conversation. First, many of the animals are not
very intelligent, and it can take many repeated explanations for them to grasp even a simple
concept. Second, we know that Squealer, a skillful propagandist, likes to talk.

By providing the highlights of the conversation through indirect quotation, Orwell does
not interrupt the flow of his story or bog the reader down with too much information. Through
this technique, he keeps the tale moving at its usual rapid and compact
pace.