They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws." .
The problem of power corrupts did not start with Napoleon on Animal Farm. In fact, it started with Mr. Jones. People can treat animals very badly sometimes. Mr. Jones did not treat the animals with passion and even forgot to feed them. The English king in Brave heart was also a ruler corrupted by power. He killed the Scottish nobles so he could rule Scotland and have more power and money by the Scottish.
Revision of the past can be used to change the rules to one's advantage. Revision has to be done little by little so not to arise suspicion or rebellions. .
The corrections of the Seven Commandments or the laws of Animal Farm are examples of Revision of the past. The rules were changed secretly without the animals noticing only by adding words to the end of it like no animals shall sleep in a bed with sheet and no animal shall kill any other animal with no cause. A smart cow, Clover did notice the differences and asked Muriel the goat to read it to her. In the end, she concluded she just forgot the last parts of the Commandments. People were also curious of the changes in Brave Heart. The Scottish nobles had to make the people think they are on the same side when they are actually helping the English.
Another example of revision of the past is the stories about the Battle of the Cowshed when Mr. Jones came back and tried to take the farm back. Napoleon's bravery is made more dramatic through the smartness of Squealer while the things Snowball did was not accounted for and not mentioned. These things made the animals followers on the farm trust in their leader Napoleon and blame all their hatred and bad luck on Snowball even more. The animals are not smart enough to disagree so they follow and believe what Squealer said. .
Abuse of language is taking advantage of someone's knowledge and telling false facts to benefit you.