Animal Farm-WWII Propaganda: How Did It Work?

Manipulation is a repulsive trait present in one’s personality which leads them to commit drastic deeds. One can use this to persuade people to do things for their own benefit. In William Shakespeare 's Othello and George Orwell 's Animal Farm, the main characters, Iago and Napoleon, manipulate others to achieve their personal goals. Napoleon and Iago manipulate their peers’ trust, their friendships, and abuse their ranks to reach their goals. Both Iago and Napoleon use this to their advantage and attempt to get what they want, not caring about the risks and consequences that could follow.

The novel, Animal Farm, is a well-known allegory written by George Orwell. As a satire of the Russian Revolution, Orwell portrays the rise of a cruel dictatorship and the mistreatment of the general population under it. Like the Communist government in Russia, the government in Animal Farm employs the use of many manipulative tools, especially propaganda. Propaganda was used by the pigs throughout the book, deceiving many of the animals. As this story shows, propaganda can enable governments to bend people to any purpose. By spreading positive messages about Napoleon, persuading the animals that Snowball is an enemy, and convincing the animals that they can’t survive without the pigs, propaganda

In Animal Farm, the pigs use propaganda and euphemisms to achieve and self promote their desires. One way propaganda is used is when squealer gives a speech about how the apples and milk are a necessity to the pigs’ diet. Secondly, the pigs decide to let Moses the raven live on the farm so the animals will accept their current life. The pigs use the euphemism readjustment of rations to seem like they are not taking much food from the animals and special education to refer as puppy training. Propaganda and euphemisms are used by the pigs.

Animal Farm, the allegorical novella by George Orwell, has an extremely important theme, propaganda, displayed representing the Russian Revolution. A big example of propaganda is when the pigs begin to twist the seven commandments. When the animals created the seven commandments, the sixth amendment was “No animal shall be killed by any other animal.” but when Napoleon kills other animals the amendment is slightly altered to “No animal shall be killed by any other animal without cause.” to persuade all the other animals that what Napoleon did was acceptable. “It ran: ‘No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.’ Somehow or other, the last two words had slipped out of the animals’ memory. But they saw now that the Commandment had not

Propaganda is used everywhere in life and books. It has such a complex meaning under what the people or it is saying. In Animal Farm, The Wave, and Night propaganda is used to describe what life was like for all the people in that time and how crucial survival was and how to not get outcasted.

George Orwell, the pseudonym of english author Eric Arthur Blair, was an influential author of novels, novellas, and essays that criticized the rise and practices of authoritarian governments. One of his most revered works, Animal Farm, is hailed as a brilliant piece that satirizes the statues of Stalinism by allegorizing its tumultuous rise and the harsh, often lethal loyalty Stalinism demands of its followers. One of the hallmarks of Stalinist rule is its frequent use of propaganda. In his novella, Animal Farm, Orwell presents the use of propaganda in a Stalinist society through the deification of a leader, the use of scapegoating against an exiled revolutionary and against the vices of man; and exposes the practice of engendering fear into the population of Animal Farm.

Propaganda tends to be known as someone or something that’s publicized to state or show someone’s point of view (Dictionary). A novella called Animal Farm by George Orwell is about animals getting upset from the harsh treatment and realizing they deserve better. Where they have Napoleon and Snowball , who are representing Stalin and Trotsky step up and begin a Rebellion along with the rest of the animals with the humans. Which tends to get them freedom for a couple of months and just fails and leads them back to how they started. Orwell displays propaganda has both a positive and negative effect to whom it’s coming from. This theme is revealed throughout the climax

Propaganda is a way of information in an effort to manipulate or influence society. The language people use in a persuasive speech, news articles, or other communicating articles of can be a very powerful tool for propaganda. There are many different types of propaganda such as suggestion/stimulation, hints, insinuations, indirect statement, and appeal to the known desire/fear, songs, slogans, and poems (American Historical Association). All of these were used in the 1946 novel, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell. Also most of these methods in modern day. In the novel they use propaganda to show how a revolution, no matter how good a person's intentions is at first, can slowly turn into a system that was no better than when they began. Language used in propaganda is a very powerful tool.

“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” That was when the animals knew the pig’s use of propaganda was so effective. Before the animals discovered the corruptness of the pigs, the animals of Manor Farm in England, irritated with the ways of life and how they are being treated, decided to start a revolution. The smartest of the animals, the pigs, took control of the farm while the other animals worked. Through the deception of the pigs, they changed the rules of the farm to better accommodate themselves. George Orwell’s historical literature work, Animal Farm, is a political allegory to the Russian Revolution. Orwell tries to convey

“Do not let the power of fear control us, comrades. Together without fear, we’ve conquered so much! Let us not stop now!” Squealer said, trying to calm the animals. Throughout the book, Animal Farm by George Orwell, the animals live in constant fear, Jones hurt and manipulated the animals while he was in power. Once he was banished the animals still felt a deep fear, Napoleon, who had banished Snowball, killed animals for plotting against him, and changing the seven commandments time and time again, brought the fear back to the animals.

Manipulation is a type of social influence that aims to change the behavior or perception of others through abusive, deceptive, or underhanded tactics in other words brainwashed. I society can be brainwashed by simple rules and media things like that. The book “1984” can be compared to the short story Harrison Bergeron by manipulation of society. The societies are manipulated in multiple ways through the use of technology, propaganda, and manipulated into believing that they live in the perfect world. In George Orwell’s novel the theme can be compared through the dystopian society and contrasted through the use of technology and propaganda by manipulation of society to Kurt Vonnegut’s short story Harrison Bergeron.

Manipulation is employed by leaders to further maintain their power as it provides a means of controlling the populace.

FreireFreire discusses manipulation on page 147 as an instrument of conquest. He states, "By means of manipulation, the dominant elites try to conform the masses to their objectives. And the greater the political immaturity of these people the more easily the latter can be manipulated by those who do not wish to lose their power. "

Animal farm is a renowned, allegorical novella written by George Orwell in 1945, which can be interpreted to have a hidden political meaning behind it referring to the Russian Revolution. Throughout this novella, the author purposely positions the audience to make judgements based on sensible, moral perception to show that Orwell effectively revealed how the pigs exploited a vast majority of propaganda techniques to deceptively manipulate the values, attitudes and beliefs of the other animals, with full intention of complete social control. This was exposed to the reader when the three main values of ‘Animalism’, as outlined in Old Major's speech, which consists of freedom, unity and equality, are abused for the pigs own advantage. This task

The World war II lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. During World War II Eric was a Home Guard and in 1941 began work for the BBC Eastern Service to gain Indian and East Asian support for war efforts. He later said at that time, he felt like "an orange that's been trodden on by a very dirty boot.” Despite the good pay, he retired in 1943 and become literary editor of Tribune.