Fear Propaganda In Animal Farm By George Orwell

One of the many ways in which fear was used throughout Animal Farm was with a totalitarian government lead by Mr. Jones and later run by the pigs. Mr. Jones is controlling the animals to do what he wants. Old Major States “Man is the only real enemy we have. Remove man from the scene and the root cause of overwork is abolished forever” (Orwell 4). Being one of the most intelligent animals on the farm he wants the rest of the animals to understand how humans abuse them and how they are benefiting from animal labor. After hearing what old major had to say the animals began a rebellion against man hoping for it to lead to a relaxed environment where being overworked no longer exists. However, after winning the Battle of Cowshed, Napoleon starts to develop human behavioural traits such as declaring the farm will be run by the pigs and the animals are to do as they say.Once again the animals are overworked by the dictator. As Napoleon gains control on the farm, he uses fear to gain power.

“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

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is, first and foremost, a political satire warning against the pursuit of utopian desires through unjust and oppressive means. Operating under the pretense of an animal fable, Orwell disparages the use of political power to poach personal freedom. He effectively alerts his readers to the dangerous price that can accompany the so-called “pursuit of progress”. And he illuminates how governments acting under the guise of increasing independence often do just the opposite: increase oppression and sacrifice sovereignty. While the cautionary theme Orwell provides proves widely applicable, in reality his novel focuses on one tale of totalitarian abuse: Soviet Russia. The parallels between the society Orwell presents in his Animal Farm and the Soviet Union – from the Russian revolution to Stalin’s supremacy – are seemingly endless. Manor Farm represents Tsarist Russia, Animalism compares to Stalinism, and Animal Farm, with the pig Napoleon at its helm, clearly symbolizes Communist Russia and Joseph Stalin. But Orwell does more than simply align fiction with fact. He fundamentally attacks Soviet Russia at its core. And in so doing he reveals how the Communist Party simply replaced a bad system with a worse one, overthrowing an imperial autocracy for a totalitarian dictatorship. This essay will demonstrate that Orwell’s Animal Farm is

Elie Wiesel in Night and Snowball from Animal Farm are very similar characters because they were victimized by tyrants and used as scapegoats, but they are also unique and individual characters because Elie knew he was being taken advantage of and Snowball did not. Animal Farm is written by George Orwell, and it is about a farm of animals that take over the farm. Napoleon, a large pig, slowly takes away food and supplies from the other animals until he starts walking on two feet and becomes a “human.” Because of him Snowball is expelled from the farm and acts as a scapegoat for everything that goes wrong on the farm. Night is an autobiography written by Elie Wiesel, and in it Elie tells the story of he was taken from his home and put into a concentration camp under the control of Adolf Hitler.

People respond to control and power differently for various reasons, however, one of the main reasons is based on their personality; their confidence and intelligence. In, Animal Farm by George Orwell, confidence and intelligence is a big factor for why certain animals obtained power and control and why other ones did not. People with confidence and intelligence are likely to gain most of the control and power. People with little intelligence, but lots of confidence are more likely to have some power or work underneath the leader. People with intelligence, but no confidence seem to have no power at all and shy away from it. Both intelligence and confidence are needed for someone to take total power. Therefore, the amount of confidence and intelligence a person has will decide how they respond to control and power.

“In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days”(Orwell 38). In Animal Farm George Orwell describes life for the animals on a farm in the english countryside during the mid to early 20th century before, during and after a revolution against their master Mr.Jones in order to represent the russian revolution and describe to people throughout the free world how leaders in both capitalist and communist societies oppress the working class as a result Orwell 's tone throughout the novel is concerned. Tsar Nicholas II led Russia into failure in the Russo-Japanese war as well as World War I and allowed the shootings of over one thousand protesters on Bloody Sunday; these actions inspired Orwell to create a representation of tsar Nicholas II in the character Mr.Jones who is known for being drunk and forgetful.

The purpose of propaganda focus towards influencing the attitude of a community towards a place that the author is presenting. It only gives one side of an argument that may affect a person’s opinion. There a lots of different ways to convince someone about what they believe. This is shown in the book Animal Farm By George Orwell. Propaganda creates an influence to the public’s opinion and Orwell is able to show the readers through some of the character’s way to getting what they want. Some may say propaganda become more harmful to people when used in a negative way, but it can actually be helpful sometimes. For example, it is revealed to the readers by Orwell when Old Major uses the technique of name-calling. Old Major tries to free the animals

People’s emotions and reactions to things change when they are frightened, in that “Fear can interrupt processes in our brains that allow us to regulate emotions, read non-verbal cues and other information presented to us, reflect before acting, and act ethically. This impacts our thinking and decision-making in negative ways, leaving us susceptible to intense emotions and impulsive reactions. All of these effects can leave us unable to act appropriately” (“Impact of Fear and Anxiety”). Obviously this can make it so people don’t think of all of their options before they act upon things. In Animal Farm, because most of the animals are afraid of Napoleon they don’t attempt to come up with any ideas to break free from his power. After Napoleon has been in power for a while he “announced that there would be work on Sunday afternoons as well. This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half” (Orwell). By doing this, he exhibits the lack of empathy he has and the extent at which he abuses his power. Him making this a rule, caused the animals to to work harder and more obediently because they were afraid of starving. In addition, when the animals had disputes over rules of the farm Napoleon would proclaim, “Surely, comrades, you don’t want

“ To take away a man's freedom of choice, even his freedom to make the wrong choice, is to manipulate him as though he were a puppet and not a person.” -Madeleine L'Engle. This links to Animal Farm by George Orwell because twain has the theme of manipulating people or animals (in this case) for their own benefit. Animal Farm applies to this because throughout the novel, the animals are conducted to believe that they are left with only one choice. In the commencement, the animals actualize a revolution to overthrow their irresponsible owner Mr. Jones because he nearly starved them to death.

“Animal Farm”, by George Orwell, uses propaganda several times. For example, “After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: ‘Four legs good, two legs bad.’” (Orwell 17) This quote is an important piece of propaganda because it reminds the animals that all animals are good and all humans are bad.

Propaganda has been used throughout history for good causes, but it has also been used as a dangerous weapon against human nature. Human nature characterizes the psychological and social values of humankind. It can be changed when ideals are challenged or made useless. Sometimes propaganda is used to sell a product, convince people to support someone, or even to give power to political figures. Propaganda can manipulate human nature and transform a person’s value.

Animal Farm by George Orwell contains many connections between the characters of the novel and propaganda techniques such as assertion, scapegoating, manipulation of statistics, and the humble servant. Orwell’s use of propaganda by the characters Squealer and Napoleon reflects the power of language as well as the specific theme that words can be used as tools as well as weapons.

According to Animalism by Old Major, every single animal could live with liberty and equality. Careless Mr.Jones caused animals’ revolution, pigs leaded the animals during the revolution. Pigs tooke animal’s faith by their own mind, but the time goes along, pigs enslaved the animals, cared their own benefits. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the pigs use Slogans, Fear, and Scapegoat to keep themselves in power and enslave the animals. One type of propaganda that the pig use is fear when pigs are getting all the apples and milk and when dogs’ first appearance.

The Rise of Dictators In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the animals of the Manor Farm revolt against their master with the intention of creating the first farm completely owned and controlled by the animals themselves, in the vein of communism. The pigs, the most intelligent animals, gradually gain more power until they themselves begin carrying whips and treating the animals poorly, even worse than they were treated before the pigs came to power. The book is a satire of the Russian Revolution and it comments on how all dictators rise to power. It is easy to believe that the author suggests dictators mostly gain power using intimidation and raw strength.

The animals don't want jones back on the farm. Squealer uses Fear to warn and scare the animals.He says, “ Surely none of you wishes to see jones back” (67). Squealer reminds the animals about Jones. The animals reassured him after not to worry about what happened before which was the pigs sleeping on the beds. In today's world fear is very big. For instance, Donald Trump being our president has made many mexicans fearful of deportation.  Time article states, “Fear and anxiety has already spread throughout immigrant communities.” A lot of immigrants are scared and not going out anymore. Donald trump has mexicans afraid of being deported.