Propaganda And Its Consequences Of Animal Farm By George Orwell

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

“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

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.

George Orwell’s Animal Farm is reflective of Russia during Joseph Stalin’s tyrannical ruling. The story’s antagonist Napoleon leads the Rebellion with Snowball. Once Napoleon overthrows Snowball, he deceives and manipulates the other animals with promise of a life free of restraint and human influence. After gaining their trust, Napoleon capitalizes on the animals’ vulnerabilities and uses his power to better the circumstances of the pigs rather than all animals. Although he initially presents himself as a democratic head, his leadership tactics are that of a dictator. Through examining the syntax and diction characteristic of Orwell’s writing, one can gain a better understanding of the novel’s sociopolitical theme.

“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 pigs get many special privileges such as, getting to sleep in the farmhouse beds, drink alcohol and have crops and food specifically reserved for them. In contrast, the other farm animals sleep on straw, drink from the pond and are always starving.The final commandment ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’ is a strong indication that corruption has swallowed the boar. Furthermore, Napoleon has obtained both ‘Animal Hero, First class’ and ‘Animal Hero, Second class’ showing irony through the fact that for all to be equal there should not be a class system such as an upper class and working class. The inequality within the farm slowly spread through the farm until the pigs were almost completely different from actual farm animals and considered more as ‘man’.

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

In a society where the opportunities between classes are imbalanced, the higher class with more opportunities tends to use their advantages to discriminate against the lower class. In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell this is shown through the pigs’ manipulation of the other animals’ inability to receive and comprehend education. The pigs use their advanced knowledge to deploy the other animals’ ability to think and act for themselves, therefore making the animals serve the pigs. The pigs use this management by realizing the other animals’ inability to be literate, the handling of the animals’ memory, and the act of raising the young animals to act as the pigs want. Being illiterate in any society makes it extremely difficult to be able

Propaganda Deceives Lies. Many people use lies about others to grab attention. However, not everyone believes these lies. Most of the time, lies help people to outwit themselves. Eric Hoffer, an american moral and social philosopher, said the words, “Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.”

George Orwell’s book Animal Farm is a story about animal revolution on a farm with symbolism of the Russian Revolution. The character Napoleon the pig uses several strategies and tactics to gain control over residents of the farm. To begin with Napoleon heavily uses propaganda to gain confidence with the animals and cloud their judgment; his propaganda is distributed through his assistant Squealer the pig. Examples of this propaganda; “Four legs good, two legs bad.” (in reference to humans being evil and animals being the good ones) “All men are enemies. All animals are comrades” “No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?” Napoleon uses this propaganda to glorify himself into the hero of the farm and villainize his opposer, Snowball, so he can keep the power for himself.

Students in schools everywhere are constantly breaking school rules. Although they are receiving numerous consequences and warnings from teachers, these students still won’t follow the rules. Propaganda can help to reduce the number of students breaking rules. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the pigs effectively use propaganda to win over all the other animals on the farm. Propaganda is biased information used by a person or group of people to promote a certain point of view.

"Those who have true power share it, while those who hunger power abuse it"(Royalton Ambrose). In Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon, a pig hungry for power, takes over the farm and starts to resemble the humans that the animals had just overthrown. Napoleon is able to keep his power throughout the book without any challenges. So, how does Napoleon keep his power? To maintain power on the farm, Napoleon spreads propaganda through Squealer, revises history and blames Snowball for all struggles.

“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.

In the novella, Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, the interactions of a few of the characters helped illustrate the theme of propaganda. For example, when Squealer was telling the other animals that the pigs needed the milk and the apples for their own consumption, he was exampling propaganda. When Squealer and Napoleon were using Snowball as a scapegoat, they were demonstrating propaganda and when Old Major was introducing the animals to the idea of Animalism, he was using propaganda. The novella of Animal Farm is written as a satire. It runs parallels with the Russian Revolution and was written to make an example of the Russian Revolution. Written with animals instead of humans, Orwell is making a point to show how naive the animals are. He also wrote it so that the humans can’t ever be