Ezra Jenks
Mr. Delgado
English 10.7
20 January 2023 Leaders use propaganda
Animal Farm can be described as a corrupt, misleading, and compelling story. They use propaganda in the story, making it important. In Animal Farm, the author George Orwell expresses how the pigs (Squealer and Napoleon) use propaganda to gain control and manipulate the other animals. In Orwell’s Animal Farm, they used effective propaganda because it is misleading, corrupt, and effective.
A central theme of the story is propaganda. The author claims that “We will teach this miserable traitor he cannot undo our work so easily… forward comrades! Long live the windmill, and long live Animal Farm!” (Orwell 71). This moment represents the intersection of using effective slogans–“Long live Animal Farm”, appealing to fear by utilizing the disparaging “miserable traitor”, and scapegoating Snowball to maintain his own power. By including this in the book, Orwell illustrates that in a state lacking sufficient information, propaganda can seize even more power and eliminate all enemies. In closing, it is important to note how Orwell uses propaganda to be misleading and uses
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When Napoleon wants to expel Snowball, “Nine enormous dogs… [come] bounding into the barn” (Orwell 53). Then they growl in an intimidating fashion at any animal that complains or argues. This successfully uses fear, forcing every animal into submitting to Napoleon’s regime. The animals literally fear for their lives, imagining the gruesome, bloody consequences of disobedience. It was as if they had no choice. Appealing to fear strengthens the pigs’ relative power over the rest of the animals, but this, coupled with the use of slogans, might not have been enough to establish and maintain control. Thus, being corrupt and using appealing to fear is powerful, but wasn’t enough for the