Propaganda in Animal Farm
The definition of propaganda is “information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.” This is what happened in the novella, Animal Farm. It is used in many different ways to mislead the animals.
Propaganda in the novella Animal Farm is used to manipulate and motivate the animals on the farm.
An example of propaganda in Animal Farm is how the pigs manipulate and lie to the animals for their own benefit. A great amount of pigs lie to the animals about their privileges and what they should and should not have. In the beginning of the book, after the rebellion, the animals are creating committees. The pigs are giving themselves lots of privileges that the animals do not have. For example, “Many of us actually dislike milk and apples. I dislike them myself. Our sole object in taking these things is to preserve our health.” (Orwell pg). By saying this, Squelar is tricking the animals into believing something is true only to benefit the pigs. Propaganda is being used when the pigs act selfish by keeping
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Squealer gives many speeches saying how brave Napoleon is and how the animals should all follow what he says. One example is, “Comrades," he said, "I trust that every animal here appreciates the sacrifice that Comrade Napoleon has made in taking this extra labour upon himself. . . 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? ” (Orwell pg). Napoleon has not done any extra work by getting rid of Snowball, he only did this so he could be the leader of Animal Farm. In addition, Squealer is trying to make the situation better by persuading the animals that Napoleon is the best. This is just one of the examples of how propaganda is used to manipulate the animals on the