“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” (Jim Morrison) Jim Morrison, a potent, American singer, perfectly summarizes the world today. The lies, the deceits, the manipulation is all real! Through newspapers, new channels, and social media people have been cunningly brainwashed by bigger corporations. The propaganda in our society continues to be a large factor in life’s decisions and the majority of the public and that is why George Orwell took it upon himself to write about the evils of it. In Animal Farm, Orwell cleverly portrays a deceptive Pravda newspaper through the character of Squealer and similarities between the fable can be seen in the country of China. During Joseph Stalin’s rule, he used the Pravda newspaper to propagate his communist ideas to the …show more content…
Napoleon uses Squealer to change the rules of the society for the benefit of Napoleon and the other pigs. Everyone not in the farm knows the devious act that is occurring, “...Squealer… a paintbrush, and an overturned pot of white paint” (Orwell 108). This is a blunt example of dramatic irony to prove the wrongs that Squealer does as his job as the loyal propagandist to the Father of All Animals. We also see how the Squealer, who is within the system, swindles the other animals for the sake of Napoleon’s status and the business of the farm. Also during Boxer’s death, a tricky situation arrives when the pigs lie to the rest of the animals, “… the expensive medicines… which Napoleon had paid without a thought…” (Orwell 125). The dramatic irony, once again, in this situation demonstrates how the animals are hidden from the reality of the situation by Squealer’s lies. The character of Squealer during the Animal rebellion is an allegory of the Pravda during the Russian Revolution, by both of them working for one higher leader but not caring for the