How Does Squealer Use Propaganda In Animal Farm

Propaganda and manipulation cloud beliefs and warp the truth is a theme represented in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. To begin, the character of Squealer is extremely manipulative; he convinces the animals of the farm that whatever the pigs suggest or do is for the good of the farm. He states, “It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back!” (Orwell 36). Through threatening the return of Jones and using propaganda in his speeches, Squealer is able to control the animals’ beliefs and therefore complete actions which only benefit the pigs. Secondly, Squealer lies to the animals to ensure their belief in Napoleon—the leader of the farm. Snowball—a pig with similar skills to Napoleon—had come up with the idea of building a

He then claimed the windmill idea as his own, and Squealer made the animals believe this by telling them, “Napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. On the contrary, it was he who had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed had actually been stolen from among Napoleon’s papers” (Orwell 57). Squealer used propaganda to manipulate the animals into believing in Napoleon as their leader. Finally, Squealer lies to the animals about where Boxer, their injured friend, was sent. Boxer was a horse who had made his mark on all of the animals of Animal Farm; he was a symbol of hard work who many animals had looked up to, and some animals were even his close friends. After many years of hard work, Boxer had finally exerted all of his power and sustained a severe injury from overworking himself. The pigs had promised the animals that Boxer would receive the best possible care; however, the van which had arrived to pick up Boxer was marked as the property of a horse