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Propaganda In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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In the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, the author uses propaganda to depict the issue with the Soviet Union. When Animal Farm was written, the Soviet Union was turning Russia into a communist country during the Russian Revolution. Throughout the novel, several propaganda techniques are used to show how communism came to Russia. Before his passing, Old Major was the leader on the farm. Major uses the propaganda technique of a “Plain folk” in order to persuade those around him. In addition, he used the term “comrades,” placing himself and the other animals on the same level of society, where there is no difference in authority. Bandwagon is another propaganda technique, used by the pigs, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer. This technique gained the support of the animals in the farm. Throughout the novel, both Old Major and the pigs use of propaganda techniques depict the evolvement of …show more content…

The technique that he uses is plain folks, “And even the lives that we lead are not allowed to reach their natural span” (Orwell, 3). In this quotation, Old Major is trying to relate the pain of the other animals. By relating to their pain, Old Major claims himself to be a plain folk. “Comrades, it’s half past six and we have a long day before us today begins the hay harvest…” (Orwell, 10). In this quote, Snowball uses interesting wording. He calls the other animals comrades as if they were all friends. By doing this he equalizes himself with the rest of the population. Old Major is shown as being Lenin from the Russian Revolution. He shows how he is the most powerful man in this revolution, yet is showing the people that he is equal. This persuades people of the country to follow his ways and allow him to pursue what he wants. Snowball is shown as being Leon Trotsky from the Russian Revolution. This leads to communism by showing how him and the other animals are all working

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In the first place, we see Snowball and how he corrolates to Leon Trotsky. For example, just as Trotsky had plans to advance Russia and the economy, Snowball had plans for Animal Farm(source here). Snowball had plans for a windmill and many other things(book source). Secondly, Snowball was the only pig in the elite group of pigs who was actually looking out for the other animals on the

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Remove Man from the scene, and the root causes of hunger and overwork are abolished forever.” (Orwell 5&7). Old Major, just like Carl Marx, taught his beliefs on Revolutions to the people who followed him. He inspired them to expand on his beliefs, like Old Major and with the animals on Animal Farm. Then, just like Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, Snowball and Napoleon took leadership and led the revolution to abolish the

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Old Major, an aged prized boar provides the inspiration that fuels the animal rebellion though a motivational speech and ‘stirring tune’, Beasts of England; a direct appropriation of the 1871 French communist anthem, ’Internationale'. The lofty optimism and notions of idealism inspire the beasts a false sense of righteousness, elation and pride, ‘golden future time… riches more than mind can picture’. A manipulative strategy used to blur the boundaries between reality, and the common animals envisioned utopia. Like the majority of the characters in Animal Farm, Old Major character symbolises philosopher Karl Marx, creator of The Communist Manifesto, and Vladimir Lenin, a communist leader of the Russian Revolution and the early Soviet nation. Orwell’s references to genuine anthems and pivotal leaders of historical events transform the ‘fairy tale’, into a powerful and relevant reflection on today’s

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