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Propaganda Used In Animal Farm And The 2022 Midterm Election

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Brook Lesko
Mrs. McConnell
Honors English 9
9 January 2023
The Power of Propaganda: Comparing Propaganda Used in Animal Farm and the 2022 Midterm Election
Although the use of propaganda may go unnoticed in daily life, propaganda techniques are a powerful tool that is utilized constantly by the media, advertisements, and politicians. Propaganda is a form of speech that is used to persuade people to believe or act in a certain manner in order to further an agenda. Prime examples of the effects of propaganda can be found in the fiction novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. However, the propaganda used in Animal Farm is not unique to the animal’s fictional world. In fact, propaganda techniques like bandwagon, fear, and name-calling were prevalent …show more content…

Often politicians will call the other candidates in an election demeaning names in order to humiliate or point out their flaws. John Fetterman tweets, “BREAKING: Dr. Oz is a puppy killer” (@JohnFetterman). After animal abuse allegations regarding the mistreatment of animals by Dr. Oz and his team surface, John Fetterman uses name-calling propaganda to demean Dr. Oz and shed light on the recent allegations. Dr. Oz also uses name-calling propaganda to comment on John Fetterman’s flaws. Mehmet Oz tweets, “John Fetterman wants to raise your taxes, and LIED to Pennsylvanians about refusing to pay his own” (“John Fetterman wants”). Mehmet Oz describes Fetterman as a liar and criticizes his hypocritical intentions. These uses of name-calling propaganda contain numerous parallels to Animal Farm. In both the book and the election, the people in power use name-calling to slander those who oppose them. Napoleon classifies Snowball as an adversary to the wellbeing of Animal Farm just as John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz attempt to do to each other. To recapitulate, politicians habitually use name-calling propaganda to push the narrative to their audience that their opponents are inadequate to be

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