Propaganda Used In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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Stalin’s use of propaganda unjustly changed the view of his people and kept him in power, much like the tyrannical pig Napoleon. In chapter three of George Orwell’s famous allegory of the Russian Revolution, Animal Farm, the animals object to the pigs getting extra milk and apples put into their mash. Luckily, Orwell’s character Squealer steps in to convince the animals that the pigs need said milk and apples in order to successfully complete their jobs on the farm. Squealer, who represents the propaganda used in the Russian Revolution, uses the rhetoric devices pathos, logos, and diction to untruthfully change the opinions of the other animals on the farm. Starting his argument by using fact and reasoning through the rhetoric device logos