Animal Farm

The novel, Animal Farm, is a well-known allegory written by George Orwell. As a satire of the Russian Revolution, Orwell portrays the rise of a cruel dictatorship and the mistreatment of the general population under it. Like the Communist government in Russia, the government in Animal Farm employs the use of many manipulative tools, especially propaganda. Propaganda was used by the pigs throughout the book, deceiving many of the animals. As this story shows, propaganda can enable governments to bend people to any purpose. By spreading positive messages about Napoleon, persuading the animals that Snowball is an enemy, and convincing the animals that they can’t survive without the pigs, propaganda

Throughout George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Squealer continuously persuades and manipulates the animals for the personal gain of the pigs. Squealers main role in Animal Farm is to convince the animals to agree with Napoleon. Squealer uses card stacking which uses bias facts and statistics to promote a cause. Also, he uses the transfer method which associates one thing with another thing. Lastly, Squealer uses flag waving which uses a special feeling to persuade people.

In the passage of Animal Farm, Squealer, constantly using various persuasive techniques such as repetition, plain folks, rhetorical questions, appeal to reason, appeal to emotion and appeal to authority, convincing the other animals that their ex “comrade” Snowball was a traitor and had deceived them since the beginning of the revolution. When using these Logical Fallacy’s, he successfully convinces the rest of the animals to believe and continue following the leadership of their fellow “comrade” Napoleon.

Animal Farm written by George Orwell is an animal fable happens in a farm where animals start building a communism society, but end up being totalitarianism, hinting obliquely at the communists in the real world. The gaps between pigs and other common animals, demonstrate the theme that the corruption of power appears when majority is ruled. The intelligence superior allows the pigs placing themselves at a position which is closer to the power and which is more easily to corrupt. The inability to question the authorization makes the other common animals becoming the naïve working class who suffers the corrupting influence of power. The nature of pigs, greed, is the source of their undying lust for ultimate power. At the end, the

Napoleon’s use of propaganda keeps the animals on his side. Squealer tells the animals that the pigs need milk and apples because they work more than the other animals. Squealer told the animals, “... So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and...apples...should be reserved for the pigs alone,”(Doc C, Chapter 3). Napoleon uses propaganda through Squealer telling the animals to do what he says.

George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm, was his very first piece of political writing. On the surface, this novel is about a group of miserable and mistreated farm animals that overthrow their neglectful owner; they take control of the farm. However, it too is a political allegory mainly focusing on the Russian Revolution. Orwell wrote Animal Farm in response to what had occurred in the Russian Revolution. Seeing how the people were being manipulated over for their freedom, he decided to write about these events through farm animals. The author's purpose for writing this novel is to warn his audience that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutly. Orwell's intent in fusing political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole, was truly

It is a common motif throughout the novel where Napoleon twists the truth, and even outright lies in order to keep his high position in the government, and to keep the “ignorant” animals from questioning him. This is what Squealer represents in Animal Farm - propaganda. Furthermore, this type of rhetoric language is shown to be used to control the society and

Napoleon uses Squealer to lie to the other animals using propaganda. For example, in chapter 3, page 14, when the animals are mad that only the pigs get the milk and apples, Squealer lies and tells them that the pigs must have the apples and milk because they do the brainwork. He also tells them that the pigs do not really like the milk, but they eat it to help the other animals. Squealer uses fear propaganda to keep the other animals in line. On page 14, he tells the animals that breaking the rules and questioning the pigs will bring Jones

Keeping a large mass of animals focused and working as a group for a long period of time is challenging. In the allegorical book Animal Farm by George Orwell, two pigs, Napoleon and Squealer however, do just that. Orwell must have been aware of pigs’ inherent traits of intelligence, trainability, and sociability to use them as tyrannical leaders. Research has shown that “[p]igs are highly trainable animals and often work in pairs.” (Sarah Brown) The pair, Napoleon and Squealer, are the cleverest and manage to accomplish such a feat by the use of propaganda. The oblivious animals follow their leadership. Propaganda is difficult to discern because it stretches the truth and is very misleading. The pig duo, Napoleon and squealer, complement each other’s skills by creating and spreading propaganda to control the mass of animals on Manor Farm.

The book Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory short story about the Russian Revolution of 1917. The animals on the Manor Farm overthrow the humans , and run the farm together, with the pigs as their leaders. Squealer is a pig who gives information to the animals, and plays a great part in the book, because he helps the pigs become what they fear. It is his job to give information to the animals, because he can almost always convince a crowd that he his right. Squealer is cunning, persuasive, and manipulating, in order for the animals to believe in him.

This essay will cover this subject and analyze the use of propaganda in the novel. Squealer is a fat porker that is very manipulative and a great speaker. He represents propaganda in the story. He uses different ways to persuade the animals that Napoleon, the leader, is right, and justifies the pigs’ behavior.

In Animal Farm, George Orwell presents a satirical allegory of the Russian Revolution, which occurred in 1917. In the story the role of the russian propaganda is performed by Squealer, a pig with a way of persuading the other animals with words. Squealers role is the most harmful for three reasons: Propaganda is a lie, it requires you to cover up a lie with another lie, and it harms others.

Squealer, the appointed speaker among the pigs, uses propaganda as a way to gain power. The animals describe Squealer as “a brilliant talker… he could turn black into white” (16). He was to make sure the animals believe that Napoleon is a righteous leader, even though in reality he is not. An example of how Squealer uses propaganda to abuse his power is when he made excuses for the animal’s reduced rations. “He had no difficulty in proving to the other animals that they were not in reality short of food...it had been found necessary to make a readjustment of rations...in comparison with the days of Jones, the improvement was enormous” (112-113). Even though the animal’s

Sly, greedy, and crafty are just a few characteristics that describe Squealer in the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. This pig is also a messenger, an actor, a great persuasive speaker, a follower, and an outstanding liar. He's nimble, he's clever, he's manipulative and most of all he's sneaky. Squealer uses his intelligence to persuade the other animals on the farm into doing what Napoleon wants, even if they don't really want to do it. He uses his craftiness and cunning to persuade the animals into thinking that he is on their side and he's doing all he can to help them out. His acting ability misleads the animals into thinking that he's one of their closest friends and that he can be trusted with all their secrets. Squealer's slick

While reading Animal Farm by George Orwell, there were quite a few interesting observations I was able to make about the characters, plot, and many other elements of the novel. In the beginning of the novel, I found it very interesting that when the animals were filing into the barn to listen to Old Major, they all seemed to know where to go just as if this was a regular occurrence. I am assuming that this was something that happened quite often, however, it was still surprising given that this is the first instance of sophisticated talking animals that I have ever read. Also, right away when I began the novel, I was able to notice the uniqueness of George Orwell’s writing style. He was able to put so much detail of the scene into the writing without dragging it out or making it sound choppy. This is a quality that very few authors I’ve ever read have been able to demonstrate. Later in the novel, when the pigs first started becoming power hungry, I observed the obvious fact that the animals were not all equal as it was proposed they would be. Even though this is such a simple observation, I feel that it is a very important one because it is the start of one of, if not the, biggest conflicts in the entire novel. This is when Napoleon gets way too crazy and the Animal Farm starts getting very divided on certain issues because he and Snowball cannot seem to agree on anything. Upon completion of the novel, I did notice that this is not really a story of a farm, but an allegorical retelling of the Communist Revolution in Russia. Orwell uses the animals in the novel to represent the various political leaders responsible for the revolution, and the different events in the novel to represent the events following the revolution.