How Does Orwell Use Propaganda In Animal Farm

However, only using nostalgia and powerful enunciation cannot lead to success alone, for one must already be in a position of society where they have a considerable amount of political power. Napoleon from Animal Farm uses his power to establish his force of elite, unwavering attack dogs, whose purposes are to instill fear in the other animals. In turn, he is able to garner vast amounts of power through intimidation combined with his propaganda. For example, Napoleon eliminates all of his political rivals during a public assembly: “The four pigs waited, trembling…, They were the same four pigs as had protested when Napoleon abolished the Sunday Meetings…. When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out…,” (Orwell 59).

"When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out" (Doc B). "When it was all over, the remaining animals, except for the pigs and dogs, crept away in a body. They were shaken and miserable…” (Doc B). This evidence helps show how Napoleon is able to stay in charge because it shows how Napoleon uses violence to insert fear within the animals.

For example, Napoleon decides that “It was about this time that the pigs suddenly moved into the farmhouse and took up their residence there... It was absolutely necessary, he said, that the pigs, who were the brains of the farm, should have a quiet place to work in. It was also more suited to the dignity of the Leader (for of late he had taken to speaking of Napoleon under the title of "Leader") to live in a house than in a mere sty” (21) meaning that he is starting to take control of the farm. This shows that Napoleon is slowly starting to become the leader of the farmhouse and concludes that he deserves more than the others because of his high position. Furthermore, this also illustrates that the animals do not understand that Napoleon is becoming the thing that he feared most; human.

This helps Napoleon to stay in power because the animals are thinking if they listen to him then Jones will not come back. The animals are scared of Jones because he was not feeding them so they really don’t want him to come back. That is how Napoleon cast fear over the animals so he can stay in power. When Napoleon from Orwell's Animal Farm uses ideology, propaganda, and fear, he will stay in control for a very long time. When he is in control, the animal's don’t want to become the enemy because he has more power than them, so he will start to control all the

Napoleon lied to the other animals in many different ways. One way he lied was by telling the other animals that he was going to send one of the horses on the farm, Boxer, to doctor to be treated for his sick lung. Napoleon made the other animals think that he was sending Boxer off to get better, but he was actually sending Boxer to a horse slaughterer to be killed. When Boxer was being loaded into the “ doctors” van one of the animals began to read what was on the side of the van. It read “ ‘ Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and glue boiler, Willingdon.’ ”

Since the animals can only rely on their memory, which is already so fallible it makes it quite easy for Napoleon to turn his homicidal acts, which are clearly against the original Sixth Commandment (No animal shall kill any other animal) into something acceptable. Moreover, the animals cannot verify Napoleon’s claims with a legitimate source other than the pigs, who are in league with him or the other animals who

Manipulation is the most deceitful way for us to achieve the things we desire the most. Throughout George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, language and the use of persuasive language lead to the accumulation of power. Language and the disappearance of Mr.Jones is where Napoleon dictatorship is made possible. The powerful rhetorical and their smart manipulations skills of language for any situation was what controlled the farm of its entirety. Pigs manipulated the Seven Commandments,Napoleon dictating, and the deceitful lies told by the Pigs were all methods for them to gain more power.

Furthermore, Napoleon gives the other animals the impression he was the sole leader of the rebellion on Animal farm and makes Snowball -a leader who wanted what was best for the animals- seem like an enemy who was in cahoots with Farmer Jones since long before the animals took over the farm. Napoleon and Squealer (another “fat cat” pig.) always put the blame on Snowball whenever something went wrong in the farm to avoid having the blame fall on them. Napoleon is an exemplary example of just how selfish and hypocritical people can be in furthering their own aims because he continued to subtly but purposely change the seven rules put in place as the pillars of animalism. For example, Napoleon and the other pigs move into Farmer Jones’s house and sleep in his bed after commanding “No animal shall sleep in a bed”, so he changes the commandment to read “no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets”.

The pigs lie to the other animals about the food shortage too, along with the outside world. They tell the other animals that food production is up 400% from when Jones ran the farm and this makes all the animals content and none of them question it. The pigs use lying and hypocrisy to make the animals do what they want. If the other animals on the farm knew that the pigs were lying to them about the food supply they would probably rebel and question Napoleon’s leadership. He lies to the animals so that they don’t rebel and so they are content with working under Napoleon’s

In Animals Farm, there is a pig who’s name Napoleon. This character did not contributed to the society with his actions. In effect, he did not respect the concept of “Animalism” which is the equality of all the animals. He did many actions that broke this conception during the entire story. At the beginning, Napoleon, take the farm with Snowball when the farmer, Mr. Jones, left.

“This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half”(P.69). Napoleon would take away the animal’s food if they didn't work, even when Napoleon did no work himself. “When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out..”(P.87). He would even go to great lengths to kill the other animals just because they confessed to having a relationship with snowball outside of the farm. Napoleon would use punishment to gain power over the animals and give the animals a reason to have to

The animals on the farm were taught an exceptionally hard and valuable lesson about trust through their leader’s betrayal. In Animal Farm by George Orwell, Napoleon betrays his comrades through selfishness and deception to reveal betrayal may be provoked through greed while being masked skillfully. In

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell, is a story to show how absolute power corrupts, just as Stalin’s power did during the Russian Revolution in 1917. In the allegory “Animal Farm” each character represents a political figure from the days around the Russian Revolution. For example, Joseph Stalin is represented by a pig named Napoleon, Squealer, another pig, represents Stalin’s propaganda department, and the dogs represent the Secret Police (KBG). Using the nine dogs that Napoleon raises (intimidation), Squealer (propaganda), and manipulation, Orwell illustrates how Napoleon was able to gain and maintain control of the farm. The nine dogs that stay by Napoleon at all times are useful for Napoleon to gain and maintain control of the farm because they scare the other animals, intimidating them so that they do not disobey Napoleon.

chapter 10 pg. 117 Napoleon and the other pigs use the dogs to intimidate the other animals to get what they

Napoleon had also shown the key theme of lying. He chooses to betray the animals by making business with the humans as he betrayed Old Major ’s ideals called Animalism where it includes not to mix with the humans as they are tyrants. Because the pigs were smarter, they used their intelligence to avoid working “The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership.”