The author of Animal Farm, George Orwell, had a goal in writing this novella, and that was to portray the Russian Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive than the government it overthrew. The novella was first published on the 17th of August, 1945, just 28 years after the revolution. Orwell used a variety of propaganda techniques to achieve his purpose and message in his written work, and that is to illustrate how easily people can be convinced by flawed ideas if they’re presented in an appealing manner. One example of propaganda used is “Plain Folks”, when Squealer convinces the other animals that the pigs should keep all the milk and apples, by saying that they put them in their mash just to stay healthy for
