Animal Farm Persuasion Analysis

In life everybody around us take risks and use tactics, such as persuasion, to get what they want. Examples are right in front of our eyes; they are in places such as political campaigns, books, conversations, school, and many more. Animal Farm is an allegory, satire, and fable. This novel shows how the leaders during Russian Revolution use persuasion to convince their citizens to believe in them. This essay will be comparing Animal Farm to President Trump’s campaign speeches. The purpose of the political speeches is to win the presidency of the United States of America. President Trump uses persuasive techniques to make the citizens of America believe in him and to vote for him. Both of these texts portray a high use of persuasion, but the …show more content…
That is due to the convinced behavior of the animals in Animal Farm. For a point of time in the story, the animals believed that Napoleon was doing everything for the best of Animal Farm and not for himself. The animals all thought that Napoleon was working very hard and was sacrificing his life for them and the future generations. That was to be believed by the animals through the persuasion used by Squealer and Napoleon in Animal Farm. That is false, and evidence is shown in the novel itself. First of all, Clover always made somebody else reread the commandments because she didn’t believe Squealer or Napoleon. Secondly, the animals usually tried protesting in the story but were stopped by fear. Napoleon had many forms of fear, to keep control over the animals (the dogs, no rations, or more work). Since the protests didn’t take place, the doubts the animals had, didn’t become clear. That means that the animals followed Napoleon's rules through fear, not through free will or trust. Lastly, throughout the story, many persuasive techniques were portrayed, but many such as innuendo and ad hominem weren’t effective. That is because they didn’t impact or change the viewpoint of anybody. In the speeches of President Trump, the use of ad hominem and innuendo, it made everybody believe that Trump was a big deal (he was patriotic and the man for all). It convinced many to vote for him. In Animal Farm, even though all those persuasive techniques were used, many animals still didn’t believe in Napoleon. Some animals who did just consisted of Boxer (it took Boxer time to believe in Napoleon though) and Napoleon’s opportunist. Techniques such as ad hominem and innuendo were used better in Trump's speeches than in Animal