Both the pigs in George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Vladimir Putin use fear and propaganda to stay in power. Animal Farm is an allegory meant to represent the events of the Russian Revolution in 1917. The book is about animals who overtake their farm to run it themselves. They eventually fall under the leadership of a pig named Napoleon who often deceives the animals in order to maintain power. The book highlights the ignorance of the animals who end up just as they were in the beginning of the story: as slaves to an ungrateful leader. The book is a satire in the sense that it mocks the ways of man and how humans crave power and luxury but never want to work for it. Russia’s current president, Vladimir Putin demonstrates how Orwell’s story still applies today. He quickly gained power and mass support in Russia through propaganda tactics and his threatening image. Animal Farm is a timeless best fable that shows Orwell’s understanding of the relationship between man and power.
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Despite there being no true improvement in the animals’ lives, “[Squealer] would read out to them lists of figures proving that the production of every class of food stuff had increased by two hundred per cent, three hundred per cent, or five hundred per cent, as the case might be. The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him” (92). The pigs blatantly lie to the animals about their successes on the farm, but use confusing language to conceal the truth. They want the animals to believe they are doing much better than they were in Jones’ time to ensure their leadership is favorable. Later on, Napoleon was given new titles such as, “Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold, Ducklings’ Friend” (93). This is ironic because Napoleon has done nothing of relevance to receive these labels. However, the animals are too ignorant to understand and believe Napoleon to be all they say he
The pigs in Animal Farm use …show more content…
Despite there being no true improvement in the animals’ lives, “[Squealer] would read out to them lists of figures proving that the production of every class of food stuff had increased by two hundred per cent, three hundred per cent, or five hundred per cent, as the case might be. The animals saw no reason to disbelieve him” (92). The pigs blatantly lie to the animals about their successes on the farm, but use confusing language to conceal the truth. They want the animals to believe they are doing much better than they were in Jones’ time to ensure their leadership is favorable. Later on, Napoleon was given new titles such as, “Father of All Animals, Terror of Mankind, Protector of the Sheep-fold, Ducklings’ Friend” (93). This is ironic because Napoleon has done nothing of relevance to receive these labels. However, the animals are too ignorant to understand and believe Napoleon to be all they say he