How Does George Orwell Use Propaganda In Animal Farm

Often times people arrange a goal for themselves or for the people around them. Although, in some cases, they set too much of a high aim for themselves to achieve. Therefore, this leads to them underestimating their goal, and it backfires because they think too little of it. George Orwell’s Animal Farm depicts the lives of animals that live in a farm in England with an inattentive farmer, Mr.Jones. Old Major, the oldest animal on the farm, sparks an idea to rebel against all humans in order to be liberated from mistreatment. The rebellion originates from Old Major who aspires for a world where animals live contentedly with sufficient food and no labor. Ultimately, the animal’s revolution is unsuccessful due to attempting to create a utopia. …show more content…
Napoleon manages to gain full power over the animals through his cunning tactics. He uses his spokesperson, Squealer, to manipulate the animal’s mind. For example, the animals are suffering from the shortage of food due to a harsh winter. Napoleon makes Squealer publicly announce that their food is actually increasing. Squealer uses statistics such as percentages to convey an argument that they are eating well, but in reality they are not. Moreover, he uses propaganda to influence the animals. Napoleon knows that the animals are anticipating for an ideal farm. A part of making their farm successful is by establish a theme song. Napoleon hires Minimus to compose a poem. The poem is called Comrade Napoleon which dedicates Napoleon’s work as a leader. Though, the poem is very misleading because the animals are living horribly with barely enough food, and Napoleon is living in a big house for himself. A takeaway from this is that a utopia will never flourish. Once the power is in the grasp of someone they will eventually become fraudulent. Therefore, the revolution fails because the desire for an animal eden ends up dysfunctioning which ruined the attempted