Manipulation In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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The manipulation of human nature is illustrated in Animal Farm. Through napoleons characteristic we are able to classify how he influences the certainties to match his own requirments. Orwell uses propaganda through napoleon when he changed the seventh commandment “all animals are equal” to “all animals are equal; some are more equal than others”. This shows his manipulation towards the animals setting a naïve working class. Napoleon is in a high power position in the novel, he is pictured as manipulative and abusive to his power, making it corrupt. This challenges his beliefs and what the animals truly believe through his control Napoleon is able to implement the idea that he has power over manor farm, this of which is disregarded as a familiar

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