Totalitarian Leaders In George Orwell's Animal Farm

Leaders all around the world share something in common, and that one thing is the ability to speak. In George Orwell's Animal Farm and history, totalitarian leaders gain their power through the convincing support of the people. Animal Farm is a novel about the different social classes relating to the Russian Revolution. Napoleon the pig is a great representation of a leader because of his many constant changes through his use of rhetoric in propaganda such as speeches, slogans, Scapegoats, and Music. Relating to history, the fear subjected into animals or humans minds is how totalitarian leaders maintain their power. All political leaders feed off of the support from the population they are in control of. Leaders become Rhetoric Masters, the reasoning for easy persuasion of the population. After the Russian Revolution and the installment of Stalin’s rule, rhetoric can be shown at a widespread level. He was known for “arresting people in the night and executing potential rivals” World leaders: Joseph Stalin. Pathos is the biggest tool used to persuade his audience in Russia. The population became so scared that no one would dare break the law at even the slightest amount. Stalin’s use of fear heavily implemented …show more content…
Many forms of persuasion are brought up in the Novel Animal Farm. A slogan from chapter three reads “Four legs good, two legs bad” (Orwell 29), a powerful slogan indeed. The slogan is very easy to remember as it is short. “Four legs good, two legs bad” is well known throughout the farm in a small amount of time. For the uneducated animals, they helped Maintain Napoleon’s power because they were not smart enough to determine whether they should follow the slogan or not. The reason they follow Napoleon is that it is seemingly the easiest way to live out their lives on the farm after the rebellion. Slogans are a great way to help a totalitarian leader maintain