The Use Of Propaganda In Animal Farm

The allegorical book, Animal Farm by George Orwell, is about animals taking over a farm. Propaganda is used in this novel many times. For instance some animal characters influence others to believe certain things even if it those things are not completely true. For instance some animal characters influence others to believe certain things even if it those things are not completely true, like when Squealer (a pig) tries to convince the farm that Snowball, another pig, is a bad. The next use of propaganda is when all of the pigs would change the seven commandments, the laws that govern the farm. The last use of propaganda is using the sheep to remember and chant false information. “Snowball was in league with Jones from the very start! He was Jones secret agent all the time. It has all been proved …show more content…
Squealer is trying to come up with the best lies possible to influence the other animals and persuade them to think badly about Snowball. This action is harmful because, according to what the reader knows so far, Snowball hasn’t done anything wrong and it appears that the pigs are just trying to hurt him and his position on the farm. Another use of propaganda is when the pigs change the rules, also known as the Seven Commandments. “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause. Somehow or other, the last two words had slipped out of the animals memory. But they saw now that the commandment had not been violated…” (Orwell, 63). Since the pigs were the only animals that had good memories, they could change the rules if they broke them because the other animals could not remember what the original rules were. These actions benefit the pigs by allowing them to constantly cover up all the bad things they do. Another way propaganda was used in the book was how the pigs used the sheep. The sheep could only remember small chants, such as “four legs good, two legs bad.” (Orwell