Animal Farm Propaganda

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“His very first blow took a stable-lab from Foxwood on the skull and stretched him lifeless in the mud” (Orwell 42). Enslaved animals revolt after they are starved and tortured by Mr. Jones and his men. Jones is forced out and the animals create a new Ethos, Animalism, and makes seven commandments. Over a couple of years, one species of animals rises to the top and takes total control of the farm: the pigs. They force the other animals to work and soon, many animals died. Will the animals overthrow the pigs? Father of the dystopian genre, George Orwell, writes an interesting allegory - Animal Farm - with common themes and symbols relating to modern-day political situations. George Orwell was born as Eric Arthur Blair on June 25, 1903 in eastern…show more content…
Fear is a commonly used propaganda technique and theme throughout the novel. “We pigs are brainworks. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us… It is for your sake that we drink that milk and eat these apples. Do you know what would happen if we failed our duty? Jones would come back!” (Orwell 36). Here, Squealer, a pig, is convincing other animals that pigs get the good stuff by saying Jones would come back. The theme of the number 3 is ongoing from start to finish. “Three days later Mollie disappeared… On the third Sunday after Snowball’s expulsion...and they sang it three times over…” (Orwell 46, 57, 87). In these quotes, Mollie, a horse, disappears, Napoleon decides to build a windmill that was Snowball’s idea after he is expelled from the farm, and animals sing a song called “Beasts of England”. Many themes and symbols are used frequently in the…show more content…
The process of the animals being enslaved again without them noticing is a very interesting aspect of this novel. “All that year the animals worked as slaves. But they were happy with their work...” (Orwell 59). Here, animals are worked like slaves, but they think it’s better than before. Some parts of the novel were not so great, like the ending. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which” (Orwell 141). Here, animals cannot distinguish between man and pig when they are playing cards. Currently, our world is on the brink of another Cold War and this time, it’s not going to be so cold. All the characters in the novel relate to something in the real world, and Animal Farms shows what will happen to them if Communism takes over. This intriguing novel teaches us of the dangers of Communism and why to fight for
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