Use Of Propaganda In Animal Farm

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Different propaganda techniques used in Animal Farm
Propaganda is often used in conversations, yet most people do not recognize the influence propaganda can have. Oxford dictionary defines propaganda as information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view. In George Orwell's novel of Animal farm many propaganda techniques were used. Some of the most effective propaganda techniques used in animal farm were repetition, loaded words, and fear.
Repetition was one of the common propaganda techniques used in the novel by the animals. Boxer was one of the animals that would repeat his motto to himself to try to work harder and also it seemed to him as a sufficient answer to all his problems. Boxer’s motto, which was said many …show more content…

After Napoleons dogs chased Snowball off of the farm, Napoleon then made up lies about Snowball so he can make it seem like snowball was causing all the problems in the farm. One of Napoleon's lies about Snowball, which had a vast impact on the animals, occurred when the windmill broke down, he blamed it on Snowball by saying "we will teach this miserable traitor that he cannot undo our work so easily"(Orwell 71). After Napoleon marked Snowball as a miserable traitor to the farm, the animals then believed that when there was a problem, it was because of Snowball. The animals were working harder to rebuild the windmill and Napoleon was rarely seen, he was never called by his name anymore. The animals always mentioned Napoleon in grandeur; some titles that the pigs had made for him were "Our leader, Comrade Napoleon... Father of all animals, Terror of mankind..."(Orwell 93). These were the names that the animals used to give all their praise to every time something successful happened. This made the animals look at Napoleon as if he was the best animal in the world and that whatever he did was always

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