George Orwell Animal Farm Propaganda

Callum Evans
Mrs. Crow
Advanced English Nine Third Block
13 April 2023
The Deception of Propaganda: The Rise of An Empire
Winston Churchill once said, “I have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected, and if the best arrangements are made, as they are being made, we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our Island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone.” In other words, Churchill is promising a victory if they persevere, he stated, “to ride out the storm of war” to demonstrate that if they stand strong they will win. Some might not understand that he is using propaganda to persuade the audience by appealing to their

When propaganda is used in an argument, speech or debate it allows the speaker to gain trust and cooperation with the audience. Fear is a popular propaganda technique, which is used by leaders to gain support by threatening the audience with a traumatic event. In the novel Animal Farm, Old Major gives a speech that inflicts fear in the animals, “no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end” (Orwell 5). He is urging the animals to fight back against the tragedy that they live in. In chapter 3, Squealer needed the pigs to work harder so he asked them if they “know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty? Jones would come back! Yes, Jones would come back!” (Orwell 16). Squealer uses the fear of Jones to persuade the pigs to work harder. Another way fear can be used is by intimidating the entire community. For example, Napoleon used the visual image of “huge dogs… as fierce-looking as wolves” during his speech to inflict fear on Snowball and the Farm (Orwell 23). As a result the town does not confront Napoleon. These examples above show the strength of visual propaganda and fear to manipulate

Propaganda can emotionally manipulate the audience, spread lies in the community, and allow tyrants to rise to authority. Propaganda is a strong and persuasive technique that allows the speaker to control how the listener perceives it. If the speaker includes the propaganda tactics of fear and disinformation in their speech they will be able to influence the community how they