Animal Farm Examples Of Propaganda

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Propaganda is a big part of history from kings using it to get into the kingdoms peoples minds. Army leaders brainwashing there troops so much they will stab a sword threw there stomach instead of giving up. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell it shows propaganda in the same way it does in today’s society. Three types of propaganda that the pigs use to enable the animals to bend to there will are fear, the big lie, and logical fallacies.
In the book Animal farm there is a lot of examples of propaganda one example is fear. It shows the propaganda by the pigs saying that jones will come back. They use the fear that they get from saying that jones will come back to get the other animals to stay and work harder.While they the pigs “prepare” for Jones coming back. They also use it to make the …show more content…

Another example of propaganda that the book Animal farm uses is the Big Lie. It shows it by the sheep repeating 4 legs good 2 legs bad. They use it to get it stuck it there head so that the animals think it is right because, they can not think for themselves. They also use it when they repeated the commandments at the meetings on Sundays. Along with when boxer always saying that Napoleon is always right. In today’s society governments use the Propaganda to make them vote for them by saying they will do something repeatedly.
Another big example of propaganda in Animal Farm is Logical Fallacy. It shows is by squealer sweat taking the animals. He can do this because they are so brain washed so much they can’t think for themselves. The animals believe it because they have nothing else to contradict it. The animals are brainwashed so they believe whatever the pigs say to be correct. In the government know politicians use it in there campaigns to get people to vote form them. The government also uses it in time of war to make there side think they are fighting for what is

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