Propaganda In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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It is obvious to the reader that the propaganda George Orwell used compares in many ways to real life examples of propaganda. One type of propaganda Orwell used in the book “Animal Farm” is when Squealer says “surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” (42). Another example would be the song “Beast of England” which is referenced throughout “Animal Farm” by Orwell (22-23). The final example of propaganda that is apparent to the reader is Boxer’s maxim “Comrade Napoleon is always right!”(Orwell 116). Those are three examples of propaganda that become apparent to the reader as he/she reads “Animal Farm”. “Surely there is no one among you who wants to see Jones come back?” is the first major way Orwell demonstrates …show more content…

is huge (Orwell 116). The most apparent reason is Boxer’s death was a huge deal because many animals on the farm liked him, so the pigs saying that on his deathbed he said “Comrade Napoleon is always right” it would draw a lot of attention to Boxer’s maxum just as Fiat and American Airlines used the large amounts of news coverage around the pope to get free advertisement and draw more attention to their companies (Wattles, Orwell 116). Second by saying Boxer said “Comrade Napoleon is always right” the pigs begin to gain more trust and respect from the other animals that they had directed towards Boxer before and since he trusted Napoleon so much maybe they should as well, like how Fiat and American Airlines used all of the respect people had for the pope to make people begin associating their companies with some of that respect and trust (Wattles, Orwell 116). That is why the comparison between how the pigs used Boxers maxum and Fiat and American Airlines provided free transportation for the Pope have such an astounding comparison (Wattles, Orwell

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