Similarities Between V For Vendetta And Animal Farm

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Aphrodite Vansteel Ms. Schroeder English 10B - Hour 1st 3 May 2024 Animal Farm and V for Vendetta: How Leaders use Fear, Censorship, and Propaganda to their Advantage. Leaders in George Orwell’s allegorical novel, Animal Farm, and Warner Bros.’s film adaptation of V For Vendetta. Both use Fear to maintain order, Censorship to stay in power, and Propaganda to spread false hope. Leaders use fear to maintain order; see examples in Animal Farm and V for Vendetta. An example in Animal Farm is when the main antagonist Napoleon uses the Puppies to maintain order by killing animals that tried to go against Napoleon. Quote from the book: “When they had finished their confession, the dogs promptly tore their throats out,...” Orwell Pg. 84. The nlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnlnl …show more content…

Another example of this is the St. Mary Virsue that took the lives of over a hundred thousand people that the government used on their citizens. Leaders use fear to maintain order to keep everyone in line. Leaders use censorship to stay in power. We can see examples of censorship in George Orwell’s Animal Farm and V for Vendetta. An example in Animal Farm is when Napoleon uses “.long working hours.” (Orwell Pg.138) or “.the milk and windfall apples [that] should be reserved for the pigs alone.” (Orwell Pg.36). An example in V for Vendetta, Sutler uses censorship to stay in power. An example is when all citizens in London are to follow the curfew set and that if anyone is out past curfew they’ll be punished, which ties back to the Fingermen who try to harass Evey. Another example is that those more wealthy or in the upper class get milk and real butter than those who aren’t. Leaders use censorship to stay in power. Leaders use propaganda to spread false hope to remain in power by using the news to make them look good when in reality they’re just as corrupt as the next …show more content…

Another thing that Napoleon uses is the fear and abuse of Jones coming back after they ran him off the farm. In V for Vendetta, Sutler uses the news and posters to spread propaganda. A few examples from the movie would be the quote “England Prevails” or a poster that said: Strength Through Unity, Unity Through Faith. Things like that would give people a false sense of security and make them believe that their leaders or government can do no wrong when it’s the complete opposite of what they truly want. Power and order. That is why leaders use propaganda to spread false hope. Looking through George Orwell’s Animal Farm and Warner Bros.’s V for Vendetta, it’s clear to see the similarities between the two leaders and antagonists Napoleon and Chancellor Sutler. From using people to help maintain their status to killing their people for the sake of staying in power, it’s easy to see that they both use fear to maintain order, censorship to remain in control, and propaganda to spread false

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