What Are The 3 Slogans In Animal Farm

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As the lecture confirms, there are several propaganda situations throughout this novel. Early on in the novel, there are three slogans: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength. There are also other ways propaganda is used in the novel, such as Victory Mansions, Victory Gin, and Victory Cigarettes and Ministry of Love, Ministry of Peace, Ministry of Truth, Ministry of Plenty. These three slogans (War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, and Ignorance is Strength) are said to be misleading to the people that have to listen to Big Brother. All three contradict themselves, but Big Brother can use these slogans to their own advantage.

War is always going on in Oceania, so there really isn't, what we would call peace. Although in our reading, it seems like the people are acting as there is peace when there is war. These people don't know any better because I believe Big Brother has brainwashed them to always do what Big Brother asks. I also …show more content…

In the novel they received their propaganda from posters, while we see most of ours on television. Another comparison is that we also have a government just like Oceania has a government, although they are not the same kind of government. We have all had to do certain things for so long that many of us are afraid to see what happens if we don't do it. For example, paying for state and federal taxes, more than likely nobody will not pay their taxes because they are either use to paying them and they may be afraid to see what would happen if they didn't pay them. Just like the slogan Freedom is Slavery, The people in the novel are afraid of what would happen if they sought freedom. With comparing Ignorance is Strength, just like the novel, we don't tend to question the government on the decisions that they

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