Propaganda is very significant key idea in the novel ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell. There were many moments when propaganda stood out. When napoleon blames snowball on the fall of the windmill he uses propaganda by hiding the truth with false facts. Napoleon and squealer also constantly remind the other animals that mr jones will return if they do not do their work. One last example of propaganda is when napoleon lies to the animals on the farm that boxer is leaving to go to the hospital when he is hurt.
Napoleon blames snowball on the fall of the windmill by hiding the truth with false facts. This shows an extreme example of propaganda because napoleon is lying to the animals to get his own way. He blamed the fall of the windmill on snowball which lead to all of the animals believing that napoleon could never do anything wrong, and gave the animals hope that without a doubt Napoleon could never make a mistake. Snowball could not be there to defend himself and so it makes it very easy for Snowball to take the blame. Napoleon also hid the truth from the animals to make sure they all believed that he is perfect, couldn’t make a mistake and with him in power they could never lose.
If the animals had been paying more attention to napoleon there would’ve been very clear signs that he made up the “snowball knocking over the windmill story” on the spot. In the book Animal Farm it says “ suddenly he halted as though his mind had been made up.” this shows that he was hesitant of what to say and how to stick up for himself. It also says that in the beginning of his speech he spoke very quietly and gradually got louder and louder. This suggests that he was indecisive of what to say at the start, but then began to feel better about his argument towards the end. Dictators lying about someone else has been used many times in politics and is not uncommon. The media also lie about people online instead of saying true facts so people will see their side and hate on a certain person. George Orwell wants his readers to realize that people lie all the time to get their own way and that if people have the opportunity to make themselves look good that often will use that to their advantage. Throughout the book Napoleon is constantly hiding the truth to make himself look like he would never make a mistake.
Napoleon and Squealer constantly reminds all the other animals that mr jones will return to the farm if they don’t complete their work. Whenever the animals seemed confused or complained about their leaders, the pigs used the phrase “ you wouldn’t want mr jones back, would you?” to scare all the animals and manipulate them to get whatever they wanted. They used this to their advantage as the animals would have no other choice than to agree and continue working. The animals had been taught that mr jones was far worse than any of the pigs could ever be and that if mr jones returned to rule the farm they would all live on next to nothing. All of the pigs used propaganda effectively as they got all of the animals on the farm to believe their lies and false facts, and persuaded them all to do more work and do whatever the pigs wanted. Orwell wants to show his readers that propaganda is a very effective tool and can be very had to differentiate lies from the truth. Its shows that it can be easy to persuade others and make them change their opinions. There are many times on TV were people try to change others opinions and a lot of times people tend to say random facts that aren’t proven just to get their point across. Napoleon and squealer use everyone else’s fear for their own advantages.
Napoleon lied to all the animals saying that boxer was going to a hospital when instead he was taken to horse slaughter and glue boiler. He lied to all the animals to make himself look good as boxer was a very respected character. He tried to explain to the animals that the van previously was a van for the death of horses but said that it was now for hospitals. Three days later squealer said that he had died and “ his sole sorrow was to have passed on before the windmill was finished.” Because boxer well was so respected the animals would want to carry in his dreams in finishing the windmill. Squealer also said boxers last word were long live napoleon.