Essay On Propaganda In George Orwell's Animal Farm

I picked this article because it demonstrates blatant propaganda. Basically, President Barack Obama has claimed to the New York Times Magazine that he manipulated the media to “sell” to the public a nuclear deal with Iran. Apparently, he helped create a false narrative so that the general public would support the deal. It mirrors Animal Farm in numerous ways, yet does not share the same violent plot.
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, Napoleon used Squealer to convey propaganda to the other animals in order to get their approval on his decisions. Napoleon specifically used propaganda when he was contemplating selling the pile of timber to either Pilkington or Frederick. For example, when Napoleon had arranged to sell the timber to Pilkington, the slogan of the pigeons was changed from “Death to Humanity” to “Death the Frederick.” He privately negotiated similar
This serves to give the other neighboring farmer, Pilkington, a positive connotation and Frederick a negative connotation. When Napoleon decides he will actually sell the timber to Frederick, the roles of Frederick and Pilkington are reversed, proving that his denunciation of Frederick was merely insignificant propaganda. Similarly, Obama’s deal with Iran mirrors this event and the use of propaganda at Animal Farm as a whole. In addition, Senator John McCain issued an obloquy that claimed the White House “manipulated, and, in some cases, manufactured facts to sell the reckless Iran nuclear deal to the American people as a prelude to a large-scale disengagement from the Middle East.” His statement summarizes Obama’s tactics, which parallel Squealer’s strategy of making up facts to sell the animals of the farm the idea that they were