The Use Of Propaganda In Animal Farm

In a corrupt government, the usage of propaganda in order to gain power is quintessential. Propaganda such as testimonial, name-calling, and bandwagon are common; and these government officials are able to manipulate the citizens to thinking that the government system serves justice to its people. This occurs in Animal Farm, especially during the windmill dispute where Napoleon took control of the farm. Animal Farm contains a significant amount of propaganda, but there was one that proved to be the most effective. In the novel Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, fear was the most effective propaganda throughout the story because all of the animals allowed the pigs to do anything, and Napoleon was able to take control of Animal Farm. One reason why fear was the most effective propaganda is that Napoleon was able to gain total control of Animal Farm. In the story, Snowball and Napoleon had a dispute over the construction of the windmill. As a result, Napoleon used fierce dogs to banish Snowball from Animal Farm. This caused distress amongst the animals of the farm. The author stated, “But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?” (Orwell 69). After seeing what had just happened
Although there were other types of propaganda that occurred in Animal Farm, fear still proved to be the most effective type of propaganda. There were instances of testimonial and repetition in the story, however they were not as influential as fear. Many countries constantly make use of fear to get the citizens to comply to their orders. In fact, the United States of America uses fear to influence foreign countries. This propaganda proved to be extremely successful in the book and it does affect people in the real world as