How does Napoleon use fear and propaganda to control the animals on Animal Farm?
Napoleon using the nine dogs as a fear is just one of the examples of how fear is used to bring the animals under his rule. There are many other instances in the book when either Napoleon himself or his spokesperson Squealer would use one of these techniques to either persuade the animals or force them to believe in innovative ideas. Now, one by one, I am going to expose the various situations and the many ways Napoleon used propaganda, fear and animalism to control the beasts on Animal Farm.
To begin with, Propaganda is used very cleverly on Napoleon’s Animal Farm. These are some of the many ways Napoleon used it to control the animals. In chapter 5, Squealer …show more content…
When the animals questioned the pigs, they were very smartly tricked by Squealer and other pigs. The pigs had changed one of the seven commandments that read “No animals shall sleep in a bed” [page 15] to “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” [Page 45]. And then again when Squealer gave his persuasive speech to the animals about the issue, he gave out the idea that Jones could take back the farm, which followed by a wave of fear through the animals. And, this changing of the seven commandments, can be seen throughout the course of the book, for example, the change of “No animal shall kill any other animal” to “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause”. Napoleon had changed the commandments to his wish, for he could now deceive the animals, and Squealer did say once in chapter 6 that “You did not suppose, surely, that there was ever a ruling against …show more content…
In this chapter Napoleon, after Snowball finished talking about the Windmill, he squealed and nine enormous dogs wearing collars came running into the barn [Page 35]. The dogs created fear in all the animals and made it very easy for Napoleon to rise to leader of the Animal Farm. This fear also prevented rebellion against Napoleon or any animal questioning of his authority. Another example of fear is shown when Squealer explains to everyone that Napoleon had restarted the Windmill project. Here the three dogs growled so threateningly that no animal could question any further. A big and gory example of fear is in chapter 7 when Napoleon orders his fiery dogs to slaughter the four pigs that were at times rebellious and questioned his authority. Then a series of bloody trail followed, in which three hens, a goose, three sheep and many others were slain until “there was a pile of corpses lying Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood” [Orwell 57]. This filled the rest of the animals on the farm with more fear and terror than ever for now their race was doing it and it indeed go against Animalism. So, now, everyone knew that the punishment of disobedience to Napoleon would simply result in
Napoleon using the nine dogs as a fear is just one of the examples of how fear is used to bring the animals under his rule. There are many other instances in the book when either Napoleon himself or his spokesperson Squealer would use one of these techniques to either persuade the animals or force them to believe in innovative ideas. Now, one by one, I am going to expose the various situations and the many ways Napoleon used propaganda, fear and animalism to control the beasts on Animal Farm.
To begin with, Propaganda is used very cleverly on Napoleon’s Animal Farm. These are some of the many ways Napoleon used it to control the animals. In chapter 5, Squealer …show more content…
When the animals questioned the pigs, they were very smartly tricked by Squealer and other pigs. The pigs had changed one of the seven commandments that read “No animals shall sleep in a bed” [page 15] to “No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets” [Page 45]. And then again when Squealer gave his persuasive speech to the animals about the issue, he gave out the idea that Jones could take back the farm, which followed by a wave of fear through the animals. And, this changing of the seven commandments, can be seen throughout the course of the book, for example, the change of “No animal shall kill any other animal” to “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause”. Napoleon had changed the commandments to his wish, for he could now deceive the animals, and Squealer did say once in chapter 6 that “You did not suppose, surely, that there was ever a ruling against …show more content…
In this chapter Napoleon, after Snowball finished talking about the Windmill, he squealed and nine enormous dogs wearing collars came running into the barn [Page 35]. The dogs created fear in all the animals and made it very easy for Napoleon to rise to leader of the Animal Farm. This fear also prevented rebellion against Napoleon or any animal questioning of his authority. Another example of fear is shown when Squealer explains to everyone that Napoleon had restarted the Windmill project. Here the three dogs growled so threateningly that no animal could question any further. A big and gory example of fear is in chapter 7 when Napoleon orders his fiery dogs to slaughter the four pigs that were at times rebellious and questioned his authority. Then a series of bloody trail followed, in which three hens, a goose, three sheep and many others were slain until “there was a pile of corpses lying Napoleon’s feet and the air was heavy with the smell of blood” [Orwell 57]. This filled the rest of the animals on the farm with more fear and terror than ever for now their race was doing it and it indeed go against Animalism. So, now, everyone knew that the punishment of disobedience to Napoleon would simply result in