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Propaganda is the organized spread of ideas. It is an attempt to persuade a group emotionally, to promote a cause. In the fable, Animal Farm, George Orwell explores the use of propaganda on the animals. Equality and freedom are lost and they live a life where lies and terror rule. The scapegoat technique, card stacking and appealing to authority, are three propaganda techniques used by the strong to gain power and control over the weak.

The scapegoat technique has the propagandist blaming everything on someone else. Napoleon makes Snowball into his scapegoat and blames all bad events on him, therefore nothing seems out of Napoleon’s control. In chapter six, the windmill is destroyed in a storm. Napoleon blames the bad weather on Snowball. Napoleon asks, “Comrades, do you know who is responsible for this? Do you know the enemy who has come in the night and overthrown our windmill? SNOWBALL!” (82). Napoleon’s propaganda takes a true leader and turns him into a......

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