ANIMAL FARM

THEME: LIES AND DECIET

1/25/16
As I was reading the book Animal Farm by George Orwell I noticed a certain theme that
presented itself throughout the whole book that was Lies and Deceit. One great example
of this is propaganda is the lifeline of a dictatorship it spreads lies and insights fear
inside of the people. Squealer the spokesperson for Napoleons regime used the notorious
you don't want Jones back to not have any more arguments. Another deceitful thing
Napoleon and his followers did was blame every mishap on snowball who used to be
somewhat in control till he was jousted of his power by the dictator Napoleon one
example was when the windmill fell in the night due to high winds they always had to
have a scapegoat or should I say scapepig to take the blame instead of there faulty
designs.
Wherever there is total control by either the government or by a all powerful leader there
has to be a bed of lies and deceit to cover them up and to find fault with there enemy's