Propaganda is the dissemination of ideas, rumors or facts, using media such as television or newspapers, with the aim of influencing the public's opinion of an individual or an institution. Propaganda is used extensively in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. The novel is an allegorical story with both a literal meaning, animals overthrowing an abusive farmer and then the farm descending into a tyrannical state, as well as a symbolic meaning of the Russian Revolution. The leader of Russia after the Russian Revolution, Joseph Stalin, constantly used propaganda to influence and control his citizens. Napoleon, the head of the animal farm, used Squealer to create propaganda as a way to control and have power over the animals on the farm. In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, the idea that those who controlled the means of communication have the power to create truth is made clear when Squealer convinces the animals to give up their right to vote, when he justifies the exile of Snowball and when he falsifies statistics. to make the animals believe that conditions on the farm are better than they appear. Napoleon effectively uses Squealer's propaganda to twist the truth and make the animals believe that giving up their right to vote is actually beneficial for the future of Animal Farm. An example of Squealer's ability to manipulate and control is the following quote: "But sometimes you can make bad decisions, comrades, and then where should we be? » Suppose you decided to follow Snowball, with his moonlight of windmills – Snowball, who, as we know, is nothing better than a criminal? ”(Orwell 55). This quote from Squealer shows Napoleon's control over the information distributed on Animal Farm, which is delivered by Squealer and others...... middle of paper ......ations gives him the power to create the truth, which he uses to make animals work harder. In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, the theme of Squealer and other propagandists using their control over communications as power to create truth is evident when Squealer persuades the animals to give up their voting abilities, when he justifies Snowball's exile, and when he falsified food production statistics to fool the animals into believing the state of the farm was preferable to Mr. Jones's. Propaganda was used throughout the novel to trick the animals into believing all of Squealer's twisted truths. Joseph Stalin, the leader after the Russian Revolution, also took advantage of these techniques to manipulate his people. Propaganda has been and will continue to be used to control people's beliefs on social, political and economic issues..