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working society of Russia, without him the farm would not succeed. His two maxims?, ?I will work harder? and ?Napoleon is always right? are both results of his experiences at the hands of dictatorship and limits his thought. There is again no thought given to his feelings or emotions, and even his ?retirement? is exploited to the advantage of the pigs. The pigs? use of language makes the suffering of the animals sound acceptable. This is the use of propaganda. Squealer?s use of this is crucial to Napoleon?s success in convincing the animals of Napoleon?s fitness of power and validity for the apparent ?sacrifices? made.? Many words and even whole speeches are not fully understood by the animals, and they are not questioned, due to the convincing act Squealer puts on.? The threat

of the nine dogs, their own vain hope that things are okay, and that their faith in their leaders, prevents them seeing themselves being systematically betrayed. Propaganda was used throughout the Russian revolution and this is the point Orwell is making, that the shameless use of it has conflicting effects. Humour is used in both novels to similar effect. In ?Gulliver?s Travels,? ?toilet humour? is used throughout, ?to ease myself with making water; which I very plentifully did.?? This is rare in any writing but Swift continually refers to it, which is quite shocking to the reader.? Swift describes his actions with the same tone and format that he uses throughout the story, thereby creating the ironic humour.? Orwell similarly applies humour but with greater subtlety, ?with some

difficulty (for it is not easy for a pig to balance on a ladder) Snowball climbed up.?? Here the reader can imagine the event Orwell has described, which creates the humour.? The idea of including humour teaches the reader to study other ideas, specifically the satirical aspect. Both Orwell and Swift wrote about politics. The treatment they received at the hands of those in power influenced their writing. As Orwell once said, ?Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism.? Orwell suggested that language had to try, as far as possible to reflect the truth of an issue. In his writing style, thoughtless language and complex writing was avoided, and straightforward wording

used. This technique was used in the hope of not misleading the reader and helped make the message as clear as possible. There is the satirical parody here of the contrast of how political writing is often distorted and purposely relays false meanings.? Swift was not able to do this with the same impact.? This was probably due to the fact, that by making his point too obvious, he would endanger himself from the people he was satirising, this creates a sense of irony. The main point that both these novels compare on is the great irony in the general outline of each story.? ?Gulliver?s Travels? tell us of the supposedly successful, civilised people of Lilliput.? Gulliver exposed them as corrupt, disloyal and animal-likes individuals.? Animal Farm however, tells us of these

apparent, well-meaning and thoughtful animals that are exposed as having careless, slovenly and corrupt human characteristics.? Despite several hundred years separating the two authors, there are many similarities and contrasts between ?Gulliver?s Travels? and Animal Farm?. The novels were both very successful and were appreciated by a wide audience.? On a personal level I found, Gulliver?s Travels? and ?Animal Farm? equally appealing. I was surprised to find how subtle techniques, use of language and the general style, left me to interpret the writers? intentions.? Both novels are exceptional and have inspired me to find and explore similar styles of work.