George Orwell, the author of Animal Farm, portrays a novella of minds being controlled. Orwell illustrates the power of influence in society. He accentuates the restraining potential of propaganda composition. Using propaganda composition, it is easy dominate to the masses, just like in human society.
Simple chanting has a strong long-lasting effect. Most prominently, the sheep’s “...usual bleating of ‘Four legs good, two legs bad’...put an end to the discussion,” that interrupted many discussions, and stopped animals, from protesting (88). Chanting is easy to follow, naturally, large groups will chant, to overpower and suppress discussion. In similar fashion, today people shut down important discourse via “‘You’re a fascist, you’re a nazi, you’re racist, you’re mansplaining.’ ‘You commie, you’re a libtard’.” In modern society, people will immediately halt any discussion, because it doesn’t align with their agenda. Similarly, the pigs used simple chants to influence the feeble minded-animals. Squealer worked with Napoleon, to teach the sheep a new chant, to fit the pig’s agenda. “Four legs good, two legs better!...by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed” (134). The sheep overpower the other animals, with their mob-mentality. Seeding chanting into the minds, of even the least self-thinking allows for them to become a powerful asset, in control.
	Music accentuates the feeling of unity. Beasts of England united the animals, convincing them, to take action and rebel. “Singing of this song threw the animals into the wildest excitement...even the stupidest of them” (13). Beasts of England immediately united every animal, on the farm. The song encouraged the animals to unite, rebel, and overthrow. Historically, songs have been sung throughout revolutions and wars. Songs united both sides of the Civil war. The Confederates and the Union had music, to unite them and fight for what they believed in. When Napoleon rose to power, he did not want the animals to unite and rebel against him. “Beasts of England was the song of rebellion...clearly this song has no longer any purpose” (88). Since Napoleon sought out to seek absolute power, he banned Beasts of England, the main source of rebellious unity. Censoring was an excellent strategy, to prevent retaliation, to suppress, and to control.
	A composition is not limited to song or poem. Tales, propaganda, and promises control the public. Early on, Moses was despised by most animals and had little credibility. “Some of them believed in Sugarcandy Mountain…[pigs] persuade them [animals] that there was no such place” (18). The pigs actively convinced the other animals that his tales were false. The pigs were on the same side as the rest of the animals, at this time. The well educated can easily gain power, through propaganda, and especially through the feeble-minded. Propaganda can calm the public, give them hope to hold on to, or excite them toward a cause; this is what those in control want. Fabricated truth, the Nazis created their own story, that the Jewish attacked. False stories brainwash the public, into devoting their beliefs to lies. “Many animals believed him [Moses]...their lives...hungry and laborious...a better world should exist...allowance [for Moses] of a gill of beer a day” (118). After the animals’ lives turn laborious, the animals cling to simple stories, like Sugarcandy Mountain, the so-called “animal heaven”. The pigs don’t just tolerate Moses, they reward him, for the help in regulating the working animals.
	Propaganda within composition; a powerful strategy when controlling the masses. Simple material for the simple-minded, stomping unity, propaganda, a recipe for domination. “He carried a whip in his trotter…[animals] terrified, huddling together” (133); “it did not seem strange…[for the pigs to] carried whips” (135). How could it be strange, for the indoctrinating power, to take the final step, into domination? After all, the animals did go along with their overruling anthem. Citizens must remain aware and educated. Well strategized propaganda overwhelms the feeble-minded, leading to governmental domination.