Pravda


 * PRAVDA "THE TRUTH" **

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 * Pravda was a newspaper started by Leon Trotsky.
 * It began as an underground paper in St. Petersburg in 1912.
 * The paper was formed as a Russian Social Democratic newspaper, the audience was to be Russian workers.
 * Some of Pravda's earliest editors consisted of Stalin, Bera, Shepilov, and Molotov. All were Commmunist leaders.
 * Associates were often forced into hiding in order to continue publication
 * Pravda worded things to confuse readers of what was really happening

__ Squealer __


 * Spreads Napoleon's propaganda among the other animals
 * He justifies the pigs taking of the resources
 * He lies to point out the farm's "success"
 * To gain social and political control Squealer exaggerates the truth
 * Squealer is very sneaky and uses his intelligence against the other uneducated animals
 * Squealer changes the commandments to justify for the actions him and the other pigs have done
 * "Squealer...was sprawling beside it, and near at hand there lay a lanter, a paintbrush, and an overturned pot of white paint." (108)



__Parallels in Animal Farm: Quotes__
 * "Squealer always spoke of it as a "readjustment," never as a "reduction" (112).

__Bibliography:__ "Pravda - Origins." //Experience Festival//. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. []. "History of International Newspapers: Pravda in Russia." //Trivia-Library//. Web. 16 Nov. 2009. [].

__More About Pravda:__ @http://www.thedailypravda.com/ (video) []