Anthems in Animal Farm the novel as sounding like a combination of "La Cucaracha" and "Oh My Darling, Clementine".) After "Beasts of England" has been used to express criticism of the direction of Animal Farm, Napoleon tries to supplant the song, arguing that such an anthem is antiquated and no longer needed after the rebellion has been completed. The anthem is first replaced by the short "Animal Farm!" and later by "Comrade Napoleon", while "Beasts of England" is eventually outlawed. The phasing out of "Beasts of England" as the anthem of Animal Farm corresponds to the Soviet Union's 1944 replacement of "The Internationale" with
Squealer (Animal Farm) wrote, "All people who are morally sound have known since about 1931 that the Russian régime stinks". Squealer, as the chief propagandist of the regime, is prominent in the story and Orwell defines the path down which small lies lead to bigger lies. Orwell regarded propaganda as a feature of all modern governments but especially prominent in totalitarian regimes, which depended on it. In "The Prevention of Literature" (1946) he described 'organised lying' as a crucial element of totalitarian states. 3. Animal Farm by George Orwell Squealer (Animal Farm) Squealer is a fictional character, a pig, in George Orwell's "Animal