Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 10 of Animal Farm.

But the luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about. Napoleon had denounced such ideas as contrary to the spirit of Animalism. The truest happiness, he said, lay in working hard and living frugally.

How does Orwell use irony in this excerpt?

The text shows that if the animals work harder, they will have luxuries they dreamed of.
The text shows that Napoleon’s dreams conflict with the dreams of the animals.
The text shows that the animals expected a different outcome than the reality they are facing.
The text shows that Snowball and Napoleon never meant to mislead the other animals.

Answer 1

The text shows that the animals expected a different outcome than the reality they are facing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Orwell uses irony in this excerpt by showing how the animals goal at the beginning was to drive Mr. Jones away from the farm and establish there own society, Animalism, but ended in chapter 10 with their original commandments changed to one statement: “ALL ANIMALS ARE EQUAL BUT SOME ANIMALS ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS. (Four legs good, two legs better.),there is no longer Equality between animals and they are all ruled by their dictator- leader, Napoleon, who (as well as the pigs), begin to act like humans. Here Orwell implies that there is no real difference between the two, which is how he uses irony in this excerpt.

(ps. This is my second time answering so im sorry if i made some mistakes

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