Question

Read the passage from chapter 2 of Animal Farm. The harness-room at the end of the stables was broken open; the bits, the nose-rings, the dog-chains, the cruel knives with which Mr. Jones had been used to castrate the pigs and lambs, were all flung down the well. The reins, the halters, the blinkers, the degrading nosebags, were thrown on to the rubbish fire which was burning in the yard. So were the whips. All the animals capered with joy when they saw the whips going up in flames. What do the tools such as bits, reins, halters, knives, and whips symbolize in the story? the weapons Russians used to overthrow the tsar the excesses that the tsar’s ruling class enjoyed the tools the tsar used to torture those who rebelled the oppression of the working class under the tsar

Answer 1

The oppression of the working class under the tsar.

Step-by-step explanation:

Objects such as reins, knives, and whips are well-known tools for their use as torture devices. These same objects symbolize oppression at the hands of an individual that resides high in the hierarchy, as torture comes in the form of unfair working conditions for the lower classes.

When the torture devices are disposed of, a sense of liberation fills the masses knowing that the painful world they know is over.

Answer 2

The tools such as bits, reins, halters, knives, and whips symbolize the oppression of the working class under the tsar. The correct answer is the last one.

Step-by-step explanation:

All those tools represent the medium of the dictatorship to have the society under their control. The violence, the continuous threaten of their lives. It represents the lack of choices the working class had under the tsar' regime.