Question

TIMED TEST PLEASE HELP! Read the passage from Animal Farm.

Napoleon himself appeared at the meeting on the following Sunday morning and pronounced a short oration in Boxer's honour. It had not been possible, he said, to bring back their lamented comrade's remains for interment on the farm, but he had ordered a large wreath to be made from the laurels in the farmhouse garden and sent down to be placed on Boxer's grave. And in a few days' time the pigs intended to hold a memorial banquet in Boxer's honour. Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, "I will work harder" and "Comrade Napoleon is always right"—maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.

Which detail does Orwell include to support the theme that dictators care only about themselves and not those they rule?

A: “Napoleon himself appeared at the meeting on the following Sunday morning and pronounced a short oration in Boxer's honour.”

B: “It had not been possible, he said, to bring back their lamented comrade's remains for interment on the farm, but he had ordered a large wreath to be made from the laurels in the farmhouse garden and sent down to be placed on Boxer's grave.”

C: “And in a few days' time the pigs intended to hold a memorial banquet in Boxer's honour.”

D: “Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Comrade Napoleon is always right’—maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.”

Answer 1

d.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

D: “Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Comrade Napoleon is always right’—maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.”

Step-by-step explanation:

I think this is the correct answer because the other ones show in some way that Napoleon cared about Boxer as he attended the meeting and pronounced an oration. Although the remains could not been taken to the farm, he gave an excuse and assured that he had done smome things to honor Boxer. By using the word "lamented" he showed that he cared.

At the end of his speech, Napoleon demonstrated that he only cared for himself and that he was using Boxer's death as a tactic to gain more power. By using the maxim "Comrade Napoleon is always right" he is trying to make sure everyone does what he says. He uses sadness and Boxer's memoir to build his reputation. That is a characteristic of dictators, they use misfortune to their favour.