Question

Read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm. "I have little more to say. I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways. Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings, is a friend. And remember also that in fighting against Man, we must not come to resemble him. Even when you have conquered him, do not adopt his vices. No animal must ever live in a house, or sleep in a bed, or wear clothes, or drink alcohol, or smoke tobacco, or touch money, or engage in trade. All the habits of Man are evil. And, above all, no animal must ever tyrannise over his own kind. Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers. No animal must ever kill any other animal. All animals are equal." How does Orwell use satire to support his purpose in this passage? He uses parody to reveal the cruelness of communist leaders. He uses ridicule to make fun of the beliefs of revolutionaries. He uses parody to make the working class seem silly. He uses exaggeration to make communism appear too simplistic.

Answer 1

He uses exaggeration to make communism appear too simplistic.

Step-by-step explanation:

Animal Farm is an allegorical novella written by George Orwell, first published in 1945.

An allegorical novella is a novella that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, often a political one. That is the case in Animal Farm. It tells about farm animals who rebel against their human farmer. What they want is a society where all animals can be happy, equal, and free. However, their wishes do not come true as the rebellion is betrayed. The situation they end up in is the same as before, but instead of being dictated by a farmer, they are now under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

In fact, the story is about events leading up to the October revolution (1917) and the Stalinist era that followed. Orwell was a critic of Joseph Stalin and Stalinism. Russian people wanted to bring the dictatorship of the tsar to an end but eventually ended up with another dictator, Stalin.

Satire is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

So, the correct answer is the last one.