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Answer:
- "After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: 'Four legs good, two legs bad.'"
- "'A bird's wing, comrades,' he said, 'is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be regarded as a leg.'"
- "The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart."
- "When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating 'Four legs good, two legs bad!'"
Explanation:
"Animal Farm" is a satyr novel that features the revolution of farm animals against humans. The book satirizes several political leaders at the time and their authoritarian and inefficient governments like Stalin, Napoleon, Hittles, among others.
Snowball is a white man who lives on this farm and represents Leon Trotsky, an opponent of the policy installed by Stalin. He is a strong speaker with a great ability to manipulate his listeners with heated speeches. We can see examples of this through the excerpts:
- "After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: 'Four legs good, two legs bad.'"
- "'A bird's wing, comrades,' he said, 'is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be regarded as a leg.'"
- "The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart."
- "When they had once got it by heart, the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating 'Four legs good, two legs bad!'"
The answer choices for this question can be found in the attached file. The key details Orwell includes to support the central idea that Snowball uses his language skills to manipulate the other animals are:
B. "After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to to a single maxim, namely: 'Four legs good, two legs bad.'"
C. "'A bird's wing, comrades,' he said, 'is an organ of propulsion and not of manipulation. It should therefore be regarded as a leg.'"
D. "The birds did not understand Snowball's long words, but they accepted his explanation, and all the humbler animals set to work to learn the new maxim by heart."
E. "This, he said, contained the essential principle of Animalism. Whoever had thoroughly grasped it would be safe from human influences."
- "Animal Farm" is a novella by George Orwell (1903-1950) in which the Soviet regime in Russia is criticized. The animals of the story represent the Russian people.
- After expelling their human owner and taking over the farm, the animals choose the pigs, including Snowball, to rule them. The reason for that is that the pigs are the most intelligent.
- As we can see in the details above, Snowball's language skills work in his favor. The other animals cannot understand what he says.
- Precisely because they cannot understand, the animals trust his words to be true and smart.
- They trust Snowball's intelligence.
- In conclusion, Snowball can manipulate the animals through the use of his language skills.
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