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Read the excerpt from chapter 10 of Animal Farm. Mr. Pilkington, of Foxwood, had stood up, his mug in his hand. In a moment, he said, he would ask the present company to drink a toast. But before doing so, there were a few words that he felt it incumbent upon him to say. It was a source of great satisfaction to him, he said—and, he was sure, to all others present—to feel that a long period of mistrust and misunderstanding had now come to an end. There had been a time—not that he, or any of the present company, had shared such sentiments—but there had been a time when the respected proprietors of Animal Farm had been regarded, he would not say with hostility, but perhaps with a certain measure of misgiving, by their human neighbours. Unfortunate incidents had occurred, mistaken ideas had been current. It had been felt that the existence of a farm owned and operated by pigs was somehow abnormal and was liable to have an unsettling effect in the neighbourhood. Too many farmers had assumed, without due enquiry, that on such a farm a spirit of licence and indiscipline would prevail. They had been nervous about the effects upon their own animals, or even upon their human employees. But all such doubts were now dispelled. Today he and his friends had visited Animal Farm and inspected every inch of it with their own eyes, and what did they find? Not only the most up-to-date methods, but a discipline and an orderliness which should be an example to all farmers everywhere. He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county. Indeed, he and his fellow-visitors today had observed many features which they intended to introduce on their own farms immediately.

Which statement best describes how dramatic irony is used in this passage?

The reader knows that the human neighbors plan to destroy Animal Farm.
The reader knows that Mr. Pilkington is praising a flawed and brutal system.
The reader knows that the information Mr. Pilkington shares about the farm is incorrect.
The readers know that the conditions at Animal Farm are not what Mr. Pilkington had expected.

The novel "Animal Farm" written by George Orwell is an animal fable, in which the author has used the characterization of animals to represents the political situation of the Soviet Union under Russian Revolution and Stalinist Era.

Mr. Pilkington is the owner of Foxwood, who represents the British ruling class in the fable and his farm Britain. In the given excerpt he praise the flawed and brutal system of animal farm. Upon meeting Napoleon, Mr. Pilkington praises the rules that he has imposed on the animal farm, that they are asked to work for less food and that other farms should also impose these rules. But the readers of the novel know that Mr. Pilkington is praising a system that is flawed and brutal as well.

So, the correct answer is option B.

dubeyshailja64 dubeyshailja64 · Answer 2 · 2022-07-26T13:25:50+02:00

The statement describes dramatic irony is used in this passage as the reader knows that the human neighbors plan to destroy Animal Farm. Thus the correct answer is A.

What is dramatic irony?

A literary technique is used to make the audience or reader's knowledge of the work's actions greater than that of the characters themselves.

In order to engage the audience more, the strategy frequently gives readers the impression that they are unable to change anything. So, The reader knows that the human neighbors' plan to destroy Animal Farm appears as dramatic irony.

Therefore, option A is appropriate.

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