Question

read the excerpt from chapter 10 of animal farm.
twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. no question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. the creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
which details in this passage are the best examples of satire? select three options.
□ the animals waiting patiently outside
□ the pigs shouting angrily at the humans
□ the pigs and humans being indistinguishable
□ the animals watching the pigs and humans
□ the 12 voices all sounding alike

Explanation:

Satire in Animal Farm critiques corruption and the hypocrisy of the pigs adopting human vices.

1. The pigs shouting angrily at humans mirrors the power conflicts the animals rebelled against, satirizing how the pigs became like their oppressors.
2. The pigs and humans being indistinguishable is the core satirical beat: it exposes that the pigs have abandoned their revolutionary ideals and become identical to the cruel humans they overthrew.
3. The 12 voices all sounding alike satirizes how the ruling class (pigs and humans) have merged into a single, unaccountable power group, erasing the supposed divide between oppressor and oppressed.

Answer:

• the pigs shouting angrily at the humans
• the pigs and humans being indistinguishable
• the 12 voices all sounding alike