Question

read the passage from chapter 7 of animal farm. as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of majors speech. instead—she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalins purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalins thoughts and feelings.

Explanation:

Animal Farm is an allegorical novel that uses satire to comment on historical events. The scene with Clover reflects the disillusionment of the ideals of the Russian Revolution, and the use of animals to represent people and events is a form of parody. The passage shows how the reality on the farm has deviated from the initial hopes, paralleling the impact of Stalin's purge. Parody is a key satirical device here, imitating real - life events through the animal characters.

Answer:

Parody is used to illustrate the impact of Stalin's purge.