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.

Explanation:

1. Analyze Option A: Orwell's "Animal Farm" is a parody of communist revolutions (specifically Soviet Russia). The passage's rules (like "whatever goes on two legs is an enemy") parodies the way communist leaders might frame enemies, and reveals the potential cruelty/rigid ideology in such framing.
2. Analyze Option B: The passage is not ridiculing revolutionaries' beliefs but critiquing authoritarian aspects of communist leadership, so B is incorrect.
3. Analyze Option C: The passage is about the commandments for animals, not making the working class (animals here represent working class) seem silly; the parody is of leadership/ideology, not the working class, so C is wrong.
4. Analyze Option D: The passage's exaggeration (like strict rules against all human habits) is to critique communism's potential dogmatism, but "make communism appear too simplistic" is not accurate. The parody in A better captures revealing the cruelty/rigid nature of communist leadership parodied here.

Answer:

A. He uses parody to reveal the cruelties of communist leaders.