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 example that best describes it is the 1st one; since "dramatic irony" occurs when the audience (readers) understands what's going to happen, and knows about certain characters' actions, or event, and the characters are unaware of it; hence the characters actions go on a different way.

The tactic is used to make the audience more involved; thus it often creates this feeling of being powerless in the readers' mind, to do anything about it.

So the best statement is: "The reader knows that the human neighbors plan to destroy Animal Farm"