Read the excerpt from chapter 10 of Animal Farm.

Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer-except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs. Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs. It was not that these creatures did not work, after their fashion. There was, as Squealer was never tired of explaining, endless work in the supervision and organisation of the farm. Much of this work was of a kind that the other animals were too ignorant to understand.

Which theme is revealed by Orwell's use of situational irony in this excerpt?

Leaders should not be trusted.

Ideals can become mocked in practice.

Naïve citizens allow corrupt governments.

Equality applies to all social classes.

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Adolfo Cunningham

5 March, 08:33

Read the excerpt from chapter 10 of Animal Farm.

Somehow it seemed as though the farm had grown richer without making the animals themselves any richer-except, of course, for the pigs and the dogs. Perhaps this was partly because there were so many pigs and so many dogs. It was not that these creatures did not work, after their fashion. There was, as Squealer was never tired of explaining, endless work in the supervision and organisation of the farm. Much of this work was of a kind that the other animals were too ignorant to understand.

Which theme is revealed by Orwell's use of situational irony in this excerpt?

Leaders should not be trusted.

Ideals can become mocked in practice.

Naïve citizens allow corrupt governments.

Equality applies to all social classes.

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Melany Leach · Answer 1

Naïve citizens allow corrupt governments.

In literature, situational irony creates a contrast between what the readers might expect and what actually happens in the text. The goal is to shed light on the difference between appearances and the reality, with regard to a particular theme.

Here, the irony is that even though the farm produces more and gains more money, the animals who worked for this progress to happen are not getting the profits of this improvement. All the money goes to the hands of the ruling class (the pigs and the dogs), because the other animals are naïve enough to believe that the rulers' "supervision and organisation" work is enough to justify this unfair wealth distribution.