Question

identifying literary devices
led by three young black minorca pullets, the hens made
a determined effort to thwart napoleons wishes. their
method was to fly up to the rafters and there lay their
eggs, which smashed to pieces on the floor. napoleon
acted swiftly and ruthlessly. he ordered the hens rations
to be stopped, and decreed that any animal giving so
much as a grain of corn to a hen should be punished by
death. the dogs saw to it that these orders were carried
out. for five days the hens held out, then they capitulated
and went back to their nesting boxes. nine hens had died
in the meantime.
—animal farm,
george orwell
which literary device does orwell most use to sup
his purpose in writing in this passage?
characters, to show that what happens on the f
is fiction
allegory, to show similarities between the farm a
the soviet union
point of view, to show how the characters think
about the murders
setting, to show that events in the soviet union
have been caused by the economy

Explanation:

The passage is from Animal Farm, a work where farm animals and events symbolize real-world political figures and historical events (e.g., Napoleon representing Stalin, the hens' rebellion mirroring Soviet resistance). Allegory uses symbolic elements to reflect broader real-world contexts, which aligns with Orwell’s purpose of critiquing the Soviet Union. Other options are incorrect: the first misrepresents the work’s non-fiction parallel; point of view is not the key device here; setting does not focus on linking Soviet events to economics.

Answer:

allegory, to show similarities between the farm and the Soviet Union