Question

read the passage from animal farm. within a few weeks snowballs plans for the windmill were fully worked out. the mechanical details came mostly from three books which had belonged to mr. jones—one thousand useful things to do about the house, every man his own bricklayer, and electricity for beginners. snowball used as his study a shed which had once been used for incubators and had a smooth wooden floor, suitable for drawing on. he was closeted there for hours at a time. with his books held open by a stone, and with a piece of chalk gripped between the knuckles of his trotter, he would move rapidly to and fro, drawing in line after line and uttering little whimpers of excitement. gradually the plans grew into a complicated mass of cranks and cog - wheels, covering more than half the floor, which the other animals found completely unintelligible but very impressive. all of them came to look at what is most likely orwells purpose for writing this passage? to demonstrate that snowball is more creative than napoleon to illustrate the power struggle that napoleon will likely win to reveal napoleons real feelings about plans for the windmill to show the interest of the rest of the farm in snowballs windmill

Explanation:

In "Animal Farm," Orwell uses the characters and their actions to comment on power dynamics. While Snowball is working on the windmill plans, Napoleon's later actions (like running Snowball off the farm) show a power struggle. This passage sets the stage for that struggle. The other options are less likely: there's no real comparison of creativity between Snowball and Napoleon in this passage focused on planning; Napoleon's feelings aren't revealed here (he's not even mentioned in the passage text provided in a way that shows his feelings about the windmill); and the passage doesn't focus on the rest of the farm's interest in the windmill (it focuses on Snowball's planning).

Answer:

to illustrate the power struggle that Napoleon will likely win