Question

read the excerpt from animal farm and the passage on the history of the soviet union.
on the third sunday after snowballs expulsion, the animals were somewhat surprised to hear napoleon announce that the windmill was to be built after all. he did not give any reason for having changed his mind, but merely warned the animals that this extra task would mean very hard work, it might even be necessary to reduce their rations. the plans, however, had all been prepared, down to the last detail. a special committee of pigs had been at work upon them for the past three weeks. the building of the windmill, with various other improvements, was expected to take two years.
that evening squealer explained privately to the other animals that napoleon had never in reality been opposed to the windmill. on the contrary, it was he
how do the circumstances in the animal farm excerpt relate to the events in the historical passage?
napoleon has stolen the plans for the windmill from snowball, just as stalin took his ideas for industrialization and collectivization from trotsky.
napoleon wants to make the farm an industrial power, just as stalin wanted to make the soviet union an industrial power no matter the sacrifices
napoleon uses squealer to communicate his ideas to the animals, just as stalin used his assistants to spread propaganda to the people.
napoleon sets forth a five - year plan to build the windmill, just as stalin launched several five - year plans to build up industry and agriculture in the soviet union.

Explanation:

In Animal Farm, Napoleon's actions (building the windmill after claiming it was his idea) parallel Stalin's appropriation of Trotsky's industrialization and collectivization ideas. Just as Stalin took Trotsky's concepts, Napoleon takes Snowball's windmill plans. The other options are incorrect:

• Option 2 focuses on making the farm an industrial power (not about stealing ideas like the historical parallel).
• Option 3 is about communication method (not the core idea - stealing plans/ideas).
• Option 4 is about the time - frame (five - year plan) which is a superficial similarity compared to the idea - stealing parallel.

Answer:

Napoleon has stolen the plans for the windmill from Snowball, just as Stalin took his ideas for industrialization and collectivization from Trotsky.