Question

“comrades!” cried squealer, making little nervous skips, “a most terrible thing has been discovered. snowball has sold himself to frederick of pinchfield farm, who is even now plotting to attack us and take our farm away from us! snowball is to act as his guide when the attack begins. but there is worse than that. we had thought that snowball’s rebellion was caused simply by his vanity and ambition. but we were wrong, comrades. do you know what the real reason was? snowball was in league with jones from the very start! he was jones’s secret agent all the time. it has all been proved by documents which he left behind him and which we have only just discovered. . .” . . . but it was some minutes before the animals could fully take it in. they all remembered, or thought they remembered, how they had seen snowball charging ahead of them at the battle of the cowshed, how he had rallied and encouraged them at every turn, and how he which statement best describes how boxer’s response supports the author’s purpose?

• boxer’s defiance shows how the working class often fights back against authority.
• boxer’s agreement shows that the working class will always respect authority figures.
• boxer’s actions show that the working class may question authority in spite of propaganda.
• boxer’s acceptance shows that propaganda is effective in manipulating the working class.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option 1: Boxer is not shown defying; he's accepting, so this is wrong.
• Option 2: "Always" is too absolute. The text doesn't support the working class always respecting authority.
• Option 3: Boxer doesn't question; he accepts Squealer's propaganda, so this is wrong.
• Option 4: Squealer uses propaganda to frame Snowball. Boxer accepts this, showing propaganda's effectiveness in manipulating the working class (Boxer represents the working class here).

Answer:

D. Boxer’s acceptance shows that propaganda is effective in manipulating the working class.