Question

as clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. if she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. these scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old major first stirred them to rebellion. if she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of major’s speech.
-animal farm,
george orwell
how does clover’s response support the author’s purpose? check all that apply.
□ she feels great despair, like many people in the soviet union.
□ she was wrong to think that the strong would protect the weak.
□ she is pleased with the changes on the farm, although life is not perfect.
□ she is correct in thinking that taking over the farm has solved all their problems.
□ she is similar to peasants who thought that the rebellion would create a better world.

Explanation:

1. For "She feels great despair, like many people in the Soviet Union": Clover's tears and realization that the rebellion's outcome is not what was aimed for mirrors the despair of those in the Soviet Union who saw their revolutionary hopes unfulfilled.
2. For "She was wrong to think that the strong would protect the weak": The text says the scenes of terror are not what they aimed for, and her expectation of the strong protecting the weak (like she protected ducklings) was wrong as the reality is different.
3. For "She is similar to peasants who thought that the rebellion would create a better world": Peasants in rebellions (like the Russian Revolution - parallel to Animal Farm's rebellion) hoped for a better world, and Clover's initial hope for a better animal society shows this similarity.

The other options are incorrect: she is not pleased (so third is wrong), taking over the farm did not solve all problems (fourth is wrong).

Answer:

A. She feels great despair, like many people in the Soviet Union.
B. She was wrong to think that the strong would protect the weak.
E. She is similar to peasants who thought that the rebellion would create a better world.