Question

e excerpt from chapter 10 of animal farm. luxuries of which snowball had once taught the s to dream, the stalls with electric light and hot d water, and the three - day week, were no longer about. napoleon had denounced such ideas as y to the spirit of animalism. the truest ess, he said, lay in working hard and living y. how does orwell use irony in this excerpt? the text shows that if the animals work harder, they will have luxuries they dreamed of. the text shows that napoleon’s dreams conflict with the dreams of the animals. the text shows that the animals expected a different outcome than the reality they are facing. the text shows that snowball and napoleon never meant to mislead the other animals.

Explanation:

The excerpt from Animal Farm chapter 10 contrasts the animals' initial dreams (luxuries like electric stalls, 3-day workweeks) with Napoleon's rejection of these dreams as "contrary to Animalism," pushing hard work and simplicity instead. Irony arises from the gap between the animals' expected utopia and their harsh reality. Option C directly captures this contrast between expectation and reality, which is the core of Orwell’s irony here.

Answer:

C. The text shows that the animals expected a different outcome than the reality they are facing.