Read the passage from chapter 5 of Animal Farm.
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 wh
had advocated it in the beginning, and the plan which
Snowball had drawn on the floor of the incubator shed
had actually been stolen from among Napoleon's
papers. The windmill was, in fact, Napoleon's own
creation. Why, then, asked somebody, had he spoken
so strongly against it? Here Squealer looked very sly.
That, he said, was Comrade Napoleon's cunning. He
had seemed to oppose the windmill, simply as a
maneuver to get rid of Snowball, who was a dangerous
character and a bad influence. Now that Snowball was
out of the way, the plan could go forward without his
interference. This, said Squealer, was something called
tactics. He repeated a number of times, "Tactics
comrades, tactics!" skipping round and whisking his tail
with a merry laun The animals were not certain what
What is Orwell ridiculing in this passage?
He is making fun of the idea of pigs building
something.
He is making fun of leaders who tell lies to their
people.
He is making fun of people who question their
leaders.
He is making fun of pigs calling one another
comrades.
