Read the passage from \Animal Farm.

On the third Sunday after Snowball's 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.

What is the central idea of this passage?

The animals cannot believe that Snowball is gone.
Napoleon expects the animals to work harder and eat less.
The animals do not understand why they have to build a windmill.
Napoleon steals ideas from Snowball and pretends they are his own.

The passage from Animal Farm revolves around the character of Napolean who expects that the animals must work harder and eat less.

As per the passage, Napolean is warning animals about working extra and work hard for building the windmill. To push animals to work hard Napolean raised the condition if they do not work hard then their rations could be reduced.

Appropriate reason for other given options is:

In the passage, it is said about the expulsion of Snowball, but the Napolean is expecting hard work from animals against this expulsion.
The misunderstanding of animals against the non-building of the windmill is not the actual idea of the passage.
In the passage, there is nothing mentioned about the stealing of ideas.

Therefore, it means that the central idea of the passage is only about the expectation of Napolean against the animals to work hard and eat less.

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