Read the passage from Animal Farm.
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. Instead
she did not know why-they had come to a time
when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce,
growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had
to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing
Which details best support the theme that oppression
can make alternatives seem impossible? Select two
options.
This was not what they had aimed at when they had
set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow
of the human race."
"If me herself had had any picture of the future, it
had been of a society of animals set free from
hunger and the whip."
they were far better off than they had been in the
days of Jones, and that before all else it was needful
to prevent the return of the human beings."
She would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the
orders that were given to her, and accept the
leadership of Napoleon."
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