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.