Read the passage from animal farm. on sundays there was no work. breakfast was an hour later than usual, and after breakfast there was a ceremony which was observed every week without fail. first came the hoisting of the flag. snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of mrs. jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. this was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every sunday morning. the flag was green, snowball explained, to represent the green fields of england, while the hoof and horn signified the future republic of the animals which would arise when the human race had been finally overthrown. what is the central idea of this passage? sundays are days of rest and ceremony on the farm. snowball tries to convince everyone that england is green. sundays are dedicated to planning how to overthrow humans. snowball is becoming more and more like those he despises.

The central idea is the last one: Snowball is becoming like those he despises. He first uses a common human thing: the tablecloth. He then goes to do something humans do: create and wave a flag. These actions make him appear as a human leader and the fact that every animal is obligated to attend the ceremony goes even further to reflect a totalitarian leader.  

the answer is B

the animal shelter ad with animals in cages, starving and dying.

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”