Read the following passage
it actually began as a way to prevent strong emotional
attachments. couples were assigned for the sole purpose
of species survival children were reassigned to new
families regularly. the puppeteers went to great lengths to
make sure we were isolated and fractured. but what they
hadn't counted on was that this common tragedy would
unite us – that instead of turning against one another, we
would rally together i was not allowed to raise my own son
and daughter. but i would do my best to love and raise
every displaced son and daughter who came through my
home
which two central ideas in this story are most closely related?
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a. government control and the resilience of the human spirit
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b. the limits of human endurance and personal identity
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c. abuse of power and the potential of technology
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d. the universal need for acceptance and family dynamics
e previous
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Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage? read the passage from chapter 7 of 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 to shocking crimes. there was no thought of rebellion or parody is used to illustrate the impact of stalin's purge. ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the russian citizens. reversal is used to show how clover, representing the people, has changed ideals. personification is used to show the reader stalin's thoughts and feelings