The use of the phrase split asunder suggests divided into separate parts or sides of an issue totally destroyed united into a whole unorganized

divided into separate parts or sides of an issue.

"Asunder" is a somewhat archaic word that is not commonly used anymore. However, it means "into separate pieces," or "apart." It conveys a particularly forceful and violent ripping. In this example, if something is "split asunder," it means that it has been separated into pieces or different sides.

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.