JAMB Literature in English 1983 Question 23

Question 23

Set Text: Animal Farm

Animal Farm is a fable illustrating the inevitable degeneration of revolutionary ideals. According to the novel, this degeneration occurs because

  1. A.social equality, the goal of such idealism, is actually undesirable
  2. B.revolutionary ideals are dreamed by blood-thirsty individuals
  3. C.man's greedy individualistic nature always subverts the realization of ideals
  4. D.revolutionary ideals are inimical to progress
  5. E.animals are the wrong characters to illustrate man's weaknesses.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (man's greedy individualistic nature always subverts the realization of ideals)

Explanation

The pigs' greed for power and comfort destroys the equality the animals fought for.