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JAMB Literature in English 2003 Question 35

Question 35

Set Text: Animal Farm

In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the dominant technique in the book is

  1. A.irony
  2. B.foreshadowing
  3. C.symbolism
  4. D.reminiscence
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Answer: C (symbolism)

Explanation

The animals and events stand for real people and events of the Russian Revolution (Napoleon for Stalin, Snowball for Trotsky), so symbolism dominates.