JAMB Literature in English 2004 Question 41

Question 41

Set Text: Animal Farm

In George Orwell's Animal Farm, the turn of events in the novel shows that the novelist is

  1. A.iconoclastic
  2. B.fatalistic
  3. C.rhetorical
  4. D.optimistic
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (fatalistic)

Explanation

By the end the pigs cannot be told apart from the humans; Orwell suggests that revolutions are bound to end in new tyranny, a fatalistic view.