The scientist _[blank]_ that the flock of birds had been thrown off track due to geomagnetic disturbances. a) modeled b) solved c) disciplined d) speculated

Which literary device does orwell most use to support his purpose in writing in this passage? characters, to show that what happens on the farm is fiction allegory, to show similarities between the farm and the soviet union point of view, to show how the characters think about the murders setting, to show that events in the soviet union may have been caused by the economy