In at least 150 words, identify the theme that is illustrated in this excerpt from animal farm and explain how it is developed in the story.

Animal farm is a book about how the animals all get along when odd things start happening in the farm. The theme of animal farm is the idea of tyranny and how it would work in the farm. When the old pig has a dream about living free without people controlling them, he decides to turn this into a reality.  

answer: the correct answer is that he still ridicules people that look different.

explanation: in "the nose"   by nikolai gogol, the author sets up a satirical view of russian society. the book is divided into three parts and tells the story of collegiate assessor ('major') kovalyov, who gets up one morning without his nose. he later finds out that his nose has developed a life by itself, and has apparently surpassed him by attaining the rank of state councillor. the short story showcases the obsession with social rank that plagued russia after peter the great introduced the table of ranks. by allowing commoners to attain hereditary nobility through service to the state, a large population was given the chance to move up in social status. this opportunity, however, also gave way to large bureaucracies, in which many of gogol's characters worked.