What do you call it when somebody spends the whole day making pottery?

Kiln time or Kiln day, most likely. I guess you can also call this day "productive", if we go to a general answer.

Explanation:

A Kiln is a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, especially one for calcining lime or firing pottery. It's not unusual for people in the pottery business to refer to the time that they work with a kiln as "Kiln Time".

animal farm, written by george orwell, is a representation of russia after the revolution that led stalin to take over power.

in this excerpt, the central idea seems to be that the animals (a representation of society), when they believe to be working for a greater good and equality, are obedient and productive. they were convinced that, after expelling the owner (jones) from the farm, they would live in harmony and be fairly treated.

as we know, the pigs become the leaders and grow more selfish and dictatorial with time. in the end, they look and act in a way so similar to humans that it is impossible to tell the difference. the ideals of equality are shattered, and the farm turns out to be worse than it was before. the animals are manipulated with false propaganda and forced to work in order to enrich the pigs.

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.