At the end of chapter 15, Atticus, Tom, and even the children seem to be in real danger when they confront the group of men outside the jail, until Mr. Cunningham and the rest of the men decide to leave without any trouble. What causes Mr. Cunningham to make this decision?

"silence" is the answer to this riddle.

the answer is somber

in this passage from chapter 6 of "animal farm", by george orwell, what the author is ridiculing in this passage is the frivolity of some rules.

clover, the mare, believes she remembers that the fourth commandment forbade sleeping in beds because it was something that humans did. snowball, napoleon, and the pigs are brain-workers who look after the welfare of the farm. they are the obvious leaders because they are smart, and so they are entitled to eat the best food and sleep in beds. it is squealer, who says these lines making the difference between sleeping with sheets, what humans do, and sleeping in beds, what pigs do. the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

the author motivation is to show the power of animal-human relationships.