Read the excerpt from “the lottery.” "we're next." mrs. graves said. she watched while mr. graves came around from the side of the box, greeted mr. summers gravely and selected a slip of paper from the box. by now, all through the crowd there were men holding the small folded papers in their large hand, turning them over and over nervously mrs. dunbar and her two sons stood together, mrs. dunbar holding the slip of paper. what is the purpose of the descriptive language in the excerpt? it builds suspense as people prepare for the results. it shows how mean-spirited the people have become. it shows the indifference of the people toward the lottery. it causes readers to reflect on a time when they worried.

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.

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