Question

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

Answer 1

allegory, to show similarities between the farm and the Soviet Union

Orwell uses allegory throughout Animal Farm — animals, events, and slogans represent real people, policies, and historical events in the Soviet Union — to criticize and illuminate that regime.