In Chapter Three
of ,sets up numerous committees in the wake of the revolution to overthrow
Mr Jones. What immediately strikes the reader is the satirical nature of these committees, for
two reasons.
First of all, the names of the committees are humorous in
themselves. There is the "Whiter Wool Movement" for the sheep, the "Clean Tails
League" for the cows and even a committee for the rats, called "Wild Comrades
Re-education." The very idea that farm animals can be organised and tamed, to remove the
characteristics which define them as animals, further adds to this sense ofand humour.
Secondly, the abject failure of these committees is another source of satire.
Ascomments: "They continued to behave very much as before, and when treated
with...
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