Question

Why did the humans try to spread rumors that the animals practiced cannibalism and tortured one another with hot horseshoes?

Answer 1

Frederick, like Pilkington, is worried about the Rebellion on Mr. Jones’s farm. He suspects that such revolutionary ideas may spread to his own animals. He thus makes sure to spread rumors that the “animals there practiced cannibalism.

Answer 2

Frederick, like Pilkington, is worried about the Rebellion on Mr. Jones’s farm. He suspects that such revolutionary ideas may spread to his own animals. He thus makes sure to spread rumors that the “animals there practiced cannibalism.