Read the excerpt from Animal Farm and the passage on the history of the Soviet Union.

Napoleon, with the dogs following him, now mounted on to the raised portion of the floor where Major had previously stood to deliver his speech. He announced that from now on the Sunday-morning Meetings would come to an end. They were unnecessary, he said, and wasted time. In future all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs, presided over by himself. These would meet in private and afterwards communicate their decisions to the others. The animals would still assemble on Sunday mornings to salute the flag, sing "Beasts of England," and receive their orders for the week; but there would be no more debates.

In spite of the shock that Snowball's expulsion had given them, the animals were dismayed by this announcement. Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments.

This tradition of tight centralization, with decision-making concentrated at the highest party levels, reached new dimensions under Joseph Stalin. . . . There was little input from below. The party elite determined the goals of the state and the means of achieving them in almost complete isolation from the people. They believed that the interests of the individual were to be sacrificed to those of the state, which was advancing a sacred social task. Stalin's "revolution from above” sought to build socialism by means of forced collectivization and industrialization, programs that entailed tremendous human suffering and loss of life.

How does the conflict in the Animal Farm excerpt relate to the events in the historical passage?

A.)Napoleon says that he and a special committee will make all the decisions, just as Stalin and his highest party members made all the decisions.
B.)The animals are unhappy with Napoleon’s leadership style and want to rebel, just as the Russian people under Stalin wanted to rebel.
C.)Napoleon announces that he will bring together all the farms so that all the work and rewards are shared, just as Stalin took over all the farms for the state.
D.)The animals have to meet on Sundays to show their commitment to Napoleon, just as the people had to set Sundays aside in honor of Stalin

Answer: A

The correct answer choice from the ones given, to the question: How does the conflict in the Animal Farm excerpt relate to the events in the historical passage? would be, A: Napoleon says that he and a special committee will make all the decision, just as Stalin and his highest party members made all the decisions.

Explanation:

The reason for this being the answer comes from two sources. The first, the fact that Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a novella that precisely seeks to portray the historical background for the Russian Revolution, the development of Communism and later Stalinism, and the horrors lived through this period of Russian history. The second comes from the information provided by the two excerpts. On both of them, there is a common theme, and that is, how both Napoleon, in Animal Farm, and Stalin, overcome any pre-established functioning government entities, and take the reigns of decision-making, cutting it off from the access of the people who should have been a part of that decision-making. Both Napoleon, and Stalin, simply close all access to the process of decision-making, declare themselves head of government and surround themselves with a group of loyal followers who will aid them in making the decisions of government, to the exclusion of everyone else.