Read the passage from Animal Farm Within a few weeks

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Read the passage from Animal Farm Within a few weeks Snowball s plans for the windmill were fully worked out The mechanical details came mostly from three books which had belonged to Mr Jones One Thousand Useful Things to Do About the House Every Man His Own Bricklayer and Electricity for Beginners Snowball used as his study a shed which had once been used for incubators and had a smooth wooden floor suitable for drawing on He was closeted there for hours at a time With his books held open by a stone and with a piece of chalk gripped between the knuckles of his trotter he would move rapidly to and fro drawing in line after line and uttering little whimpers of excitement Gradually the plans grew into a complicated mass of cranks and cog wheels covering more than half the floor which the other animals found completely unintelligible but very impressive All of them came to look at Snowball s drawings at least once a day Even the hens and ducks came and were at pains not to tread on the chalk marks Only Napoleon held aloof He had declared himself against the windmill from the start One day however he arrived unexpectedly to examine the plans He walked heavily round the shed looked closely at every detail of the plans and snuffed at them once or twice then stood for a little while contemplating them out of the corner of his eye then suddenly he lifted his leg urinated over the plans and walked out without uttering a word What is most likely Orwell s purpose for writing this passage to demonstrate that Snowball is more creative than Napoleon to illustrate the power struggle that Napoleon will likely win to reveal Napoleon s real feelings about plans for the windmill to show the interest of the rest of the farm in Snowball s windmill