Animal Farm is a fable illustrating the inevitable degeneration of revolutionary ideals. According to the novel, this degeneration occurs because
A. social equality, the goal of such idealism, is actually undersirable B. revolutionary ideals are dreamed by blood-thirsty individuals C. man's greedy individualistic nature always subverts the realization of ideals D. revolutionary ideals are inimical to progress E. animals are the wrong characters to illustrate man's weaknesses.
