Ribbons In George Orwell's Animal Farm

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In the novel Animal Farm, Mollie plays a white mare who asks stupid questions. She was selfish, very girly, and loved sugar. Most of these questions Mollie asked had to do with sugar, or ribbons, and were evident in chapter two, “ Will there still be sugar after the Rebellion?” (Orwell 17). After all the animals were going through, and everything that was being changed, Mollie’s first concern was if there would be sugar. This shows that Mollie wants an easy life on the farm, and expects things to be handed to her. This also foreshadows that if Mollie expects this, she might not last a long life on Animal Farm. Another trade mark Mollie carried was all the animals on the farm knew of her to wear ribbons all down her mane. Ribbons were a very

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