How does the reader know the shepherd boy was a foolish person?

The reader knows that the Shepherd boy was a foolish person due to his actions. Instead of crying wolf in a real scenario he decided to do it as a joke for being bored. Not only was he very foolish but he was also a liar who was affected by his own foolish actions. The moral of the story is, think before you act.

in this passage from "animal farm", by george orwell, the statement that best explains how boxer's response supports the author's purpose in writing an allegory is option b) orwell uses boxer's decision to avoid more carnage by working hard to show how the working class was manipulated. boxer and the other animals feel they are responsible for their carnage because napoleon uses propaganda to manipulate the animals of the farm.

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