Read the excerpt from chapter 10 of Animal Farm . The farm possessed three horses now besides Clover. They were fine upstanding beasts, willing workers and good comrades, but very stupid. None of them proved able to learn the alphabet beyond the letter B. They accepted everything that they were told about the Rebellion and the principles of Animalism, especially from Clover, for whom they had an almost filial respect; but it was doubtful whether they understood very much of it. Which statement best explains how Orwell uses dramatic irony in this passage to reveal the theme that knowledge can be lost between generations?