Read the passage from animal farm. and the behaviour of the cat was somewhat peculiar. it was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. she would vanish for hours on end, and then reappear at meal-times, or in the evening after work was over, as though nothing had happened. but she always made such excellent excuses, and purred so affectionately, that it was impossible not to believe in her good intentions. what is the central idea of this passage? the cat is hungry. the cat means well. the cat is lazy. the cat is ignorant.

It is much safer to be feared than loved. . among the wonderful deeds of hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune. this arose from nothing else than his inhuman cruelty . . but without that cruelty, his other virtues were not sufficient to produce this effect. . that it is true his other virtues would not have been sufficient for him may be proved by the case of scipio, that most excellent man . . his army rebelled in spain; this arose from nothing but his too great forbearance, which gave his soldiers more license than is consistent with military discipline. –the prince, niccolò machiavelli which words in the passage have negative connotations?inhuman, cruelty, rebelled how do the words with negative connotations support the claim?by defining the actions of a leader who is to be feared