Read the passage from animal farm. by the late summer the news of what had happened on animal farm had spread across half the county. every day snowball and napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the rebellion, and teach them the tune of "beasts of england." which social insight does orwell develop in the passage? corrupt leaders use propaganda to push their agendas. oppression over many people can be devastating. dystopian societies live by specific modes of conduct. educated people will not give in to totalitarianism

In this passage from "Animal Farm", by George Orwell, the social insight that the author develops is corrupt leaders use propaganda to push their agendas.

Propaganda is the spreading of rumors and true, false or incomplete information to influence public opinion. In this passage, we learn that “Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of pigeons . . . to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms . . . and teach them the tune of ‘Beasts of England'" a way to use propaganda to push their agendas. Propaganda, together with the unwillingness to question authority makes the oppressed to obey without thinking.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.