What does the word bickering mean?

What excerpt from a student essay maintains the most objective tone

Which prediction does this passage best support? the seven commandments will become a new religion. o snowball will fall off the ladder and injure himself. o the animals will not see the commandments on the wall. the pigs will eventually change the seven commandments.

The tone of a story is the author's attitude toward the subject. provide two examples that support the conclusion that the tone of this story is ironic.