Satire is used to ridicule these animals for not expressing their opinion, even when they sense wrongdoing by Napoleon. Benjamin, the oldest donkey and animal on the farm, displays this quality. In chapter five, the animals debate building a windmill for the farm. Each animal takes sides, except Benjamin. Orwell notes that Benjamin “refuses to believe that either food will become more abundant or that the windmill will save labor. Windmill or no windmill, he says, life will continue as it has always continued, that is to say badly” (50-51). Despite this revelation from Benjamin, he decides not to speak, even if it would mean an improvement for the farm. Instead, he lets the rest of the farm argue, leading to the violent event in which Snowball is exiled. Later in the novel, Napoleon calls an urgent meeting that everyone must attend. Instead of the usual event of distributing work or food to the animals, the meeting takes a wrong turn. Blood is shed, as one by one, the animals are forced to confess to the crimes they have committed. If the offense is serious enough, Napoleon orders his guard dogs to slit the throat of the accused. The scene of bloodshed is described: "And so the story of confessions and executions continues until there is a heap of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet and the air is]