Satire is used to ridicule these animals for not speaking their mind, even when warning of any wrongdoing committed by Napoleon. Benjamin, the donkey and the oldest animal on the farm, demonstrates this quality. In chapter five, the animals discuss building a windmill for the farm. Every animal takes a stand, except Benjamin. Orwell notes that Benjamin “[refuses] to believe that food [will become] more plentiful or that the windmill [will] save labor. Windmill or no windmill, he [says], life [will] go on as [it] has always gone on, that is, badly” (50-51). Despite this revelation from Benjamin, he decides not to speak, even if it means an improvement for the farm. He instead lets the rest of the farm argue, which leads to the violent event where Snowball is exiled. Later in the novel, Napoleon calls an urgent meeting that everyone must attend. Instead of the normal event of assigning work or food to the animals, the meeting takes a turn for the worse. Blood is shed and one by one the animals are forced to confess to the crimes they have committed. If the crime is serious enough, Napoleon orders his guard dogs to slaughter the accused. The scene of bloodshed is described thus: “And so the story of confessions and executions [continues], until [there is] a pile of corpses lying before Napoleon's feet, and the air [is]