It was a question question of life life and death.
I think it might be D), but im unsure. It just seams to fit the theme of how <span>Nick said "</span>The fact that gossip had published the banns was one of the reasons I had come East."
Answer:
1.Napoleon wanted to show his absolute control and forced many animals to confess to impossible crimes.
2.When Napoleon and Snowball started to fight for power, Napoleon turned greedy and savage.
3.Napoleon later raised a group of dogs to run Snowball off the farm and try to kill him.