Conflict In Animal Farm And There Will Be Blood

Conflict encompasses three main parties; the alphas, the challengers and the compliants. Each role is as detrimental as the next, affecting the way conflict evolves and the lessons derived from it. Animal Farm and There Will Be Blood explore lessons learnt from conflict via negative consequences, albeit in diverse paradigms.

Profound greed and lust for power as a single leader, and the determination to exterminate interferences is a significant lesson learnt as a result of conflict. This is evident in character Napoleon, from ‘AF’. Napoleon grasps for utmost power, control and authority, those considered equal threat to his ambitions must be eliminated. Allegorising Lenin and Trotsky, Napoleon and Snowball work together at the beginning of

Force and tactical assets are major factors that dominate a system. This is accentuated in Snowball’s character, in ‘AF’. Snowball approaches the Rebellion in a continued revolution, determined to unify and educate the animals. This is exemplified in the Seven Commandments, a recurring motif central to the novel. The commandments, such as “No animal shall kill any other animal” and “All animals are equal” focus on Snowball’s genuine devotion to bettering the animals and the farm. However, they are later altered by Squealer under Napoleon, highlighting his hypocrisy to the Animalism principles. Verbal irony is depicted in the commandment changes, adjusting into “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause” and the paradox, “All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others”. Snowball learns that although genuine ambitions fabricate a perfect leader, force, propaganda, lies, and manipulation governs the farm. Snowball attains, from Napoleon’s boorish and scheming influence, that propaganda and scare tactics, like Napoleon’s dogs, are astute devices in building a power base and maintaining an authoritarian regime. Comparably, TWBB’s Eli Sunday relates to Snowball. Sunday wants the best for his church community, his pure ambition strengthening other’s lives through faith, likewise to Snowball. However, Eli poses a threat to Plainview because of the power he wields in the community. In the final scene, the metaphors “drainage” and “I drink your milkshake!” implies Plainview’s advantage and superiority over Sunday. Therefore, characters Snowball and Eli Sunday learn, as a result of conflict, that their opposition’s deceitful tactics contribute to