The conflict
betweenandis ideologically-based, and almost impossible to resolve through mediation or other
typical means. Snowball, an idealist, truly believes that with the participation of all animals
a Utopia can result; Napoleon sees the inherent problems with 's philosophy and decides to take
advantage of the system for his own power.
Snowball also
busied himself with organising the other animals into what he called Animal
Committees.
[...]
Napoleon took no interest in Snowball's committees. He said
that the education of the young was more important than anything that could be done for those
who were already grown up.
(, , msxnet.org)
Napoleon never intended to play by the same rules, and so
Snowball's naivety becomes his downfall. The culmination of their relationship comes when
Napoleon tries to have Snowball killed by his trained dogs; this abuse of power is endemic to
their essential differences. Without some higher power that is able to keep Napoleon in check,
there are few other ways that the conflict could have been resolved.
One
other possibility would be for someone -- possibly an uninvolved third-party -- to educate
Snowball and make him more cynical about Napoleon's intentions. Up until the last, Snowball
assumes that they are moving towards the same goals; he never considers that Napoleon will
betray him. By giving Snowball a dose of healthy suspicion, it is possible that he could have
developed his own strong following to deflect the dogs, at which point the conflict would change
from private to public, between two equally-armed powers.
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