what is the main conflict of animal farm?

Answer 1

The oppressor (human) and the oppressed (animals). The oppressed over threw the oppressor. In turn, the oppressed gained power and became the oppressor.

Power is evil, communism in theory make sense, but because human is innately selfish and power hungry, communism is bad in practice.

Answer 2

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what is the main conflict of animal farm?

Answer 3

I do hope you're actually going to read the book, if this is a homework assignment. It's a really good book, and a classic, and it's short - well worth your time.

I don't want to answer your question exactly, but I'll give you a couple of hints:

(a) To most critics, it's pretty clear that the book is a parable about the Russian Revolution and what it turned into over time. So to understand "Animal Farm," it wouldn't hurt if you learned a little bit about the Russian Revolution and the political conflicts that grew out of it.

(b) To me, it's clear that the pig Napoleon is supposed to represent Joseph Stalin. Question: Who does this make "Snowball," then?

(c) Assuming that this book is a parable about the Russian Revolution, and given the conflict in the book between "Napoleon" (Stalin) and .. somebody else, what is the role that the Sheep are playing?

What do the Sheep do to the ideals of equality that were originally present in Animal Farm? Can you think of any equivalent to the Sheep in revolutionary Russia?

(d) In real life, it's obviously impossible for pigs to turn into men. But Orwell has them doing just that in his plot. That's biologically odd, and worth thinking about.

A question about the pigs and the men: If Stalin is the head of the pigs, who do the pigs represent, in the context of Russia?

Second question about pigs and men: If "Animal Farm" is about the Russian Revolution, then who do the men in the book represent?

Third question: Do you think that Orwell really favors the men, and what they're trying to do to the animals?

Fourth Question: When the pigs turn into men at the end of "Animal Farm," what does this tell you about the outcome of Communism in Russia, as Orwell sees it?

Fifth Question: Do you think that the author, George Orwell, approves of the pigs becoming men?

When the book is ending, and the pigs and the men have become impossible to tell apart, and the only principle left from the revolution is "Some animals are more equal than others," do you think that Orwell believes this is a good thing?

Sixth Question: What was Orwell's attitude towards Snowball?

Answer 4

Have you read the book? The conflict is between the lowerclass and the upperclass. Farm animals vs humans, or Farm animals vs Pigs. The source has the book so you can read it if you would like.

Answer 5

The conflict is between the idealistic desire for equality of all animals and the corrupting force of absolute power. Or between ideals and human nature. Or between utopias and reality.

It is a very complicated novel. It cannot be so simply dissected as to identify "the main" conflict.

P.S. GOD, I hate school. In its present form, it deforms children's minds. To reduce one of the greatest masterpieces of mankind to some stupid outline, with a "main conflict" in it. This is not directed at you, asker.

Answer 6

i love that book really i tell you the conflict but the you should try sparknotes.com for any information the conflict is the animals on manor farm(name was changed to animal farm) are tired of being treated wrong by humans so they take a stand and run the owners off and they run a farm on their own

Answer 7

Pigs vs. humans. It's an analogy about jingoistic politics.

Answer 8

Am I the only person who thinks this question should have been posted in Homework Help instead of Books & Authors?

Answer 9

The individual vs. the state.