onsdag 7 mars 2012

The Conflict

In my opinion, Animal Farm is almost based on conflicts. Mostly external conflict, but also internal. The animals and the humans are continiueously fighting each other, as the story goes on. The humans are the MR. Jones, but also the other farmers near Animal Farm. They had before competed with MR. Jones, before the animals on Manor Farm had taken over the farm. This quote is after the rebellion.

The other farmers sympathised in principe, but they did not give
him much help. At heart, each of them was secretly wondering
whether he could not somehow turn Jones's misfortune to his own
advantage.
(Animal Farm, 1945. George Orwell, p. 24)


Later on, when MR. Jones had given up on the idea of takin back the farm, the other farmers had realized that the animals were a bigger threat than MR. Jones. The animals had been trying to convinse other animals to not take orders from humans. By sending bird to other farms to inform that rebellion was possible. Once more they humans tries to attack Animal Farm, but like the previous attack, they failed.

But conflict does not always consider humans and animals. Within the Animal Farmthe conflicts are between animals. mostly between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon, because they were in charge for most things.

Snowball and Napoleon were by far the most active in the
debates. But it was noticed that these two were never in
agreement: whatever suggestion either of them made, the
other could be counted on to oppose it.
(George Orwell, p. 19)

When Napoleon has finally being able to get rid of Snowball, who had run away from the farm, Napoleon stands as their leader. But whenever something bad happens to the farm, he blames Snowball. He tries later on to convince the other animals by sending Squealer that Snowball was the source of all the problems.

But Boxer was still a little uneasy. "I do not believe that
Snowball was a traitor at the beginning," he said finally.
"What he has done since is different. But I believe that
at the Battle of Crowshed he was a good comrade."
(George Orwell, p. 55)

All animals except some pigs was sure that Snowball was not a bad pig after all. They were even was against Squealer, until Squealer said that this was what Napoleon had said. Because of Boxer had taken "Napoleon is always right" as one of his mottos, he choosed to believe. And many of the animals believed in Boxer, they also believed later that it was Snowbalss fault. Internal conflict comes sometimes in this novel. Usally it is Boxer or Clover, the two horses, who have some doubts about what has been said.

3 kommentarer:

  1. I have noticed that blogspot does not really make the textsize smaller when I want it to. I have tried to fix this, but it has never worked so far.

    SvaraRadera
  2. Ok!

    I see the problem. Would it work better if you write the text in Word first, then copy and paste it into your blog?

    Otherwise, the content is complete and valid ideas are introduced and supported. However, you could have given a concrete example of Boxer's or Clover's internal conflicts.

    SvaraRadera
  3. You're a lifesaver. I wanted the conflict part for exam.

    SvaraRadera