Animal Farm Connections

In the book Animal Farm it starts out with a conflict theory a farmer reaping the benefits of his animals. The animals who get nothing rebel, as always happens in a conflict society the poor Proletariats rebel against the rich Bourgeoisie. In the book as in real life the poor outnumber the rich which is why the rebellion succeeds. After the rebellion Snowball and Napoleon become the unofficial leaders of the farm. We see Napoleon push hard for a conflict society but Snowball always keeps them in a functional society where the different parts of the society depend and thrive on each other. However the pigs do claim themselves the smarter species and even with Snowballs presence they slowly start leaning to a conflict society. We see the pigs start hording apples. Normally an act like this would anger the community, but, the pigs so amply lie to the community saying that they have to eat apples, and they say they don't even like the taste but it is required they eat them. Slowly their functionalist theory starts slipping. The battle of Cowshend takes many lives and wounds snowball. This lowers the moral of the animals but boosts their patriotism. With this boost of patriotism Napoleon takes his shot he drives away Snowball claiming him a traitor and assumes command of Animal Farm. With Napoleon in control the pigs take what they want, they do what they want, and they kill any that object. They do this by keeping the community in a constant fear of attack and a constant exhaustion from building a windmill. They get away with executions because they can say that those animals are spies. Slowly little by little the animals start to realize that the pigs are just the same as humans. They realize that the pigs are reaping the benefits of their labor while they get nothing. They were stuck right back into a conflict society. What is an oppressed community to do. They revolt once again. This is why functionalism should be practiced a community that relies on the equality of all. When the rich get richer and the poor get poorer the poor will revolt.