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There is social conflict throughout the novel. In the beginning, it was Mr. Jones against the animals, but as the novel progressed it became the pigs against the other animals, and Napoleon against Snowball. Initially, the animals wanted to revolt because Mr. Jones treated them poorly. He was often drunk and overly indulged himself while his animals were starving. After Old Major died, the animals revolted and ran Mr. Jones off the farm. Soon after Snowball and Napoleon were constantly in conflict until Snowball was chased off the farm by Napoleon’s dogs. The other animals were also in conflict with Napoleon and his tyranny. The animals were sick and tired of Napoleon because he had turned into exactly what they had fought to overcome. They were still being forced to work themselves to death with small