Snowball and Napoleon have a very important relationship throughout the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell. It is arguably the most important relationship in the text. They are always arguing about what should happen to the future and Animal farm. This is because these two characters are the exact opposite of each other, Napoleone Relies on Snowball to stay in power. And they have completely different views of how the farm should be run.
Snowball and Napoleon have the most important relationship because they are the exact opposites of each other, this is shown in the text by their constant arguing and them never agreeing. An example of when the idea was made by snowball to build the windmill. “Suddenly he lifted his leg, urinated over the plans, and walked out without uttering a word." This is based on the Russian revolution events when the Soviet Union undertook large modernization projects, Making new large factories and railways.
Napoleon and Snowball represent Joseph Starling (Napoleon) and Leon Trotsky (Snowball) during the Russian revolution. Leon Trotsky believed that these people should not have to work as hard. He wanted to make everything and everyone equal, this is shown in the text when snowball reveals windmill plans and reasons it should be built, all his ideas were based around making life easier and more comfortable for the animals. Napoleon’s reason against it was that he thought it was a waste of time and all time should be used for making food. This helps us understand more about what is happening in the text because it shows how different they were and how their opinions were alway the opposite of each other.
Napoleon used a snowball as a scapegoat after his expulsion. After Napoleon left the animal farm, Napoleon took the idea of the windmill and his and blamed most if not all the bad things happening. This is shown when the windmill blows down Napoleon says SNOWBALL!" he suddenly roared in a voice of thunder. "Snowball has done this thing!” He blames the snowball for the windmill. He does this so that the animals turn on the snowball even more, making them have a high trust and feel that Napoleon is saving the animals from bad. So napoleon and snowball still had a very important relationship even when snowball was expelled for the farm
The most important relationship on an animal farm is between Napoleon and Snowball because without the relationship the novel would not make sense in understanding what is happening and the themes. They rely on one another to stay in power.