Discuss how conflicts are resolved in the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell.

I think that Orwell displays a rather brutal manner in
which conflicts are resolved.  Violence and power become the key elements to resolving
all conflicts.  The farm's conflicts are ones that ultimately reflect on political
authority.  Orwell displays that Napoleon and the pigs' leadership is the absolute
political end and cannot be questioned.  Any conflicts on the farm is a reflection of
this leadership.  This means that all conflicts that are presented are ones that become
ultimatums on political leadership, something that cannot be resolved in any way other
than to further consolidate the rule of the Pigs.  In this light, Orwell demonstrates
that political authority that is centrally driven, without any other form of
institutional limitation will have a tendency to resolve all conflicts through power. 
Napoleon certainly does this.  Examine what happens in Chapter 7 with the forced
confessions.  Part of Napoleon's ability to resolve all conflicts through force lies in
his taking the pups in chapter 2. He recognizes early on that if he can secure the power
and enforcement ability to substantiate his own rule, then all conflicts can be resolved
through political rule and in this, there can be no conflicting force to his own control
and rule.