Chapter 2

At this point, the animals have succeeded (and rather quickly, I might add) in overthrowing Jones and the rest of his men on the farm and now have it all to themselves. They immediately destroyed everything the humans used to torture and control them, and decided a list of commandments that the animals would live by. Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, with some help from Squealer, are leading Animal Farm, the title farm that they renamed themselves. It is also revealed that Snowball and Napoleon have been learning to read and write for the past three months, so this enables them to have a little more control over the rest of the animals early on.
Now to the part that really intrigued me. After the pigs milked the cows, there was all of that milk, which Napoleon said would be tended to after a day of harvest work was completed. He then sent all of the animals to begin working on the harvest, saying that he would follow in a few minutes. But then, as anyone could pretty much predict, the milk was gone when the animals returned in the evening. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that either Napoleon drank all of the milk right there on the spot, or he stored it somewhere for his own use later on, with no intention of telling the other animals of it's location.
At the beginning of the chapter, we learned that Napoleon had a reputation for getting his own way, and not much of a talker. We also learned that, though not possessing the same depth of character as Napoleon, Snowball was more lively and energetic, and more inventive than Napoleon. I'm predicting that these two will definitely experience some sort of rivalry later on in the plot, as their personalities seem to be quite different. I feel like Napoleon will attempt manipulate the other animals and run the farm in a way that benefits himself, but that Snowball will catch on to his antics and a conflict and/or rivalry will erupt between the two.