There are growing tensions between the leading pigs Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon has claimed that Snowball is a criminal. Snkwball's plans for a windmill were said to be copied off Napoleons and that is why Napoleons tactic is too get rid of s ow all for good because he stole his original idea. To get rid of him he would have to convince the whole farm that the windmill is a bad idea even though it was him who created it and secretly agrees with it.