Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel? What are they, and how do they relate? Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved or “fixed”?
This novel was based on the Russian Revolution. George Orwell wrote this novel to criticize the communist in the Russian Revolution. He was trying to tell the readers that under any circumstances, power was not the only way to gain control over people. However, the same thing is happening in many parts of the real world right now. North Korea is one of the examples because the totalitarian government, with a dictator Jung-il Kim, is taking control over the whole country. This novel and North Korea has an extremely close relationship because they both have the same moral lesson. The citizens have no power to become free from the communist rule, just like the animals in the novel. Current president Jung-il Kim can be illustrated as Napoleon, for his identical greed for power because he is not trying to admit or even trying to know that his people are living in poverty while he enjoys his daily feast. North Koreans, together, are trying to improve their country which resembles the spirit of the animal farm. Also, there is only one leader—Jung-il Kim—whom they must respect anytime. The North Korean government is like the pigs because they, too, only think of their benefits and don’t care about their citizens. The author of this novel is clearly stating that greed for power will never promote a success but will only corrupt. Human’s avarice will always lead to any sort of consequences no matter what they are about because this is not what God wanted from us. He wants us to live in harmony but because of our uncontrollable greed, we are letting him down. If every people think a little more about other people, then no conflict will even occur and everyone will be able to live in peace.
This novel was based on the Russian Revolution. George Orwell wrote this novel to criticize the communist in the Russian Revolution. He was trying to tell the readers that under any circumstances, power was not the only way to gain control over people. However, the same thing is happening in many parts of the real world right now. North Korea is one of the examples because the totalitarian government, with a dictator Jung-il Kim, is taking control over the whole country. This novel and North Korea has an extremely close relationship because they both have the same moral lesson. The citizens have no power to become free from the communist rule, just like the animals in the novel. Current president Jung-il Kim can be illustrated as Napoleon, for his identical greed for power because he is not trying to admit or even trying to know that his people are living in poverty while he enjoys his daily feast. North Koreans, together, are trying to improve their country which resembles the spirit of the animal farm. Also, there is only one leader—Jung-il Kim—whom they must respect anytime. The North Korean government is like the pigs because they, too, only think of their benefits and don’t care about their citizens. The author of this novel is clearly stating that greed for power will never promote a success but will only corrupt. Human’s avarice will always lead to any sort of consequences no matter what they are about because this is not what God wanted from us. He wants us to live in harmony but because of our uncontrollable greed, we are letting him down. If every people think a little more about other people, then no conflict will even occur and everyone will be able to live in peace.
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As I was reading other people's entries about this, which is finding the relation with the 21st century, I found that most of us, who did Animal Farm, chose to relate with the same thing: North Korea. I like the way you've expressed your opinion. You explained directly the relationship in one to one correlation. Moreover, your idea is very similar to mine, more than others who chose North Korea to relate to this novel. Yet, though I had the same idea as yours, I don't really like my idea because it is too common. I wish we had more time to think about another example that is more in-depth.
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