Are there are 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"?There are current situations in the world that relate to this novel. There were also situations in the past that relate to the novel. North Korea is a modern example of what happened in Animal Farm, with Kim Jong-Il being parallel to the character of Napoleon. The Soviet Union is an example from the past of the events that occurred on Animal Farm. Ironically enough, George Orwell wrote this novel to criticize the Soviet Union. Many of the characters represented real people. Napoleon was a representation of Joseph Stalin, both of whom were power hungry and killed those who opposed them. Boxer represents the dedicated, but fooled, followers of the Communists. Animalism, which was the government the animals had established, represents Communism, in which the ideal was to make all the animals equal.
The situation with the Soviet Union sheds some light on how people could fix this problem in North Korea. Joseph Stalin came into power because he said that he believed in the teachings of Karl Marx, which was that no should be poor nor rich. However, as everyone knows, he did not do a very good job of putting these teachings to practice. After Stalin established Communism in the Soviet Union, he became a tyrant, forcing himself above others, and never fixing the problems of the poor, the hungry, and the oppressed. After many years, the people of the U.S.S.R. realized that they were being treated like dogs, and started to rebel and grumble against the government.
Some people might say that a group of people rebelling against the government won't help the people, but if everyone does it together, it is possible that the dictator may fall. Because Russia is no longer a Communist government, there is still hope that, one day, North Korea will be a free country as well.
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