Monday, February 05, 2007

Q2

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 for "fixed"?

I have just finished the first set of questions of this fun blog project. I have thought and decided not to consider the bad example of Napoleon’s greediness and become a humble person. Anyway, I will stop writing about the first set of questions and get started on the second set of questions, which are: 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 for "fixed"?
The answer to the first question, ‘Are there any current situations in the world that relate to the novel?’, is, of course, yes. There are many current situations in the world that relate to the novel Animal Farm. For example, our neighbor country, North Korea is an example of the novel. The mean, greedy, evil Kim Jung Il can be an example of real life scale figure or representation of Napoleon. First of all, the physical characteristics, both Kim Jung Il and Napoleon are FAT. Second, both of them are very greedy and they took over their country or farm slowly and very intelligently, slowly manipulating the thoughts of the citizens or the animals. The answer to the second question, ‘Does the novel shed any light on how current situations could be resolved for "fixed"?’, I really do not know but I think, personally, the book clearly criticizes the communism. The book does not clearly pick out all the criticisms but the details of the events that are just not good are clearly emphasized and tell the readers that this kind of event should not happen. Although the book contains many criticisms about the communism and greed, it does not show the solutions of the problems.

2 comments:

[Jiwon Yom] said...
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[Jiwon Yom] said...

I like your thought on the relationship between this book and the situations in reality. I find it amusing and interesting what you said about the North Korea's situation now. For sure, Napoleon and Kim Jong Il share many simularity, which I definitely have to agree with you. Good work.