Thursday, March 6, 2008

-current situation

* Animal farm is like a Communist Country where one man has the power to control the government. In 21st century, most of the existing communist countries are gone. Nevertheless there is still North Korea that lives in the darkness of communism. They do no have freedom of speech nor do the citizens have the right to own properties. Like the story of Animal Farm where Napoleon is the pig that over powers the other animal of the farm and become the law among the animals. Kim Jung ill, the leader of North Korea, is currently in the same position as Napoleon. He has taken away the citizen’s rights and pushes the people of North Korea to work for the benefit of the country. So did Napoleon. He had said the same, but ended up being corrupted by the power he had owned and starved the others. Kim Jung Ill has people starving everyday as well as people on the streets and in one’s house dying of hunger, crying out for better lives and freedom. Yet he does not look back at the people and that the responsibility as a leader. Both, the Animal Farm and the North Korea leaders enjoy their life with riches and satisfaction not caring about what is going on in the outside world. The book, Animal Farm, shows an easy understanding of the current situation; still it does not resolve the problem nor improves the economic. Through the animal characters in the book, we could identify that humans are like the farm animal. Some are hard working trust worth like Boxer, but some enjoy evil and look down upon those who are less fortune. The author, George Orwell, was revealing the dark side of humanity and the result of greed. From the book I learned that all humans are equal no matter what, and that we should not only benefit ourselves but others too.

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