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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”?

There are current situations like this rebellion against the upper class in the Animal Farm. For example, Africa is struggling of the rebellion of the RUF and the government right now. They relate to the Animal Farm because like the smart pigs in the novella, the older and wiser men in Africa are in control of the RUF. Also, the less wise, the other animals are like children soldiers in Africa. As they are brainwashed to believe that their leaders are always right, consequently being ignorant of the actual situations and reasons they are fighting for. The novella introduces Boxer as an example of a worker who ignorantly believes in his leader until his death. Also, the reasons for both rebellions are equality in oneself. In the novella, the situation, however, does not resolve at the end. Instead, the situation only gets worse by the animals working harder with less income. I think it kind of tells the Africans that rebellion will not work at the end because even when the rebellion ends up victoriously, another greedy “leader” will come upon and take the seat of a dictator. Hence, the African rebellious people must find a different way to approach to acquire their equality, rather than using force.
In my opinion, I think they should gain knowledge and educate themselves to fight against the government because as it is showed in the novella, the dumb animals cannot do anything without the pigs because they are not smart enough to take care of themselves. However, if they had knowledge and their natural strengths, they wouldn’t have ended up in a worse condition than before. Therefore, I think the Africans should learn in order to gain what they desire of.