Dictator

"Run!", my dad yelled to me across the tunnel. We were in a tunnel seeking safety from the world around us. This all started when the president used his authority against his country. My dad was an agent for the secret service, and the president, who, by the way, is such a sham, believes that the human population is irrelevant for his plan to create a world of robots that he was in control of. So, the "president" chose his most reliable, industrious agent to set off a bomb containing a virus…

Unity and Historical Remembrance in The Great Dictator Throughout history, performance has been used as a method to unite people from different regions, social classes, races, and gender and sexual identities. Such an instance can be seen in Charles Chaplin’s film, The Great Dictator. Released in 1940, the film satirizes Adolf Hitler in attempts to counter the increasing popularity of nazism during this time. This film is historically important because it makes the audience acknowledge and…

In the Charlie Chaplin film, The Great Dictator, the method of persuasion pathos is used multiple times. Pathos is an extremely effective way to control, or persuade someone to do something. Pathos is when you use someone's emotions to bring an event or topic to their attention. A few examples of pathos in the movie are when the storm troopers stormed into Hannah’s home and attempted to capture her and her family, and when Hynkel is not fazed by the many deaths of his people during the testing…

fear throughout the novel 1984. He used Big Brother as an example of an overpowering dictator. Big Brother was in charge of all media, and was always watching through the televisions that were located pretty much everywhere. The televisions were used to display propaganda, and they made people believe that Big Brother was a perfect leader; therefore everyone loved and supported him. Big Brother is an abusive dictator, and this is shown through Goldstein. Goldstein is shown as the enemy, but Big…

analysis of published reviews on Richard Overy’s “The Dictators” it is possible to gain a greater and more cohesive understanding of the essential, beneficial and unique ideas Overy presents in his book. Having obtained good knowledge of the books central ideas reviews by David Wedgwood and Mark van Hagen have been compared, contrasted, and thoroughly dissected to gauge the legitimacy of their claims and find areas of discord. “The Dictators” delves into the components of the rise of both the…

The poem Valery as Dictator, written by LeRoi Jones, is about segregation and the hardships of the African-American society waiting for their equality in America. It’s upsetting to LeRoi how often the African Americans needs are pushed aside constantly. He questions why are we waiting. At the time this poem was written America was under the “separate but equal” doctrine that allowed states to enforce segregation while giving the whites and blacks “equal opportunity” when in reality the African…

Richard Overy writes about two of the most influential world leaders in the 20th century in The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia. Although seemingly contrasting regimes, Overy gives a detailed look into the characteristics of both Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia, suggesting the two were seemingly similar in their styles. This paper will look at these distinct ideologies held by the two regimes, the similarities between the two regimes, how Overy accounts for these similarities…

dissenting voice include Yeonmi Park’s speech at the One Young World Summit in which she effectively uses rhetoric to protest the North Korean regime and removal of individuality and freedom. Likewise, Charlie Chaplin’s final speech in the film “the Great Dictator” profound thoughts on equality and oppression are thoroughly explored to object against . Yeonmi Park and Charlie Chaplin cleverly use rhetorical devices to disseminate a powerful dissenting voice. Rhetoric is a powerful tool for the…

I believe that Fidel Castro should be remembered as both a brutal dictator and a hero to the people. I believe that he should be remembered as a hero to the people because his main focus was to help the poor in Cuba. Although the execution of it could have been better he did make certain aspects of Cuba better. The overall literacy rate in Cuba grew 95 percent. As well as having universal health care. But the bad outweighed the good in Castro’s situation. While Cuba literacy rate improved and…

Fascism is an authorization and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization. The Man who started the fascist idea was mussolini, He was the dictator of italy. fascism is basically an extreme dictatorship. After WWI the governments were weakening. There was a raging up-rate of unemployment and this is what led to un-rest in many of the cities, so much so that many people began to support the communist.. Mussolini suggested an idea to rebuild Italy and recreate the Roman…