Gulag

If a threat from one country turned every other country against you, would it be justified to try and contain them? One could argue that what the United States did and the after-effects of the Vietnam War were just brutal, but once you dive deeper into the topic you may come to realize that some of the reasons that the United States had invaded Vietnam were justified. Originally, the United States waged a war against North Vietnam because they did not believe in communism while Vietnam did, this…

Comparing 20th Century Russia and Germany. The 20th century was a time of tremendous change, upheaval, and revolution. The existence of modern day Russia and Germany are a testament to that, and the development of communism and fascism in those countries respectively are what shaped them the most. In Russia, communism took hold during the 1920’s, and faced incredible opposition both internally, from royalists, and externally, from the hostile international community. Germany embraced fascism a…

Dystopian describes an imaginary society that is as dehumanizing and as unpleasant as possible. A dystopian can be in a post-apocalyptic setting. It could be that the necessity for life or a force that you can not control is a threat to your survival on a regular basis. The key aspect of a dystopia represents North Korea since it’s in a Prison State. The movie I am Legend by Francis Lawrence it is set in a dystopian society and it is a post- apocalyptic movie. It is about a military scientist…

someone, one will do anything for them. This is evident in Andrius in his willingness to risk his life to better the lives of others. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. (Wendy Mass) On the rough journey to the gulags, Andrius displayed the hopefulness he has for the future by being kind and loving to everyone he travelled with. Love and kindness is displayed immediately in the novel. This is evident in the character of Andrius. He repeatedly put the…

Why Communism doesn’t work Communism was an idea that spread rapidly throughout the twentieth century, most do not have a full understanding of what happened or how it happened. It was invented in the year 1848, when Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels published the Communist Manifesto . Many have claimed throughout the years that it would lead to a utopia, no poor and no oppressed, no rich and no oppressors. In reality, Communism was not a good idea gone wrong, It was a bad Idea from the start.…

The Cold War was an era that is a one-time occurrence. A war in which no weapons were fired and no innocent people were killed. However, it was a war that kept everyone on their toes, in fear of a nuclear destruction that will ripple through the world. There were deep-rooted ideological, economic and political differences between the United States and the Soviet Union. These differences were intensified as a result of many underlying causes. The United States and the Soviet Union represent two…

Introduction “In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is King.” This well known and often quoted phrase is attributed to Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, or Erasmus of Rotterdam, a 16th-century Dutch Renaissance humanist. The saying is worth a closer look and if you can imagine the power of someone who, among others who are disadvantaged or have a disability of some kind, the one who is least disadvantaged or has the least disability is regarded as the one who can make the greatest…

“The Fur Hat”, was a comical novel written to show the society of the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev Era. By analizing the novel you will see how Vladimir Voinovich (Author) used a comical theme to point out the problems of the Soviet Union. This will give a better prospective of the 1970’s Soviet society. The Brezhnev Era was one of the most important time periods of the Soviet Union. After looking over the society of the 1970’s Soviet Union, We will look at the 1930’s Soviet Union. To help…

George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Blair, is well known for his opposition to totalitarianism and communism. Having fought in the Spanish Revolution for the Loyalists, he has a background of totalitarian opposition. With the economic growth during the Great Depression was credited to dictators, such as Franco, Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin, these tyrants gained popularity for their success. When Animal Farm was released in August of 1945, Stalin was credited with halting and pushing back the…

JAVIER, Bryle Felix A. A Critique on The Act of Killing When Adolf Eichmann, the SS-Obersturmbannführer who was responsible for the mass deportation of Jews in Eastern Europe to the death camps, was put on trial by the Israeli government for crimes against humanity, he constantly justified that he was acting upon that which was ordered upon him as well as going with the tide of the powers that be. This remorseless defense was famously chronicled and evaluated upon by the German Jew, Hannah…