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    Vladimir Ilich Ulanov, best known as Lenin, was the originator of the Russian Communist Party, pioneer of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the modeler, manufacturer, and first leader of the Soviet Union. Lenin spent the years paving the way to the 1917 unrest in a state of banishment, inside Russia and abroad. The Bolshevik 's immediately solidified power; privatizing all parts of the Soviet economy, getting serious about difference through the Cheka, or mystery police and founding the Red…

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    Leo Tolstoy Research Paper

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    “The strongest of all warriors are these two- Time and Patience” (War and Peace Quotes by Leo Tolstoy). In a world enslaved by war and wealth, Leo Tolstoy achieved the impossible. He broke his shackles and saw the world beyond the surface. Money and power seemed worthless. Instead, morals formed over time with copious amounts of patience. These morals could only have been formed due to his life experiences. The work of the profound author Leo Tolstoy was molded by the culture and family life of…

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    Props is another factor of iconography that is used and shown in these four films. Props are important in films, because it helps gets certain messages across, makes scenes more authentic, and they also have symbolism. Props used in the four films have meanings and symbolism behind them. For example, the totem in Inception symbolizes reality; whether the characters are dreaming or are in real life. Cobb's totem is a spinning top, and he uses this to test whether he is in reality or not. If it…

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    Lenin Biography Essay

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    Russian society. In 1887, his big brother, Aleksandr, was arrested and executed for being a part of a group to assassinate Emperor Alexander III, and with his father already dead, Lenin became the man of the family. After he received his law degree at Kazan University, he moved to the city Samara and started to decide revolution. Lenin adapted Marxist ideas.…

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    Jonathon Kozol Analysis

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    during the year 69 to 70s there was a major negative change. There was an economic problem and many services were lost. A professor of education at Teachers College in New York believed race was the true issue as to why the services were not available. Kazan believes this tells us kids have a worth. Parents began using private money that was collected under the table to be able to pay extra teachers and to have more classes available for their kids. The parents simply put it as there are cheap…

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    The Pearl Symbolism Essay

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    also highlights as to how the riches fail in repairing the inner vacuity. The lust for pearls throws Kino into the paradoxes. He is both blessed and cursed, owner and slave, free and enthralled. His sole thinking of improving his material status brings all this confusion in his life. Money in itself is not bad but its lust is fatal. On the whole, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature through the rich layers of symbolism. In this novel, Steinbeck shows the disastrous effects of stepping…

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    happened in a dark, desperate time in the United States. This saddening story of witchcraft was written by a man named Arthur Miller. He used the Salem Witch Trials and related that to his own story, The Modern Witch Trials, in which a man named Elia Kazan accused Miller and seven others of being apart of a communist party. The main characters within the story are: Reverend Parris, Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Mary Warren, Elizabeth Proctor, and Reverend Hale. Each with their own story, they…

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    The Crucible, the famous and passionate play about the Salem Witch Trials during the 1690s, written by Arthur Miller is an allegory to to the McCarthy Trials of the 1950s. An allegory is a story with two levels of meaning - literal and symbolical. In an allegory, the characters, events and instances all relate to real people, events, and instances (“Definition of Allegory” R104). Characters like Abigail Williams, John Proctor and Judge Hathorne represent the historical figures: Senator Joseph…

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    Imagine living in a society where everyone is scared for their lives and the innocent lie to keep themselves safe. During the times of the Red Scare and the Salem witch trials, this was common everyday life. The Salem witch trials consisted of events which accused the innocent of being witches. Similarly, throughout the McCarthyism era, innocent people were accused of being communists with no solid proof. The Salem witch trials initiated in the spring of 1692, “after a group of young girls in…

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    Mongol Uprising Analysis

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    The Mongols dominated Russia from 1240 to nearly the end of the of the 16th century CE. The empire conquered by Genghis Khan was split after his death among his heirs and eventually divided into four smaller, though not insignificant Khanates. According to David O. Morgan the Great Khanate in and around China, the Ilkhanate of Persia, Iraq, and parts of Anatolia, the Chagatai Khanate of Central Asia, and the Golden Horde that controlled much of the Western and Southern parts of Russia. Due to…

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