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The life and political career of Leon Trotsky has been a point of great contention amongst historians since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. While Trotsky’s impact is evident, historians have widely varying views on Trotsky and his legacy. Consequently, there is no one fixed image of Trotsky but rather a series of historical arguments that present him in both a positive and negative light. However if one were to attempt to make a holistic description of Trotsky, he could be described as an individual whose flaws rendered his strengths inconsequential. Trotsky was a dynamic revolutionary figure who was crucial in the Bolsheviks quest for power and the implementation of Marxist ideology in Russia. Historians write that Trotsky’s greatest attests to the Bolshevik party were his intellect and skills as a military leader. Trotsky was a military tactician whose organisational skills and willingness to use force allowed for the Bolsheviks to consolidate their power. This is evident through the efforts and initiatives exhibited by Trotsky in the Russian Civil War of 1917. Trotsky’s pragmatic approach towards the Red Army allowed for the…

Leon Trotsky was another Marxist thinker who engage in a number of revolutionary insurrections and riots. His animal complement is Snowball, who, like Trotsky, perceive that a global series of rebellions was needed to achieve the revolution 's ultimate goals. Snowball 's proposal for the windmill mirrors Trotsky 's brilliant character and schemes about the best way to put Marx 's theories into practice. Trotsky was also the commander of Lenin 's Red Army, just as Snowball is the commander of the…

Animal Farm: Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky was an activist of Russia. He helped ignite the Russian Revolution. Trotsky was also mentioned in a novel by George Orwell. This novel was known as Animal Farm. The novel was about a farm of animals who dreamed of living on the farm without being controlled by humans. They plan to start a rebellion against the farm owner Mr. Jones. The leader of the rebellion is the pig Old Major. He is a symbol for Karl Marx. When he dies he expects his other…

Believer of Communism, Leon Trotsky was a Russian Marxist and Soviet politician that led the revolutionary win of the Bolshevik Party in October 1917. Leon Trotsky was the founder and leader of the Red Army, but his revolutionary activity began from a young age. Trotsky was known for being a prolific writer that informed people about his opinions on the aspects of the Russian Revolution and government through numerous journals and articles. Although a comrade and close companion of Vladimir…

Leon Trotsky RESPONSIBILITIES/IDEOLOGIES/CONTRIBUTION Leon Trotsky’s responsibilities varied during his lifetime as he assumed many different positions in the different factions of the Revolution. Trotsky became a Social Democrat in 1903, resulting in his joining of the Mensheviks at the Second Part Congress. He would split with them not long after. In 1905 Trotsky become the chairman of the St Petersburg Soviet, which would later be raided resulting in exile. Trotsky would then return to Russia…

Final Research Paper For the final paper you are to research a specific aspect of cognition, emotion and motivation that most interests you. Integrate a discussion of how you see your research findings as significant to your clinical work or the field of psychology in general. Cognitive Dissonance Psychologist Leon Festinger will be remembered for his theory of cognitive dissonance. His theory and research centered on the subjective feeling of tension or discomfort that occurs when a…

The word comes from the Latin root words, “re”, meaning back and “pugnare” to fight. When we use the word repugnance, we do not just mean the feeling of fighting back or resisting, but also a feeling of horror or sickness that causes you to resist in the first place. In the article “The Wisdom Of Repugnance” , Leon R. Kass illustrates that human beings should take a closer look at the greater implications of cloning and not just to do it because we can. Liberals, on the other hand, believe that,…

According to Dante Aligheri’s Inferno a person must do something good in life to go to heaven in death. Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, or as he is most often known as, Leon Trotsky deserves to go to one of the levels of hell. And based upon Aligheri’s criteria Trotsky belongs in circle nine, the bottom level of hell where traitors go and where Satan resides despite his divorce from Aleksandra Sokolovskaya for his lover Natalia Ivanova Sedova which would place him in circle two, the circle for the…

Orwell, author of Animal Farm, once said, “Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” In the years prior to World War I, most countries had a sense of invincibility and an attitude of indifference towards war. Due to a strong sense of Nationalism and this indifference toward war, no one thought war would actually happen and especially not in their country. As war broke out, the people of Russia and the…

THE HISTORY OF PONCE DE LEON HALL Flagler College’s Ponce de Leon hall, located at 74 King St, St Augustine, Florida, was built in 1888 by architects John Carrére and Thomas Hastings, who were still new to the field at the time (Horn). The main building of the hall is now used mostly for student housing purposes, but the exterior architectural features and domed lobby space showcase impressive design features and elements of styles that we have covered this semester (Branch). It originally…