Leon Czolgosz

In the essence of politics, it is better to be loved than feared as the latter can be a detriment to the individuals within a society. The universal consequence of being feared, in politics, is that it can lead to revolts and cause anarchy, which in turn is adverse for the politicians themselves. The effects of being feared in politics is explicit in various texts and text forms that have been written by many authors influenced by their historical context. This includes George Orwell’s…

Frida Kahlo lived a short life, but she has impacted art in a way that will live on forever. In Khalo’s forty-seven years she created almost two-hundred paintings, fifty-five of these are self-portraits (kahlo.org 1). Kahlo created intimate paintings like no one had ever seen. She became an inspirational artist and feminist icon. As her husband Rivera put it, “Never before had a woman put such agonized poetry on canvas as Frida did at that time” (Mencimer 29) . Kahlo’s life was full of tragedy.…

The Russian Revolution was a major turning point in Russian history. Destructive, dangerous, harsh, and cruel are words that characterize the Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution caused major political changes in Russia. The Russian Revolution had many negative outcomes, but it also had some positive outcomes. The Russian Revolution was a failure because there was a loss of many freedoms such as press, speech, and equality. Joseph Stalin also reduced the rights of many Russians. Many…

One of the most important symbols in Animal Farm is personification. Personification is used all around on Animal Farm, making all the animals talk and giving them human characteristics. By personifying the animals, Orwell was able to satirize some of the most serious political figures of the era. A well-respected pig, Old Major, like Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx, is idealistic about the workers coming together and living a communist lifestyle instead of being satisfied with hard labor that…

Napoleon and Squealer Napoleon is the main leader of Animal farm and even though Squealer is a pig, so that also makes him a leader however his actions and his personality shows him as more of a follower than anything else. In the story Napoleon is the mastermind that made the animals change their motivation from being free to surviving. At first Napoleon was helping the animals live a free and happy life. Even though the animals were not treated right they still craved their freedom…

Huxley’s Brave New World "A Gramme is Always Better Than a Damn" (Huxley, 2006, p. 90) Aldous Huxley saw a fully aware and intelligent society the only way to obtain a government which would keep the people’s best interest a priority. In Brave New World it was clear the government had utter control of its people, which the government gained by supplying the population with Soma. Soma was a fictional recreational drug which caused euphoria, relaxation, and “an escape from… reality” (Hickman,…

If one has or receives too much control, will it cloud one 's personal beliefs and ideas? Some may assume power is something one can benefit from. But the hold it can sometimes take can be overwhelming and controlling. Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a an allegorical and a dystopian fable about an atrocious drunk farmer who can 't seem to attain to his farm in a mannerly way. The novella starts off with the animals getting influenced by what their life would be like if animals were equal. The…

With just a glance at George Orwell's, Animal Farm, one might not expect the book to resemble so well the horrible circumstances that created and surrounded the Russian Revolution. However, in his allegorical book he used farm animals and their rebellion against humans to mirror the tendencies of the human nature and the Russian revolution. Each of these rebellions had a cruel leader; Manor Farm rebellion's leader was the atrocious pig, Napoleon, who parallels the Russian revolution's leader,…

Tania Martinez March 5, 2015 Psychology Mr. Hays Crime and Punishment Psychological profile Crime and Punishment is a novel written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Crime and Punishment is known to be Russian literature. He published this novel in 1866 while he was in Europe in 1865. Perhaps his finest novel, Crime and Punishment originated as a lengthy short story that dealt with, as Dostoyevsky himself stated, “The psychological account of a crime.”(Dostoyevsky,ix) He wrote Crime and Punishment in…

In George Orwell’s novel “Animal Farm”, the pig to human transition represents how failed revolutions only end up worse than their predecessors. With Napoleon, there is an increase in dealing with humans, even though the goal of the farm is to be run by animals. The original seven commandments are constantly being modified to fit the pigs agenda. On top of all this, the living conditions get progressively worse and the animals must work harder than before. The name change from Manor Farm to…