Leon Czolgosz

Stephen Harrod Buhner in Sacred Plant Medicine once said, “There is an old Navajo warning that if you kill off the prairie dogs there will be no one to cry for rain … In fact, the burrowing animals, like prairie dogs, open breathing tubes in the Earth. The underground aquifers act like the diaphragm in human bodies; the moon as it passes raises and lowers the underground water table and the Earth breathes through the many fissures and tubes opened by the burrowing creatures. The exhalation of…

After the death of Stalin, there was an intense struggle for power, and the winner became first secretary Nikita Khrushchev. On the occasion of becoming a leader of the Soviet Union, he gave a speech “On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences” that is characterized by the severe criticism of the political system of the state while Stalin was ruling the country. This speech is a manifestation of the Communist ideas and ideals while it points out the most critical moments in the ruling of…

The animals and the events in Orwell’s Animal Farm represent the events transpiring up to the Russian Revolution. In HtRLLaP, Foster states that anything can be a symbol as long as it has more than one meaning, insinuating that Orwell’s book could also have symbols in them; the pig, for example, could represent the ones in power like Napoleon to Joseph Stalin. Conceit, greed, corrupt— those are the characteristic that Stalin had and those are also the attributes of Napoleon. Orwell wrote animal…

Animalism fails because of who rose to power. After the animals had gotten rid of Jones, they felt as if they had gained power but when old Major dies the three pigs, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer take over, and even though Snowball sided with the other animals Napoleon took control through lies given by Squealer. Napoleon was selfish and he had a desire for power. His desire for power ended up making him just like Jones. To control his power over the animals he used Squealer. Squealer…

When an individual is given a certain amount of power, they can either abuse it or use it for good. In the book Animal Farm by George Orwell, power is greatly portrayed ending with inequality, massacre and manipulation. Natural power was given towards an animal who ended up misusing his power negatively, this is common to see with people in today's society. There were many outcomes to the situation the characters were all in, but personal advancement might of put them in the worst one. If a…

In Animal Farm the animals eventually end up having a complacent attitude towards the way things become on the farm. The complacent attitude is basically a non-caring attitude. This non-caring attitude is also seen in excerpt of “He Got Game”. In “He Got Game” an example of the complacent attitude can be found in the first three lines in which it states, “Everything's approved/People used/Even murders excused/” This example can be directly seen in Animal Farm where Napoleon kills several…

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was published 70 years ago, and written as an allegory the Bolshevik revolution, which took place about a century ago. One would expect for book with a theme dating back to 100 years earlier to die out, but it continues to be read in several countries, and is even required reading in most American schools. Instead of fizzling out to not much more than a memory, Animal Farm has instead become increasingly relevant in the past couple of years. Animal Farm still…

When putting George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, and the film version side by side, you can note the similarities as well as the differences between the two. Coming close to being almost exactly like the book, the movie includes scenes from the book as well as many different approaches to the outcomes of actions. For example, similar scenes from the book presented in the movie include: Old Major’s speech identifying Man as the enemy to animals, how Napoleon blames Snowball for the damage done to the…

provide a further understanding of the history. Several animals played a large role in the novel, such as, Snowball, Napoleon and Boxer, who represent Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky and Communist Russia’s working class. First, we have Snowball. Snowball is one of the leaders at the beginning of the revolution and his real-life counterpart is Leon Trotsky. The two share very similar traits and readers can easily identify Snowball as Trotsky, “At the meetings, Snowball…

Absolute Power: Destruction at its Finest Although power is coveted by many, it is nothing compared to absolute power—command that has no limitations and is beyond anyone’s control. Absolute power is like the authority Tsar Nicholas II had before the Russian Revolution. The Tsar has a divine right to rule, therefore, his decision, once made, was final. The President of the United States’ power is nothing compared to the Tsar’s absolute power. However, just because one has complete control,…