Leon Kass

I find myself standing in a field in rural 1950s. There is a light breeze and the smell of the blueberry pie sitting on the farmer's windowsill lingers in the air. Directly in front of me is a large, faded, red barn. To my left is a rope swing that the farmer's children play on, and to my right is a trough for the pigs. I am at the Zuckerman farm, home of the famous pig, Wilbur. Although this is Wilbur's home, i’m here to converse with someone else, the one that saved Wilbur's life in the first…

1.Explain the connection between World War I (1914-1918) and the Russian Revolution (1917). In the beginning Russia was sticking up for themselves against the other countries. But then Russia would begin to lose a lot of their men, there was little to no food, which made the Russians demand to drop out of the war. But Czar Nicholas II disagreed and stayed in the war which made more complications with Russia which started the Revolution, 2.Identify or define: (a) Vladimir I. Lenin, (b) Joseph…

Jenelle: Good evening, Mr. Napoleon. We have a few ideas on promoting your message to the public. Ashleigh: Our first idea for advertising is to portray you as a powerful godlike figure *gestures towards Napoleon on first poster*. This idea has worked for many other leaders in the past. This makes you seem better than other leaders so they’ll want you to represent Animal Farm. They want Animal Farm to be the best farm ever. Representing you as powerful convinces the other animals that you are…

Biography: Joy Hester was born on 21st of August 1920 at Elsternwick, Melbourne. Her father Robert was a bank officer and her mother Louise was a teacher, Joy was also the second child in the family. She had studied at St Michael’s Church of England Girls grammar school. In 1936 she had graduated from an art-and-craft course which took one year. On the 1st of January 1941 she had married an Anglican and fellow artist Albert Tucker who is also a very famous artist from the same period of time.…

Trickster Tales “Uncle, I won,” said Coyote. “Hand over the Fire.” This is a quote take from Trickster Tale, “Coyote Steals Fire.” In this story a Coyote and his uncle Thunder were playing a game of dice for the fire and Coyote wins the game of dice. “Coyote Steals Fire,” and Master Cat” are trickster tales that contain similarities and differences There are many similarities between, “Coyote Steals Fire,” and “Master Cat.” In both stories the tricksters had a goal to achieve. In “Coyote Steals…

over your welfare. Do you know what would happen if we pigs failed in our duty?” (Orwell 23). Not only does Squealer use pathos, he also poses a rhetorical question. Squealer is a cunning and eloquent speaker who can sway the other animals in his desired direction by using mastery of language and rhetoric. He serves as Napoleon’s speaker expressly because Napoleon does not have the intellect to accomplish his agenda without the use of physical force and fear. Each time Napoleon’s actions are…

Animal Farm is a fun and interesting book and exciting movie. The main characters are Napoleon, Snowball, Squealer, Boxer, Benjamin, and Mr. Jones. The story is about a farm called Manor farm run by Mr. Jones. The animals on Manor farm think they there are being treated unfairly and they decide to rebel. One day all of the animals meet up and attack Jones and win. They changed the farms name from Manor Farm to Animal Farm. Napoleon declares himself leader and all the other pigs as first class.…

As a leader Napoleon has become more unethical and distrustful. He is becoming a tyrant over animal farm. Napoleon has now focused on being the “leader of animal farm. Napoleon cares about his own power and himself more than anything even the animal farm. Since Napoleon only cares for himself he changed the whole government based on lies and against Mr.Jones. He also does not follow his own rules. If he isn’t a dictator already, he is soon going to turn into one. He becoming more and more a…

a. How is Orwell’s Animal Farm an allegory? Be specific and provide examples from the text to support your statements. The farm is an allegory to the soviet union. The first example is in the first paragraph of the story and is talking about animals in the farms lives not remembering the times before "the rebellion" started but meant the people in the soviet union don't remember what it was like. The farm being enlargened refers to the oppressed russian people having to work for stalin. b.…

The Russian Communist Party from 1921 despite having no titular leader held Lenin up as the sole party head having emerged from the civil war as the controlling power of the Russian empire. Following Lenin’s death in 1924 a six year struggle for power followed, Lenin having left no real guidance as to who should succeed him as leader. Stalin’s rise to power, in 1924 was far from inevitable as he was one of six politburo members and had only been appointed as General Secretary, viewed by…