Leon Rom

The primary source is a visual document, a cartoon. Cartoons are unique because they can be subject to exaggerations and distortions, which lend meaning to the overall image. While the exaggerations and distortions make the cartoon appear less realistic, cartoons tend to portray a part of society in a negative or positive light. It is important to keep this in mind when analyzing a cartoon because anything that seems off, or weird can be an important detail that lends itself to the purpose of…

Joseph Stalin’s Purges were successful in the murder of over 20 million Russian citizens, including, one-third of the Communist party as well as 90% of all generals and 80% of all colonels in the Red Army. The NKVD was a major force during the Purges, they were the ones who rounded up and executed those who were determined to be enemies of the people. One of the reasons that the NKVD was so successful was their ability to infiltrate regular Russian society, children in schools were encouraged by…

When I was a little kid my family told me a story that impacted my whole life. A little boy named Abush (Baby) was a disabled kid and he was hated by every one including his parents. His dirty clothes, him being unable to walk, and play made him look like the ugliest person in the world. Everyone treated him unfair however he had the most loving heart. He even loved those who hated him. In Abush’s village it was like a sin to have a disabled child because they thought if all your body parts…

The last theme that is expressed in Animal Farm is class distinction or class hierarchy. Throughout the book there are many examples of class hierarchy. One example of class hierarchy is expressed on chapter 8. .In chapter 8 the most protruding expression of class hierarchy is exemplified through the text. In the text George Orwell states, “Napoleon inhabited separate apartments from the others. He took his meals alone, with two dogs to wait upon him, and always ate from the Crown Derby dinner…

The animals of Manor Farm lived badly because of their master Mr.Jones, a mean and a drunkard, mistreats them. The animals rebel, getting motivation and encouragement from Old Major and it succeeds.Napoleon and Snowball fight for leadership when the rebellion is carried out.Napoleon emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Joseph Stalin, Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal attack dogs) to intimidate the other animals and strengthen his power. In his supreme…

Dictatorships never arise out of peaceful countries, the people had to have been suffering to an extent where not only was the government corrupt but also the people could not get food for their families. Such were the case for Pol Pot of Cambodia and Josef Stalin of Russia. The poor economic conditions of these countries assisted the rulers in consolidating and acquiring power. In Russia, Stalin was attempted to steer away from the capitalist New Economic Policy to bring Russia back on the…

satisfied with the status quo, and feels the need to take the extra step further to improve the life for those around them. Leon Trotsky helped to initiate the Russian Revolution, and should be regarded as a hero; similarly, both Snowball from Animal Farm and the Ethiopian Derg lead the revolution of the lower classes and implemented communist ideas into their societies. Leon Trotsky continued the promotion of communism, trying to get rid of classes and make a place where all people…

Animal farm is a novella composed by George Orwell who made it in a type of purposeful anecdote; depicts what happened in the Russian revolution. Stalin spoke to power and initiative and Orwell utilizes these attributes to make the character called Napoleon’s the story proceeds Napoleon gets to be more fixated on force and does at all is necessary for him to acquire control and supportability over the creatures in the farm. The just strategy proficient permitting napoleon to such power was…

Control over inferiors A recurring theme in animal farm is the more intelligent have control over the inferiors. This theme is present throughout the entire book the from when the pigs start to rebel, to the end when they end up closer to the humans than they are there own kind. Those who are more intelligent often times feel entitled to be in control of those who are inferior The pigs would never have succeeded if the other animals hadn't blindly gone along with it. But when less intelligent…

Rule, Un-opposed The rise of communism throughout the early to mid-20th century brought in an era of and admiration for the communist political ideology under Josephs Stalin’s rule. During its rise, George Orwell, an English author, created the book Animal Farm to combat the ever growing acceptance to communism in a satirical way. Each animal (character), were parts of the underlining meaning on how the communist system is broken and corrupt, despite having a concept of equality, as the pigs are…