Leon Trotsky

The Bolshevik government was a government situated in the Soviet Empire run and founded by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. The Bolshevik government ran on many ideas of Karl Marx. The theorisation of Karl Marx ran by the name of Marxism and these ideas within his theory were as followed: The capitalist society is one to be abolished, as the bourgeois should not be the ones to run the land or factories when they are not the ones that slave away on those sites. With this, Lenin intertwines…

desires of the pigs, so that they can continue to gain more power. Furthermore, the like stated prior, the book portrays the rise of Soviet communism. Therefore, the two main pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, represent the struggle for power between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. While battling for power, both pigs intricately use rhetoric not only to get what they want, but also to influence the perspectives of the other animals. For example, the pigs had spent approximately three months…

Through the use of symbolism, characterisation, allegorical depiction of sceptical archetypes. Animal Farm, a tale written by George Orwell and, The Lives of Others directed by Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck both explore the, dangers that are inherent in a totalitarian and socialist regime. Each texts demonstrates that hope for change is needed in a totalitarian society however come to different conclusions. Through these texts we see that the totalitarian government has no conscience about…

Farm provides the animals with equality and to make no animal more powerful than another. Until one day Napoleon and Snowball try to take over “Animal Farm” for their own ruling. Napoleon is to be known as Joseph Stalin and Snowball is known as Leon Trotsky. George Orwell’s dystopian story is written in form of an animal fable but has a strong historical meaning behind it. Throughout this book the Russian Revolution of 1917 and many forms of governments are portrayed. The forms of government are…

under crisis before the respected leaders took over. After the takeover of the Provisional Government during October 1917, Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik party. During his final years, the fight for the new leadership was between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin, with Stalin emerging as the victor in 1924. Meanwhile during the early 1930s Germany…

Frida Kahlo is a very well known painter and political activist who had a very troubling life. She is known for painting about her physical appearance without making herself more beautiful and about very personal matters. During her life she had many health problems and was married twice to the same man, Diego Rivera. Her art was influenced by her beliefs; therefore, she would paint about her personal problems and her political ideas. Along with that her paintings are reflecting her personal…

Dehumanization is a process that the Cambridge Dictionary defines as the deprivation of a person from their independent thought, the ability to be sympathetic, and the ability to exercise their natural rights (Cambridge English Dictionary). Within 1984, George Orwell uses the state of the country Oceania as a juxtaposition to reveal the devastating effects of authoritarian rules of government such as the totarialistic state of the Soviet Union in the 1900s under the reign of Stalin. Under the…

Insufficient knowledge or information in a country or group can bring about prolonged and unjust control of a person or government. This is all displayed in George Orwell’s 1945 novel, Animal Farm. Animal Farm alludes the events of the Russian Revolution and Russia’s times under Joseph Stalin to animals on a farm in England. In the book, the animals of Manor Farm are inspired to start a revolution to overthrow the cruel authority of Mr. Jones, the human they work for. After their successful…

GLOBAL JAYA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL English Language & Literature HL Extended Essay How Does George Orwell Use Symbolism To Show Us His Ideas On Authoritarianism in his novel “Animal Farm”? Lucas Gramm Candidate Number: 002189-0025 Word Count: 3454 An essay exploring Orwell’s use of Symbolism throughout his novel “Animal Farm” in order to illustrate his views on authoritarian regimes parallel to what had happened throughout the Russian Revolution. Introduction:…

the country. However, he soon realized that his exiled, intellectual enemies were still able to damage his reputation and his image. As a cruel solution, Stalin invoked purges to cease his rivalries indefinitely. A prime example of this includes Leon Trotsky who was permanently silenced in 1940 with an ice pick…