Leon Trotsky

The female Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, famous for her self-portraits and her own personal experiences occurring during the period of her life where she was having an identity crisis “along with the rest of the post-revolutionary Mexico” (Frida Kahlo - Identity/Duality, Gillingham, Amie). A lot of her identity crisis revolved around both her separation from her homeland and the struggles and problems that it was facing. Her father being a German Jew and her mother being of an ingenious…

The primary message of this short film is compassion and redemption. Although the ants have prepared for winter unlike the grasshopper, the ants are sympathetic. The ants welcome the grasshopper into their heartfelt home and provide food and warmth to the grasshopper. Unlike Aesop’s classic, “The Grasshopper and the Ants”, in Walt Disney’s version, the queen ant utters, “with ants, just those who work may stay, so take your fiddle…and play”. In response, the grasshopper begins to play a tune on…

It's weird, when they read the rules, they're different: now commandment #6 says, “No animal shall kill any other animal...WITHOUT A CAUSE.” Napoleon gets a new name, and is now formally referred to as "Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon." (He is becoming a dictator). He also gets his own holiday honoring his birthday, which is greatly celebrated with gunshots. (He is basically like an animal Hitler. So amazing at first, and everybody loves him, but then you get to see his plan and what is underneath…

Nobody would ever envision a pig being capable of obtaining absolute power, let alone being the leader of a rebellion. George Orwell’s fable, Animal Farm, was developed when he first saw a village boy whipping a carthorse, which lead him to the idea of gathering all of his thoughts, and therefore demonstrating how men would never have such power over animals if they knew the kind of strength they were capable of doing. This novel demonstrates political satire on equality, portraying how all the…

The book 'Animal Farm' written by George Orwell shows lots of themes through out the book. The themes that I will be talking about is Power and Deception, Control, and Persistence. Orwell shows these themes all though the book about how the pigs Deceive the animal to gain control and power as well as showing the persistence of the other animals. The two themes Power and Deception are shown all through the book 'Animal Farm' Squealer is just one of the pigs who deceive the other animals for…

“Optimism is the strongest building material on Earth because nothing gets built without it,” states Oldcastle Corporation, an Irish building company. The quote above elucidates upon the pivotal driving force that proves to be a common ingredient that underlies rewarding construction experiences. Whether it be the capricious nature of straw or wavering tendencies of sticks, such components undermine the general complexion of an edifice: a reality that is typically complemented by an increased…

In Animal Farm, the idea of oppression and control seem to come up frequently. This is evident through Orwell’s use of propaganda as well as the ruling of the pigs. For example, Orwell uses several propaganda techniques. He uses bandwagon/snobbery, transfer, and misuse or manipulation of statistics. All these techniques Orwell uses, convey a message about Stalin’s Great Purge and Communism. Although this story is more negative than positive, it can also be viewed positively. It can be viewed as…

Fear is the most effective means of governing. Fear can be used to manipulate people, bending them to what the person who is using it, wants them to do. Napoleon from the novel, Animal Farm, uses fear and manipulation to keep the others from questioning his orders and how he came to power, and it shows to have a powerful impact. The animals start to see Napoleon as a perfect, all-powerful being that they fear and even end up praising. Controlling others becomes easy when one knows their fears.…

The Hunter And The Unicorn By: Vincent Marchetti: THIS IS CRINGE WORTHY!!!! One day in the middle of the woods Captain Bob of the unicorn team said, “We need to find this hunter Ragugu. He has taken too many lives of our kind. We need to split up.” So, team unicorn split up and tried to take Ragugu down. On the way team member Bob said, “I should go alone because as all of you know, I am obviously the most ripped, and it would be safer for this rookie Ray to go with Dude and Dudette. So off…

Animal Farm is an allegory that tells the story of animals on a farm that rise up against their master. It is an allegory that is used to describe the overthrow of the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas ll, and the communist revolution of Russia before WW ll. The animals on the farm are depicted to show the wrongs done by humans such as greed and lies during the revolution. It shows how easily the powerful and the educated can change the views of society. The animals form seven cardinal rules for each…