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What? Now What? Leadership Interview Leon Kary Leon Kary has blue collar views and thoughts on leadership. He was raised in the Catholic Church and several of those values permeated throughout his life. Leon believes that that a leader must own mistakes, protect and deflect for your people, and able to collaborate. He also believes that a leader must have the “intestinal fortitude” or grit to be able to continue to pursue goals and not quit when it gets hard. Leon also believes that a leader…

The farm is ruled by a cruel man named Mr Jones. The animals get fed up with his cruelty and rebel. They then run the farm with Snowball and Napoleon (the farm pigs) as the leaders. Napoleon is an allegory for Stalin and Snowball is an allegory for Leon Trotsky. The actions of both characters reflect those of the Russian rulers. This essay will focus on the two characters Snowball and Napoleon and discuss the truth they reveal about human nature and The Character Napoleon who is also a pig Is…

Revolution, just like the animals did when they took control of the farm. The character Old Major is an allegory for the Russian Revolutionary leader, Vladimir Ilych Lenin, who led the revolution and wanted a land of socialism. Snowball is an allegory for Leon Trotsky, the first leader of the Socialist movement in Russia, because Snowball also becomes the first leader of the newly formed Animal Farm. Napoleon is an allegory for Joseph Stalin because…

During the year of 1917, Russia was in a pretty bad situation. Citizens were living in poverty, while the Tsar had a deluxe and luxurious lifestyle. There was a lot of corruption that caused a lot of commotion within the people; they were not satisfied with their leader. Their leader, Czar Nicholas II, on the other hand felt that he was leader appointed by God and was doing a good job. That was when the people of Russia started getting ideas on ways to solve this power inequality. On man who…

governing the Soviet Union he is governing the farm. Orwell is able to hint throughout the entire book the oppressive and harsh ways of Stalin’s ruling. Just like how Napoleon is based off a real person, Snowball is as well. Snowball is meant to represent Leon…

with military leaders, such as generals in the Red Army. After the Bolsheviks won the civil war, they began expanding their revolution into other parts of Europe. Stalin’s actions during this revolution were subject to much criticism, including from Leon Trotsky, who had close personal ties with Lenin. This investigation will examine how Stalin, after Lenin’s death, overcame Trotsky; Lenin’s assumed successor, and took control of the Soviet Union. Lenin’s Retirement and Death: In 1918, an…

Why is Napoleon the pig important? Is he a terrible person? In George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm, Josef Stalin from the Russian Revolution is represented by Napoleon the pig, who is constantly looking and holding onto more power and will do anything, save it be his own comrades. They both don’t care much for their animals/people in their country. They’re both selfish and hungry for as much power as they can. When it comes to meeting or speeches, they’re not ones to shy away for an opportunity…

Murdering McKinley: The Making of Theodore Roosevelt’s America, by Eric Rauchway, maps out the twists and turns during this time period. Rauchway creatively and informatively goes into the details of the assassination of President McKinley, the trial of Leon F. Czolgosz, Theodore Roosevelt’s terms, the beginning and the end of Progressivism, and the influence of anarchism. In 1896, William McKinley was elected President. McKinley was a strong supporter of the Gold Standard, as well as seeing a…

prime geographical position in central European Russia meaning they had access to their large population and control of their extensive train system. They made good use of their unified ideas and spread these effectively with propaganda. They also had Leon Trotsky who was a good leader that could boost morale: something that the White Army had a lack of, as well as discipline and support. Firstly, the Bolsheviks were successful due to their prime geographical position in Europe. The Bolsheviks…

Animal Farm was written by George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair, a British political writer who, unlike most British citizens, was not a fan of the Soviet Union and its Socialist policies. He also did not consider the Soviet Union a positive representation of the possibilities of socialist societies. One of Orwell's goals in writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian (or Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive than the last. Thus the book…