October Crisis

In today’s increasingly polarized society, there are a growing number of ways in which people push for change and ultimately social progress. Recently, players disobeyed custom by kneeling during the national anthem to propagate a political statement. This sparked a debate in whether people should express their issues with the status quo through the disobedience of set societal standards and norms where many scrutinized the controversial character of disobedience as a means to achieve social…

In 1917 two outrageous political and societal revolutions occurred through Russia ending the decades of imperial rule and setting a political,social, and societal change that would soon become the Soviet Union as we know today. During March, growing civil unrest caused by large food shortages,erupted into a revolt forcing the abdication of Nicholas the second the last Russian leader,czar. Months later the provisional government was itself overthrown by the more radical Russian Bolshevik party…

Vladimir Ilich Ulanov, best known as Lenin, was the originator of the Russian Communist Party, pioneer of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, and the modeler, manufacturer, and first leader of the Soviet Union. Lenin spent the years paving the way to the 1917 unrest in a state of banishment, inside Russia and abroad. The Bolshevik 's immediately solidified power; privatizing all parts of the Soviet economy, getting serious about difference through the Cheka, or mystery police and founding the Red…

Petrograd and Moscow, while Trotsky headed the Revolutionary Military Committee and commissar of foreign affairs. The October Revolution was executed very well and in fact did not have very much action in revolution itself, the Bolsheviks took over key government buildings without any resistance. Bessie Beatty wrote about how the Bolsheviks took over the Winter Palace on 25th October, 1917, in her book, The Red Heart of Russia. “Nobody seemed to know what had happened. The Battalion of Death…

Exhibiting Ayn Rand’s voice the influential piece The Fountainhead, expresses the views Rand wanted shared. Ayn Rand, born in Russia in 1905, lived a normal childhood until Bolshevik soldiers took over her father’s store during the Russian Civil War forcing her family into poverty. The sudden change in lifestyle led to Rand developing strong feelings about the government’s involvement in people’s livelihoods. Rand continued to create new political, social and religious beliefs that led to her…

George Orwell wrote his story, Animal Farm, to illustrate the flaws of the Russian Revolution through multiple plot points in the satire; specifically, Orwell did this through Snowball’s escape and Napoleon's court, building the theme of leadership and corruption. In chapter five, Snowball’s escape was utilized to represent the exile and death of Leon Trotsky in the Russian Revolution, bringing light to the conflicting motives between Trotsky and Stalin. Orwell wrote, “As usual, Snowball and…

“Animal Farm” by George Orwell is a book that displays how communism is a deficient option for a government, even on a tiny basis such as an animal farm. The way George Orwell displays how communism is a deficient option is writing about a farm, Manor Farm, ran by an abusive and neglectful man named Jones. The animals decide to take over with dreams of communism and equality for all animals. Once they overcome the farm (Renamed Animal Farm) the pigs decide to run the farm on communism, the fear…

The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory to the Russian Revolution. There are many situations that allude to events that occurred in the revolution. One example of this is Napoleon's plan for the windmill representing Joseph Stalin's five year plans. Its representation in Animal Farm was well done, and while it was missing some aspects, it overall did a sufficient job at portraying this event in history. After Vladimir Lenin died, Joseph Stalin came to power, despite Leon Trotsky…

130641T S. C. P. Weerasinghe George Orwell’s Animal Farm and it’s depiction of post-revolution Soviet Russia Animal farm is a dystopian novel by George Orwell. Although disguised as a story of animals living in a farm, this story actually reflects the political situation in Russia, starting from the era of Tsar Nicholas, right through to the era of Joseph Stalin. Author clearly uses a series of metaphorical events and characters to portray how after a revolution fuelled by oppressed public,…

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…