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Comparing Individuality and Conformity in Fahrenheit 451 Individuality is celebrated in modern day society, but during the Cold War, the world seemed as though there was little hope for self-expression to live another day. In the novel, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, there is a prominent theme of conformity found various times throughout the dystopian society. Conformity was a common theme in the real world during the Cold War, when this novel was written. In this society, books have all been…

The book “Animal Farm” by George Orwell revolves around the concept of socialism and communism. However, in this book, it takes form in something called Animalism, a code of conduct set in place by the animals in Manor Farm after driving off Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones was the farm owner who was negligent of their needs. It is because of this that the animals rise up and revolutionize the place, claiming the farm as theirs and stating their independence. As you may have guessed by now, Animalism fails…

Bharat Forge was started in 1961 by Baba Kalyani, an MIT trained engineer who wanted to put India on the map for manufacturing. He had a bold vision that the future of Indian manufacturing would be driven by sophisticated production rather than muscle power. He made a bold move to change most of his blue collared workers to white collared ones and investing heavily in automating his plant. Suzlon is a textile industry started by Tulsi Tanti in the year 1992. Initially Suzlon went from being a…

On the 12th of June, 1987, President Ronald Reagan delivered a powerful and emotional speech in west Berlin, Germany. This speech was addressing the Berlin Wall, and all of the political issues that came with it. 26 years prior to Reagan’s speech, the Berlin wall was built to separate the communist East from the “Allied” west, this wall was extremely controversial and kept any people from leaving west Berlin without great difficulty. Reagan’s speech had immense impact on Berlin, 2 years after…

Animal Farm and Russian Revolution Comparison and Contrasting Final Writing Assignment In Animal Farm the animals take on the characteristics of the Russians from the Russian Revolution. The main characters in animal farm seem to be most like the main people who participated in the Russian Revolution. For example, in Animal Farm Napoleon seems the most like Joseph Stalin and Snowball from Animal Farm seems the most like Leon Trotsky. In Animal Farm Snowball was trusted by everyone after Old…

The Cosa Nostra formulated the Sicilian Mafia Commission or “La Cupula” to resolve intermafia issues. In 1962, La Cupula was formed between all of the Cosa Nostra bosses. La Cupula was instrumental in ending the first Mafia War. Keeping the peace between the Mafia bosses was a tough task, but it was necessary in order to complete political actions. As long as the mafiosos could cooperate and not give up other mafiosos positions, the entire operation would benefit. This was all that was…

At the time, World War I was the deadliest and most destructive war the world ever experienced. Within the span of four years, more than 25 countries involved themselves in the war (“World War I”). All the soldier and civilians involved with the war experienced a great deal of trauma. Each individual deals with traumatic experiences differently; however, the war left a negative impact emotionally on a portion of those involved. They did not know it at the time, but these people suffered from a…

Society is a huge power struggle by power-hungry political powers. In the novel, “Animal Farm” by George Orwell, a group of animals succeed in taking over their farm from their previous owner, but later on, they eventually succumb to the greedy feelings of humans. During the Russian Revolution the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized power from the czarist rule and destroyed all opposition, ending the rule of the Romanovs. The symbols of Napoleon and the pigs, and the nonfiction research of…

Crime and Punishment is a book set in Russia, written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and focuses on a theme of alienation. The book starts when the main character- Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov- goes to a pawnbroker,Alyona Ivanovna. While there Raskolnikov trades his watch for the money he needs to pay his rent and to plan out how he could rob Alyona. This entire sequence of events makes up the exposition of Crime and Punishment and introduces alienation as the theme. From there the rising action…

Upon reading ‘Animal Farm’ it is clear that Orwell’s loosely disguised animal fable pays homage to the idea that "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" . It being an allegory to the oppression and totalitarianism faced during the Russian Revolution in 1917, it provides a critical approach to the idealistic intentions of Marxist theory. Arguably ‘Animal Farm’ epitomises the idea that “All animals are equal but some are more equal than others”, which establishes the existence two distinctive social…