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In 1924 Vladimir Lenin died and Joseph Stalin took over as the leader of the Soviet Union. Many thought Leon Trotsky was the front runner in being the next leader, but it did not work out. Stalin was one of the Soviet Union’s most important figures. When Stalin took on the power of Russia he wanted to industrialize the Soviet Union, Something they have lagged behind in compared to the Western countries for decades. Stalin new if they did not catch up with the other world powers then Russia would…

Steve Doughty’s article “Choose Adoption Instead of having Abortion, Teen Mothers are Told,” explains a third option for teenage mothers; to adopt. The article states the concern about hostility and adoption of children of troubled mothers. Overall, the goal would be to place children in stable homes. The ‘golden option’ consists of setting up an unwanted child for adoption rather than abortion. According to Doughty, “Abortion should be a third option to abortion or keeping the child. It is an…

Ernest Hemingway made a statement in literature due to the heroic actions of his reliable characters. This has been defined as the Hemingway Hero or commonly known “Code Hero”. It is based on typical manly characteristics. The Hemingway Hero has always exhibited honor, courage and endurance. It also conserves his good morals and his respect for traditions. But every character faces a battle with his downfall. The Hemingway tendency of creating heroes with physical or emotional wounds and…

animals. “The air was heavy with the small of blood… the animals were shaken and miserable.” George Orwell is saying here that after the revolution life was worse than before the revolution. The reign of terror by Napoleon was far worse than even that of Tsar Nicholas the…

Today I was going through the attic in my house and I found this old trunk with the name Alexi Iavok painted on the side. When I opened up the trunk I found several pages written by Russian peasant living in St. Petersburg during the Russian Revolution. This man was there to experience the March Revolution, the attacks in Petrograd, and the beginning of War Communism by the Bolsheviks. I was amazed by all of the things he lived through and what he experienced, and how lucky I was to find these.…

In the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell, the author does an astounding job foreshowing events that are going to happen later in the book, and using symbolism in the book to show the power differences between the pigs and the other animals. Orwell also does a great job tying using allegories to show how similar how animal farm and the Russian revolution was. In the first chapter of the book Orwell foreshadows what the commandments of the farm are going to be by having Old Major tell…

The country of Serbia greatly affected the beginning of the First World War in many ways. Some claim that Serbia held the greatest amount of responsibility for the start of World War I. One of the major things that Serbia did to get people angry is that they were trying to expand their territory and they supported the Black Hand terrorist which was not a good combination. The Black Hand terrorist were a secret Serbian society who were planning the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand.…

Following the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, the world turned its eyes towards this rising new global power in Asia. By defeating the Russians and the waiving of the white flag at Liaoyang, the Japanese have quickly proven themselves as an overall competitor to the West in terms of political and military power. By the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth in September 5, 1905, it recognized Japanese supremacy in Korea, oversaw the transition of Russian holdings in Manchuria (Liaodong…

Stalin who inherited his rule from Lenin, Castro rose to power after the Cuban civil war where he defeated the Cuban president Fulgencio Batista and made Cuba a single party state. Russia has also undergone a revolution in which the imperial regime of Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown by the Bolsheviks. During the revolution Stalin was the commissar of the Bolsheviks. Unlike Castro who was crucial member of the Cuban revolution, Stalin only played minor role in the Russian revolution. Fidel Castro…

issues between animals. For this essay, look at how the use of language was used to manipulate the animals in a negative way. Animal Farm is an allegory for the Russian Revolution. Mr. Jones, the farmer against whom the animals rebel, represents the Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II. The animals who rebel represent the Russian people. Each animal represents a person who took part in the Russian Revolution. Napoleon, the pig who leads the revolution against men, represents Joseph Stalin. Stalin's…