Vladimir Lenin

“Four legs good, two legs bad” the sheep were chanting this all throughout George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm. Is Animal farms system good or bad? In my opinion the Animal farm system is horrendous for three main reasons. First because it runs just like communism in the sense that there is one leader that everyone listens to. Second because it is corrupt the pigs will do anything for themselves and don’t care about the animals. Third because it causes more rebellion, Napoleon abusing his power…

George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm is a satire for the beginnings of Soviet Russia, thus each animal represents an important historical figure. For example the pig Napoleon represents and reflects the character traits of Joseph Stalin. However, the connections between man and animal go much deeper than the obvious connection between the book and Soviet Russia. For as long as people have roamed the earth they have followed by the teachings of Jesus and the Bible. In these teaching there are…

Dialectical Montage as a Vehicle for Political Messaging Sergei Eisenstein expertly uses dialectical montage to demonstrate the plight of Russians in the midst of the revolution in his silent film The Battleship Potemkin (1925). Specifically in the massacre on the Odessa Steps scene, montage editing helps convey exaggerated feelings of fear and helplessness in the context of the political state in Russia; the famous and fictitious scene posits political unrest and terror associated with the…

In Animal Farm, Squealer, the pig who acted as Napoleon’s spokesperson represents propaganda. Squealer’s role was to gain the animals’ support by using various types of propaganda, one being fear. Squealer utilizes fear mongering, as he threatens the farm animals with Mr. Jones coming back if the pigs did not get their way. Based on the example, fear proves itself as an important factor in the Russian Revolution and Animal Farm as it gains control over the animals and workers. In Animal Farm,…

Before European and American colonization of Latin America, most of the nation's farm lands were overrun by weeds, buildings were destroyed, and left in shambles because of all the civil unrest. Poor farmers were constantly in debt to the rich landowners because they were paid so little and the necessities they needed were too expensive. This debt was passed down from generation to generation in a system known as peonage. Political instability was another widespread problem in 19th-century Latin…

In the excerpts from On the Corruption of Morals in Russia, Shcherbatov is particularly disturbed by the fact that the desire for luxury and extravagance was becoming what drove court life and what was valued most by the Empress. Shcherbatov believes that values such as loyalty, nobility and devoutness were replaced by greed, ostentation and envy. Shcherbatov gives several examples of the declining morals of the Russian court, with the strongest example being that of Count Shuvalov. According to…

The Zookeeper’s Wife was a very emotional film taking place in Warsaw, Poland. The couple featured were in charge of a very prestigious zoo containing many different animals ranging from rabbits, to monkeys, to elephants. After being bombed by Nazis, many of the animals died, escaped, or were seized by Hitler’s lead zoologist, Lutz Heck. With the realization of the enormity of their zoo, and the danger that many faced, they decided to take in one of their Jewish friends, hiding her in a spare…

Recently in the canadian news there was a horrific incident involving the Prime Minister (Trudeau) and a crowd of people in parliament with whom he was unable to share space-time. The horrified victim, one Brousseau, was unable to complete the vote as assigned, yet was not subject to any disciplinary action. It is unclear whether this minister will ever be able to return to work as the very presence of the PM might cause them to feel harassed. None-the-less, he has apologized! The incident…

incompetence of the generals in charge, as well as the sole technological impairment gap between Russia from the rest of the world left nine million dead or wounded incited riots from the people. The February in addition to October Revolution led by Lenin overthrew the provisional government for the promise that the working people shall run the country. They removed and purged the dynasty that has reigned for decades to set up the communist Soviet government of the USSR. So how successful was…

(textbook 4th Ed, pg 990). The struggles of reformation of the Soviet Union are complex due to its aftermath and besides that the most concerned will be the inner system of its own corruption. Because before the ideology of Communism is that V.I Lenin uses the ideas of socialism and merges to his theories;…