Vladimir Lenin

In 1945, George Orwell wrote a dystopian and political satire called Animal Farm, a book which would reflect all the events leading to the creation of the Soviet Union. In the book, each animal/character is depicted as part of the soviet social structure. The Pigs, who are smarter, become the higher-ranking officials, Boxer becomes the ideal Communist worker, and the sheep, hens, and cows become the blind followers. Although animal farm is mostly a critique of Communism, animal farm can also be…

Literary Analysis in Animal Farm What if animals tried to takeover and run our society? In the novella Animal Farm by: George Orwell, the author based the animals off the communists in the war of 1918. The animals were rebelling from “Mr.Jones” there farm owner who had ran the Manor Farm. In the novel the farm animals wanted freedom and were tired of humans controlling their lives. The animals went into a rebellion and won a significant “battle of the cowshed” which had led into their…

Q6. After the Cold War, the Soviet Union would begin to go through a series of changes and reforms that would include some democratic forms of ideas. One man by the name of Mikhail Gorbachev would become the leader of Russia, while in office he would make several important reforms. Mikhail Gorbachev would learn about the Soviet Union’s system and its problems, he would then quickly work his way into the party. It was his goal to bring change into the Soviet Union which he would succeed at doing.…

World War I, had been a turbulent time for Russia and it was also an appropriate time for Lenin to return. Lenin had obtained money from the Germans who hoped that he would undermine the Russian war efforts. Lenin was warmly welcomed home and supported by other radical thinkers he led the Bolsheviks in the bloody violent Red October Revolution. Lenin, much to his surprise, effectively ended the Russian Empire relatively easily and assured the Soviet state would soon become a global superpower.…

To What Extent was the NEP responsible for Bolshevik Consolidation of power Rahul Prabhu Following the abdication of the Tsar in 1917, and the failure of the Provisional government to establish a liberal democracy, Lenin and the Bolshevik government came to power after the ensuing October revolution. The Bolshevik government aimed to consolidate power, and implement place a socialist society based on Marxist principles. It was a combination of factors which allowed the Bolsheviks to establish…

Revolutions often bring major change to a country, including its government and it’s people. Revolutions are usually started by the people to rebel against the current powers and have the objective to replace it with a different kind of government. Today, I will be talking about the revolutions of Russia, Italy and China; I will compare all three revolutions in those countries and also show their differences. It’s 1917 in Russia, WWI is in its last couple years and has suffered The Russian…

The dynamic between freedom and oppression is observed throughout Animal Farm. The idea of freedom is proposed by Old Major and the other pigs. It is described as being able to make one’s own decisions and enjoy the result of one’s work. However, under Mr. Jones’ control, the animals are assured that they are living under oppression. They are being forced to work and do not have the ability to enjoy themselves. Over the course of the novel, the animals lose their freedom. They are never again as…

In the interim, others see Lenin's system as proof of a man who held a "profound faith in the decency of man" and who utilized a "judgment skills approach" in adjusting Marxism to fit the states of the regressive primitive condition of Russia (Hill, 1971, pp. 144-148). Be that as it may, the enduring impact that the Russian Revolution had on Marxism can be seen more in the outcome of the power battle and in the subsequent advancement of the USSR. Lenin's "vote based centralism" soon developed…

Biographical analysis allows readers to analyze pieces of literature with knowledge of the author’s background. Brave New World was published in 1932, following World War I and the Russian Revolution. In the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, the years following the first World War and Huxley’s personal life both influenced the overall concept of the novel through the settings, characters, character actions, and the society in the novel to allow Huxley to illustrate his view of society…

Joseph Stalin was a terrible person. In his rise to power, Stalin ordered many people to be killed before he got his power, while he was in power, and Joseph Stalin killed many people in his purges or mass killings. Most people died in his purges because he was paranoid that they could take away his power. For instance one of his purges was on the Red Army where 30,000 people died. Some of them died because he was paranoid that they would start a revolution and take his power. Another example…