Vladimir Lenin

After World War II, the Cold War began to heat up as the world’s two biggest powers vied for control of third world countries. On the left, the Soviet Union employed communist principles, while the United States fought for democracy. Following Truman’s Executive Order 9835, the purging of communist principles seeped into industry in the United States. On October 20, 1947, the notorious Red Scare began to infiltrate the biggest propaganda source: Hollywood. As a congressional committee known as…

Before Loot, I thought I understood satire, but I’m not sure anymore. Satire incorporates irony and exaggeration to criticize humanity’s vices, especially in a political context. After reading Joe Orton’s Loot, I couldn’t associate it with satire. However, the political element attached to most satires connected with Truscott’s character. Truscott represented corruption; he assaulted Hal then he accepted Hal’s bribe in a heartbeat. Besides these points, Loot didn’t scream satire. I attempted to…

The artwork I have choosen to do my visual analysis on is called, Ploughing in Nivernais. This work was created in 1850 from oil on canvas. This painting measures 52” x102”. The artist, Rosa Bonheur, was best known for her photo realistic paintings. Bonheur liked to paint animals; she even went as far as to visit a slaughterhouse to study animal anatomy. Bonheur’s father was the one to teach her how to paint. Bonheur ended up becoming one of the most famous women of her time, and one of the…

Peter the Great born in Moscow and his family was with his father: Alexis of Russia, his mother:Natalya Naryshkina and his religion was Russian Orthodoxy , Russia on 9 June 1672 and he died in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire on 8 February 1725. He became emperor of Russia in 2 November 1721 and he resigned in 8 February 1725 when he died, his successor was Catherine I. He reign the tsar of Russia 7 May 1682 and stop it 2 November 1721 when he became the emperor, the coronation was in the day of…

Karl Marx, the inventor of Marxism or the combination of socialism and communism ideals once said, “Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.” This quote strongly relates to George Orwell’s novel Animal Farm about animals rising up against their superiors for equality. Animal Farm reveals the inequality amongst the animals on the farm through the use of literary elements. George Orwell’s use of the literary technique irony, helps develops his central idea for Animal…

Joshua Stobbe October 2017 Communism Albert Zhuravlev About the author: Albert Zhuravlev was a Russian citizen living in Moscow. He was one of many who did not agree with communism. He wrote this because communism took everything that he had, as well as his family. The year 1929, and Russia has a new dictator. His name is Joseph Stalin, and how he imposes communism cruelly. Communism is now worse than before. Communism is when the government decides what you get, what products you sell and…

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is based around a simple concept called ‘Animalism’. Animalism, the idea that all animals should be treated with freedom and equality, not the cruelty that they were previously treated with, when governed by humans, was mostly created by the pigs. This concept, similar to communism in our world, was outlined by 7 commandments. However, throughout the story, we see the seven commandments gradually being eroded by the pigs, to suit their own benefit. They start to…

In the allegorical novella, Animal Farm, by George Orwell, the animals are used to represent real life people during the Russian Revolutionary War. In the beginning, Old Major inspires the animals to unite and riot against Mr. Jones, and his men. Then, the animals attempt to create a Utopian society, but do not succeed, because the pigs take on characteristics of human beings. The seven principles of animalism are altered throughout the novel, causing a dictatorship, and malignity from the…

His paranoia was demonstrated through his actions as a leader as well. Stal describes paranoia as a “pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others.” Perhaps one of Stalin’s most infamous time periods during his reign was the Great Purge/Terror. After Stalin had gained power within the Communist Party, his desire to maintain control grew to an extreme. Between 1936-1938, the Great Purge took place, marked by three significant show trials targeting high-ranking Soviet officials: the 1936 trial…

Animal Farm Literary Analysis Intro Hook Animal Farm is a novella written by George Orwell. In this story the animals want freedom from Mr. Jones, the farmer, so they rebel and take the farm for themselves. The pigs start taking over and brainwash and manipulate them by using double speak. After a while it’s back to normal with one animal more powerful than the others. The utopia that they wanted in the beginning is reversed and the pigs are just the same as Jones. This novella is written as…