Vladimir Nabokov

Power can have the persuasive action in undoing the moral ethics of one’s character. This can be seen throughout history with the Russian Revolution and can also be proven by the actions of Napoleon in, Animal Farm, by George Orwell. As John Dalberg said “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” A leader does not begin wanting to do wrong, they start with the best intentions, but power is a tricky thing. As someone gains more and more power, they increasingly become…

countries they ruled. They have used various methods to rise to power in their countries and they have worked hard to maintain that power. They both had huge impacts on the world and on Cuba and Russia. Joseph Stalin rose to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky was the natural successor of Lenin but after a complex power struggle Stalin rose out triumphant. Unlike Stalin who inherited his rule from Lenin, Castro rose to power after the Cuban civil war where he defeated the Cuban…

In the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, Orwell expresses how the utilization and abuse of power can affect a union. In the novel he expresses the Russian Revolution in the form of an allegory in which important figures are portrayed as animals. His main characters Napoleon and Mr. Jones illustrate how the misuse of power can lead to corruption and oppression, while Old Major shows that not everyone with power will abuse that responsibility. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced…

Different “Ways of Seeing” In the essay, “Ways of Seeing,” John Berger applies Marxism to art history. Marxism is the social, economic and political theory formed by Karl Marx. It deals with class struggle and the oppression of the lower classes by the upper classes. In the essay, Berger focuses on using Marxist methodology, when he analyzes and explains an artist named Frans Hal. Berger uses Hals paintings to demonstrate the structure of social classes, and their struggles to give an idea of…

founded by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky. The Bolshevik government ran on many ideas of Karl Marx. The theorisation of Karl Marx ran by the name of Marxism and these ideas within his theory were as followed: The capitalist society is one to be abolished, as the bourgeois should not be the ones to run the land or factories when they are not the ones that slave away on those sites. With this, Lenin intertwines Marxism, Socialism and Communism into one to create the Bolsheviks. Vladimir strived…

Whenever George Orwell wrote “Animal Farm” his main objective was to show the flaws of the communist movement. He stated the open fact that nothing had been improved by this rebellion against God and against authority. Actually he showed that rebellion worsens bondage. In the beginning of the story you find the animals hiding a secret meeting, talking about the abuse and horrible ways they suffer at the hands of Master Jones. No animal in England is free. The life of an animal is suffering and…

During Joseph Stalin’s reign of terror in Russia, communism was the main political movement that was at its peak during Stalin’s rule. George Orwell portrays this exact same situation in his novel Animal Farm. In the novel, Orwell basically depicts this exact same scenario but with animals as symbolic representations of real people in Stalin’s Russia. In Orwell’s novel, the animal that is the symbolic representation of Stalin is a pig named Napoleon. Orwell was very clever in this selection of…

Bolsheviks were founded by Vladimir Lenin, but during the March revolution was still exiled to Switzerland, but they were still a minority organization. After the Tsar had stepped down, they had begun to gain more power which led to them governing Russia by the end of the year. After the February Revolution, the Soviets were elected to be the new council. “They were usually chaotic, rowdy, and disorganized but they were elected – unlike the Provisional Government” (BBC…

Although the leaders of the Bolshevik revolution aimed to create a communist society in the USSR based on Marxism, however due to several reasons, the society (and state) they formed was different from the one envisioned by Marx. Marxism, in essence, is Karl Marx’s political ideology whereas communism is a society (and a political system) based on that ideology. The research paper explores this thesis by a comparative analysis of Marxist doctrines and its application as carried out by Lenin and…

occurred elsewhere in the world. What event occurred in Nov. 1917 that frightened Americans? The Bolshevik Revolution, which was when Aleksander Kerensky's liberal-democratic government was taken over by radical socialists (Bolsheviks), led by Vladimir Lenin, occurred in November 1917. 6. What was the goal of the Third communist International in 1919? The goal of the Third Communist International was to make revolution by Communists occur globally. 7. Who lead the communists? a. Josef…