Vladimir Nabokov

 Painter The painter of the chosen artwork, Mark Rothko, was an American painter with descent of Jews and Russia. He was born in Dvinsk in the Russian Empire. Later, he did his emigration from Russia to the United States due to his fear of the draft of the Imperial Russian Army of his sons. In the content of the discussion of abstract expressionism, although most of the scholars and professionals refer Mark Rothko as one of the representatives of artists in abstract expressionism, the painter…

Introduction Innumerable historians have tried over the past century to pinpoint the exact moment and reason that led to the fall of Tsar Nicholas II, who was the Emperor of the Russian Empire. However, the downfall of Tsardom cannot be perceived as an event or even a long process, but rather as a consequence of the Russian Revolution of 1917 as well as a sequence of unmanageable and highly antagonistic acts that involved contrasting parties, which occurring simultaneously consequently led to…

Asia_Ihsan Ihmed_ ECO201-1stEssay Barin_Kayaoglu_ ECO201-1stEssay Herd mentality in Economy Traditionally, herd mentality was a phenomenon associated with animals. However, today herd mentality is associated with human behavior as well. It was in 19th century, French social psychologists Gabriel Tarde and Gustave Le Bon talked about herd mentality in their writings; additionally, Sigmund Freud and Wilfred Trotter have studied the Herd behavior . Herd mentality can happen in almost in every…

In the Russian Revolution of 1917, there was a class of people known as the bourgeoisie. “The English word 'bourgeoisie' is derived from the French word 'bourgeoisie' meaning "... the trading middle class"(MARXISM).” The Russian bourgeoisie in 1917 were basically a class of capitalist, landowning, and wealthy people. They wanted things to change just like everyone else but they expected things to still stay wonderful for them. However, ... The Russian bourgeoisie’s involvement was a…

English Paper In the beginning of the book all of the animals seem to be thought of as equal but as the story continues we quickly find out that's not the case. Near the beginning of the story the animals go through a huge passage as they win their right for freedom, in the first battle that the animals endure, In which after Napoleon began taking charge. Napoleon is a pretty decent sized boar, with that being said he represents the upper class, as in he is over ruling the rest of the farm and…

As World War 1 goes to the end, Russia gets to an informal situation. The leader of Russia who was Tsar was ruling the country in a wrong way. After the corruption of Tsar, Lenin who is part of the Bolsheviks comes up and rules the country. He comes up with a government that will give land and takes care of the country. As a result, Lenin became a leader who made Russia a stable country. Lenin’s government was overall more different than Tsar’s government for many important reasons. The main…

Revolutions are big changes regarding political power or government that occurs when people starts to revolt against their authorities. In the late 1700s and early 1900s, both France and Russia had some troubles with their government that some what triggered the beginning of their revolutions. In this paper, I will argue that there are more similarities than differences when it comes to the causes of both French and Russian Revolution. Both revolutions were triggered by previous events that…

The revolutionary, Vladimir Lenin, led the Bolshevik Party for the Russian Revolution to achieve a socialist state. Lenin took several parts of the Marxism doctrine and added to it in order to make it more applicable to Russia. He believed in the dictatorship of the proletariat and the class struggle, however, an elite group would lead the revolution, instead of the masses. Along with Marxism, Lenin used other theories and practices to encourage the Revolution. Populism “influenced the tactics…

Book Review Animal Farm Animal Farm is a satirical allegorical novel written by George Orwell. The book, first published in 1944 is widely regarded as one of the finest literary creation of the 20th century. Orwell, being a democratic socialist was strongly against the Authoritarian rule of Stalin and this book seems to be an outlet of his strong dislike towards Stalin. The book is a dystopic take on the Russian revolution and…

The Red Scare:1920 The Red Scare of 1920, starting in the middle of the first world war and ending about three years after. It was the wide spread panic across America, the fear of communism mixed with political racism. The Red Scare started from different causes, including the Bolshevik Revolution and World War one, the growing fear of immigration, radical and the socialist party, many different people played large and important roles. Another main cause is the Bolshevik revolution. The…