Vladimir Propp

Graveyard for the Hardworking Three Messages from Elegy The poem Elegy, written by Thomas Gray, is about the working class, or better known as the lower class. Thomas Gray is a romantic poet, which means that he mainly focuses on nature and the simple life. The definition of lower class is, “the social class that has the lowest status; the working class.” In this specific poem it is relating to the people and the overall town; the town is what some may call a farming town. Such as, how people…

With the Great War of the world being over for quite a few years now, it is becoming clear what the war has done to society. Even with this clarity, so much remains a mystery, as the world after the war has been a very changed one. In the seven years since the war has ended, the world has undergone massive instability in so many ways. On top of that instability, the war killed many people and injured so many more which has had devastating effects on society as a whole. It is ridiculous that the…

Vladimir Ilich Lenin, first leader of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic, is credited with creation of the term, “Commanding Heights.” This particular term is used to describe sectors of a nation’s economy which are deemed a necessity for the country’s survival; examples of this include electricity, mining, transportation, and perhaps the most important – petroleum. As societies around the world became more technological, the need for more efficient fuels began to rise. Due to this very…

His death brought upon the rise of the pigs because they were the most cleaver animals on the farm. After rebelling, the pigs made laws that needed to be followed. “Beasts of England” would have to be sung every day, and on the anniversary of “Battle at the Cowshed” one shot would be fired from Mr. Jones’ gun. Later in the story, Napoleon and Squealer start to take advantage of some of the animals. The intellectually inferior were easy to gain as followers, like Boxer and the sheep.…

Communism: A History written by Richard Pipes was published by Random House LLC on November 6, 2001. It has 175 pages with 157 pages of actual reading on communism, excluding the preface. Pipes is a Jewish Polish-American, that specializes in Russian history, his work is most prominent in the Soviet Union. He was educated at Muskingum College, Cornell University, and Harvard University. He began teaching at Harvard University in 1958, retiring in 1996. Within this time he was the director of…

Throughout history there have been hundreds of people who have fought for all kinds of human rights. Some of them took action by appealing to violence, others did it by just communicating a specific concern through literature, music or art. Diego Rivera, for example, was one of Mexico’s greatest social realistic muralists and is currently considered as one of Los Tres Grandes among Mexico’s mural painters (Aldama). Although his paintings had a great success in Mexico, he also had an impact in…

The rise of Russia as a socialist, totalitarian nation under Josef Stalin would not have been possible without Vladimir Lenin’s economic and social policies. After the revolution in 1917, Lenin led the communist, Bolshevik party that controlled Russia. It will be argued that Lenin’s New Economic Policy (NEP) was an instrumental step in the foundation of totalitarian Russia. It will be shown through the increased economic stability, the introduction of laws to gain further dictatorial control of…

Franz Kafka’s writing in The Metamorphosis challenges the notion that women have been seen as inferior to men for a long time in most countries and cultures. In the middle of the story, the protagonist Gregor’s sister comes to power as he is feminized. The book maintains this theme of gain and loss of power. The first sentence of the book is of the most shocking, starting the story with Gregor’s realization that he has transformed into a “monstrous insect” (3) overnight. As Gregor loses all…

Richard Robbins in his book “Global Problems and the Culture of Capitalism” describes capitalism and its effects on society. In Chapter two, Robbins theorizes that the “anatomy of the working class” under capitalism can be described by its important characterizations. I will discuss the characterizations: segmentation, discipline, and militant to reveal what they mean for the working class and their significant role in capitalism. To begin, capitalism imposed and reinforced segmentation as a…

Significant Symbols in Animal Farm George Orwell was inspired to create a novel called Animal Farm, in the year of 1945. In the novel, Orwell uses satire to describe what life was like during the Russian Revolution. The novel contained many different symbols to represent the Russian Revolution. In the allegorical novel, it is viewed for the rise and decline of socialism in the Soviet Union. George Orwell incorporated symbols into his novel that are significantly related to what happened…