Vladimir Putin

Waking up to find yourself in a completely different body has to be hard, but when you are no longer in a human body, everything becomes more difficult. In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor wakes up to find himself transformed into a bug. With Kafka’s background in reading the Word of God, this novel has been compared to the Bible because Grete played a similar role to Judas, Gregor’s downfall was brought by an apple, his family does not care for him before he dies. In a way, his sister…

The play “Equus” by Peter Shaffer and the short story “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka both demonstrate alienation in the two main characters. Alan Strang in “Equus” becomes isolated from society and his family because of an extreme passion for horses, while Gregor Samsa in “Metamorphosis” is a character who has inherently isolated himself his whole life and he somehow becomes more isolated when he turns into a bug overnight. Both Alan and Gregor go through their estrangement in strikingly similar…

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was published 70 years ago, and written as an allegory the Bolshevik revolution, which took place about a century ago. One would expect for book with a theme dating back to 100 years earlier to die out, but it continues to be read in several countries, and is even required reading in most American schools. Instead of fizzling out to not much more than a memory, Animal Farm has instead become increasingly relevant in the past couple of years. Animal Farm still…

Benjamin Disraeli once said “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” The quote expresses that change is inevitable in life. Many people embrace the difference in change while others choose to dismiss it. Kafka's text “The Metamorphosis” change is depicted in a negative way, since Gregor's change he is not physically capable to help his family to satisfy their debt leaving them to find jobs. In Kupers graphic novel interpretation of “Metamorphosis” on page 123 as well as 125 will show us…

During the early nineteenth century, the world was involved in a catastrophic war, World War I. One of the many nations involved was Russia, fighting with the Allies. At the same time, Russia was dealing with an upcoming revolution. This revolution would cause many changes in the structure of Russia. Caused mainly by diverse ethnicities, nationalism, problems in the workforce, and peasant unrest, this revolution would be fought by two sides, the Reds and the Whites. By the 1920s the Russian…

When putting George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, and the film version side by side, you can note the similarities as well as the differences between the two. Coming close to being almost exactly like the book, the movie includes scenes from the book as well as many different approaches to the outcomes of actions. For example, similar scenes from the book presented in the movie include: Old Major’s speech identifying Man as the enemy to animals, how Napoleon blames Snowball for the damage done to the…

Brave New World is based on a dystopian society established in the near future. In this novel the controller of the new world, Mustapha Mond, works on maintaining order and stability in the new world’s society. Mustapha Mond uses the ability of new drugs produced in the new world to control the people’s actions and social abilities, this changes how they think for themselves and taking the people’s right to express individuality throughout society this could be identified as a totalitarianism…

Family members are expected to support each other and love each other unconditionally. Gregor’s family did not meet all of these expectations. They pushed him away when he needed them the most; they did not believe that Gregor was still himself after he changed to a cockroach. Gregor’s transformation greatly affected his relationship with his family, and roles shifted within the family also. Before the transformation, Gregor was the sole provider for his family. His father and mother claimed…

The critically acclaimed and widely controversial novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory (or fable) about a farm and its animals revolting against their cruel owner and becoming their own independent farm as free and equal animals. The characters and actions represent Communist Russia allegorically to provide a further understanding of the history. Several animals played a large role in the novel, such as, Snowball, Napoleon and Boxer, who represent Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky and…

Romero’s Shirt The title of the story is “Romero’s Shirt” because the main character Romero loses his favorite shirt in the story. The shirt that Romero loses is a symbol because it has been a part of life since he bought the shirt when he was twenty years old. When Romero was growing up, his family did not have much, but they made due with what they had. Romero wanted thing to be different for his wife and kids so he gave them whatever he could materially. His shirt that he loses is his…