Unquestionably, the October Revolution failed to produce the utopian society that was envisioned by Vladimir Lenin. There are reasons that it failed and intellectual curiosity begs to answer the following questions. What did the Soviets do wrong and how did their mistakes derail the revolution’s expectations? Before spending too much time delving into the reasons […]
Among international law, genocide is widely considered the most heinous criminal act a governing body can inflict upon a society. First coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1943, the term genocide denoted the intention to annihilate a group of the population by destroying essential foundations of life. To Lemkin, the term was a blanket label used […]
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Get startedCommunism found its political and philosophical roots in the nineteenth century within European socialism, inspired by the teachings of Karl Marx. Communion is commonly associated with negative insights and attributes and surrounding the costs in communism which were much greater than the benefits it gained. This idea was furthered developed by Voltaire Lenin in the […]
The Bolsheviks rise to power was not a long drawn out process, yet, it was not a well planned one either. Social mobility had remained the same under Tsar Nicholas II as it was 200 years before under Peter the Great. Tsar Nicholas II merely changed the name of serfs to lessen the diversity between […]
Introduction Hitler and Stalin are well known as the two of the most ground-breaking despots on the world amid the twentieth century. However, their tenets have had huge commitments towards modifying the plan of the economic, political and social effect around the globe. They took part in the world countries fights and the famous cold […]
World War II saw many different countries and leaders battle between each other. Adolf Hitler had taken many lives with his campaign of world domination. Hitler almost brought to the world to its knees. There seemed to be no one to compare Hitler’s violence and hate, until people started to look at his neighbor to […]
Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler, a Nazi and a communist, would likely go down in history as two of the greatest recognized and corrupt leaders of the twentieth century. There were many factors that could have possibly turned the two men into the menaces they became. Many people also wonder what sort of upbringing could […]
Animal Farm, written by George Orwell in 1945 tells the story of farm animals who felt constantly overworked by their human master, Mr. Jones. These animals decided to take matters into their own hands (or trotters?) by running off their master so they could have opportunities to work by and for themselves. Through the novel, […]
Let’s parse this and break down some of the reasons that the Cold War “broke out.” First of all, at the end of the Second World War the Soviets were the dominant land force in Europe, but this force had some severe limitations. First of all, their logistical machinery was largely supplied by the Americans: […]
The battle of the Cold War was the first time in U.S. history in which military technology had developed to a point that mutual annihilation was ensured. The presence of two global superpowers, each diametrically opposed to the other on the basis of political belief meant that there had to be a new way of […]
George Orwell, is a novelist, who is famous for his novel Nineteen Eighty-four. The novel 1984 is about a dystopian society that tells the story of Winston Smith and how is tries to rebel against the totalitarian state in which he lives. A dystopian novel is a society that is as dehumanizing and is uncomfortable […]
George Orwell is an author who wrote the book 1984 and Animal Farm, two famous Dystopian novels. But what is a dystopian novel? A dystopian novel is where the author writes about a society being oppressed or terrorized from a group of people or person(Jennifer Kendall). Typically in dystopian novels, we are shown a character […]
George Orwell, is a English novelist, essayist, and critic who is famous for his novels Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-four. The novel 1984 is a dystopian novel that tells the story of Winston Smith and how is tries to rebel against the totalitarian state in which he lives.A Dystopian novel is a society that is […]
1984 Comparison With The Soviet Union George Orwell, also known as Eric Arthur Blair, is the writer of 1984. Orwell wrote many other well-liked fictional and nonfiction books such as; Coming Up for Air,animal farm ,and many more. 1984 takes place in a dystopian society. According to Vocabulary.com a dystopian society is, “ imaginary society […]
Introduction The story of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Soviet Literature is unusual because of the basis of raw materials used. It shows cult of personality that carried painful features in the development that debunks in the party. The feature seems to be from the past even though we may see them far from us. The past […]
Katelyn Rachels AEGL102-008 Carlson April 30, 2010 Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution Animal Farm is an allegory for what happened in Russia between the years of about 1917 and 1943. Orwell uses characters and certain details to symbolize different situations in the Russian Revolution. Understanding the specific historical context underlying Animal Farm enriches one’s […]
Unless you believe in predeterminism, nothing is inevitable in history. However, some things have a higher probability of happening than others, and this is what this study addresses. It looks at possibilities other than the outcome which occurred and explores why these scenarios did not prevail. It then looks at the actual unfolding of events […]
There are various reasons and factors that can be used to explain the affect that Marxism / Leninism had upon Russia and why it was to achieve that affect. Some of these explanations are based around the actions of the Bolshevik Party that seized power in October 1917 and did not formally relinquish that power […]
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were the greatest familiar and known totalitarian leaders in Europe. Hitler is to fault for the burst out of the II World War and for the idea of an ideology which caused the holocaust and agony of many countries. Stalin was a head of the Soviet Union up until 1953. […]
Animal Farm, a novella written by George Orwell in 1945, is an allegorical commentary on what went wrong when Czarist Russia evolved into Communist Russia. An allegory is a narrative that uses literary devices to unveil hidden meanings. Orwell wanted to show the negative side of communism when it is taken too far. He demonstrated […]
There are a multitude of methods to which an individual’s personality, behavior, and ethical leadership can influence an organization. First, this essay will analyze the distinct leadership characteristics of Hitler and Stalin via various lessons throughout chapter 2 of the textbook. Then, this essay will evaluate the personality traits, motives, and cognitive determinants that were […]
In the novel Animal Farm George Orwell uses the character of Napoleon to illustrate how Joseph Stalin took power during the Russian Revolution by ousting Snowball (Leon Trotsky), murdering his opposition,and acting swiftly and ruthlessly. For example Khrushchev said over one-and-a-half million individuals were arrested for ‘anti-Soviet activities,’and over 680,500 (of them) were executed Kubic,Mike. […]
Animal Farm, a novella written by George Orwell in 1945, is an allegorical commentary on what went wrong when Czarist Russia evolved into Communist Russia. An allegory is a narrative that uses literary devices to unveil hidden meanings. Orwell wanted to show the negative side of communism when it is taken too far. He demonstrated […]
In 1917, Russia was crumbling into pieces. The World War I was draining all of Russia’s resources. There was shortage of food throughout the country, which left people starving. At the battlefront, millions of Russian soldiers were dying, they did not possess many of the powerful weapons that their opponents had. The government under Czar […]