http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112205/stalinsrussia.html http://ibatpv.org/projects/soviet_union/stalins%20impact%20on%20society.htm http://www.gendercide.org/case_stalin.html Essay It was said by many that Stalin was a great and successful leader‚ however‚ though he was successful in industrialising Russia‚ Stalin proved to be a cruel‚ merciless leader to his people. The economic growth of Russia under Stalin’s rule was abundant‚ but the human loss was devastating. Stalin was also very
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When Animal Farm was first written by George Orwell in 1945 right after the second world war‚ Communism was just starting to show it self to the public. The book itself is a satire on Communism and the Russian Revolution which in George Orwell’s eyes had been counter productive. George Orwell was born in 1903 in The British Raj where he lived for about the first year of his life before moving to Great Britain proper(“George Orwell.”). After finishing college and finding he could not afford a university
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In fact‚ some of the characters in the story personify people who were a part of the Russian Revolution. Napoleon is based on Joseph Stalin‚ Snowball is based on Leon Trotsky‚ Old Major is based on Karl Marx‚ and Mr. Jones is based on Tsar Nicholas II. Animal Farm starts out with a situational irony when the animals are very unhappy with the humans and decide to take over the farm and run it themselves. The two
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for each other Stalin and Trotsky had to the disagreements between Napoleon and Snowball‚ and Stalins to Napoleons show trials. Orwell retells the Russian Revolution through a fable and uses animals and farms. The first parallel is Trotsky to Snowball. Leon Trotsky being an a powerful speaker won the votes of many Russians. He had great influence over Russia because he was a war hero. Trotsky led the Red Army to victory in the civil war against the White Army‚ he was also very organized which led to his victory
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In the 1500’s - 1600’s there were many explorers of the New World. One of those explorers was Juan Ponce de Leon. During this time period‚ the Spanish Crown sponsored many explorers‚ but because of his expedition Juan Ponce de Leon was rewarded. Although there were many Europeans‚ Juan Ponce de Leon was one of the hardest working explorers of his time. Juan Ponce De Leon‚ was born in Santervas de Campos‚ Spain in the year of 1460. He married Leonora‚ and had three children with her. When his earlier
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it proves to be an allegory to the Russian Revolution. The events in the book are very closely related to the actual events from The Russian Revolution. Also‚ the animals (main-characters) are historically referring to the Communist leaders such as Leon Trotsky‚ Joseph Stalin‚ Karl Marx‚ and others. The book starts out with Old Major speaking to his fellow animals (representing the people during the Revolution). Old Major represents either V.I. Lenin or Karl Marx. Either way‚ he is representing
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The book Animal Farm is a very interesting and maybe somewhat perspective changing book. Some may try to argue whether the symbolism which the book is known for is actually apparent or not. This is commonly caused by the lack of knowledge or perspective of by which the book is symbolically proceeding‚ When educated in the aspects of communism and how they were used throughout human experiences‚ it shouldn’t be hard to pick out some similarities In the beginning Manor Farm was run by old Mr. Jones
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preserving stability or order in conception of world and of self; first introduced in 1950s; has become major point of discussion and research in psychology (as cited in Compton ’s Interactive Encyclopedia‚ 1996). This theory was developed by Leon Festinger (1957)‚ is concerned with the relationships among cognitions. Cognition‚ for the purpose of this theory‚ may be thought of as a piece of knowledge‚ thoughts‚ feelings‚ or beliefs. Knowledge may be about an attitude‚ an emotion‚ a behavior
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Trotsky had created the Red Soviet Army from the Red Guard‚ a bolshevik workers militia and remnants of the old Tsarist army after the revolution of 1917 to crush any uprising. Lenin placed Leon Trotsky in charge of the Red Army now labelling Trotsky as the commissar for war in the Bolshevik government. Leon Trotsky was a very smart choice to take up this role as he was a brilliant organiser and his improvisation skills were superior to most. Trotsky imposed a tough system over the Red
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people can be fooled by tyrants to believing anything. The animals in the story who act as the main characters may seem like regular animals but upon historical reference these are actually representatives for Communist leaders‚ such as Joseph Stalin‚ Leon Trotsky‚ and others. The story Animal Farm begins with a pig named Old Major gathering all the animals together. He tells the animals that they must work together. After he dies‚ two pigs Napoleon and Snowball assumed command. Days later‚ the
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