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As the first civilizations such as Egypt, Mesopotamia, and other small communities have emerged along with it has sprouted a body of government. There has always been a rocky relationship between the government and its people because many of the times the barrier between too involved and barely involved is not very clear-cute. In the book, 1984, by George Orwell, is a dystopian novel about a society where the government, Big Brother, has total control over its people. While this book may make a story like this seem like a total fantasy, never to really take place in the world; many events have happened that are surprisingly similar to the fictitious events in the book. Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Society Union from 1929 to 1953. During his rule, the Soviet Union
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Very similar to the way Big Brother from 1984 operated, Stalin ruled his country with total terror, and squashed anyone that made even the tiniest noise that was out of line. Stalin ruled with an iron fist and made his people believe that everything he was doing was wonderful and sublime. Stalin made himself a role-model/celebrity and became part of the national anthem. Instead of burning books, Stalin rewrote books that cast him in the best light, ad brainwashed his people into knowing and believing that Stalin was basically a God. Stalin also used children to further his brain-washing of his realm. He would show pictures of him with kids in order to make himself friendlier to the public. Stalin also established youth groups in order for them to be in a way his personal cheerleaders where they spread the ideas of communism, and spread the love for Stalin. Stalin made these children his walking propaganda by filling their brains with messed up ideas and views at a very young age, shaping them into perfect cheerleaders. In the end, Stalin’s ruling diminished when he died in 1953 and Russia began to rebuild
Stalin used the media in order to convince the Russian citizens that there were saboteurs and spies within Russian population. Stalin used the secret police and military forces to carry out the arrests of so called
A shocking number of 40 million people were executed during Joseph Stalin’s reign of Soviet Russia between the years 1924 to 1953. Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, plays an important role in George Orwell’s novel 1984. Orwell’s novel depicts a totalitarian government that controls the lives of the people in Oceania by supplying false propaganda and monitoring their everyday life. As a matter of fact, Orwell writes his novel based on the events that occurred in Soviet Russia during the reign of Joseph Stalin. The author includes similar aspects to that of Soviet Russia in his novel to warn his audience the dangers of a totalitarian state. George Orwell’s dystopian society illustrates the negative effects that a totalitarian government
Joseph Stalin greatly influenced Russia in the years 1924 through 1932. His rise to this power can be explained by the Russian Revolutionary experience that allowed him to gain authority in Russia. Although historians often refer to Stalin as a ruthless, mindless dictator, he redirected the Russian Revolution to major economic development. Stalin’s character in Russia during the Revolution catalyzed the many events that took place during the time period. Because of Stalin’s ability to both appeal to the masses, and take advantage of events, like Lenin’s death, Stalin was able to rise to power. Essentially, the Russian Revolution fostered the development of Stalin’s dictatorship leading the country into a state of economic growth and influence. The Revolution fostered Stalin’s ability to maintain a central leadership, use violence to gain control, and regenerate a previously disconnected economy.
Joseph Stalin rose approve his community to become a figure that had a great amount of control, and an incredibly powerful nation. To maintain authority, Joseph Stalin used the Soviet Union's’ army, and he used propaganda to brainwash society. Into the late 40’s Joseph Stalin continued to gain higher leadership, “In 1946, Stalin launched a vast propaganda campaign aimed at Soviet emigrants living in the West. He offered an amnesty, a Soviet passport and the
Thus, the “Cult of Personality” was flourishing. Propaganda glorifying Stalin and Soviet ideals brainwashed the minds of Russian people. Stalin successfully impressed his socialist philosophies on millions of workers and peasants. Over time, socialism transformed into Stalinism, and it took hold. Stalin was able to hypnotize people towards one belief, the love of Stalin. When they saw Stalin being portrayed heroically everyday in the news or on posters, they began to idolize him. Stalin is like Big Brother; he was the main focus and had total power over the people and their actions.
While Stalin was in power the size of the Communist Party increased by many millions. Many people attribute this to the fear that he culminated into the Soviet Union’s citizens’ minds. His principal way to gain power were a sum of dishonesty, fraud, lies, extreme brutality, and mass murder. Some examples of the ways he used to make people fear him are the Gulag camps, the secret
Reflecting Winston’s experiences of both World War 2 and the start of the cold war Which is then divided into two sectors the most important inner party members and the less important outer party members which Winston is part of. The way Joseph Stalin the Soviet Union leader ruled coincides with many features of the book reflecting the context of George Orwell’s life. Joseph Stalin had incredibly severe ruling system that allowed him to change history to increase his power, use a secret police force named the NKVD or the People’s Commissariat of State Security to terrorise the people to do as told and create an economic system that allowed him to distribute resources and work force to his liking creating large class differences. One of the largest influences on 1984 was Joseph Stalin, through his rise to power and his harsh but effective ruling
A totalitarian government is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society, and also seeks to control all aspects of their public and private. This is depicted in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 and Jo Adendorff’s documentary titled Life Under Stalin. Although both differ in their genre, the theme and form of government areis almost identical. Big Brother’s party and the ruler of Russia corresponded as they were both figureheads and worshipped. This totalitarian ruling aims to control and oppress citizens as demonstrated in both pieces of literature.
Stalin like Hitler “used propaganda, censorship, and terror to force his will on the Soviet people. Government newspapers glorified work and Stalin himself. Secret police spied on citizens, and anyone who refused to praise Stalin and the state faced severe punishment, even death” (“The Soviet”, n.d.).
Joseph Stalin built up this love with the "Cult of Personality". He was glorified with giant statues and monuments. Stalin appeared daily on the cover of Soviet newspapers; he was in every facet of Soviet life. Daily visual imagery of Stalin portrayed him as a Georgian peasant, which emphasized socialist principles of power from the people. In addition, people called him “father and teacher of the peoples” (Runyan 66) and a deity, because he replaced the Czar and the Church. These daily images were engraved in the minds of the people. Thus, the “Cult of Personality” was flourishing. Propaganda glorifying Stalin and Soviet ideals brainwashed the minds of Russian people. Stalin successfully impressed his socialist philosophies on millions of workers and peasants. Over time, socialism transformed into Stalinism, and it took hold. Stalin was able to hypnotize people towards one belief, the love of Stalin. A simple cause and effect: they saw imagery of Stalin portrayed heroically everyday in the news or on posters and they began to idolize him. Stalin is like Big Brother; he was the focus and with the love and loyalty of his people, he had total power over them and their actions.
Ruling over Russia with an iron thumb, Statesman's Joseph Stalin “was the supreme ruler of the Soviet Union and the leader of world communism for almost 30 years” (Joseph). In the early 1930’s, Stalin eliminated all opposition after Lenin's death, allowing him to gain complete tyrannical power. He moved quickly, and mercilessly to do so. Part of the reason why Stalin is so controversial is because it’s arguable that he didn’t ruin Russia. In fact, some might say he saved it .During
A leader in many people’s minds is defined as a person who does what is right for the betterment of their country, but through out history, there are leaders who do inhumane acts and are still just as famous as some of the greats, if not even more famous. One of those leaders is Joseph Stalin. He was the leader of Russia; most importantly know as the Soviet Union. For the paper I will be writing about the entirety of Stalin’s life and his role in George Orwell’s 1984. Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, or Joseph Stalin, was born on December 21st, 1879, in Gori, Georgia, which was a czarist part of Russia in western Asia.
Joseph Stalin, from the time that he was a low level revolutionary to the years that he spent as the dictator of the Soviet Union, always knew what he needed to do to achieve his goals. His organized rise to power allowed him to gain a steady flow of followers who would support him for decades to come. Stalin received a minor government position in 1917, but by the time a new leader was needed in 1924, he “had turned the largely routine post of Party general secretary into the most powerful office in the Soviet Union” (“Joseph Stalin) and “had built a personal empire for himself through his control over committee appointments at all levels . . . expand[ing] the leading Party organs with his supporters, who then voted against his rivals”
Joseph Stalin used his intellect, and power, to outmanoeuvre his rivals to become leader of the Soviet Union. Using carefully planned propaganda including, painting, statues, and a series of cultivated posters Stalin immortalised and glorified his leadership. These state-manufactured images created a ‘cult of personality' around him, subsequently, creating an image of a heroic worshipped figure, who was associated with every aspect of soviet society. Stalin controlled the media and according to the historian Moshe Lewin, Stalin single handily, ‘become the system,’ (Lewin in Pittaway, 2008, p.137.)
Between 1924 and 1945, Joseph Stalin was able to emerge as the leader of the USSR and maintain what Kruchev described as “the accumulation of immense and limitless power”. Stalin's rise to power was a combination of his ability to manipulate situations and the failure of others to prevent him from taking power, especially Leon Trotsky. Stalin ruled the USSR from 1929 until his death in 1953. His rule was one of tyranny, a great change from the society that his predecessor, Lenin, had envisioned. During his time of reign, Stalin put into effect two self-proclaimed "five-year