Savinkov Deception

For a brief eight months, Alexander Kerensky was the central figure in a doomed effort to bring democracy to Russia. What went wrong? Did Russia’s most significant national leader Kerensky’s government make a mistake when it tried to keep Russia in the war? Kerensky who was in charge was exiled by Lenin and the Bolsheviks and ended up seeking safety abroad in Paris and America.

A disconnect between what the owners, the Ivanovic’s, have installed and where the CEO, Mathew McRae, is trying to take the business as arose. Thus, the company’s culture and core values have begun to deteriorate and are moving away from the family “social” atmosphere to a solely financial based one.

The first thing to address while discussing the author’s purpose is to examine the motivation of the main character, Raskolnikov. In Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov becomes an ubermensch, and part of this is that he does not take into account

     The other two characters of the novel who represent his opposing sides are Sonya Marmeladov and Svidrigailov. Sonya represents the warm side of Raskolnikov. She is a prostitute forced into that field because her father drinks away the money in the family. She is

cannot accept that some people speak to him without having the intention of hurting him in

With that thought in mind, we are back to looking at how Arthur Koestler portrayed the character of Rubashov as a vehicle to illustrate the struggle between the ideas of the party and of the individual. The conspicuous disagreement of the Communist Party is the contention between

When Raskolnikov was a student he enjoyed the debate and human contact, but also strived for acceptance. He had a dual nature to himself, which could be characterized by his cold intelligence, which separated him from society, and his compassionate side. After Raskolnikov murdered Alyona and Lizaveta Ivanovna

In March 1917, there was a Revolution in Russia that started to change things in Europe. Tsar Nicholas had left power at this time, and Prince Lvov took over. Kerensky was the one who lead the revolutionary party. He was the person who was looking out for

Kretsky is at war with himself and how to act around his fellow NKVD guards. He tries to act normally so they do not suspect any sort of compassion towards the prisoners. He acts brutally like the rest of them. Lina

Rubashov’s character vacillates between embracing the individualistic traits of his nature to the pull exerted on him by the indoctrination of the ideology of the greater good, even at the expense of individual liberty and freedom. Rubashov, during his time in prison though shows a propensity to acknowledge the failure of the glorious tenets of the Revolution, for he has seen the horror of the totalitarian system in the purges carried out by the party leaders under the pretext of filtering traitors. In an acknowledgement of the folly of his and the Party’s ways, Rubashov states “…we are doing the work of prophets without their gift. We replaced vision by logical discussion…” and it is this acceptance of their shortcomings that shows the transformation of Rubashov.

Roskonolv’s determination to save Sonya, Dunya and Lizaveta are prevalent because of his superiority complex that branches into thinking he can save people. “The old woman was a sickness, I was in a hurry to step over it, it wasn't a human but a principle” (Dostoevsky 275). Rodya is stuck in a napoleonic mindset, where he feels more of a superior being than the old woman. Roskonolv feels the need to not only be the better human, but to help Lizaveta. “... that old pawnbroker does have a spiteful connection with her sister, she

An important factor that facilitated the Bolshevik Revolution was the Kornilov Affair. Pipes and Fitzpatrick disagree in that Fitzpatrick refers to the Kornilov Affair as a coup based on national interest. Pipes refers to the Kornilov Affair as a coup in response to deception. Fitzpatrick writes the coup attempt by Kornilov was of his own design and without provocation. Pipes however, establishes the Kornilov Affair was a result of Kerensky’s misperceptions. Kerensky felt that as head

    "You keep lying!" screamed Raskolnikov, no longer able to restrain himself. "You're lying, you damned clown!" And he flung himself on Porfiry, who retired to the doorway, but without a trace of panic. "I understand everything, everything!" He approached Porfiry. "You're lying and taunting me so Ill give myself away-" "You can't give yourself away any more than you have already, Rodion Romanovich, old man. Why, you've gone into a state. Don't shout, I'll call my men, sir!" (Dostoyevsky, 34)

Cherviakov was always apologizing to General Brizzhalov and trying hard to please him. However, the General became more and more disgusted at what Chervialov did, and in the end he was so irritated that he could not stand Cherviakov anymore. That is the conflict. As the conflict is being intensified, here comes the climax that the General bursts with all his anger at Cherviakov. In the story, it is obvious that Cherviakov could not resolve the conflict between General Brizzhalov and him in a proper way so the only resolution of this conflict is the ridiculous but tragic death of Cherviakov who was an ordinary

The short story, The Open Window, by Saki (H.H. Munro) is a story that displays different points of views and how deception is developed through them. This niece from the story tells makes it seem as if her aunt's husband and the aunts brothers had disappeared on a hunting trip many years ago. She says that the bodies were never found and that her aunt left the window open all the time, in hopes that they would return home with the dog they took. In reality, the boys had just gone out that day and were supposed to be returning soon. As the aunt waited for them and kept looking through the window, Mr. Nuttel saw it as crazy. When they returned, he freaked out and left because he viewed the situation as paranormal, like they were ghosts. The aunt questioned why Mr. Nuttel left so fast and was told by the niece that it was because he was afraid of dogs. In, The