Vladimir Tretchikoff

Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” is an allegory because the book uses the event of an animal rebellion to represent a real-world issue and occurrence. In the story, “Animal Farm,” the author states, “Meanwhile the animals had chased Jones and his men out on to the road and slammed the five-barred gate behind them. And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs.” This rebellion of the animals represents

Communism is a belief that there shall be greater equality and honesty will be granted in the world (Sheldon). There was a huge discrimination between those living in poverty versus those who are wealthy. In order to end this, people believed that a combat between the two sides was the only way to do so, causing lots of violence and injury. Despite this, the result of combat was social and economic justice to those who were not originally given it (Ali). Citizens living in poverty were often paid

The Russian Revolution was one of the most dramatic governmental shifts in European history. Before the Russian Revolution, Russia was an Autocracy. Tsar Nicholas II had succeeded Tsar Alexander III, his father, on May 26, 1896. However, Nicholas II’s rule took a turn for the worst rather quickly. After the Russian people lost faith in the tsar, they began to form strikes and riots. The Russian Revolution had effected World War I, caused the Russian Civil War, brought Russia a new way of thinking

A quick summary of both articles we will be discussing today on The Morning Show. The article, Good Readers and Good Writers by Vladimir Nabokov is basing itself on how good readers and good writers get good to begin with. Mr Nabokov explains that the author must be able to create something different and unique to “sent planet spinnings” in order to produce a successful book. While on the other hand to make yourself a good reader you must read a book with a fresh mindset as if you don’t know what

The eulogized plight of colonial heroes fighting to ensure equality for a budding during the American Revolution is as natural to the average American as breathing. On the outside, there is no question about the authenticity of the idealized story and heroes that are the brick and mortar of American ideals of fundamental rights established in the Declarations of Independence by the founding fathers. But the actual ratification of that equality has remained the struggle of America since the beginning

Police is defined as “the civil force of a national or local government, responsible for the prevention and detection of crime and the maintenance of public order” . When these powers are abused and unnecessary force is used for corrupt purpose outside of their duty it is considered police brutality. While police brutality may seem only rampant in the United States, it effects Russians equally. The question is why are the police in these two countries so powerful that they can go against their duty

Have you ever sought out to change something for the better but ended up making it worse? In the novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, animals take over a farm. The leaders of the new farm want to be nothing like humans but end up practicing many of the practices that were hated. Orwell’s story was criticised and ridiculed for its portrayal of the history of Soviet communism. The story points out what a leader should not do, and more importantly what we should not let happen. It also takes a blow

Misjudgement of Outsiders Outsiders are simply those who are misjudged for who they are as a person. The concept of being misjudged is explained through the story of Gregor in “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, a short story on how Gregor becomes isolated from his family and society after his metamorphosis into a bug because of how he acted prior to his transformation. Corresponding with this story, the video “Franz Kafka and Metamorphosis” from BBC explains how this narrative is accurate to how

Who: The current population in Russia is 144.3 million people. Russia has about 23.4 million people living in poverty. This number is up by 7.9 million from 2013 when the people living in poverty was 15.5 million. It should be noted that one U.S. dollar is equal to about 57.6005 rubles ("Putin, in pre-election year, pledges to erase spiralling poverty", 2017). What: The average wage for Russians is 39,253 rubles or $681.47 a month. Unfortunately, around 13.5 % live on less than 10,000 rubles or

I. Introduction Totalitarianism refers to a one-party dictatorship that controls all activities in the country and stresses the importance of state interests above personal freedom. Stalinism is an ideology on how to develop a communist society, conceived and implemented by Josef Stalin in the Soviet Union whilst officially adhering to Marxism–Leninism. While Nazi ideology was assimilated with enthusiasm and also extreme nationalism, cultural groups and academic institutions were encouraged to