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    Macbeth and Stalin

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    murderous dictator in history. While ruling the soviet USSR for quarter of the century his regime caused many deaths of innocent people and prominent political members. From 1924 onwards‚ he executed many political members most notable Lenin’s heir‚ Leon Leon Trotsky whom he had him expelled from Soviet Union and assassinated in Mexico. In 1952-1953‚ he arrested many doctors‚ mostly Jewish on charging them as conspiratorial assassins of Soviet Leaders. Similarly‚ Macbeth was a brutal tyrant who committed

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    unSpun Finding Facts in a World of Disinformtion A man with a conviction is a hard man to change. Tell him you disagree and he turns away. Show him facts or figures and he questions you sources. Appeal to logic and he fails to see your point. -Leon Festinger‚ et al.‚ When Prophecy Fails (1956) Have you ever wondered why other people are so unreasonable and hard to convince? Why is it that they disregard hard facts that prove you’re right and they’re worng? The fact is‚ we humans aren’t wired

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    Animal Farm, Snowball

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    Snowball and Trotsky He led a revolution‚ became a scapegoat‚ and was exiled from his home lane. This person was Leon Trotsky‚ a Russian Marxist revolutionary. In the novel Animal Farm‚ Trotsky came out through a pig named Snowball. Throughout the novel‚ Trotsky is brought up more and more through snowball. Leon Trotsky is represented through Snowball by the many life events they had in common. Snowball was chased away from the farm and became an exile by Napoleons trained dogs. In Trotsky’s life

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    Manson and Bundy look like boy scouts‚ Gary Leon Ridgway. Ridgway‚ also know as the Green River Killer‚ confessed to a total of forty-eight murders‚ securing him the title of the most heinous serial killer in U.S. history. For over two decades a special task force questioned witnesses‚ compiled evidence and developed a profile which would ultimately lead to the capture and conviction of Ridgway who some refer to as the Lucifer himself. Gary Leon Ridgway‚ the second of three sons‚ was born

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    “hearing in it a prophecy of their future doom.” Then‚ in a well-developed and organized essay‚ discuss how the author uses various stylistic devices and selection of detail to comment on both historical events and human nature. 3. Analyze how Leon Trotsky‚ Joseph Stalin and the working class are satirized through the characters in Animal Farm. 4. Describe how the abuse of power causes three negative effects upon the animals of Animal Farm. 5. Choose three events from the novel and argue

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    Animal Farm Comparison Essay Snowball is a young‚ smart‚ good speaker‚ who is also idealistic. Leon Trotsky is the other leader of the “October Revolution.” Snowball really wanted to make life better for all while Leon Trotsky was a pure communist and followed Marx. Napoleon was not a good speaker or as clever as Snowball. Joseph Stalin was not a good speaker either and was not educated like Trotsky was. Napoleon was cruel‚ brutal‚ selfish‚ devious and corrupt‚ but Joseph Stalin was the exact

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    Gary Leon Ridgeway a 52 –year-old white male better known in history as the Green River Killer who preyed on runaways and prostitutes in the Seattle area from the years 1982 to 1998. Ridgway chose his victims because they were easy targets and he felt that he could get away theses murders for years and he did. Police records indicated that Ridgeway was responsible for murdering more than 48 eight women over a span of 20 years. The green river runs south of the city of Seattle

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    Animal Farm Maus Analysis

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    MAUS vs. Animal Farm MAUS by Art Spiegelman is considered‚ by Jules Feiffer to be “A remarkable work‚ awesome in its conception and execution…at one and the same time a novel‚ a documentary‚ a memoir‚ and a comic book. Brilliant‚ just brilliant” (MAUS). MAUS portrays Nazi Germany in all its flaw. Whilst MAUS represents Nazi Germany‚ Animal Farm represents the events leading up to The Russian Revolution. Both of these tales are told to symbolize an important moment in history. Although both of these

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    context in the Soviet Union from 1917-1945. Orwell’s attitude and political view towards Russia is evident in his representation of the farm animals on Communist Party leaders: Napoleon and Snowball‚ for example‚ are figurations of Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky‚ respectively. He expresses the anthropomorphic characters of farm animals‚ and major events in Animal Farm such as the Rebellion and the construction of the windmill‚ reminiscent of the Russian Revolution and the “Five-Year Plans”. Orwell

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    characters Snowball and Napoleon argue over the construction of the windmill as Orwell explains in chapter five that‚ “as usual‚ Snowball and Napoleon were in 
disagreement‚” which serves as a parallel between Joseph Stalin (portrayed as Napoleon) and Leon Trotsky (Snowball). Snowball was more about intellect and sought to stir rebellions in other neighboring farms seeing protection in numbers. Meanwhile‚

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