`English 9H 5/2/12 Animal Farm Descriptive Essay A fable is a fictional‚ usually‚ short story that provides a lesson or moral at the end. Most of the time‚ fables with include animals or objects that can talk and act like humans. In Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ the animals show similarities to humans. Orwell used this technique to relate farm animals to key figures in the Russian Revolution. Also‚ it adds creativity to
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Character Analysis Animal Farm Animal Farm is an allegory of the Bolshevik Revolution written by George Orwell. Most of the allegorical characteristics in the novel can be found within the characters and their actions. Most of the characters and events that take place in the story allude to historical figures and events surrounding the time period of the Bolshevik Revolution. In a sense Orwell is mocking the rebels of the Revolution because once they defeated the Russian Czar. Who they
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Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in Russia in 1917? The Bolshevik’s were able to seize power in Russian in 1917 mainly due to the exceptional leadership of Lenin and the organisational skills of Trotsky‚ the Red Guard army that was formed on May 11th 1917 and then re-organised on the 4th of November and the problems that the Provisional government had. The Bolshevik revolution took place with an armed rebellion in Petrograd. The October revolution led by the Bolshevik party and Lenin
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Vladimir Lenin was an outstanding figure of significance during the Russian Revolution. Under his strong leadership and with the help of his loyal followers‚ Lenin enabled the Bolsheviks to come into power‚ overturning the Provisional Government in the second revolution of the year. This has long been regarded as an important factor that contributed to this seizing of power. However‚ it is not the sole reason‚ nor is it the most important one‚ with two others being the incompetence of the Provisional
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The first idea you need to get your head around is that there were two "revolutions" in 1917. One in March (called the February Revolution) and one in November (called the October Revolution). However‚ they are collectively known as "the Russian Revolution". The February Revolution started with people rioting over food prices in the capital Petrograd. When the soldiers wouldn’t fire on the demonstrators‚ things got out of hand and it turned into a spontaneous mass uprising. The result of the
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One of Orwell’s goals in writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian (or Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive‚ totalitarian‚ and deadly than the one it overthrew. Many of the characters and events of Orwell’s novel parallel those of the Russian Revolution: In short‚ Manor Farm is a model of Russia‚ and old Major‚ Snowball‚ and Napoleon represent the dominant figures of the Russian Revolution. Mr. Jones is modeled on Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918)‚ the
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The Importance of Commerce Education Outline 1. Introduction. 2. Material prosperity depends upon commerce education. 3. The modern business and trade are complex and complicated. 4. Commerce education trains the students to understand the Modern business. 5. A commerce graduate keeps "his eyes on the market and The customers. 6. A commerce graduate administers the business well. 7. It makes the individuals self-sufficient and independent. 8. Commerce education strengthens the economy
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Yekaterina Alexveena‚ more commonly known as Catherine II or Catherine the great‚ was born on May 2nd‚ 1729 to Johanna Elisabeth and Christian August‚ the ruler and princess of the Anhalt-Zerbst Principality of Germany. Originally named Sophia Augusta Fredricka‚ she changed her name to Catherine when she was received into the Russian Orthodox Church in 1745‚ and (to her apparent disliking) married Grand Duke Peter with whom she had one child. Peter became tsar Peter II of Russia in 1762‚ but soon
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Why has the revolutionary‚ idealistic novel Animal Farm remained such an interesting piece of literature?[d][e] It encourages readers to think about the Soviet Union in a new way. Orwell took his in-depth[f] understanding[g] to create a setting using symbols‚ metaphors‚ themes‚ and characterization to embody the events of the Russian Revolution. He helped the readers to understand the accounts of the rise and development of soviet communism in the form of an animal tale. Thus[h]‚ throughout the novel
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How effective was opposition to governments in Russia throughout the period 1855-1964? In 1855‚ opposition to the Tsarist Government lacked an effective unifying ideology. This remained the case throughout the 1855-1964 period‚ even once the communists had taken power. A key contributing factor towards this was the lack of unity opposition possessed. Opposition throughout the period came from several sources‚ however it was dominated by division in opinion and ideology‚ only fully uniting in the
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