Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilich Lenin was born on May 4‚ 1870. In school‚ he was very bright‚ and enjoyed reading and writings of Goethe and Turgenev. Lenin’s father died of a cerebral hemorrhage and his brother was hung for plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. Lenin was finally accepted to the Kazan University where he studied law. He was expelled‚ and later studied law on his own and passed the exam in first in a class of 124 people in 1891. In 1895‚ Lenin traveled to Switzerland
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин‚ IPA: [vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪr vɫɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈputʲɪn] born 7 October 1952) is the fourth and current President of Russia‚ incumbent since 7 May 2012. He previously served as the second President from 2000 to 2008‚ and as Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. During that last stint (2008 to 2012) he was also the Chairman of the United Russia political party. For sixteen years Putin served as an officer
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Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik (meaning Majority) faction of the Russian Social and Democratic Labour Party and took power in the October Revolution of 1917. He was born in the city of Simbirsk in 1870 and studied Law at Kazan ’ university‚ where he was introduced to Marxist literature. His brother Alexandr was involved in a plot to assassinate Tsar Alexandr III and executed. He spent some time in internal exile in Siberia before being exiled from Russia. It was in London that he formed
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showing what the world would be like if he had not been there. If Vladimir Lenin had not been born‚ there would be no Cold War‚ no Soviet Union and Russia might still be ruled by a Tsar. However‚ Lenin was not simply a catalyst in the many changes Russia faced; he was a most volatile reactant in the chemistry of Russian and world politics. Breaking the barrier between attaining both economic success and political achievement‚ Vladimir Lenin almost singlehandedly ended the Tsardom and brought the socialist
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reminiscing on these feelings. Such sensations are examined in depth in Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita. The provided passage poignantly addresses this issue. While on its surface it appears to be merely a mellifluously worded memoir‚ it is actually a cleverly disguised commentary on the desire for the childhood experience. Though this is not immediately obvious‚ close examination of the diction of the passage reveals the central message. Nabokov includes words that accomplish several things‚ including evoking
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Much of the grotesque in Metamorphosis stems from the fact that Gregor’s transformation is partial. While he is physically an insect on the exterior‚ he retains a human mind inside. Hence‚ Gregor is mentally aware of what is happening to him and his body. This hybridity‚ in terms of having an insect body but a human mind‚ contributes greatly to the grotesque image of the main character. As quoted from Bakhtin‚ what is happening to Gregor is an “unfinished metamorphosis” whereby he is not fully insect
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there is one in particular that Vladimir Nabokov consistently refutes: psychoanalytic criticism. Though Nabokov regularly discredits psychoanalysis‚ I believe that it is crucial to use a psychoanalytic lens when looking at Pale Fire in general but more specifically when looking at the character of Charles Kinbote. As discussed by Peter Welsen in his article‚ “Charles Kinbote’s psychosis—a key to Vladimir Nabokov’s Pale Fire‚” throughout his career‚ Vladimir Nabokov showed clear disdain for Freudian
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“Lolita‚ light of my life‚ fire of my loins.” Told in the perspective of the culprit himself‚ author Vladimir Nabokov dives into the mind of a pedophile who desperately tries to hide his mad behavior from society. Once in love with a young girl named Annabel‚ who later dies of typhoid fever‚ Humbert can’t seem to fully recover from her sudden passing. As years go by‚ Annabel’s image remains embedded within his memory. On meeting Dolores Haze‚ he becomes enraptured by her boyish charm and delicate
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single person’s mind is someone or something they are passionate about. Not only are they passionate about it‚ they are obsessed. So much that they are unconscious that their obsession be dangerous to themselves as well as others. In Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov‚ Perfume by Patrick Suskind and Obsession by DaMoyre‚ they all express different stories of obsession‚ but they all mainly have the same concept. Their obsession is what brings the downfall of themselves‚ as well as the surrounded environment
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Lolita «Lolita‚ light of my life‚ fire of my loins.» This is how the very controversial book written by Vladimir Nabokov starts. Lolita‚ published for the first time in 1955 in Paris relates the story of this middle-aged literature professor‚ Humbert Humbert‚ who’s obsessed with the 12-year-old Dolores Haze‚ with whom he becomes sexually involved after he becomes her stepfather. Characterized as “pornography” by the Chicago Tribune‚ this scandalous scenario has outraged the public as much as
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