Introduction The words Cognitive Dissonance were fascinatingly interesting; therefore more research went into the origin of these two words. Both words are Middle English‚ which was the English in use from 12th to 15th centuries and both used in the 15th century [ (Merriam-Webster‚ 2011) ]. Cognitive is an adjective meaning‚ there is physical activity involving the mind; be it: thinking‚ reasoning or remembering. Dissonance is a noun meaning‚ when there is a tug-of- war between one’s actions and
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The novel Animal Farm‚ was written by Eric Arthur Blair‚ commonly known by his pen name‚ George Orwell. Orwell was born in British India on June 25‚ 1903. He was an anti-totalitarian‚ journalist‚ writer‚ and soldier in the Spanish Civil war as a member of the Trotskyist socialist party. Animal Farm is an allegory‚ fable and satire based on the people‚ politics and happenings during the era of Stalin. In the novel Animal Farm‚ Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin who was the man who became a tyrant ruler
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Animal Farm is an allegory‚ in this case‚ of the Russian Revolution and the rise of Stalin’s tyrannical government. It is generally accepted that Orwell constructed his story to reflect this kind of purpose. Manor Farm represents Russia; Snowball is Leon Trotsky‚ who lost power struggle with Stalin; Napoleon is Stalin; and Napoleon’s dogs are Stalin’s secret police. The corruption of absolute power is the major theme of Animal Farm. The animals hope to create a utopian system based on the equality
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Jones by a democratic coalition of animals quickly gives way to the consolidation of power among the pigs. Much like the Soviet intelligentsia‚ the pigs establish themselves as the ruling class in the new society. The struggle for preeminence between Leon Trotsky and Stalin emerges in the rivalry between the pigs Snowball and Napoleon. In both the historical and fictional cases‚ the idealistic but politically less powerful figure (Trotsky and
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farm themselves. After driving Jones out‚ the pigs declare themselves in charge. Orwell’s fictional farm is a representation of the Russian revolution of 1917. The animals represent the main figures in the Russian revolution‚ namely Joseph Stalin‚ Leon Trotsky‚ and Stalin’s Propaganda Department‚ which publicly broadcasts flaws in the ideology of communism. First‚ Orwell uses Napoleon to talk about Stalin‚ the Russian dictator. One of the similarities he highlights is manipulation. Napoleon states
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Joseph Stalin prosecuted a reign of terror. He practiced executions‚ labor camps‚ and persecution in the postwar USSR. He suppressed all dissent and anything that had any foreign influence throughout Eastern Europe. In 1949‚ he led the Soviets into the nuclear age by exploding an atomic bomb. The story‚ “Animal farm” is an allegory based on the Russian revolution and when Russia became a communist government. Every character represents someone from that time. For example‚ the boar Napoleon represents
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1) Peter M. Senge‚ author of The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of The Learning Organization‚ states “People don’t resist change. They resist being changed!” I recently encountered this when I conducted a training of staff members from various departments across the university on the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ("504"). During the training‚ a well-qualified and nationally renowned speaker presented examples of recent and landmark court
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leaders of this time like Stalin‚ Hitler‚ and Mussolini we can better understand why democracy is such an effective form of government. Ruling with an iron fist‚ Joseph Stalin took control of Russia in 1922 after Vladimir Lenin had a stroke and Leon Trotsky had been exiled. He was a totalitarian leader who wanted to create a purely communist world with no social classes. He created the five years plan‚ which set goals for the future of the Soviets economy. He used collective farming‚ command economy
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Leon Battista Alberti has written books on painting as being the foundation of art and other art styles such as architecture and sculpting. As a Renaissance man‚ Alberti took interest in science and math‚ incorporating it into his paintings and into his criteria for what he considered to be a successful artwork. Most successful renaissance paintings follow his criteria‚ incorporating values such as science‚ math‚ Humanism‚ the classical styles of Rome/Greece‚ mythology and Christianity. Both the
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in Religion Cognitive Dissonance in Religion and Spirituality Chew Hock Kee Student ID: B1102483 Department of Psychology MC-502 Dr. Goh Chee Leong 27 Feb 2012 1 Cognitive Dissonance in Religion Cognitive dissonance theory was developed by Leon Festinger more than fifty years ago as the most influential consistency theory of attitudes (Fanzoi‚ 2009). This theory argues that we often justify and rationalise our behavior in order to maintain cognitive consistency (Franzoi). In the classical
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