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    In a corrupt government‚ the usage of propaganda in order to gain power is quintessential. Propaganda such as testimonial‚ name-calling‚ and bandwagon are common; and these government officials are able to manipulate the citizens to thinking that the government system serves justice to its people. This occurs in Animal Farm‚ especially during the windmill dispute where Napoleon took control of the farm. Animal Farm contains a significant amount of propaganda‚ but there was one that proved to be the

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    Animal Farm Comparison and Contrast Essay The novel‚ Animal Farm and the movie both contain many similarities and differences. Many of the differences come from the movie. The movie‚ Animal Farm‚ has a lot more detail and events added to it. For example‚ Old Major’s death. In the beginning of the movie‚ as Old Major is finishing his speech‚ he tumbles out of the barn‚ and falls to his death. In the novel‚ Old Major dies three nights after his big speech. He doesn’t fall to his death‚ but instead

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    How and why did Stalin win to be the leader of Russia? Stalin’s manipulative personality Joseph Stalin was known to have a manipulative personality. He was persuasive‚ educated‚ determined however also arrogant (due to his role as General Sectary). Also Lenin is rude as Lenin said in his testament “Stalin is too rude”. After Lenin died during the struggle for power Stalin was reasonably quiet at the beginning. This makes him sly and sneaky because we get the impression he is up to no good.

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    Introduction:Animal Farm is a short story written by George Orwell in 1945. He had a lot of difficulty getting it published due to its underlying criticism of the political situation in Russia at the time. The story takes place on a farm somewhere in England. The owner of the farm‚ Mr.Jones‚ comes into conflict with the animals. The animals rebel‚ and finally scare him away. Two of the strongest animals‚ Napoleon and Snowball (two pigs)‚ think that they can run the farm. Napoleon:

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    Why did the 1905 Revolution fail? Liam Hunt When looking at why the 1905 revolution failed‚ we must first consider the state of affairs leading up to the revolution. One key event in the state of affairs was the separation of the Social Democrats who became known as the Mensheviks and Bolsheviks in 1903. This was because some members of the what was to become the Bolsheviks‚ wanted to have a violent revolution‚ whereas the other members wanted to wait until the capitalist stage of the Marxist

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    Assess the reasons for the victory of the Bolsheviks (red army) in the Russian civil war. The Russian Civil War went for the duration of three years‚ and took place between 1918 and 1921. The Russian Civil War occurred after November 19 when many groups had formed that opposed Lenin’s Bolsheviks. These groups were known as monarchists‚ militarists‚ and foreign nations. They were known as the whites‚ and the Bolsheviks were known as the reds. The fact that the reds were led by both Trotsky and

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    Bolshevik consolidation of power in the period from 1917 to 1921 (edited) Introduction: The Bolsheviks used two main methods to consolidate power between the years of 1917 and 1921. The first method was the introduction of social‚ economic and military reforms aimed at consolidating their support among the peasants and the working class. The second method was one of coercion to crush the opponents with their ruthless nature. Along with these methods‚ the Bolsheviks victory in the Civil War was the

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    Stalin’s Influence   How can one person convince an entire nation that he is necessary for the growth and success of communism in Russia? After the death of Lenin in 1924‚ Russia was faced with Joseph Stalin who ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist for 24 years. Stalin rarely appeared to be what he really was and consistently was underestimated by his opponents‚ allowing him to gain support and create fear in the Russian people’s lives. Although Stalin faced much opposition‚ his manipulating

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    Propaganda is the act of perverting information in order to influence the thoughts or actions of others. Propaganda is used in order to accomplish goals which cannot be attained in more honorable or more principled ways. In the novel‚ Animal Farm‚ George Orwell’s characters use various examples of propaganda in order to achieve and promote their own selfish desires. Animal Farm is an allegory using a farm as a metaphor of communist Russia under Stalin. The pigs in the novel‚ or Stalin’s supporters

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    Hypothesis: That the Bolshevik’s Red Army won the civil war in 1920 due to their central and influential ideologies and due to the lack of ideologies and direction of the Whites. Evaluate this claim. Shortly after the October and February revolutions‚ in 1917‚ Russia burst almost immediately into Civil War. The two parties concerned were the Bolshevik’s Red Army and the opposing White Army. The Civil War raged from the years 1917 to presently after 1920 with the eventual success of the Red Army

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