Leon Festinger

The start of the Russian Revolution started on March 8, 1917. The book Animal Farm was written between 1917 and 1943 which reflects the revolution and into the Stalinist era. The book was written with the genre of satire which is the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com). Animal Farm also used an outsider narrator which…

First of all, according to the book, “Animal Farm,” by George Orwell, a piece of evidence that would support the claim: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely would be, “So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples should be reserved for the pigs alone.” This shows that the pigs had so much power they started using it negatively towards other animals, but positively for themselves, by reserving what’s nutritiously best for themself, and feeding…

During the year of 1917, Russia was in a pretty bad situation. Citizens were living in poverty, while the Tsar had a deluxe and luxurious lifestyle. There was a lot of corruption that caused a lot of commotion within the people; they were not satisfied with their leader. Their leader, Czar Nicholas II, on the other hand felt that he was leader appointed by God and was doing a good job. That was when the people of Russia started getting ideas on ways to solve this power inequality. On man who…

Throughout the course of history, the individual has always been the driving force of progress and innovation in any society. As a result, the importance individual became the primary focus of the prominent 20th century author Ayn Rand. Best known for her novel Atlas Shrugged, Rand rose into relevance in the middle of the 20th century as an outspoken critic of communism and the founder of the philosophy of objectivism. Being born during a tumultuous time in Russian history, Rand’s early life…

Frida Kahlo was born lived and created her art in first half of the 20th century. She was born in 1907 in Mexico and died there in 1954. She became painting after in 1925 she got into car accident that dramatically changed her life. She didn’t receive any education after she finished school but she connected her life with arts forever. During her life she was an activist of the Mexican Communist Party and was married with a famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. He played one of the most…

In the poem, “Beowulf”, there are several things about the culture arts of the time Beowulf was “alive” that stand out in the cultural contextual presentation. One of these for instance is how weapons were crafted in that time period. For example, how the pommel of a sword was crafted to help balance the blade of a sword. Another one of these things that surprised me was how important certain weapons were in 700 AD. I didn’t expect for certain weapons to be superior to others just because they…

Many archetypes stand out when contemplating what type of person the "Man of Steel" was. Far from a hero, closer to the villain, but definitely a mass manipulator. This, more so, because of how he used his power to brainwash his entire union. Starting from the lowest point growing up, to gaining all the power and ability to kill anyone he pleased with the snap of a finger. Juvenile Iosif… began his life underprivileged and emotionally damaged. He was born into a family of neglect, which most…

In the book Animal Farm, written by George Orwell he writes about animals that have taken over a farm and then pigs running the farm, and talking to each other, as well as the pigs walking on two legs towards the end of the book. While the movie Animal Farm, animated by, Joy Batchelor, and John Halas, made in 1954, tell the story of the animals taking over the farm, but they do not have the animals talk, they also do not have them walking on two legs. Although the book and the movie do have…

No one can remember any more exactly how it came about that the black bear Wakini overpowered the strong gray grizzly Wakinu. The black bears say that Wakini was just feeding on the contents of an ant hill when Wakinu came up to him and quite rudely stuck his paw in as well.A great fight ensued, with gray and black hairs flying on every side. Wakini was, of course, in the right, for no animal may ever touch another's prey.Wakinu thus received a just punishment; but that was by no means all --…

In the novel Animal Farm, author George Orwell explains a point with something most people know about: farm animals. However, these animals are no ordinary farm animals. They are convinced that a farm that is ran by animals is better than a farm ran by humans. Throughout Animal Farm, A reader can see a pattern start to develop as the book continues on. Although the author touches on various points throughout this book, two points that the author really gets across is this book is the animals…