Articles for tag: Moby Dick, The Occult, Trotsky

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Princess Diana Had a Profound Belief in Psychics and the Occult

Princess Diana would have been concerned had she been aware of Edward Williams police documented and dire prediction of her impending death a few days before she died. The Princess of Wales had a fascination with the occult and paranormal and had patronized various psychics, astrologers, and fortune tellers since her teens, among them, Penny ...

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Stalin: A Despotic Ruler

Joseph Stalin began to rise through the ranks in Russia during the early 1900s. In 1917 the February Revolution took place. This proved to be the first stage of the Russian Revolution. This revolution resulted in the immediate expulsion of Tsar Nicholas II. During this time, Stalin supported Alexander Kerensky and the provisional government that ...

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Follies of Nicholas Romanov II, the Last Tsar of Imperial Russia

Nicholas Romanov, the last Tsar of Imperial Russia, became Tsar and was placed in a serious predicament. Leon Trotsky best summarizes this point in his book History of the Russian Revolution, “Nicholas II inherited from his ancestors not only a giant empire, but also a revolution. And they did not bequeath him one quality which ...

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How Orwell’s Animal Farm Highlights His Belief in Marxist Communism

George Orwell, perhaps one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, wrote Animal Farm to personify the failures of Stalin’s communism. In this book, Stalin clearly represents the character Napoleon, a pig who ceases power from Snowball’s true principles to bring about his own version of a utopia, which is not a utopia at ...

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Orwell’s Use of Snowball as a Political Metaphor in Animal Farm

The character of Snowball, a wise pig who takes up the rebellion on the Jones Farm, is perhaps one of the most intriguing characters in George Orwell’s classic novel, Animal Farm. He is depicted as the most intelligent animal on the farm, inspiring the others upon the death of Old Major, a character who represents ...

Animal Farm Book Review

Animal Farm: “All Animals are Equal, but Some are More Equal Than Others” Those in a position of power are also in a position to manipulate. Throughout history, many idealistic political philosophies have suffered upheaval because of leaders who misuse their power. However, the most powerful thing at one’s disposal is language. One of the ...

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Mexico City – Five Reasons to Visit

The first thing you will notice about Mexico City is that it is huge. I remember the first time I flew into the airport. Up into that point, the longest landing approach over a city I had experienced was Los Angeles. If you come into LAX from the east, you are over city for a ...