Vladimir Propp

Animalism fails because of who rose to power. After the animals had gotten rid of Jones, they felt as if they had gained power but when old Major dies the three pigs, Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer take over, and even though Snowball sided with the other animals Napoleon took control through lies given by Squealer. Napoleon was selfish and he had a desire for power. His desire for power ended up making him just like Jones. To control his power over the animals he used Squealer. Squealer…

The ideologies and goals of the Mexican and Russian revolutions were both engineered in hope that the result would strengthen the lower class, redistribute mass amounts of land, and create more equality between the rich and the poor. Although the results of both revolutions are viewed as successful, the conclusion of the Mexican revolution was drastically less radical than the Russian revolution because of Mexico’s multiple revolutionary leaders with conflicting ideas of change along with a lack…

There is a lot of different views placed in The Metamorphosis. One of the views is the indifference and separation with the relationship with his family, social life and his life after the changeover. Gregor is diminished into a cockroach by the world around him and his family; Human Fallibility is ultimately narcissistic. What I picked up from the reading is that Gregor is so kind hearted and open handed, and that is why he was treated the worse from his family; Gregor Should have been treated…

Waking up to find yourself in a completely different body has to be hard, but when you are no longer in a human body, everything becomes more difficult. In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Gregor wakes up to find himself transformed into a bug. With Kafka’s background in reading the Word of God, this novel has been compared to the Bible because Grete played a similar role to Judas, Gregor’s downfall was brought by an apple, his family does not care for him before he dies. In a way, his sister…

The play “Equus” by Peter Shaffer and the short story “Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka both demonstrate alienation in the two main characters. Alan Strang in “Equus” becomes isolated from society and his family because of an extreme passion for horses, while Gregor Samsa in “Metamorphosis” is a character who has inherently isolated himself his whole life and he somehow becomes more isolated when he turns into a bug overnight. Both Alan and Gregor go through their estrangement in strikingly similar…

Animal Farm, by George Orwell, was published 70 years ago, and written as an allegory the Bolshevik revolution, which took place about a century ago. One would expect for book with a theme dating back to 100 years earlier to die out, but it continues to be read in several countries, and is even required reading in most American schools. Instead of fizzling out to not much more than a memory, Animal Farm has instead become increasingly relevant in the past couple of years. Animal Farm still…

Benjamin Disraeli once said “Change is inevitable. Change is constant.” The quote expresses that change is inevitable in life. Many people embrace the difference in change while others choose to dismiss it. Kafka's text “The Metamorphosis” change is depicted in a negative way, since Gregor's change he is not physically capable to help his family to satisfy their debt leaving them to find jobs. In Kupers graphic novel interpretation of “Metamorphosis” on page 123 as well as 125 will show us…

During the early nineteenth century, the world was involved in a catastrophic war, World War I. One of the many nations involved was Russia, fighting with the Allies. At the same time, Russia was dealing with an upcoming revolution. This revolution would cause many changes in the structure of Russia. Caused mainly by diverse ethnicities, nationalism, problems in the workforce, and peasant unrest, this revolution would be fought by two sides, the Reds and the Whites. By the 1920s the Russian…

When putting George Orwell’s, Animal Farm, and the film version side by side, you can note the similarities as well as the differences between the two. Coming close to being almost exactly like the book, the movie includes scenes from the book as well as many different approaches to the outcomes of actions. For example, similar scenes from the book presented in the movie include: Old Major’s speech identifying Man as the enemy to animals, how Napoleon blames Snowball for the damage done to the…

Brave New World is based on a dystopian society established in the near future. In this novel the controller of the new world, Mustapha Mond, works on maintaining order and stability in the new world’s society. Mustapha Mond uses the ability of new drugs produced in the new world to control the people’s actions and social abilities, this changes how they think for themselves and taking the people’s right to express individuality throughout society this could be identified as a totalitarianism…