Angela Hurtado
Guerrero
Humanities
February 25, 2009
Communism: the Possible Impossible
I. Thesis: As shown in Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago communism cannot live up to its political ideals
II. Communism
a. The father of communism: Karl Marx (The Russian revolution, 1917: 17)
i. Das Kapital (9)
ii. Communist manifesto (8)
b. Manifesto
i. Quote from manifesto
ii. Communism ideals
III. The history of the Russian revolution reads like a classic novel about the underprivileged trying to get the upper hand
a. Russia was a breeding ground a working class revolution of some form.
b. Problem is one group having absolute power
IV. In Boris Pasternak’s symbolic autobiography Doctor Zhivago, describes the life of two people with intertwining lives post revolutionary Russia in this time honored tale.
a. The book(once Yuri comes home from the war )
b. Post revolutionary
V. Analysis: why didn’t communism work in Russia
a. Russia was not completely industrialized
b. Manifesto was for industrialized countries
VI. Conclusion
a. Restate thesis
Friday, February 27, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
thesis
In Dr. Zhivago the author explores whether or not communism can truely meet its political ideals.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Annotated Biography
Russian Revolution of 1917." World Book Student. 2009. San Diego. 13 Feb. 2009
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We found this website very helpful because it gave all the information in a way that wasn't unapproachable. It gave detailed information of what happened in Russia like the October revolution, the February revolution and what was happening outside of Russia like World War One. We like that a section of the article was on the aftermath. It was very helpful in understanding the effects of the war.
We found this website very helpful because it gave all the information in a way that wasn't unapproachable. It gave detailed information of what happened in Russia like the October revolution, the February revolution and what was happening outside of Russia like World War One. We like that a section of the article was on the aftermath. It was very helpful in understanding the effects of the war.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Research Questions
Dr. Zhivago- Boris Pasternak
Right now I am at page 144 of a 493 page book. so far in the book the plot that has followed two main characters and there lives and how they were effected by it. the unique thing that the plot takes place in war torn Russia during its pre- to post revolution life. The two main characters are Lara Guishar and Yuri Zhivago. Lara, who father had died, moved to a town with her mother and brother. She was about 15 and soon after moving she had an affair with Victor a man who was in his fifties. to break the relationship she runs away and works very hard as a nanny. she works very hard and one day decides to shoot the man that had made her so miserable. she misses and ends up married to Pasha and has a child. Yuri parents both dies and he end up studying to be a doctor and marries to Tonia and had a son. When war breaks out Dr. Zhivago goes to work and Pasha is killed in war so Lara becomes a nurse. They meet in a small town and that's as far as I am right now.
The Russian Revolution is two revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them, which led to the switch of the old Tsarist Autocracy to the Soviet Union in 1917. The two revolutions were The October Revolution and The February Revolution.
1. What effect does food and money have on the progression of a revolution?
2. What effect did the Russian revolution have on the different social classes of the time?
3. How did the railroad effect the events leading up to, the revolutions, and after?
Right now I am at page 144 of a 493 page book. so far in the book the plot that has followed two main characters and there lives and how they were effected by it. the unique thing that the plot takes place in war torn Russia during its pre- to post revolution life. The two main characters are Lara Guishar and Yuri Zhivago. Lara, who father had died, moved to a town with her mother and brother. She was about 15 and soon after moving she had an affair with Victor a man who was in his fifties. to break the relationship she runs away and works very hard as a nanny. she works very hard and one day decides to shoot the man that had made her so miserable. she misses and ends up married to Pasha and has a child. Yuri parents both dies and he end up studying to be a doctor and marries to Tonia and had a son. When war breaks out Dr. Zhivago goes to work and Pasha is killed in war so Lara becomes a nurse. They meet in a small town and that's as far as I am right now.
The Russian Revolution is two revolutions in Russia, and the events surrounding them, which led to the switch of the old Tsarist Autocracy to the Soviet Union in 1917. The two revolutions were The October Revolution and The February Revolution.
1. What effect does food and money have on the progression of a revolution?
2. What effect did the Russian revolution have on the different social classes of the time?
3. How did the railroad effect the events leading up to, the revolutions, and after?
Monday, May 5, 2008
FOOD CRISIS
Currently there is a food crisis going on in the world do to the rising cost of food. Although in the US where the average person spends only 10% of there income on food is not affected as much as countries like Haiti where there are riots because people are not able to eat enough food.
I was asked the question that if I lived in Haiti would resort to violence to get food. I think that I would. Normally I am not a violent person and I truly believe that violence is not the best answer but sometimes it is the only answer. In Egypt for example there was a peaceful mach and the police used hoses and other things to control the crowd and that was peaceful march.
So when something that really does make the difference between life and death is at stake. Maybe violence is the only answer.
I was asked the question that if I lived in Haiti would resort to violence to get food. I think that I would. Normally I am not a violent person and I truly believe that violence is not the best answer but sometimes it is the only answer. In Egypt for example there was a peaceful mach and the police used hoses and other things to control the crowd and that was peaceful march.
So when something that really does make the difference between life and death is at stake. Maybe violence is the only answer.
Movie Review- Minority Report
THIS WEEKEND I WATCHED A MOVIE CALLDED MINORITY REPORT It is set in Washington, D.C. in the year 2054, where a special police department called "pre-crime" apprehends criminals based on what is shown by three psychics called"pre-cogs".
The main characters are John Anderton, a pre-crime officer, Danny Witwer, WHO is sent to observe the process, a pre-cog named Agatha, and Lamar Burgess Anderton's superior.
The world in the movie doesn’t differ a lot from the world in real life because it is a movie that is set only 46 years in the future.
I think that world was created to protect the people from being murdered. This movie made me think that may be there is no way to have a world without murder because the system to make it happen would never be one hundred percent.
The main characters are John Anderton, a pre-crime officer, Danny Witwer, WHO is sent to observe the process, a pre-cog named Agatha, and Lamar Burgess Anderton's superior.
The world in the movie doesn’t differ a lot from the world in real life because it is a movie that is set only 46 years in the future.
I think that world was created to protect the people from being murdered. This movie made me think that may be there is no way to have a world without murder because the system to make it happen would never be one hundred percent.
Friday, February 22, 2008
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