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Vladimir Ilich Lenin-Russian Lived:1870-1924 Founder of the Russian Communist Party-Bolsheviks Leader and Inspirer of the Bolshevik Revolution Creator of Bolshevism:The strategy developed by the Bolsheviks between 1903 and 1917 with a view to seizing state power and establishing a dictatorship of the lower working class. Believed in the teachings of Karl Marx First head of the Soviet State Expelled from the university for his radical thinkings. Exiled to Siberia- Then returned to Russia to face the government. The Bolsheviks won the civil war and took over the country but his plan of Bolshevism failed. Died of a stroke/long time health problems http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/lenin_vladimir.shtml http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Lenin-Vl.html http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/ http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ki-Lo/Lenin-Vladimir.html Allusions to Lenin through Lenina Crowne and Brave New World: - She is committed to the values of Brave New World - Lenin was a radical supporter of Marxism - She believes that "everyone belongs to everybody else" - This goes along with the communist view on individual ownership, which Lenin strongly supported. - Buys into all propaganda - Lenin supported Communist propaganda - Does not believe in God - According to Communism, religion is "the sigh of the oppressed creature" - The Brave New World society reflects the Communist idea that society should work "from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs." - All classes of Brave New World are conditioned to do certain work.

Benito Mussolini-Italian Lived: 1883-1945 Contributed to the creation of Fascism: a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism. Prime Minister of Italy-1922 Led Italy in World War II Italian Social Republic Enthusiasm in Karl Marx Wanted to create an Italian empire- with Germany during Hitler's rule Had a very good skill of propaganda-wanted to control everything and everyone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini http://www.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_mussolini.html - Similar to how everybody belongs to everbody in the Brave New World, Benito Mussolini has had many sexual encounters with young female supports of Fascism, and in his personal life he had two wives and many mistresses. As a teenage Mussolini trapped a peasant teenage neighbor and raped her, making her "mine." - A supporter of Fascism, a governmental system similar to tolintariasm, where a dictator has complete power, and government controls every aspect of public and personal life, almost identical to BNW's government. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/mussolini-a-new-life-by-nicholas-farrell-542405.html http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fascism
 * Benito Mussolini's Allusions in Brave New World.**

- Herbert Hoover was a Progressive, meaning that in the Progressive Era he believed that technology, science, and expertise could fix every problem. This is similar to how BNW is run, every problem is fixed by science or technology. - Herbert Hoover believed strongly in a Effeciency movement, arguing that all aspects of economy, governement, and society were filled with waste, and everything would be better if experts fixed the problems, there is "one best way" to fix a problem. This allusions is similar to how the BNW is run by experts, the controllers, which handle everything. Herbert Clark Hoover - American Lived: 1874-1964 > > >  >  Efficiency Movement "orgy-porgy" and "Georgie Porgie" Georgie Porgie, Puddin' and Pie, Kissed the girls and made them cry, Then the boys came out to play Georgie Porgie ran away. Orgy-porgy, Ford and fun, Kiss the girls and make them One. Boys at one with girls at peace; Orgy-porgy gives release. Refers to George Villiers, the 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628). Villiers was King James I favorite and allegedly his lover. Which the modern "georgie porgie" refers to. Georgie Porgie, puddin' and pie  kissed the girls and made them cry   and when the boys came out to play,   he kissed them too, 'cause he was gay. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgie_Porgie http://www.zelo.com/family/nursery/georgie.asp http://nurseryrhymes.allinfoabout.com/georgie-porgie  http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/2428/ - Choosing to put the “ogry-porgy” chant to the rhythm of “georgy-porgy” shows that conditioning starts at birth. By replacing nursery rhymes with songs about orgies, it shows that from the time they are born, they are conditioned to see sex as a casual occurrence. - “Boys at one with girls at peace” is a possible reference to soma, the drug that everyone in Brave New World is constantly taking. The people go on “soma holidays” to make themselves feel at peace, showing that drugging the people is a good thing if it contributes to your pleasure. - This rhyme just furthers the citizens' conditioning: when they repeat it often enough, it becomes something that they will never forget, which is exactly what the heads of Brave New World want for their people. - When everyone feels the same about something, it is much easier to control them. Instead of chancing that someone may have different opinions on sex, or orgies, they start them on this when they are young, so that they will always have the same opinion on it as everyone else.
 * Herbert Hoovers Allusions in Brave New World.**
 * 31st President of the United States (1929-33)
 * Herbert Hoover was the president when the Great Depression began on October 29, 1929.
 * Graduated from Stanford in 1895.
 * During World War I Hoover was made chairman of the American Relief Commission.
 * Appointed a chairman of the Supreme Economic Council and director of the European Relief and Reconstruction Commission at the Paris Peace Conference.
 * Secretary of Commerce (1921-29) under Presidents Harding and Coolidge
 * Hoover sponsored conferences on unemployment, fostered trade associations, and supported engineering projects such as the St. Lawrence Waterway and the Hoover Dam.
 * Hoover thought that during the Great Depression, the economy would remain steady and come back from depression on its own. So he didn't do much to turn it around.
 * America was in a state prosperity when Herbert Hoover was elected.
 * Hoover believed in the Efficiency Movemen, which stated that every social and economical problem had a technical solution.
 * http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hoover-H.html
 * http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/hh31.html
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover
 * http://millercenter.org/academic/americanpresident/hoover
 * Stated that everything would be better if experts identified and fixed problems themselves.
 * Leader of the movement was a engineer, Frederick Winslow Taylor, who believed there's always "one best way" to fix a problem.