Alexandra Strapko Professor Siewers ENLS 245: Terror with a Human Face February 28, 2022             The sterile cage was closing in, the ravenous creatures were scraping at the metal rungs, craving the smell of any semblance of fresh meat, ready to charge the moment the cage door opened. He was past the cross-roads in his… Continue reading Paper #1: 2-page Draft

In Part III of 1984, fear is the number one tactic used by the Party to get Winston to comply with their “conversion therapy”, in a sense. Fear is also a number one tactic of totalitarian regimes and movements to coerce people into following with their ideals and teachings. Hannah Arendt gives several points about… Continue reading Blog 5

Part I; Section III – Winston feels responsible for his family’s disappearance beginning his feeling of isolation, this also leaves a stain on him in regard to family and marriage in general Pg. 9 – Winston’s view of women and his emotions toward them isolating himself from them Pg. 15 – The scene where O’Brien… Continue reading Memo for Paper #1

After reading the memoir The Cowshed and chapter 3 of Eichmann in Jerusalem there are clear similarities between them regarding totalitarian ideals, especially in relation to Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil” in which these acts become normalized in totalitarian culture. In particular, the scene from The Cowshed that stood out as a theme of totalitarianism… Continue reading Blog 4

After watching Rio Bravo and understanding the background from which it came it was easy to see the aspect of resistance to a totalitarian state. In this film the Burdette’s are seen as the totalitarian dictators that use any means possible to get Joe out of jail for murdering another person in the saloon. His… Continue reading Blog 3

To contrast the readings from the novel Stalin’s War to the readings from the novel Witness is quite easy as they capture different aspects of totalitarian ideals. Witness for speaks on the emotional and mental struggle of those affected by Communism and totalitarianism. For example, in Chapter 11 of Witness where Chambers goes into minute… Continue reading Blog 2

My name is Alexandra Strapko. I am a junior majoring in Biology with a minor in Russian Studies. On campus I am involved in Orthodox Christian Fellowship and am a TA in the Biology department. I am from Rochester, NY and I am one of six children in my family. I have three sisters, two… Continue reading Blog 1

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