Propaganda Posters

Propaganda is a way to convince people to believe in what they believe in wheter it is true or not. Many times during the Russian revolution propaganda was used to make people be in their side. However there were so many posters that some people might not understand or some that people do not believe in. Still, propaganda is a good method to convert people into your side.



This is a picture of a Russian working men holding the flag behind the city. The red flag represents the revolution. The Hammer and Sickle symbol represents the man and all workers. Maybe this poster is trying to show that the russian people were willing to join the revolution and can do everything for the revolution. The russians supported the revolution.



This is a propaganda poster that represents the worker and russia. The sickle and hammer is the worker. The star is the Country Russian. I think that this poster wants to show that workers are almost everything of Russia. No workers means no electricity (as the picture want to say that workers bring in electricity..?) which means a bad life.



This is a portrait of lenin. The portrait's color consist mostly red showing that it is in the revolution time. The red is not just the color that had been used the most but it covers Lenin's whole body. I think that this poster/portrait wants to show that Lenin is the one who started the revolution, the leader.
http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/big/1202.jpg



This is another propaganda poster of lenin standing up. In this poster Lenin still look strong and standing up as a powerful man. In his left hand there is a red rose which could represent the revolution, blood or maybe an apology from him. Behind Lenin the red blackground looks like a red flag swifting with the wind showing revolution. In the flag there is Sickle and hammer sign representing the worker behind lenin's back supporting him.
http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/big/0226alt.jpg



This is a picture of Lenin standing up showing that he is still alive and is the hope of the Russians. People were having hope on him and on this poster there's a lot of red color meaning Russian revolution meaning that Lenin is the leader of the Revolution. There is also a sickle and a hammer sign showing that this man Lenin is a hard working man and is a good leader. Not only the things mention before but also how Lenin looks like standing up straight as a hope. Overall Lenin is the hope of all Russians that was suffering in poverty.
http://artwork.barewalls.com/artwork/LeninLivedLeninIsAliveLeninWillLive.html?ArtworkID=53735&thumbs=1&productid=27337



This is a picture of a russian man standing up. The Sickle and Hammer on his shirt shows that he is a working man. The red color in the poster means that this man is in the times of the russian revolution. There are stripes that look powerful behind is back showing that he is standing up with pride. Maybe this propaganda poster is trying to show that working man can also have a stable life and having pride in it.
http://posters.nce.buttobi.net/big/1293.jpg



This is a picture of "the heavy burden on the Labouring People shows clearly in this poster from 1918. By this time the war (WWI) had really messed up the food supply. Soldiers were fighting, and not tending the land, and a lot of property and supplies were burnt in the war effort. In addition, the transportation system was lacking".
http://www.asij.ac.jp/middle/ac/ss/8/tsarpriestrichman.htm

Propaganda takes Control Outline

Propaganda takes Control

I. Thesis: In the book Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, propaganda played a large role in convincing the people of Russia to over throw the king and have Russia’s government go from an Autocracy to a Communist State.

II. In Boris Pasternak’s, Doctor Zhivago, he describes the Dr. Zhivago as a wealthy man living in Russia in 1905, when the tsar was in power, the other main character, Lara, lived as a poor girl who was in dire need of love.

a. The upper classes never know what life was like for thoughts in poverty.

b. Poverty and oppression was growing in Russia. (Matthews 13)

III. The government’s Autocracy with the Tsar in power was very controlling to the people and tried to make the people happy, but only made them more furious at the Tsar and the government.

a. Autocracy is government in which one person has unlimited authority over others.

i. The Tsar taxed the people to pay for World War I and refused to listen to the people.

ii. The Tsar made reforms but the people didn’t want reforms, they wanted the Tsar out of power. (Matthews 13)

b. The people didn’t like the Tsar and propaganda played a large role in telling the people the “Tsar was wrong for Russia”, which led to the overthrow of the king. (Clemots 267)

IV. Now that the Tsar is dead, “communist leader Vladimir Lenin urges action as the Russian Revolution gets under way in 1917”. (Whiting 1)

a. The works of propaganda shown through the people

i. Flyers and pamphlets

ii. Newspapers

iii. Movies and posters

iv. Poetry and books

b. “The Tsar regime provided incapable of governing in critical situations”, said Lenin. (Edward 1)

V. Propaganda was maintained in the new system.

a. Lenin convinced the people that they are all equal and brainwashed the public through media.

b. Scramble for power.

VI. Conclusion: Restate the thesis.