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.
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