I. Introduction
A. Hook: The KGB instilled great terror in Russia until its dismantling in 1991. In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, the reader has the opportunity to see the steps in the link of the past and the future as it unfolds, and what dire consequences can result from the actions of such agencies of terror. Arguably, the FSB is a modern day KGB. Despite repeated promises by the Russian government to reform Russian Intelligence Agencies, the FSB continues to enjoy the same unmitigated power of the KGB to rule by terror, and (in time/before long/soon enough) history may well repeat itself.
B. Thesis Statement: Orwell accurately portrays the Russian Secret Police (KGB), which upheld the regime in Communist Russia through intimidation and terror with great immunity,
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A. The KGB was created to serve as the sword and shield of the Communist Party.
1. As time progressed, “The KGB became increasingly zealous in its pursuit of enemies” (Pringle “KGB” 3). Anything or anyone the KGB disliked or found to be disloyal to their regime was either harassed, executed, or arrested.
2. The KGB sought to protect the Communist party, taking out everything and everyone in its way. It eliminated opposing political ideologies, thus ensuring the Communist party was able to keep its hold on Russia. Two of its most famous victims were the Nobel laureates Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Andrei Sakharov, outspoken critics of communism and the Soviet regime.
B. After World War II, the KGB expanded both its foreign and domestic intelligence operations and became one of the world’s largest government intelligence agencies.
1. As the Cold War progressed, the KGB “came to be viewed as a counterpart of the CIA” (Pringle “Federal Security Service (FSB)”