2007年9月7日星期五

Stalin and Mao Zedong

Q: Compare two well-known world leaders in terms of the emotional intelligence they demonstrate (d) .In particular, compare the ways they manage (d) change or adversity.


There were two famous communist party leaders: Joseph Stalin, general secretary of the Communist Party of USSR and Mao Zedong, chairman of PRC. They had encountered great changes to their nations: Nazi invasion in Russia and Japanese invasion in China and both of them were the leaders who led his people to manage the change. They all had a “steel” personality. In Russian, the word stalin actually means steel and Stalin once said: to be a communist, you should have a will of steel and a personality of crystal. So, when the Nazi power set up their foot to Russia, he showed Russian people his will of steel. He called his people to be confident and strong so that Russian people could not only drive Nazism out of Russia but also out of the world. The history showed us: he finally managed it with his great will. Chairman Mao shared the same “steel” will with Stalin. During the anti-Japanese war, Mao’s great will and spirit of never give up inspired thousands of Chinese warriors to protect their nation and after 8 years of hard times, he led Chinese people to the final success. Another similirity in their personality is both of them were over confident.They thought what they did were all correct but it turned out that during the post-war time, they both did something wrong to their nation. They both led some political revolutions to strengthen their ruling. One was the Political Revolution in Russia which killed a lot of innocent people. The other was the Culture Revolution in China which restricted a lot of people’s talents. The Political Revolution caused big unrest in Russia and the Culture Revolution slowed down China’s economic development for about ten or twenty years. Due to their strong but over confident emotional intelligence, the two great leaders both did something great and something wrong when they faced the changes in their nation.

6 条评论:

Unknown 说...

haha, well done..
I do like Mao Zedong, I think he made a great number of contributions to China and the whole world.
You are right, he has got an adamantine will which help China win the war against Japan. Long live Chairman Mao!!!

Brad Blackstone 说...
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Brad Blackstone 说...

This is interesting because these two important and intriguing personalities were also statesmen who, as you mention, led their nations through wars. They also make a good contrast . Thank you for introducing them in your paragraph and on your blog.

My only criticism here would be of your verb tense use. Please review this paragraph, and edit if need be.

Thanks a million!

Monboy2006aiu 说...

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Austin 说...

very good compare-contrast essay actually. a very clear clue and a very clear result. and more importantly, you have shown something unknown to me. the essay tells me something that i do not know. it is useful, not only as a model essay, but also as a source of general knowledge.

Tang Xin 说...

I like the way you compared these two important figures, point by point. It is very clear for me to know what you were trying to do.

By the way, I indeed like Chairman Mao for his determination, passion and intelligence.