Heart of a Dog: A Change of System, Not of WaysMikhail Bulgakov's Heart of a Dog is a scathing criticism of the Bolsheviks and the state which they created. Bulgakov's characters in the house in Moscow are a microcosm of the society in 1926 Russian cities. What happens in the house is a representation of what has happened since the revolution and what is happening in 1926 Russia. The characters represent different sections of a society which is supposed to be without classes, but still has some of the old elite intelligentsia, Professor Philip Philippovich and Dr. Bormenthal, a new class of elite, Shvonder and the members of the house committee, and the same old dog of society, the peasants and workers. Sharik, later known as Sharikov, is the peasantry and the factory workers. The operation which gives Sharik the new opportunity as Sharikov does not give him a chance to excel because the other two groups still control everything needed to survive and because of the background......

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Title: Heart Of A Dog: A Change Of System, Not Fo Ways
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