They also therefore controlled the nation’s food supply, and they were the ones who would decide who would get what from the collective farms. Dekulakisation was a way, which increased Stalin’s power. This was when Stalin got rid of all the Kulaks, who were very rich farmers who were against communism, which would not only give him and the party more control over agriculture and the nations food supply, but also getting rid of any opposition to communism and therefore making them more powerful. Stalin also manages to get rid of The Right of the party (Bukharin wanted to keep NEP for a bit longer, and said that there would be civil wars in the countryside if it was abolished straight away, which became true), so the power struggle was now defeated and NEP was now abolished, so it could be argued that the failure of NEP lead to helping Stalin increase his power as well as the introduction of collectivisation. Another reason why collectivisation was introduced was to increase
In Plowman’s encounter with Hunger, Langland explores the problem of dealing with those who are professional beggars – those who are not poor by misfortune, but choose to take advantage of the generosity given to the poor so that they do not have to earn their living through hard work. In the passage, Plowman is fearful that although Hunger has the beggars and breadsmen working hard, once Hunger is gone they will stop working; Plowman is also concerned about treating them with some level of equality, “For God bought [them] alle” (Langland 6.201-5, 6.206). As Derek Pearsall writes in “Poverty and Poor People in Piers Plowman,” “Hunger argues that Piers, as manager of the economy, has a responsibility to ensure that no one should starve, though no responsibility to maintain life beyond the meanest level” (567). If the men complain, says Hunger, Piers should “bidde
“It is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices." Dickens created these characters to attack and wake up the greedy society without offending the rich. Scrooge being the cold hearted miserable man responds only with sneering sarcasm, asking the men if buildings such as prisons and workhouses are still in operation, "Those who are badly off must go there." Scrooge as well as the rest of the oblivious rich society believed that taxes, which help fund these establishments, are more than enough support for the poor. Although readers know that this is not true and that, “many would rather die than go there.” The use of these gentlemen who are, minor characters constantly remind both Scrooge
Joe was Pip’s father figure and because of that Pip was never taught well manners or how to behave gentleman like around other people. Once he is introduce to Miss Havisham, Pip realizes what he has missed out on and he wants a better life. Pip knows he is a common peasant “I took the opportunity of being alone in the court-yard, to look at my coarse hands and my common boots.” (1.8.92) Pip is acknowledging the fact that he is common because he is in Miss Havisham’s garden and is comparing himself to her and Estella. His coarse hands represent the fact that Pip is a dirty working man and his common boots signify that he can’t afford fancier apparel. Pip becomes self-aware and realizes the differences in classes and knows he wants to move up the social web.
“Assess Marxist views of the role of the family” Marxists believe that the ruling class (the bourgeoisie) exploit the working class (the proletariats). By exploit we mean they are used and taken advantage of. They believed this because the ruling class would only pay the working class minimum wage so they make the most profit, leaving the working class worse off. As a result of this the Marxists believe that the ruling class benefit in society. My initial response is that the Marxists are correct as the ruling class do have the choice to raise the workers’ wages but they still chose not to.
Boaz did whatever he could to lift Ruth up, to give her more crops, to take her in for his wife. He knew her weakness was not having a man to take care of her or a home to live in and he helped her. Friends are supposed to lift up each other and help them with their weaknesses. Some people I know would rather see you fail so they can shine even more. Which again goes back to the story, Boaz could have not given Ruth any of his crops so he could sell them and become richer.
Stalin launched the policy of dekulakisation in the late 1920s in order to rid of self-sufficient farmers who profited from their work and where able to afford new machinery, more livestock and had their own land. Stalin would have wanted to extinguish the threat of Kulaks, as they were becoming too powerful and went against the notion of a classless society, something which was incredibly important to the communists. One of the main reasons that Stalin introduced dekulakisation was to allow collective farms to prosper and come in to full effect. With kulaks keeping their own patches of land and using their own equipment, the collective farms were behind the kulaks in efficiency. This meant that essentially capitalist kulaks were holding back Stalin’s idea of a collective farm which is owned by the state.
There were many failures in collectivization, particularly the - output fell in the 1930s largely for three reasons; the peasants resented the state taking their land, machinery and livestock, so they did not work as hard and put more effort into their private plots, where they could keep any profit generated. Alongside the implementation of collectivization was the policy of liquidating the kulaks. The Party said these were rich farmers - in reality they were the better farmers, they had improved their land and had a better understanding of their land and what to grow and how to grow it than the
For example, better off peasants lent money to poorer farmers and in some cases, peasants that owed debt sold their land to the creditors. To the communists, it seemed as if the rural economy, left by itself in such conditions, would generate traditional characteristics of exploitation and socioeconomic differentiation, which they had been fighting to get rid of) It was also believed that communes and collective farming would also increase productivity in general. By making more efficient use of land, labor, and things like farm tools through collective efforts, the government believed agricultural production would grow and peasants would began appreciating the virtues of collective organization. However, it was not long before the collectivization and the commune system were beset with a variety of challenges. For one, there wasn’t any incentive for the rich and better off peasants to join the communes or collective efforts.
The writer also shows that the villagers cannot stand for themselves when he says ‘In Las Lomas, the villagers exhausted their savings in buying Rampersad’s water to keep alive’ this shows that they cannot revolt against him because they are not brave enough. It also shows that they are doing it due to desperation; they need to get Rampersad’s clean water to stay alive. The villagers are also very happy that someone had stolen some of Rampersad’s water because he has been charging them for each bucket/half-bucket they take. From the beginning of the story we learn many things about Manko. We learn that he is a really hard worker and does everything he can do earn what he must earn, no matter how old he is.