Why did Soviets follow Stalin so eagerly despite his attrocities? A. Because he promised them plentiful food and jobs B. Because
he made peace with Germany whom they had feared C. Because he manipulated information to create a false image of himself as a good leader D. Because his rule resembled the Czarist reign that Lenin had destroyed
C. Because he manipulated information to create a false image of himself as a good leader.
Explanation:
Terror was part of the Soviet politics of regime consilidation and survival, especially after supreme leader Joseph Stalin had purged rivals in the party inner circles.
Communist ideology bombarded citizens living in a society under censorship and exclusive state ownership of the media and means of production with the notion that all hardships and events were part of the construction of socialism and communist, a society of full happiness for the workers. Propaganda depicted the great leader as a man working hard for the happiness of the Soviet people, a wise and caring teacher of the nation.
Is this still true at the end?- I think this could be answered either way. I think that Nick hates the way money makes people act and that the rest of the characters are so caught up in this that it causes the outcome (or tragedy) at the end of the book.
