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Having read Koestler’s novel, how would you characterize Soviet society in the 1930s? Was it dominated by terror and purges?
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"Having read Koestler's novel, how would you characterize Soviet society in the 1930s? Was it dominated by terror and purges?" Upon reading Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon and studying other works written on Soviet society in the 1930's it is evident that it was a time dominated by violence, fear and one man's monomania. People lived in a constant state of alert and nervousness which we cannot relate to in Canada today. A culture of helplessness and fear grasped Russia and would only be lifted with an end to the tyranny running the country. The 1930s saw the execution of millions of Russian citizens by their own leader in an attempt to stabilize his power base at any expense. Joseph Stalin, leader of the communist party, was a man obsessed with achieving his goals. As he became more powerful, it became increasing difficult to make a distinction between his...
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