Dizzy with Success

Stalin’s statements made in “Dizzy with Success” shows clear signs of optimism regarding progress in the 5 Year Plan thus far, but also warns the audience of threats both internally as well as externally. He claims that citizens need to keep level headed and continue on the path that their on. He also condemns “Kulak” ideology in order to gain more support in his farm collectivization plan. He writes, “What may these distortions lead to? To the strengthening of our enemies and the discrediting of the idea of the collective farm movement.” After reading “The Silent Steppe” and “Behind the Urals,” we hear accounts from a Khazak “Kulak” family and an urban work. Putting yourself in each of their shoes, how would these two different characters take what is said in “Dizzy with Success”? How would you expect them to react to the claims made by Stalin?