Lia Bennett
March 2, 2018
Period #1
Argumentative Essay: Breaking Stalins Nose
When his dad is shoved into the police car, Sasha feels
empty. He goes to school hoping to fulfill his childhood dreams of
being a young pioneer. Instead, he accidentally knocks into a
beloved Stalin statue and the nose crashes forcefully to the
ground. A classmate of his bravely takes the blame for Sasha even
though he knew the consequences in store for him. The purpose of
this work of historical fiction is to educate readers while making
it interesting and fun to read. Breaking Stalins Nose succeeds in
educating the reader, making connections, and examining the social
changes in hindsight.
To begin with, this book educated the reader about the past.
Everyone in the
Soviet
Unionlooked up to the leader, Stalin, even though he wasnt a
good leader at all. He caused many problems for the citizens
including uncomfortable living conditions. This book educates the
reader by showing that back then even when people were treated
badly, they still had to look up to their leader even though he was
the cause of all
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In the novel,
the Soviet citizens were forced to look up to Stalin when he
actually made them suffer. Nowadays, people think of Stalin as a
bad person and leader, they immediately think of how awful he was
and what he did. People have changed their view on communism and
their type of leadership. As an example, in the novel Breaking
Stalins Nose, Sasha the main character looks up to Stalin as a
leader. A passage from the book is, When I imagine Comrade Stalin
reading my letter, I get so excited that I cant sit still.pg. 4
This shows that Sasha really looks up to Stalin. When I told my mom
the title of the novel, she immediately thought about the bad
things Stalin did. This is an example of how social changes
occurred from when Stalin was a leader to today when he is known as
a bad
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