NEED THIS IN 15 MINS 20 POINTS Read the story description and historical context for the short story "Condensed Milk" and answer the question.

Story Description:

If you were starving, what would you do for food? "Condensed Milk" tells the story of a political prisoner in a Russian gulag (a forced-labor camp) who is faced with a choice: stay in the gulag—working and starving—or escape from the prison and risk dying. What choice would you make?

Historical Context:

From 1929 to 1953, Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union. His goal was to transform the Soviet Union from a poor society into a world superpower. He used terror and violence to rule, and under his reign, millions of his own people died in work camps, from starvation due to famine, or by execution.

Select a detail to support the idea that punishment was harsh under Joseph Stalin's rule.

Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953.
Stalin sentenced Soviet citizens to work camps or had them executed.
Stalin used terror and violence to rule the Soviet Union.
Stalin wanted to transform the Soviet Union from a poor country to a superpower.

The correct answer is Stalin sentenced Soviet citizens to work camps or had them executed.

After reading the story description and historical context, we can deduce that Stalin harshly punished people for his goal of transforming the Soviet Union into a powerful country.

Let's see the options:

This detail tells us information about when Stalin ruled, but it does not tell us how he was during his ruling.

This detail gives information about how the punishments were during his ruling. We can see that he sentenced his citizens to work in camps called the gulag, where according to the story description, they were forced labor camps where prisoners starved. Also, it mentions execution as a punishment. These facts support the idea that punishment was harsh.

This detail describes two components of Stalin's ruling, terror and violence. However, there is not a description of the punishments to deduce how hash they were.

This detail tells us Stalin's goal but does not tell us about punishment.

In conclusion, the detail that best supports the idea that punishment was harsh under Stalin's rule is "Stalin sentenced Soviet citizens to work camps or had them executed." It describes the punishments exposing their severity.

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