Tethered to global, everyday life are a myriad of political ideologies constructing many individuals’ identities and experiences. These ideologies--Anarchism, Conservatism, Fascism, and Communism to name a few--have reshaped as time has progressed to suit the plights and desires of humanity’s dynamic existence. But many times, unfortunately, these systems fail to serve any beneficial purpose; they exploit the population, and they destroy. Especially notorious for the exploitation of its citizens is Communism, which has endured much hatred and failed implementation. Within her piece “Novostroïka,” native Ukrainian Maria Reva satirizes the inadequacy of this particular ideology through the lens of Daniil Blinov and his family struggling to exist in the collapsing Soviet Union.…