Cody Dana
Professor Manchester
Her Unshakable Belief
Journey Into the Whirlwind, a memoir by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg, describes her incredible and unforgettable imprisonment from the charges which were the result of false accusations during the era of Stalin's purges brings to light the true horrors, with vivid descriptions, of the atrocious prison life she had effectively and excellently portrays. She confidently states in the beginning of the memoir, “I don’t want to sound pretentious, but I must say in all honesty that, had I been ordered to die for the Party – not once but three times – that very night, in that snowy winter dawn, I would have obeyed without the slightest hesitation” (Ginzburg 1). This displays her absolute loyalty to …show more content…
The Communist party she so assiduously believed in is of which she had dedicated her entire life towards. Unfortunately, Stalin’s requested the extermination of the most prominent people in the Party, one’s that may stand in his way of dictatorship, thus leading to the false accusations of Ginzburg with the affiliation with the Trotskyist group, counter-revolutionary exercise in Elvov’s group, and the questioning of Ginzburg’s obviously steadfast loyalty ultimately culminating in her imprisonment. Within her memoir, she describes the sufferings she encountered throughout her imprisonment which consisted of constant animosity and verbal abuse in addition to her rights tampered with resulting in unfairness and several threats which appeared within the ruthless interrogations. Even when Ginzburg’s dedication and utmost loyalty is tainted, she remains subservient toward her belief. Examples the loyalty of her Party are demonstrated in her memoir, “I was consumed by the desire to survive the tragedy which had befallen our Party. More than ever I felt sure that they could not destroy it completely, that there were people in it who would stop them. Keep
Professor Manchester
Her Unshakable Belief
Journey Into the Whirlwind, a memoir by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg, describes her incredible and unforgettable imprisonment from the charges which were the result of false accusations during the era of Stalin's purges brings to light the true horrors, with vivid descriptions, of the atrocious prison life she had effectively and excellently portrays. She confidently states in the beginning of the memoir, “I don’t want to sound pretentious, but I must say in all honesty that, had I been ordered to die for the Party – not once but three times – that very night, in that snowy winter dawn, I would have obeyed without the slightest hesitation” (Ginzburg 1). This displays her absolute loyalty to …show more content…
The Communist party she so assiduously believed in is of which she had dedicated her entire life towards. Unfortunately, Stalin’s requested the extermination of the most prominent people in the Party, one’s that may stand in his way of dictatorship, thus leading to the false accusations of Ginzburg with the affiliation with the Trotskyist group, counter-revolutionary exercise in Elvov’s group, and the questioning of Ginzburg’s obviously steadfast loyalty ultimately culminating in her imprisonment. Within her memoir, she describes the sufferings she encountered throughout her imprisonment which consisted of constant animosity and verbal abuse in addition to her rights tampered with resulting in unfairness and several threats which appeared within the ruthless interrogations. Even when Ginzburg’s dedication and utmost loyalty is tainted, she remains subservient toward her belief. Examples the loyalty of her Party are demonstrated in her memoir, “I was consumed by the desire to survive the tragedy which had befallen our Party. More than ever I felt sure that they could not destroy it completely, that there were people in it who would stop them. Keep