Article evaluation
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I am reviewing an article called Kulak. To me, it seems that the author is biased in the information he gives. He details all of the negative aspects, and negative opinions of people without speaking of any of the kulak's more positive attributes. The article seems pretty thorough, but there is little mention of what kulaks were like before Stalin came into power. It also doesn't speak of their social makeup. What were their family units like? Were kulaks accepted by the other peasants out of their class? What kind of social lives did they have? I would like to know more about how they lived their lives, not just the tragedy that happened to them. I also think that the article could be separated into more segments, some of them seem like they are covering too much information at once.
On the other hand, the sources that were cited all look good and legitimate. The authors all seem to know a lot about kulaks of this time, and about the things that happened to them. It is different than how we've learned about kulaks in class. This article kind of gives a step-by-step account of what happened to them when Stalin's rule began, which is nice, because sometimes in our class information, it can be hard to understand the timeline that we are following.