he Soviet Union where jobs and food could be attained. Unfortunately, the peasant found nothing more than he left back home. He managed to find some work but food was scarce and the living conditions were even worse than what he had left. His cow could provide him with little milk due to the lack of food for humans, let alone the animals. The reader can only imagine what the peasant left behind in his homeland, as it can be inferred that it was as bad as an area could be. In contrast to Scott, who left a somewhat run down United States, the peasant's living conditions in both Europe and then the Soviet Union. This is one more instance that we cannot comprehend because of the prosperous society we have grown accustomed to. Valdek, a Pole who traveled to Magnitogorsk, was a welder who was dissatisfied with his life in his homeland. He, like many others, worked with enthusiasm and perseverance to help the birth of Communism and the Soviet Union. Poland was known for being very harsh on the working class, as it drove many Poles like Valdek to the Soviet Union. Valdek is a prime representative of the people who traveled to Magnitogorsk, not solely for the food or more money, but chiefly for a life that was easier on workers, and did not concentrate so much on the well being of the upper class. Valdek was much respected in Magnitogorsk and many of his fellow workers questioned the lack of a revolution in Poland. Valdek explained to them that if there were talk of a revolution, the revolutionaries would be immediately thrown in jail. Khaibulin, who was a tarter, exemplifies the diversity of the people who traveled to Magnitogorsk. His ancestors raised livestock for centuries and overall were very primitive. This concept is reinforced in the fact that people had not yet seen an airplane or an automobile, but Khaibulin had never seen an electric light and even more unbelievable, he had never seen a staircase. His people, for hundreds o...
