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.

What inference can you make about a Russian prisoner described as a "political prisoner"?

The prisoner opposed Joseph Stalin.
The prisoner supported Joseph Stalin.
The prisoner voted for Joseph Stalin.
The prisoner worked for Joseph Stalin.

The greatest risk for a political prisoner is death, in addition to forced labor and deprivation of food and water. If the greatest risk for a political prisoner who tries to escape is also death, he has nothing to lose, then it would be better to try to escape than to continue being exploited.

Furthermore, we have seen in the historical context that Stalin used terror and violence to establish himself as a political leader. In this case, the people who opposed him were arrested and tortured, becoming political prisoners.

Therefore, we can say that option A is the correct option.

Stalin was indeed a dictator and as such abused power and exploited the population ardently. As a dictator he:

Limited political freedom.
Took control of all social, political and economic branches.
Oppressed and caused fear in the population.
Chased opponents.
Turned opponents into political prisoners.
Banned free speech and censored the press.

With this, we can conclude that "Condensed Milk" by approaching the life of political prisoners, used the moment of social oppression caused by dictatorship as a basis to show the abuses that the authoritarian government presented.

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