Write a 1,200-2,400 word essay that explores and analyzes the two regimes of josef stalin and mao zedong and the violence they perpetrated against their own citizens. the essay will have four distinct parts:

part 1. give an overview of both countries and the violence that happened under these two leaders. pay careful attention to the method, the manner, and the meaning behind the violence. include evidence of who was targeted and the reasons they were targeted.

part 2. use the ideas of stalin and mao to justify the violence. put yourself in their position, explain why they were doing what they were doing, and argue why the violence was necessary.

part 3. using the experience and writing of aleksandr solzhenitsyn, who suffered under the communist regime, re-create a soviet gulag or prison camp with you in it. give details of what the prison camp is like, the guards, the other prisoners, and you.

part 4. finally, give your opinion on the violence. was it justified? why or why not? how did these leaders get away with it? what can be done now to deal with these two countries? what about countries that do the same thing to their own people now?