Vera Pavlovna decides to organize a sewing shop in chapter three of Nikolai Chernyshevky’s novel What is to be Done. She declares that she wants to organize this sewing shop for the simple fact that she, “may enjoy it.” Vera wants to split the earnings equally among all the seamstresses that work there. She wants each one to have an equal say in its rules and happenings in order to make the business as efficient and effective as possible for each laborer. Vera wanted the business to go this way because, “she wanted to believe; namely, that the workshop could function without her.” As the business starts to grow and Vera hires new seamstresses because of their growing customer base, the workers decide to move in an apartment together. They also decide they will purchase all their goods in large volumes so the prices will be cheaper. The employees also begin reading during work hours, which becomes considered working. In addition to living, buying their goods, and reading together, they began to go to “parties in the evenings and outing to the countryside.” Vera wanted to create a productive business to be run “as a result of the ideas and skills” of her workers. I believe although the idea of an equal and fair production cooperative is a justifiable idea, it is in fact impractical. Vera ideally wants to create a communist work place where everyone gets equal say and pay. But, not only that, she wants everyone to get along and spend their time together. It seems like she wants everyone to play the role of what her husband should be. It seems she is not creating a seamstress shop, but rather trying to make a family who makes all their decisions together and no one is in charge. She wants to create a utopian business where everything is perfect and every one feels completely satisfied. I believe this to be unrealistic.
Vera Pavlovna decides to organize a sewing shop in chapter three of Nikolai Chernyshevky’s novel What is to be Done. She declares that she wants to organize this sewing shop for the simple fact that she, “may enjoy it.” Vera wants to split the earnings equally among all the seamstresses that work there. She wants each one to have an equal say in its rules and happenings in order to make the business as efficient and effective as possible for each laborer. Vera wanted the business to go this way because, “she wanted to believe; namely, that the workshop could function without her.” As the business starts to grow and Vera hires new seamstresses because of their growing customer base, the workers decide to move in an apartment together. They also decide they will purchase all their goods in large volumes so the prices will be cheaper. The employees also begin reading during work hours, which becomes considered working. In addition to living, buying their goods, and reading together, they began to go to “parties in the evenings and outing to the countryside.” Vera wanted to create a productive business to be run “as a result of the ideas and skills” of her workers. I believe although the idea of an equal and fair production cooperative is a justifiable idea, it is in fact impractical. Vera ideally wants to create a communist work place where everyone gets equal say and pay. But, not only that, she wants everyone to get along and spend their time together. It seems like she wants everyone to play the role of what her husband should be. It seems she is not creating a seamstress shop, but rather trying to make a family who makes all their decisions together and no one is in charge. She wants to create a utopian business where everything is perfect and every one feels completely satisfied. I believe this to be unrealistic.
Vera Pavlovna decides to organize a sewing shop in chapter three of Nikolai Chernyshevky’s novel What is to be Done. She declares that she wants to organize this sewing shop for the simple fact that she, “may enjoy it.” Vera wants to split the earnings equally among all the
