Doctor Zhivago Society and Class Quotes

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Quote #10

"Kruger's former factories. His little relatives, by any chance? His heirs?" (7.31.3).

When he's interrogating Zhivago, the first thing Strelnikov wants to know is whether Zhivago comes from a rich background. Rich folks, you see, were far less trustworthy than poor people during the Russian Revolution, since people who'd been rich their whole lives had everything to lose, and poor people everything to gain.