One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich auther: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Recently, I heard my parents talk more about politics than ever. they talks a lot about criticism of our politics and the problems of socialism. This family atmosphere led me to read a novel by Solzhenitsyn, a leading dissident writer.
The story of the book is a simple, but a powerful one. It is one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, a prisoner in a Siberian Soviet Labor camp called HQ.
Ivan is an average Russian citizen who is nearing the end of his sentence of ten years in the freezing Siberian tundra. A normal day for Ivan includes being made to stand in temperatures with a high of eighteen below while he and his fellow prisoners are counted and recounted by guards, feeling lucky to get what small portion he does of a watery gruel for every meal and of course, working from sunup to sundown rebuilding a power station. Despite the harsh conditions, Ivan
At the end of the day, Ivan falls asleep in his bunk, thinking only of the present.
The sight of the weak, whose survival is the earthly goal, rolling their heads to avoid the cold and labor, and running and running around to get another bowl of bread and soup, made the author feel as if his vivid experience was based on his base, and made me think about human nature. It was tearful to see the characters overcome each other's laughter despite their harsh labor and miserable lives. In addition, i could see that the author had a noble affection for the powerless weak and i thougt anout that humans could easily adapt in any environment.
The following last sentence left me with a lot of thoughts, but it is hard to express it in my current capacity. So I tried to savor the contents by transcribing the sentences.shares a few happy moments with his fellow prisoners and we find out many of the sentences of these men – including Ivan – are a result of them being falsely accused of crimes they didn’t commit.
“ this is just one of the 3,653 days of Ivan’s sentence”
i will intended to learn more about modern history before and after World War II. I want to know exactly what is the socialism and why such concentration camps have sprung up.
Then, I should ponder the impact that the political system is having on me now and how it will affect me if it changes