One day in the life of Ian Denisovich
Living and surviving in a prison camp requires cleverness, luck, and good ethics to govern oneself. In the novel, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Ivan Denisovich Shukov, the protagonist, is sentenced to a labor camp for ten years for spying for the Germans during World War II. The novel illustrates the routine lives of other prisoners such as Shukov's in the camp. In the camp they are forced to work in the cold and are sometimes beaten by guards. On the particular day, Shukov starts his day off on the wrong foot. He is caught sleeping in bed past the reveille and is ordered to clean the floors of the guardhouse. However, as the day progresses, his luck begins to change: he is able to get a cigarette from Tsezar, was able to swipe two extra bowls from the chef, and earned a special favor from Tsezar. In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn creates a protagonist with the philosophy of 'one can manage to survive'. Shukov faces three main conflicts, man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. environment, in order to survive explains the specific conflicts Shukov faces and how he manages to survive this day.In the novel, Shukov faces many man-versus-man conflicts. Shukov faces his first confl
In addition to conflicts between Shukov and other zeks, Shukov also faces man vs. self conflicts. The earliest of the conflicts takes place as he walks from the mess hall to the dispensary. As he was walking to the dispensary, "he remembered…to buy a couple of glasses of tobacco from the Lett…he had forgotten. Shukov stamped his feet…Should he turn back? But it was a short distance to the dispensary so he jogged on." Shukov's arguing with himself about whether he should go to the dispensary or go back is a conflict because he had to argue with himself whether having a day off or tobacco was worth more. The next conflict takes place when the 104th is marching to the power station to get to work. While marching Shukov spies Tsezar smoking a cigarette and he was "tempted to ask Tsezar for a smoke but he kept silent." Shukov resisting his temptation to ask Tsezar is a conflict with himself because he would rather keep his dignity and not lower himself because a cigarette will be gone in a few minutes but if he lowers himself his dignity maybe gone forever. The last of the conflicts between Shukov and himself takes place when the 104th is working in the power station. When the squad goes to hand in the tools Shukov stays back saying "Listen men, go turn in your tools to Gopchik. Mine is not on the list. So, I won't have to turn it in. I'll keep on working." Shukov staying back is a conflict with him because if he is late he may get thrown into the cells, but still he had to hide his trowel, which he had swiped, or someone else may steal it. ict in the mess hall
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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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