Period 3
Blog Post 9
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denosovich
This book is making me feel very grateful. The author has done a great job of describing the cold. I complain about it here in Alaska and those men had to deal with it for their entire life. The names of the characters still confuse me, but other than that the writing is straight forward. The novel very often references "gangs" when they are talking about groups within the camp. Is that what they call different divisions of prisoners? It could be how the guards divide the prisoners, but it could also be something the prisoners organized themselves. Either way, it is never completely clear.
It's kind of sad to see how Shukhov doesn't care for his family very much anymore. It talks about how he doesn't enjoy receiving letters from them because he finds the letters boring. One would think that someone locked up would be so excited to hear from their loved ones because it's a connection to the outside world.
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