Aleksandr : One Day Of The Life Of Ivan Denisovich

The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate is about Ivan, a silverback gorilla who is raised by a human and lives in captivity at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade. Ivan is brought to the Exit 8 after being captured and separated from his family while living in the wild. Ivan considers his new habitat a “domain” and refuses to admit that he is living in a cage. However, when Stella, an elephant, dies as a result of neglect, Ivan is forced to accept his situation. Moreover, he has to fight to keep the promise he made to save Ruby, a young elephant, from going down the same path as the rest of them. In her novel, The One and Only Ivan, Applegate uses characterization, setting, and plot to convey Ivan’s determination to become a protector.

Viktor E. Frankl, an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who also had survived the Holocaust, writes “When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves” (BrainyQuote). Frankl survived genocide against his own people and still chose to have a positive outlook on it because he understands that if he did not, he would continually live an unhappy, upset life. Like Frankl, Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, the main character in One Day In The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, contains a similar outlook to that of Frankl. The novel takes place during Soviet Russia in a gulag in Siberia, or otherwise known as a labor work camp. The whole book is about only one day that Shukhov lives; from 5 in the morning to 10 at night and all that happens in between. In this labor camp, not only are the weather conditions very cold, making it difficult to work in such circumstances, but also the workers are punished and harshly treated if they do not obey the guards. When placed in this environment, it is easy to be discouraged and miserable, but instead of facing the negatives of his situation, Shukhov remains affirmative in his thoughts – which are most important in order to survive not only physically, but also mentally. This stoicism portrayed in the narrative can also be found in Epictetus’s work, The Handbook. In this text, Epictetus discusses how he believes people can live a happy life, despite the hard conditions they are put through

In Russia a czar has the same the power as an Emperor of the U.K. In Russia there has had many different types of czars.There were good czars and also many, many bad czars, but by far the most interesting is Ivan The Terrible.

In a sense, he demonstrates how “survivor’s syndrome” affects the survivor, Vladek, who is unable to shake the past in habit or thought, and a son of the survivor, Artie, who attempts to cope with his father’s reality.

Ivan IV also mainly known as Ivan the Terrible was a famous Russian born monarch that used the name czar as a title of his reign. He granted a lot of power in 1543 by killing a Shuisky member and letting his family known as Glinsky, have more power in the Russian government. In January of 1547 he gained full power and a few months after, Moscow caught fire and killed more than 1,700 people making many protests go against the Glinsky family making Ivan IV wanting an emergency reform (sauers.) He was very famous for his statebuilding and reforms of the Russian empire during the Modern Era because it was needed to save Ivan’s leadership profession. Statebuilding was important during this time because it would make in this case Russia more controlled

Although some leaders have believed in peace, many more have felt like it was important to use excessive force to control their citizens. Several leaders that have a part to play in the history of Russia are Ivan IV Vasilyevich (the Terrible) Grigori Rasputin, and Joseph Stalin.

Ivan Chetvyorty Vasilyevich was born on August 25 of 1530. His father was Basil the third and died when Ivan was three years old . His mother was Elena Glinskaya and died when Ivan was eight years old. Ivan was exposed to danger constantly at young ages. He was a very delicate and intelligent boy. His religion was orthodox. He was often neglected and at times hated by individuals of nobility that took care of him after the passing away of his parents; this cased hatred for the boyar class. He reportedly tortured small animals as a boy, yet still managed to develop a taste for literature and music (Ivan the Terrible). When Ivan was thirteen he ordered a noble man to be thrown to starving dogs.

I’m doing my report on Ivan the Terrible. Ivan Vasiljevich the Terrible was born in 1530 and died in 1584. He was the son of the Grand Duke Vasili III. His mother Helena Glinsky was the daughter of a Luthuanian refugee who had found asylum in Russia. She was young, vivacious, intelligent, and beautiful. Vasili had married her after he tried to have an heir for 20 years with his first wife Salome.

Although Art can’t feel exactly the same guilt his father felt, Art still feels guilt for not having suffered as his parents did. Art never had to live through what his parents did; therefore he does not know what the Holocuast was like. Sitting at his desk, Art proclaims “At least fifteen foreign editions are coming out. I’ve gotten 4 serious offers to turn my book into a T.V. special or movie. In May 1968 my mother killed herself. (She left no note)” (5, p 41). The disjointed nature of Art’s statement portrays his guilt in the sense that no matter what he accomplishes, his life will be insignificant in comparison to his parents’. Because he cannot accept that he will never experience what his parents have, Art has difficulty ever feeling accomplished and instead just feels more guilt. Both Vladek and Art struggle to let go of their pasts as they both find themselves consumed with what has happened rather than what is yet to come.

The book I chose to do my book report on is "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich". The book is about the most forceful indictments of political oppression in the Stalin era Soviet Union. It is a captiving story about the life in a Siberian labor camp, related to the point of view of Ivan Denisovich, a prisoner. It takes place in a span of one day, "from dawn till dusk" (pg. 111) . This book also describes his struggles and emotional stress that he must going through.

I am reading the book The One And Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. The One And Only Ivan wanted to understand who he is. He has not really ever lived the life of a gorilla, but instead he spent his days with Mack the trainer, and in captivity with the elephant Stella, and Bob the dog. When Stella starts circus training with Mack, everyone saw how abusive he was to her. Stella has a chronic injury in one of her legs, and she performs daily in the circus.

Finally, Solzhenitsyn's novel expresses one of the most important Christian principles, hope for the future. In Christianity, since Christ paid the price for the sins of the world, there are no lost causes. Christians have faith that Christ will return someday and that there will be a heaven. In the same way, in the midst of the terrible conditions of the prison camp, Shukhov can be pleased at

The day begins with Shukhov waking up sick. For waking late, he is sent to the guardhouse and forced to clean it-a minor punishment compared to others mentioned in the book. the whole camp lives by the rule of survival of the fittest.Those in the camps found everyday life extremely difficult. Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, the protagonist of the novel. The reader is able to see Russian camp life through Denisovich's eyes. Information is given through his thoughts, feelings and actions which portray camp life through many of its restricted activities. The themes of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich center on authoritative oppression and camp survival. Specifically discussed is the cruelty and spite towards the fellow man, namely from prison officials. Solzhenitsyn explains through Ivan Denisovich that everything is managed by the camp commandment up to the point where time feels unnoticed Often considered the most powerful indictment of the USSR's gulag ever made, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich forced Western intellectuals to acknowledge their sins of omission in regards to the Soviet human rights

Ivan Denisovich Shukhov is not a romantic hero, he doesn’t fix things or rescue people. He is a man of great interior strength and courage.