"One Day of Ivan Denisovich" (its name was originally "-854") - the first work of A. Solzhenitsyn, which was published and brought the author world fame. According to literary scholars and historians, it influenced the entire course of the history of the USSR in subsequent years. The author defines his work as a story, but according to the decision of the editorial board, when published in the New World, "for weight" he was called a story. We suggest reading her brief retelling. "One Day of Ivan Denisovich" - a work certainly worthy of your attention. His main character is in the past a Russian peasant and soldier, and now a Soviet prisoner.
Morning
The effect of the work covers only one day. Its description is devoted both to the work itself and to a brief retelling presented in this article. "One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" begins as follows.
Shukhov Ivan Denisovich wakes up at 5 a.m. He is in Siberia, in a camp for political prisoners. Today, Ivan Denisovich is not feeling well. He wants to lie in bed longer. However, the guard, a Tatar, discovers him there and sends him to clean the floor at the guardhouse. Nevertheless, Shukhov is glad that he managed to avoid the punishment cell. He goes to the medical assistant Vdovushkin to get an exemption from work. Vdovushkin measures his temperature and reports that it is low. Shukhov then goes to the dining room. Here prisoner Fetyukov kept breakfast for him. Having taken it, he again goes to the barracks to hide the soldering in the mattress before roll call.
Roll call, outfit incident (short retelling)
Solzhenitsyn ("One Day of Ivan Denisovich") is further interested in organizational issues in the camp. Shukhov and other prisoners are sent for roll call. Our hero buys a pack of tobacco, which is sold by a man nicknamed Caesar. This prisoner is a metropolitan intellectual who lives well in the camp because he receives food parcels from home. Volkov, a brutal lieutenant, sends guards to find an extra set of clothing from prisoners. She is found in Buinovsky, who spent only 3 months in the camp. Buinovsky is sent to a punishment cell for 10 days.
Letter from Shukhov's wife
The column of prisoners finally goes to work, accompanied by guards with machine guns. Shukhov on the road reflects on his wife’s letters. Their content continues our brief retelling. One day of Ivan Denisovich, described by the author, not in vain includes memories of letters. Probably Shukhov very often thinks about them. His wife writes that those returning from the war do not want to go to the collective farm, all young people leave to work either at the factory or in the city. Guys do not seek to stay on the collective farm. Many of them trade in the fact that they draw stencils on carpets, and this brings good income. The wife of Shukhov hopes that her husband will return from the camp and will also engage in this "craft", and finally they will heal richly.
The detachment of the main character that day works half-heartedly. Ivan Denisovich can take a break. He takes out the bread hidden in his coat.
Thinking about how Ivan Denisovich went to jail
Shukhov reflects on how he ended up in prison. Ivan Denisovich went to war on June 23, 1941. And already in February 1942 he was surrounded. Shukhov was a prisoner of war. He miraculously fled from the Germans and with great difficulty reached his own. However, due to a careless account of his misadventures, he ended up in a Soviet concentration camp. Now, for security agencies, Shukhov is a saboteur and a spy.
Dinner
So our short retelling came to the description of lunch time. One day by Ivan Denisovich, as set out by the author, is largely typical. So now it is time to have lunch, and the whole detachment goes to the dining room. Our hero is lucky - he gets an extra bowl of food (oatmeal). Caesar, along with another prisoner, are arguing in a camp about Eisenstein films. Tyurin talks about his fate. Ivan Denisovich smokes a cigarette with tobacco, which he took from two Estonians. After that, the detachment begins to work.
Social types, description of labor and camp life
The author (his photo is presented above) presents to the reader a whole gallery of social types. In particular, he talks about Kavtorang, who was a naval officer and managed to visit the prisons of the tsarist regime. Other prisoners are Gopchik (a 16-year-old teenager), Alyosha the Baptist, Volkov - a cruel and merciless boss who regulates the life of prisoners.
A description of labor and life in the camp is also presented in a work describing 1 day of Ivan Denisovich. A brief retelling cannot be made without saying a few words about them. All people's thoughts are focused on obtaining food. They feed very little and poorly. They give, for example, a balance with small fish and frozen cabbage. The art of living here is to get an extra bowl of cereal or solder.
In the camp, collective labor is based on the shortest possible time from one meal to another. In addition, in order not to freeze, you should move. You must be able to work correctly so as not to overwork. However, even in such difficult conditions of the camp, the natural joy of perfect work does not disappear in people. We see this, for example, in the scene when the team is building a house. In order to survive, one should be more agile, cunning, smarter than the guards.
Evening
A short retelling of the story "One Day of Ivan Denisovich" is already approaching the finale. Prisoners return from work. After the evening roll call, Ivan Denisovich smokes cigarettes and also treats Caesar. He, in turn, gives the protagonist a little sugar, two cookies and a piece of sausage. Ivan Denisovich eats sausage, and Alesha gives one cookie. He reads the Bible and wants to convince Shukhov that comfort should be sought in religion. However, Ivan Denisovich cannot find him in the Bible. He simply returns to his bed and before going to bed thinks that this day can be called successful. He was left to live in the camp for another 3653 days. This concludes the brief retelling. One day we described Ivan Denisovich, but, of course, our story does not compare with the original work. Solzhenitsyn's skill is undeniable.