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"Shukhov knew how to manage anything>
Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash."
Ivan Denisovich Shukhov is our hero of this tale. He is a political prisoner in a gulag camp. The story does not start well for him. And it seems that it gets progressively worse.
— Jun 17, 2025 04:34PM
Work was like a stick. It had two ends. When you worked for the knowing you gave them quality; when you worked for a fool you simply gave him eyewash."
Ivan Denisovich Shukhov is our hero of this tale. He is a political prisoner in a gulag camp. The story does not start well for him. And it seems that it gets progressively worse.
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"How often had Shukhov in his youth fed oats to horses! Never had it occurred to him that there'd come a time when his whole soul would yearn for a handful of them."
Shukhov (Ivan) and his mates must endure indignities, suffering, and toil just to get their small ration of cold oats. Good grief!
— Jun 17, 2025 04:48PM
Shukhov (Ivan) and his mates must endure indignities, suffering, and toil just to get their small ration of cold oats. Good grief!
Herman
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"Because he had breakfasted without bread and eaten his food cold, Shukhov's bell felt unsatisfied that morning."
And this scene is one of Ivan's milder moments. The book describes in terrific graphic detail the things that Ivan and his fellow inmates must endure to just get through a typical day. What grief!
— Jun 17, 2025 04:39PM
And this scene is one of Ivan's milder moments. The book describes in terrific graphic detail the things that Ivan and his fellow inmates must endure to just get through a typical day. What grief!
