Analysis of Solzhenitsyn's "A Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich"

Analysis of Solzhenitsyn's "A Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich" Russia, has a lowest ever temperature of -44єC, and an average of 104 days a year above 0єC and a yearly average of 261 days below 0 єC. It is the second coldest continent in the world only behind Antarctica, it snows on average 111 days of the year. It is dark, gloomy, freezing and miserable in the winter, and in the summer, cold, …

…living proof of the struggle of survival for prisoners in communist countries. It illustrates problems we all face in our everyday lives, especially cultural and religious conflict. It was published to awaken the world to the horrendous conditions Stalin put these prisoners in, and shows what kind of man he really was. The novel consists of cold hard facts about Stalin's prisoner camps, and a story of courage and hope despite the conditions and odds.