2006-09-15 07:10:38 · 4 answers · asked by caity 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
"One Day in Life of Ivan Denisovich" is a short book with a profound message. It reminds of how important it is to be free, to have the right of coming and going. Simple things that we can so easily forget and only value when we lose them.
Still helps me put my life in perspective. Sleeping in the freezing cold night after night with morsels of food and the constant fear of beatings. Survival becomes everything. All the extras we desire and fret over mean nothing in this condition. A salutary reminder in these days of the western obsession with hedonism and "self-fulfilment" that 90% of the world just want to keep themselves and their loved ones warm and fed.
2006-09-15 07:11:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not a very popular book, especially in America. I doubt anybody in here read it. But, since I am from that country and I did read it - the book is nothing special by today's standards. Today this is a favorite topic for Russians - Stalin's repressions. But considering when it was written - that took guts.
2006-09-15 07:13:16 · answer #2 · answered by Michael R 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been a long time since I read it but I loved the book. It was a great demonstration of human endurance.
2006-09-15 07:15:30 · answer #3 · answered by toff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I enjoyed it. I read it the first time as a teenager, then I read it again at about 30 and got a lot more out of it.
2006-09-15 07:12:29 · answer #4 · answered by rainfingers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋