One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich Essay
Language and Literature HL DP 1
Do writers seek above all to use knowledge of their own society/backgrounds extensively? Base your answer on specific examples taken from the texts which you have read.Writers do use their knowledge of their own backgrounds and the extensiveness but it usually depends from the theme of the story. The first novel I read “One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” the author Alexander Solzhenitsyn uses his cultural knowledge, past to express how the brutal and shattering single day in the Gulag (soviet labor camp) of Shukhov (protagonist) is spent. As for the second novel I read “memoirs of Geisha” by Arthur Golden, the novel’s setting takes place in a Geisha district in Kyoto, Japan and expresses a lot of the Japanese art, culture and heritage. Although Arthur Golden isn’t Japanese he was specialized …show more content…
He reveals all about the Stalinist repression and the hard labor camps in the novel. He clearly expresses how innocent people were sent to the gulag with silly reasons or for no reason at all like Shukhov, he was forced to go to the Gulag because he was accused by some soldiers that he may be a spy and receives 8 years in the Gulag. But in the book it will only talk about a single day of the 8 years, however it shows lack of camaraderie and coldness, and how much sufferings and obstacles Shukhov has to overcome to survive. Knowing the pain and punishments Alexander Solzhenitsyn uses his own backgrounds and knowledge to write the novel. Even though Alexander Solzhenitsyn refers to Shukov at all time, he also includes explanation and comments from his own perspective as a 3rd person. He doesn’t write a lot about what Shukhov thinks or feels
Do writers seek above all to use knowledge of their own society/backgrounds extensively? Base your answer on specific examples taken from the texts which you have read.Writers do use their knowledge of their own backgrounds and the extensiveness but it usually depends from the theme of the story. The first novel I read “One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich” the author Alexander Solzhenitsyn uses his cultural knowledge, past to express how the brutal and shattering single day in the Gulag (soviet labor camp) of Shukhov (protagonist) is spent. As for the second novel I read “memoirs of Geisha” by Arthur Golden, the novel’s setting takes place in a Geisha district in Kyoto, Japan and expresses a lot of the Japanese art, culture and heritage. Although Arthur Golden isn’t Japanese he was specialized …show more content…
He reveals all about the Stalinist repression and the hard labor camps in the novel. He clearly expresses how innocent people were sent to the gulag with silly reasons or for no reason at all like Shukhov, he was forced to go to the Gulag because he was accused by some soldiers that he may be a spy and receives 8 years in the Gulag. But in the book it will only talk about a single day of the 8 years, however it shows lack of camaraderie and coldness, and how much sufferings and obstacles Shukhov has to overcome to survive. Knowing the pain and punishments Alexander Solzhenitsyn uses his own backgrounds and knowledge to write the novel. Even though Alexander Solzhenitsyn refers to Shukov at all time, he also includes explanation and comments from his own perspective as a 3rd person. He doesn’t write a lot about what Shukhov thinks or feels