Jimmy pham - the workers know who to work for because working for the higher ups will be more beneficial to them since they will be taken care of but the fool leaders will do nothing to benefit them. In case Shukhov doesn't come back he will get to eat it for him. Why does Shukhov eat his cold breakfast slowly? What does this say about his life? He eats his breakfast slowly so his receptors will register it and will get more fulfilled with less food, he acknowledges that outside the camp people don't know how to eat as you have plenty to eat.
Describe the typical breakfast served in the camp. Mandy Nguyen Much of it was stew with vegetables, and if not stew, grits with shaved nattles. They recently were served Chinese oatmeal. What is the best and worst time of the year to eat in the camp? Jackie Viera: The best time to eat is in June because they ran out of vegetables so they were fed groats.
The worst time they were fed was in July when they only put shredded nettles in the caldron. Describe the rules of etiquette that Shukhov follows at breakfast. Mandy Nguyen He never ate with his hat on and he spitted out bones on the table. Shukov has a spoon casted from aluminum wire in a sand mold as his prized possession, which he keeps in his shoe.
Why does Shukhov avoid the Tartar? Quoc Vu Because "Licking the Bowl" was against his virtues to avoid the tartar. Quoc Vu He was very mad at that he couldn't handle such stuff. Mandy Nguyen Shukhov sat uncomfortably, and he felt that it was weird to be sat in a clean room doing nothing for 5 minutes.
Cindy Nguyen He was use to the cold, dirty environment of the barracks. How often do the prisoners bathe? Every Thirteen days. Mandy Nguyen Stepen Grigorych, the new doctor believes that working is a first-rate medicine for any illness, so he would create jobs for any patient that could be on their feet.
Why was Vdovushkin chosen as a medical assistant? Ariana Hutchinson- The new doctor told him to say that he was a student of medicine. Ariana Hutchinson- He could stay and wait for the doctor to examine him or go to work. If the doctor said he wasn't sick he would go to jail. What can be assumed about general health care in the camp?
Quoc Vu It was average. How is the time after breakfast, before the march to work, used by the guards and prisoners? The time is used as a moment to relax and have no worries because it is the only time the prisoners have to them selves.
Evelyn Kihunde. Nestor Torrez- His ration of bread? How does Shukhov put his skill as a tailor to work to save his bread? Ariana Hutchinson- He sews up a hike he made to store his bread. Nestor Torrez- Aloysha's most prized possession is his bible, which he hides in the crack in the wall. What does Shukhov wear to go to work? What does this say about the conditions under which he will be working? Ariana Hutchinson- He wore all his clothes in layers.
Its going to be very cold. What does this say about Tiurin? Why do the squad members immediately give Tiurin a share of any food they get from the outside? Nestor Torrez- The prisoners know that he will take care of them, and use that food to get the squad out of any tight fit. What is the problem with the numbers each prisoner must wear?
Nestor Torrez- it makes identifying them when they commit a "crime" easier, yet if they dont have it painted on brightly, it is also a "crime. Why does Tsezar give his cigarette butt to Shukhov instead of Fetiukov? JoyLumenario- He gave it to shukhov because shukhov didnt beg for it, and he really needs it. He must respect shukhov. Phillip Shears He gave the cigarette to Shukhov because, he more pride in himself than Fetiukov did and wasn't begging for the cigarette butt.
He waited until it was offered to him rather drooling over the cigarette butt like Fetiukov was doing. Why does Shukhov say Volkovoi is named appropriately? Shukov says that he is named appropriately because in Russian, Volkovoi means "wolf". He is portrayed as a "wolf" because he is very inhumane to the prisoners. He makes them undress in the cold when it is clearly said to be against the law and therefore classified as being unjust to the prisoners.
Jackie Viera. How did the morning and evening prisoner searches differ? They were to make sure you were not wearing any extra pieces of clothing. Why are the guards so vigilant in their counting of the prisoners? Deja jackson The guards do not trust the prisoners because if one tries to escape they may have to fill in their spot so they recount numerous amounts of times to keep them in order.
Describe the rules the prisoners must follow during their march. Cindy Nguyen They must walk in a straight line and anyone that is out of order gets shot. Why is Shukhov unexcited about the prospects of writing home? He doesnt have anything to tell his wife, he doesnt want to scare or worry her -Christine Onsare.
What is his reaction to this dream? Cindy Nguyen For him to take up the job of making carpets. He has no interest in dyeing carpet and also resents the idea of giving bribes. What is the importance of the squad leader?
How do his men treat him? What do the men do as soon as they step onto the building site? How did Tsezar get his job as assistant to the rate inspector? He has money but no power really nana.
Cindy Nguyen Throw your waste on the floors instead of leaving it on the table. Nana They put they're bones on the table and swipe it on the ground. Quoc Vu He views them as loyal and trustworthy. Earlier in the novel, Shukhov referred to work as a stick with two ends. In this section, as the prisoners go about their work assignments, we begin to see Shukhov's ambivalent attitude towards work in the camp.
On one hand, this work is forced upon him by the camp authorities. If he and the members of his squad do not work their hardest, they will be deprived of their food. Thus, work is necessary to Shukhov's survival. On the other hand, Shukhov takes pride in his work.
When fixing the stovepipe, he becomes completely absorbed in his work and loses all sense of time. In that sense, work is also an escape for Shukhov - an escape from thinking and worrying about his lengthy prison sentence. Because he is able to take pride in his work, Shukhov in effect subverts the intent of the camp authorities, who use work as a punishment. From his thoughts about the prospect of working as a carpet painter, it is clear that Shukhov does not shy away from hard work.
His punishment is the time he is kept away from his family and freedom, not the work imposed upon him during that time. Therefore, while work is a necessity for Shukhov, it also provides him with a means of mental escape from camp life. The trowel that Shukhov has swiped is an object that symbolizes the pride and ownership that Shukhov takes in his work. Throughout the book, we have seen the anguish that the collective ownership of all possessions - boots, clothing, tools - takes on Shukhov.
Shukhov has so little to call his own that the few objects he does own, including the spoon and the trowel, are endowed with special significance. While the authorities inflict work upon him as a punishment, Shukhov is a craftsmen who wants to take pride in his work. The system of collective ownership of tools - in effect, a microcosm of the communist system - prevents him from doing that.
In swiping and secreting the good, light-weight trowel, with which he can do excellent mason work, Shukhov reclaims his work as his own. Because the trowel allows him to good work, it also instills him with a sense of pride and self-worth that the prison system otherwise seeks to destroy.
Though this communist system seeks to destroy all private ownership, human nature, as demonstrated through men like Shukhov, find a way to call possessions and work their own even under the harshest conditions. From the character of Gopchik, we see that this desire for ownership is not limited to Shukhov. Gopchik, a boy serving time in a prison camp with adult men, becomes a surrogate son figure to Shukhov, whose own son is dead.
Gopchik sees to emulate Shukhov, asking him to teach him to cast a spoon out of wire, just as he learned to cast his own spoon at the Ust-Izhma camp. Shukhov's role as mentor and role model to Gopchik parallels his own relationship with Kuziomin. In these men, Solzhenitsyn depicts three generations crushed by the Soviet prison camp system. Though Gopchik is optimistic, energetic, and hard-working, Shukhov's other reflections on the prison camp system offer little hope for him.
If like Kilgas, Gopchik is serving a sentence of twenty-five years, there is little hope that he can endure until his release.
Even if he does, he will have little memory of society beyond the prison camp. Gopchik's plight parallels that of an entire generation of Soviet children growing up when Solzhenitsyn published One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - a generation who, unlike him and his protagonist, have never experienced freedom and no nothing of life outside the controlling communist system.
Inwardly, Shukhov cannot imagine how a man, like Kilgas, could possibly survive a twenty-five year sentence, although outwardly he offers his friend encouragement. Though Kilgas and the other men joke about the short amount of time left in Shukhov's sentence, he knows better than to hope for it to end. From the experiences of many other men before him, he realizes that release into society and return to his family is far from definite.
The Soviet powers may arbitrarily extend his prison sentence or may exile him. Nonetheless, Shukhov cannot always escape the feelings of happiness and excitement that thoughts of the end of his sentence brings. For the most part, these feelings are dangerous to Shukhov and he tries to ignore them, for to expect and envision his release is to court disappointment. This kind of character is common in the works of earlier Russian writers.
However, the first paragraphs of the novel reveal that Shukhov has little social standing or sense of identity. SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook.
Themes Motifs Symbols. Important Quotes Explained. Mini Essays Suggested Essay Topics. Summary Section 1. Next section Section 2. Test your knowledge Take the Section 1 Quick Quiz. When he sees a bit of a hacksaw blade on the ground, he thinks that he has no immediate use for it, but he still keeps it and hides it in a cobbling knife and perhaps trades it for bread. He hides it so that he can work a lot easier with that good trowel.
Also, after work, the team wants to get back to the mess hall faster than anyone else, and after they get there, they will look for the bowls that have the thickest food in it.
In this way, they can have more food. Moreover, Ivan hides his food for later use. He hides his food under his mattress so that he can eat it when he is hungry at night. So, his deception makes his life a lot easier in the camp. Ivan survives by strong teamwork, when he and the other zeks got a new project given by the camp authorities. The team leader separates the work assignment so that everyone does receive similar amount of jobs. They can work more comfortably if they have only one task to perform.
However, when they are sent to build a wall at the power station, they decide to fix the stove to keep warm while they are mixing the mortar to build the wall. Therefore, they separate the works as follows: Shukhov is put to fixing the stove-pipe; Kilgas is to repair the mixing box with the two Estonians to help him, Senka has to chop long laths.
Moreover, when building the wall, they have to have good work report. The captain of the team has to make up a very good work report, that sounds much works has been done very efficiently, so that his team can have extra food. For example, when they crowd the iron stove, the men hear the news the team-leader has been successful in fixing the work-report.
In fact, they really have not done anything. They get good rations for five days. Also, Ivan also help other members of the team on their work, when Gopchik brought some Aluminium wire to Shukhov and ask Shukhov to teach him how to make a spoon.
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