Ivan Denisovich Shukhov

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Ivan Denisovich Shukhov is the resilient Soviet prisoner whose harsh yet quietly dignified struggle for survival in a Stalinist labor camp is portrayed in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s novella.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsInLanguage Russian literature curriculum
authorOfWorkHeAppearsIn Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn NERFINISHED
campNumberInNarrative S-854 NERFINISHED
centralThemeEmbodied everyday life in a Gulag camp
human dignity under oppression
struggle for survival
citizenship Soviet Union
convictionType political prisoner
dailyActivityInCamp bricklaying
construction work
familyName Shukhov NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Ivan NERFINISHED
hasFullNameInTitle One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich NERFINISHED
imprisonmentReasonInNarrative alleged treason
languageOfWorkHeAppearsIn Russian
literaryFunction represents ordinary Soviet prisoner
literaryMovementContext Soviet literature
narrativePerspective focal character
narrativeRole protagonist
nationality Soviet
notableCharacteristic pragmatic
quietly dignified
resilient
resourceful
occupation laborer
prisoner
patronymic Denisovich NERFINISHED
portrayedIn One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich NERFINISHED
settingOfImprisonment Soviet labor camp
Stalinist labor camp
socialClass peasant
survivalStrategy careful hoarding of food
forming alliances with fellow prisoners
maintaining personal dignity
symbolizes resilience of the human spirit
suffering under totalitarianism
timePeriodOfStory 1950s
Stalin era NERFINISHED
workOfFictionType novella

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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich mainCharacter Ivan Denisovich Shukhov