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Table of Contents | Printable Version QUESTIONS 1. Describe the setting of the story in detail. 2. Who is the protagonist of the story? Describe what he is like as a person. 3. Who/what is the antagonist? 4. Does the plot end in comedy or tragedy and why? 5. Explain how the day of Ivan Denisovich begins on a wrong note. 6. Why does the medic not admit Ivan to the infirmary? 7. Who is Tyurin? Describe him. 8. Who is Captain Buynovsky? Tell what happens to him. 9. Compare and contrast Ivan to Buynovsky, Caesar, Alyosha, and Fetyukov.
power plant? 11. Why does Ivan panic at the end of the workday when he hears that each prisoner will be physically checked before entering the labor camp? What is the outcome of the check for Ivan? 12. List at least six cruelties that Ivan has to endure during the course of his day. 13. Why does Ivan judge his day to be a good one? 14. Compare Ivan Denisovich to Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 15. Why does Ivan admire Y-81? What things do they have in common? 16. Do you think that Ivan will be released from the prison camp in two years? Logically support your answer with details. 17. Why is the novel so realistic? Table of Contents | Printable Version | |
