What is a leader? How can a leader be a prisoner? Why would a prisoner show compassion for others at the risk of putting his own life in jeopardy? These questions that I just shared with you are the basic guideline, the skeleton, of the character of which Alexander Solzhenitsyn portrays in his astonishing and eye-opening novel, One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich. Mr. Solzhenitsyn has created a very peculiar personality for a …showed first 75 words of 1002 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1002 total…of success and happiness through their camaraderie. But then once again another question arises. If they have overcome their punishment why are they still practicing their unbearable punishments, should God not exempt them from their hardships seeing that they have passed their tests? Is God not all forgiving? Until we find the answers to all of these questions, it is clear to say that the reality of Tyurin and his fellow prisoners, is a nightmare.