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Survival in the Face of Oppression In Solzhennitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and Kafka's The Metamorphosis.
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In both One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, written by Solzhenitsyn, and The Metamorphosis, written by Kafka, there were struggles for survival in face of oppression. Both of the protagonists had lost control of their own lives and were forced to fight to keep the little control that they had. Shukov, a character created by Solzhenitsyn, was imprisoned in a Stalinist labour camp designed to attack its prisoners' physical and spiritual dignity. Gregor from The Metamorphosis became isolated in his own house after being transformed into a bug. He could not communicate with his family and he increasingly became a financial and emotional burden on his family, because of this they alienated him from the rest of the Samsa's. In these characters' struggle for survival we see three main factors to their ability to survive: cooperation, attitude and food. First, cooperation would obviously be a key element for...
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