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Why Does Ivan Denisovich Shukhov concludes, at the end of the book, that he has had "a day without a dark cloud. Almost a happy day."
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Why Does Ivan Denisovich Shukhov concludes, at the end of the book, that he has had "a day without a dark cloud. Almost a happy day." Ivan Denisovich Shukhov wakes up to the same setting he has woken up to for several years. As one of millions of prisoners in the Siberian labour camps, he is forced to suffer sub-zero temperatures and a lack of food on a daily basis. He is not a unique or heroic figure; he is not the only innocent prisoner in a camp crowded with criminals. This book is about just one day in the life of this prisoner and talks about his experiences within this work camp. In the morning there is a reveille. Shukhov almost never oversleeps, since by waking up early he can have ninety minutes of free time before the prisoners assemble to go to work. He earns money during this...
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