A day in the life of Ivan Denisovitch takes place in a camp managed by the chief administration of forced labor camps. This camp is called a Gulag and was created for people who worked against the Soviet Union under the name of Stalin. You would go there for disobeying, for not believing in what Stalin wanted the perfect Soviet society to be. One of the men, Ivan Denisovich, told his story about life in the Gulags. When Ivan was sent there because he was a soldier. He always woke up on time and completed the work that was required of him. But one day he fell ill. he hoped he would be put on the sick list. So that day, he decided to stay in bed for a few more minutes. Instead the guard so rudely tells him to get up and says you are coming with me. When you disobeyed the guards' orders, you were sent to a prison cell. A guard named TarTar took him to the punishment cells for being late, but instead makes him clean the floor of the guard room. This work was intended for After that, he will have his breakfast of bread and water. When he finished eating breakfast, he went to the doctor because he felt bad, but the guy took his temperature and sent him to work. The only thing that made him move and fight was having people he was close to who were necessarily his gang made up of tiuryn, tsezar, aloysha a baptist who couldn't have his own religion. Like Shukhov, he said: “Come on, boys, don’t let it get you down!” It's just a power plant, but we'll make it a home away from home. (page, Schukov wanted to make knives with the scrap metal he found. He wanted to be able to fight with the Soviet guards in hopes of returning home. But when he was searched at first, he remembered that ...... middle of paper ......Gopnik or adopt him He takes care of him by showing him the ropes He does this because he feels bad for not being able to do it. this for his two children, Tirun, the team leader a great source of teamwork, he would work with his team He would give each of them something to do. Another theme is dignity. Gulag is meant to break the prisoners and not make them stronger, they were put in there for Stalin's things (not good things). The group is able to show a certain dignity in the way Shuklov takes his hat to go eat "he could never bring himself to eat with his hat on". (p. 16) Shukhov works hard to be able to show some pride even despite the constant rude insults the guard says, like a few incidents that were on page 12 while he was cleaning the guard decided to go tell him to close the door, you piece of trash, or when they insulted his wife, he was only