One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

I am not a big reader, especially a book such as this. It took me many attempts to get past the first few pages. This reading to me was too dry for my taste, but on my night shift I began to make my way through the book. As I read it, i was shocked at the way these prisions had to live. They were forced to strip and be searced for the most miniscule objects. If they were found to have bread, they were punshed. I could not believe this was a way of life back then. As I continued reading, I began to realize that Shukhuv was a very intelligant man. He had ways around things at camp and was willing to help out others. We also learned of some religious belief in this book. Overall, this was a dry book to read, but, I learned a lot.