Julianna Mello; Illustrious Artist

        I tried to make something that reflected on Ivan's mind and thinking than his body and situation. Ivan is physically trapped this causes his mind to be trapped as well. You cannot control somebody's thinking unless they are limited in some way.  Ivan is limited to where he can go limiting his thinking as well.  His mind is what's really trapped. Because when it comes to the brain you can think yourself out of any situation.  However, imagination is as far as he can move. His brain is trapped in between four metaphorical walls. Locked up in it's own kind of cage, one with electrical wires. Wires in which if you touch will send you flying back to reality. A reality all of us have the privilege not to experience.

Week 6 - Illustrious Artist

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 

Author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Week 6

Illustrious Artist 

Ryoung Kim

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In the ending, It seemed that Shukhov started to not care as much as before about doing favours for someone in order to receive something. He started out to do favours in order to help others. Shukhov and Alyoshka's conversation really showed the readers that Shukhov started to accept Alyoshka's Christian philosophy. Even though Shukhov is not religious, he experiences a moral birth during his theological conversation with Alyoshka. The main reason I chose this image of the biscuit was because of Shukhov's generous act after the conversation. In page 166, he gave Alyoshka one of his precious biscuits and claimed to him, "Here you are, Alyoshka" and handed him a biscuit. Alyosha smiled and responded, " Thank you. But you've got nothing yourself." This conversation was a very heartwarming one. This was a very interesting and a surprising scene to me because it was Shukhov's first time doing something for someone else without expecting anything as a payback. Also, the quote "we've got nothing but we always find a way to make something extra" was touching too. The gift to Alyoshka wasn't calculated or done in order to receive a return. It was a good deed he truly did for someone. In this scene, it clearly shows that Shukhov is changing into a new and a better person. 

Illustrious Artist - Julia Jacob - #3

The illustration shown in the left represents the temperature in which the prisoners refer to as warm. This truly shocked me because in our country 0 degrease Celsius is considered extremely cold, and this shows us how harsh the conditions were during that time of year. Something else that we can infer by this is that the people kept in the camp are already used to the work and the temperature, they have already adapted to Soviet's temperature. In page 69, paragraph one, we can see this by the dialogue: "'It's gotten warmer,' Shukhov said at once. 'Zero, no lower. Fine for laying the blocks.'"