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23 Cards in this Set
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Who is Ivan Denisovich Shukhov?
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Main character; imprisoned as a traitor to the Soviets during World War 2.
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Who is Kuziomin?
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"Old timer" at Ust-Izhma. Shukhov's first squad leader who instills survivalist ideas in Shukhov's lifestyle. For instance, Kuziomin hates squealers, for they don't surive the camps.
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Who is "One and a half" Ivan?
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Guard at Shukhov's current camp. His outside appearance is seedy, but Shukhov considers him one of the "safer" guards.
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Who is Aloysha the Baptist?
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One of the most dependable members of Shukhov's squad, the 104th. Survives through his religious faith; he has a New Testament which he hides in the wall. Shukhov calls him "heavenly" and says that he "shed the hardships of camp life like water off a duck's back."
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Who is Buinovsky?
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Ex-naval captain who is a newcomer at the camp. Has great difficulty assimilating into camp existence because he is used to having power and giving orders.
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Who is the Tartar?
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Guard at the camp who does everything by the book. Has a "choking" voice and is not bothered by the cold. Looks for people to pick on.
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Who is Pantleyev?
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The squealer, a creature truly despised by all prisoners.
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Who are the Estonians?
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Two men, as close as brothers, who rely extensively on each other for survival. They "hung on to each other so closely that you'd think one would suffocate unless he breathed the same air as the other."
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Who is Senka Klevshin?
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A "quiet, luckless fellow," one of Shukhov's squad members who is deaf. The other members of the squad protect him somewhat by accommodating for his weaknesses.
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Who is Fetiukov?
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Member of Shukhov's squad who survives with little pride. Shukhov calls him a "jackal" and "a past master at cadging". Although generally despised by Skukhov, Fetikuov manages to find his own means of survival.
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Who is Vdovushkin?
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Medical supervisor of the camp and a writer.
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Who is Volkovoi?
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Lieutenant of the camp. A "wolf" who carries a whip and strip-searches the prisoners.
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Who is Andrei Tiurin?
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Well-respected leader of the 104th squad. Hand-picked Shukhov to be in his squad when he arrived at the work camp. Extremely fair.
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Who is Pavlo?
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Unofficial second in command of the 104th. Cares about the survival of all members of the squad, and especially believes in helping the weaker members while they are learning the "rules" of surviving.
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Who is Gopchik?
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Fresh-faced Ukrainian boy in camp, as "pink as a suckling pig". Shukhov admires the speed with which he adapts to the work camp life and "adopts" the boy to fill the void left by his own son who died young.
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Who is Kilgas?
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Works in the 104th with Shukhov as a mason. Although he has only been in the camp two years, he is considered an "old timer" by Shukhov because he has learned the rules of survival quickly. Cheerful because he received two parcels per month.
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Who is Tsezar?
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Rich prisoner who is treated as a guest. He is the only prisoner who lives in warmth and can survive on the parcels he receives in the mail. He is not required to work, and spends his days conversing about luxuries of the outside world, such as the artistic merit of Sergei Eisenstein's "Ivan the Terrible".
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Who is Der?
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Building foreman who looks for ways to punish the squads.
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Who is the Moldavian?
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A prisoner who is rumored to be a spy, missing from the lineup because he had gotten in a crawl space to do some plastering, had gotten warm, and had fallen asleep.
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Who is "The Limper"?
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Mess orderly who is disabled, but a "hefty S.O.B." who is armed with a birch club with which he hits anyone who comes up the steps without his permission. Shukohv says, "He hit the down-and-outs."
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Who is the Mess Chief?
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One of the few prisoners who wears no numbers.
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Who is the Lett?
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A prisoner who sells tobacco, one of the few pleasures a prisoner still has.
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What are the 3 ways of looking at "Ivan"? Give examples of each.
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Prison, social commentary and existential commentary.
Prison- Literal level, no religious beliefs, and only concerned with the will to survive. Social commentary- Cross-section of Russian society, prisoners represent every group of society, and Stalinist Russia. Existential commentary- Fate of the modern man. |
