In our Interactive Oral we discussed a range of ideas in order to later on link them to the text, “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”. Themes such as the theme of identity, the importance of Solzhenitsyn, the impact of the Gulags, or even Stalin himself enabled us to focus more on background information surrounding the novel. We initially discussed how the author of the novel, Solzhenitsyn, was arrested for writing derogatory comments on private letter about his supreme leader Stalin. Then, we commented on how Gulags were beginning to be used for economical forces and finally we discussed how the Russian Authorities could dodge the rules and control propaganda. These three points are very important for a better understanding of the novel,
