RUSS 207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Kulak, Liaison Officer, Opata Language
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The entire country is in turmoil and the revolution leads to such turmoil. His protagonist is himself which is not normal in literature. Didn"t know anything about the life before the revolution. Received nobel prize for the ethical force. One day in the life and the gulag archipelago. Based on his experiences a s political prisoner at the labour camp. Believed in the idea of soviet union until he faced the bad side of the reginin. Was arrested for writing derogatory comments in private letters to friends about. Letters meant a lot to soldiers due to the private life of soldiers. Didn"t believe in the system that he would get arrested. Sentenced for eight years of forced labour. Like the concentration camp and in we. Had not questioned the soviet ideology and superiority until he got arrested. Everyone believed they were living in the best country and ignored the actual cruel reality.