LITTRANS 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Intelligentsia
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Littrans 204- lecture 23 - characters in ivan denisovich (3/31) (no previous lecture on wednesday) Soviets deported many people of smaller countries after taking over countries such as: Many of those people were sent to prison camps in siberia to prevent resistance. Most estonians were not fluent in russian. This caused them to stick close to each other. German communists fled to soviet union during nazi regime. Many accused falsely as spies and given prison sentences. People of all social classes ended up in prison camps. Nabokov tries to convey that freedom"s ideal can be asserted through their own mind, no matter what the circumstances. Bulgakov says that in a society in a state of self destruction, you compromise with the situation to survive. World dominated by evil can require negotiation with evil for personal development and wellness. Being distrustful is safer than being trustful of society. Was first sent to a different kind of camp for 7 years.