ENGL 101W Chapter Notes - Chapter One Day: Gulag, Tar Paper, Stakhanovite Movement
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For reference: (in order of least to most formal) Helpful towards selected inmates to gain advantage (67) Experienced, wise, exaggerates his stories a bit, authoritative. Been in the camp for 12 years (since 1943). Dignified but knows when to yield to the system. A casual hierarchy but the foreman is well respected. The thin, lanky sergeant with black eyes. (6) First impression evokes terror but is the easiest and most lenient sergeant. Champion at hiding books so neatly that it had never been found by searching warders (27) Sees jail as a way of cleansing instead of punishment. Anybody who felt like it could order alyoshka about, he was so meek and mild. (102) Devout to god nice defined by religious beliefs very moral helps out everyone. Alyoshka"s thinking but respects him and likes him. Orders zeks around even though he is a zek himself. Ex-naval captain who acts like he still is one.
