Please respond to the following prompts. Make sure your answers are complete and written with thought.
1. Solzhenitsyn describes the mortar carriers as "winded horses" (101). Was this wording chosen to illustrate the disparity between the skilled and unskilled laborers?
2. Why was Buinovsky (the Captain) given the job that requires no skill? How is this ironic?
3. How does the detailed narrative mirror the content?
4. Give two specific examples of how the gulag equalizes all men. (Quotes required)
5. How does Shukhov choose the guard to be frisked by? Was it a sound decision?
Due: Friday, 9.16
1. Solzhenitsyn describes the mortar carriers as "winded horses" (101). Was this wording chosen to illustrate the disparity between the skilled and unskilled laborers?
2. Why was Buinovsky (the Captain) given the job that requires no skill? How is this ironic?
3. How does the detailed narrative mirror the content?
4. Give two specific examples of how the gulag equalizes all men. (Quotes required)
5. How does Shukhov choose the guard to be frisked by? Was it a sound decision?
Due: Friday, 9.16
