down to him. The fact that these acts occur is not nearly as frightening as the fact that Shukhov is completely comfortable with them, and that he knows that in order to succeed, or even survive, an inmate has to be cunning, quick, and extremely generous to "higher ups".

As a result of Solzhenitsyn's portrayal of the camp being so terrible as well as Shukhov's calm methodical explanations the reader begins to believe that some of the acts commonly associated with criminals (such as: swindling, smuggling, networking through bribery) may have actually been taught as a means of survival from within the camp. Thus Solzhenitsyn succeeds in his attack; showing the people that Stalin has created these camps to "rehabilitate" criminals while benefiting the community, but in fact is slowly killing them off or otherwise refining them into perfect conmen and sneaks. All of Solzhenitsyn's messag

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Approximate Word count = 600
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)