camp while it would be easy to give in to despair" (Des Pres 49).

When he arrived in the camp, Ivan realized that it would be hard to survive the environment. Little food was given and the prisoners only received what they needed to stay alive. They were treated as though they weren't human. Cognizant that it would be necessary to work with others in order to survive, Ivan spends some of his time daily doing things to help others.

Through the good deeds that Ivan accomplishes, he earns the respect of the other prisoners and is sometimes rewarded with extra food. He does simple things like laying out other prisoner

Fortunately for us, we live in a society that works as a collective. Many people work to accomplish a single job every day. Someone is always trying to better our way of life. The more we are able to work together, the easier our lives will be. One person alone can't do everything by him or herself. We just aren't that smart. But, be it the doctors, the farmers, the scientists, the businessmen, or just simply me and you, all of us have to work together to survive. The people in Ivan's squad were very different from each other. It was only in setting these differences aside, that the 104th was able to get along and get things done. They (Ivan's squad) worked "as though neither would have air enough to breathe without the other," (Solzhenitsyn 44).

3. "Overview: One Day in the Life Of Ivan Denisovich" via the Internet at http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/APThemesLitProject98/APThemesStudentProjs/SolzhenitsynOneDay/solzhenitsyndayoverv.htm

Everyone does what he can to benefit the 104th squad (Ivan's squad, led by Tiurin) as a whole. One time, Ivan notices that the cook had made a mistake, and gave the squad the wrong number of rations. When he informs the cook of this error, the squad's rations were corrected and Ivan received some extra food. Also, an effort was made by Tiurin to prevent the squad from working in the so-called "Socialist Way of Life" settlement in which the 104th would have to work outs

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