A Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich: The protagonist predicament The protagonist of the novel is Ivan Denisovich Shukov prisoner number S-854. The novel written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "A day in the life of Ivan Denisovich" as the title suggests one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich. The author himself experiencing a similar fate as Ivan Denisovich, but he only had an eight year sentence. Solzhenitsyn's Personal beliefs are portrayed in the characters …showed first 75 words of 804 total…

…showed last 75 words of 804 total…sent to such a camp. Ivan's future doesn't look good, he knows this, and has learnt to take everyday as it comes. Every thing he has he cherishes and is proud that he has it. He has learnt to appreciate what he has and make the best of this. It is sad to know that he is doomed to not survive this camp. As he seems to innocent to be in such conditions. Word count: 803