"One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn - shows how various literary techniques are used to describe the development of Ivan's character.

In "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," Alexander Solzhenitsyn clearly develops Ivan's character and his submission to the ten-year sentence that he faces. In an excerpt describing the zeks work preparation, Solzhenitsyn uses diction, detail, and point of view to develop Ivan's attitude of forced acceptance. Throughout the excerpt Solzhenitsyn uses diction to further illustrate Ivan's perception of his surroundings. Solzhenitsyn first describes the "deserted area" as "red" and "hazy." This description constructs …

…point of view are the numerous digressions Solzhenitsyn incorporates in the excerpt. These each aid in revealing Ivan's actual thoughts concerning the surrounding that he is plagued to endure. Solzhenitsyn masterfully uses diction, detail, and point of view to develop Ivan's attitude of forced acceptance towards his surrounding and overall situation. Ivan's susceptive attitude towards the surroundings he faces serves to reveal the harmful endurance embraced in his ten-year sentence and that one single day.