it's like a competition kinda

me over this corona break, i have 0 motivation to do anything and i am crying as i type this

it sounds like murder

what is the point of scraping it off if it's already dried? i don't get it

shukhov u little tease xx

that sounds almost poetic, i have t thing for eyes and i immediately go for the deeper meaning w any eye thing

how cold can it be that it goes from steaming to frozen in a few minutes

the brick making reminds me of those tiktoks where the kids make houses out of dirt and mud in their backyards and stuff

how can he be perfect if he is being sloppy and fast about it

highlights the cold because since it's not even warm but its steaming

pathos

make it difficult?

hes getting sloppy about it

personality types, shukhov is the type to do back breaking work in a short amount of time and the rest of them r like ugh

bellied a bit makes me want to barf

that sounds uncomfortable, the word splinters makes it seem a lot sharper and more like shards than some ice sprinkles

why are axes allowed? i feel like that would be considered a weapon

they are allowed to drink?

penalties for food?

desperate

passive, like he is dependent on other people to take care of him

first mention of women prisoners

why do they all have bad and degrading names for eachother

verything gets them down

demeaning

his hearing loss is the epitome of his character, the only defining thing about him

they keep them rounded up like animals

gross, doglike

i feel like this is another sentance i see over and over again

that name doesn't even sound real

repeating whatever they hear

why is the grammar literally so bad

that kinda sounds almost fantasy like

isn't a parcel like nothing?

implies that there is something different that they havr to be worried about

so do all of the groups go everywhere together? they aren't just like judged as indivduals?

prefabs?

pig, comparative to animals, and gross ones at that

like dogs

why does that sound like straight out of a movie

why does he always group them together, like reeds of dog

this makes me think that it's like old food

hopefullness

they make the absolute most out of any kind of food

how do your eardrums just gt crushed

eight years?

animalistic, makes them sound dngey

wag-dog tail

they r cool

why does he keep refering to them as the estonians?

is it race that brings them together

why tf is the bread black? is it burned or just like disgusting

that is so gross

he is having touble with rationing because he is starved, and now he feels like the one who is starving himself rather than them doing it ot him

i hate the word footrags.

what do you mean by this?

unpredictability

his civil rights aren't even available, he has no human rights either, they treat them like dogs

that is all that he is to them, hands capable of work

i swear i def read this part before

nostolgic

is this the first mention of his wife

i would think that they wouldn't use these fancy things ot get them aroudn

i think it's so cute how they go paint carpets lowkey tho

seriously what is up with all the typos in here

what are the faimers

death

why does it have _ around it

i feel like the only colors used in this are like greys, whites, reds, and borwns

jealousy, paranoia

he is contradicting himself at the beginning? he said that nowhere was safe, not even his own mind

didn't we already go over this exact thing? maybe he is just going crazy

i feel like i already read this part

i think it's funny how it is like ritualized and cultish

dude seriously what is up with all the typos

the nape seems like a really sensitive and intimate part of the body and it was venerable and the prisoners are helping eachother with it

why don't the prison owners like help them? they would prob be more productive like that anyway

stop here

wasn't this exact sentence just said?

they are kinda training them in the socialist way of life one too, because everyone chipping in is kinda a socialist concept

i would think that the dogs had the power to take out the swine, however, due to their nature, they wont

dehumanizing, they might not even really believe in what they are doing, they might just be repeating whatever they're told

i wish he went more into detail with what happens in the other camp that makes it so bad

why, what did he do

torture?

at least they get coffins, i guess

this seems cultish

shows how hard they work, the refusal of the camp to give them decent things

this kinda reminds me of when my blood circulation cuts off and i can't feel certain parts of my foot

ew

personality, they are strong enough to handle abuse

kinda funny, he was looking peacefully at something that should've been painful for him

reminds me of the soviet flag,

gross, implied dirtiness of the smoke, and how disgusting it is

sometimes i forget that people literally do not have human rights in some parts of the world

that is how they are measured for value, by how much work they can do and for how long

he's honarable

i thought he said that it was harder for him to think? like it was bad for hi to think about getting out and doing something with his life because he wont be able to get out and this is his life

are carpets like a sign of wealth or something? i don't really understand the singnificance

haha thats kinda funny

seems like a really easy job, and makes a lot of money

i kinda feel like this resembles the american dream? like with them working to make a better life and get their kids to a good school and a better future etc

i mean at least theyre using it

when i think of stencils i think of when i was really little and would just trace random things in my stencil pack, but w this, its a lot darker, and the stencils are used for work rather than play. Highlights the difference in our lives

what are oisier baskets? is that a culture type thing

why?

faim means hungry in french, maybe people who are starving?

farms?

at least you get everything out of your mind and you get some rocks out of your pocket

why are there soooo many errors in here? i don't get it

you could get some stuff off your chest at least

i think this is the first time red is used in the book? everything else has been yellow, green, and grey

what is this even saying

i mean i guess you do have to be very careful what you think, because you don't want to get your hopes up about anything like that

cowardice

cold, fear

that is absolutely terrifying, how do you even adapt to that

that seems like a good excuse to shoot someone for no reason but ok

dehumanizing, they are taking away their identity

are they forcing religion on the prisoners?

i mean duh, it's like below freezing all the time so. it's interesting how adaptable humans are, though

flap of his bat?

emaciation

facts, connection to my life in pa and md, it was always freezing in the morning and then everything woiuld thaw later as the sun went up more

irony, they always refer to the prisoners as dogs and cows and whatnot, so it's kind of funny to see the dogs hearding the dogs

passive

correction: they aren't seen as men, but rather as free laborers

i mean that's nice, i guess. they do the absolute bare minimum to keep the prisoners alive and nothing else

reminds me of the holocaust, halt is german

herding cattle

ironic, brick is warmer and better to keep heat in, and log doesn't do it as well, so why do the prisoners get the good one

it kind of reminds me of how they had to build more concentration camps bc they couldn't fit all the people

for acting weird???

what is that

why does this make me giggle

they didn't have any rights

what is a cumberbund

like they are herding them, cattle

paws; emphasizing the dehumanizing and animalistic nature and language

i literally hate this book so much it makes me want to die

don't they have enough to do

uh oh

he didn't even do anything

the thin whips actually hurt worse so i mean i guess that's good

why does the author make them all seem like dogs?

bc he's a dick

are they doing a search for someting?

hes craving a release of somehitng

gross again

why is he using the full name

dehumanization, they make them sound like dogs

ok i guess that answers my question

is he afraid of getting burned by it or does he want a drag

anger rage

my hands get stiff in 40 deg i don't know how they r doing it below freezing

why are they weighing what is worse

another color we see very often, grey

panteleyev is always refered to as a bastard of a son of a bitch or something negative and i find it amusing

why are they sent to different areas for differnt things

isn't it negative 40 where they are rn?

at first i thought he meant like they were going ot literlaly take his tongue

the only co,ors used in the book are green yellow and borwn

makes me think about earlier when they said that the prisones were only allowed to have one pair of shoes, contrl

that sounds so gross, foot rags makes me want to vomit

hanging pessimism

religion

men like him as in prisoners or people in for the same crime

there's so much in this book about food. the prisoners seem to look as it as a way to feel and taste and sense something and feel like theu are in control of something small in their lives

its kind of sad how the bar for having a good day is like on the floor. He didn't die and get sick and that's his idea of a good day

for once in his life

food again, the use of food in this book is intended to be sustainable, but the prisoners seem to look at it as a way to feel and taste and sense something and feel like they are in control of their own lives

that seems excessive tbh, weighing it on a scale

he's trying to savor it, bc its a luxury

wouldn't this be something of value

tha language in the pdf is so different in the pdf than the book that i dont even know where i'm supposed to be

is there usually

personification, elicits the idea of the cold going out of its way to hurt him

i feel like this is a deeper meaning, how can someone who has it good understand someone who is sad and cold and forced to work

what is up with all the typos in here

isn't that what it's supposed to be

i can visualize this, when i lived in md and it got really cold in the winters, our windows would freeze over and you couldn't get a clear look outside because there was so much frost

why is the author so vague about what any of them were arrested for

so russian

why does this alwasy happen

illness? what is ifiness? but yes i mean i guess business is good but like what if you broke your leg? is it good then?

why are the workers so unnecessarily cruel to the prisoners?

the way this is worded almost makes it sound like he's gonna try to snatch it off and run with it

they have to wait almost 2 weeks to get a bath? WHAT

wails? but again emphasizing how this room is so clean and it just contrasts against the other living conditions so harshly

why

the names are all so incredibly russian that it makes it kind of hard for me to keep up with who is who

unclean, where is the hygiene? I can almost smell this sentence

ew

respect, humility

hes contradicting himself

he's not physically ill though

see above

odd change of scenery, everything in the gulag is black and brown and yellow and dark and gross, while this is white and pristine

vexation: annoyed, frustrated, worried

so they arent allowed to have two pairs of boots but they can have drugs?