Pasternak, Boris, Doctor Zhivago
Written analysis
Pasternak, Boris, Doctor Zhivago, New York: Pantheon Books, 2010
Boris Pasternak was a poet, translator and novelist born in Moscow in 1890. He lived during the time of Russian revolution and I believe that he has the proper, firsthand experience of this subject to write Doctor Zhivago since he has experienced the rule of the soviet corruption himself. (Ex. 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature). The range of this book was quite broad to say the least. Although the book starts off with Yuri Zhivago's life in 1903, a majority of the book takes place between 1912 through 1921, in the midst of the Bolshevik and Russian Revolution. It has many historical references to its time period, such as the war with Japan and Tolstoyisam. Topically …show more content…
At first, when the Czar was still in power, the roots of the revolution began to sprout with "peaceful" demonstrations, although it was more of a massacre by Bolsheviks Whites. In these attempts to quell the protests, made the revolutionaries stronger and united, in turn the czar was finally killed and then the red flag of communism was finally brought down on Russia, even though this was no better than …show more content…
In that city is the estate of Lavrenty Mikhailovich Kologrivov, a rich silk merchant. Kologrivov has 2 daughters, Nadya (who is 15) and Lipa (who is the younger) along with servants and a governess who live with them in the estate. When Nikolai and Ivan are strolling through the park, the see a train halt in the distance at an unusual place. On that train an 11-year-old boy named Misha Gordon was traveling with his father, Grigory Osipovich Gordon. But alas his father becomes drunk, with the encouragement of his attorney, and charges off the platform of the train, committing suicide. The attorney blames the suicide on the alcohol.
Ch.2 summary
The story mentions the war with Japan, which is overshadowed by the “waves” of the revolution, each growing more prodigious than the last. Malia Karlovna Guichard comes to Moscow with her 2 children, Rodion and Larissa. Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky is having an affair with Amelia, but even so, rules Lara behind her mothers back.
October comes and with it come the railroad strikes. The police arrest Pavel Ferapontovich, the father of Pasha. Pasha now must live with his mother and his father’s friend Kiprian Savelyevich Tiverzin. Tiversan and Pasha attend a “peaceful” demonstration as aforementioned earlier. This leads to dragoons (Bolshevik police) to stampeded the crowd and injure many people, but
Pasternak, Boris, Doctor Zhivago, New York: Pantheon Books, 2010
Boris Pasternak was a poet, translator and novelist born in Moscow in 1890. He lived during the time of Russian revolution and I believe that he has the proper, firsthand experience of this subject to write Doctor Zhivago since he has experienced the rule of the soviet corruption himself. (Ex. 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature). The range of this book was quite broad to say the least. Although the book starts off with Yuri Zhivago's life in 1903, a majority of the book takes place between 1912 through 1921, in the midst of the Bolshevik and Russian Revolution. It has many historical references to its time period, such as the war with Japan and Tolstoyisam. Topically …show more content…
At first, when the Czar was still in power, the roots of the revolution began to sprout with "peaceful" demonstrations, although it was more of a massacre by Bolsheviks Whites. In these attempts to quell the protests, made the revolutionaries stronger and united, in turn the czar was finally killed and then the red flag of communism was finally brought down on Russia, even though this was no better than …show more content…
In that city is the estate of Lavrenty Mikhailovich Kologrivov, a rich silk merchant. Kologrivov has 2 daughters, Nadya (who is 15) and Lipa (who is the younger) along with servants and a governess who live with them in the estate. When Nikolai and Ivan are strolling through the park, the see a train halt in the distance at an unusual place. On that train an 11-year-old boy named Misha Gordon was traveling with his father, Grigory Osipovich Gordon. But alas his father becomes drunk, with the encouragement of his attorney, and charges off the platform of the train, committing suicide. The attorney blames the suicide on the alcohol.
Ch.2 summary
The story mentions the war with Japan, which is overshadowed by the “waves” of the revolution, each growing more prodigious than the last. Malia Karlovna Guichard comes to Moscow with her 2 children, Rodion and Larissa. Victor Ippolitovich Komarovsky is having an affair with Amelia, but even so, rules Lara behind her mothers back.
October comes and with it come the railroad strikes. The police arrest Pavel Ferapontovich, the father of Pasha. Pasha now must live with his mother and his father’s friend Kiprian Savelyevich Tiverzin. Tiversan and Pasha attend a “peaceful” demonstration as aforementioned earlier. This leads to dragoons (Bolshevik police) to stampeded the crowd and injure many people, but