Ivan Denisovich Shukhov Timeline and Summary

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• Shukhov wakes up and feels sick.
• He gets punished by a warder for staying in bed late.
• The warder makes Shukhov wash a floor in the wardens' office.
• After this he goes to eat breakfast.
• He returns to his hut to get ready for the work day.
• Then he lines up outside with the rest of his work gang.
• He manages to bum a cigarette butt off of Tsezar.
• Gang 104 marches to the worksite.
• After arriving they all chill by a stove for a bit.
• Shukhov and Kildigs steal some tar paper for the Power Station.
• Shukhov works on building a chimney for the stove in the Power Station.
• The gang then breaks for lunch.
• Shukhov steals two bowls at lunch and gets an extra portion.
• He takes Tsezar his lunch.
• After lunch he works on laying bricks for a wall.
• Shukhov is nearly late lining up to march back to camp and people yell at him.
• He has to wait with the others while the guards search for a missing prisoner.
• Shukhov is very upset about getting back to camp late.
• His gang makes decent time and gets to the checkpoint.
• Shukhov forgets he has a steel piece on him.
• He anxiously goes through the checkpoint with it and makes it through undetected.
• Then he goes to pick up a package for Tsezar.
• After this he heads to dinner.
• He has some trouble finding his gang but he makes it inside.
• Shukhov gets to eat Tsezar's dinner too.
• He then goes to buy some tobacco.
• Then he heads back to his hut.
• He helps Tsezar manage his package during nightly roll call.
• As thanks Tsezar gives him some food.
• Shukhov shares some with Alyoshka.
• He goes to sleep happy after his successful day.