There are many definitions of the term "freedom". Some will say that to be free you must be able to do what you want with your physical body, while others will say that you only need to be able to think to be truly free. Yet another group will argue that both aspects must be present for true freedom to exist. In many of his books, but particularly One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn addresses the idea that the mind is not truly free. He believed that since there is an inherent desire for approval within the human race, any thought that agrees with society's values ​​cannot be considered free thought since the thinker may simply be seeking approval. Some critics believe that “this implies a double standard on freedom of thought” and that “freedom is inherent in the process of thinking itself” (Fink 1). Solzhenitsyn believed that it was almost impossible to have truly free thoughts under the prison camp. conditions described in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, or in any situation where an authoritarian ruler is present. In a first...