Dr Zhivago
Dr Zhivago Dr Zhivago has broken hearts for both readers and watchers all over the Eastern and Western world. This is the dramatic story of a young doctor during World War I, Russian Revolution and the Civil War. Yuri Zhivago wrote poems about his experiences and struggled during these hard times, and eventually they became a best-seller fictional novel. Movies have come out in honor of this tale and have touched people worldwide. However, every movie and series that comes out does not show all of the book’s details and sadly losses the novel’s main idea. A new 2002 version of Dr Zhivago does a good job of interpreting the suffering and chaos of Russia in the early 20th century, but even its ending is heartbreaking. In contrast, the book ends with Yuri’s lost daughter Tonia being found and symbolizing the Russians’ triumph. Tiny details from the novel that were turned and changed to add to more dramatic scenery have completely changed the flow and mood of the story and here are some examples… The story begins with Maria Nikolaievna Zhivago’s funeral; she had been Yuri’s mother. And the chapter goes on about traditional Orthodox songs and holidays that were once celebrated, but after the Revolution they disappeared. Uncle Kolia was Yuri’s uncle who took him in and was in fact a priest, but was cast out due to his radical political views. Uncle Kolia and his good friend Ivan Ivanovich Voskoboinikov would talk of socialism and religion. Then, the next chapter talks of Yuri’s visit to Duplyanka which was owned by a rich industrialist. He was Lavrentii Mikhailovich Kologrivov and he was good friends with Nika’s (one of Yuri’s best friends) father. Later on, Uncle Kolia and Ivan see a train suddenly stop in the distance and have no idea this was the five o’clock express where Yuri’s father committed suicide.
Background information is given on Yura’s father, a wealthy business. Many buildings and streets in the town where Yura lived with his
Background information is given on Yura’s father, a wealthy business. Many buildings and streets in the town where Yura lived with his