Candle in the Wind Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn This play is yet another testimony to Solzhenitsyn's faith in the human spirit and his deep concern for mankind. It deals with a great moral question: the obligation of the individual to defend himself and others against the forces of government and technology. Much in the play is touching because it is autobiographical. There is a distinct r... more »esemblence between the hero, a scientist recently released from prison, and Solzhenitsyn. The hero's concern for a young woman, the subject of biofeedback experiments, is Solzhenitsyn's concern for the individual battling montrous powers.« less