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Where nature is alive, the human soul is alive. In the novel, in the ninth chapter, “Oblomov’s Dream,” the author depicts a corner of Russia blessed by God. Oblomovka is a patriarchal paradise on earth.

The sky there, on the contrary, seems to be pressing closer to the earth, but not in order to throw arrows more powerfully, but perhaps only to hug it tighter, with love: it spreads out so low above your head, like a parent’s reliable roof, to protect it, it seems , a chosen corner from all adversity. The sun shines brightly and hotly there for about six months and then does not suddenly move away from there, as if reluctantly, as if it were turning back to look at it once or twice more. favorite place and give him in the fall, in the midst of bad weather, a clear, warm day.

All nature protects the inhabitants of Oblomovka from adversity, living life in such a blessed place, people are in harmony with the world and themselves. Their souls are pure, there are no dirty gossip, clashes, or searches for profit. Everything is peaceful and friendly. Oblomov is a product of this world. He has kindness, soul, generosity, attention to his neighbor, something for which Stolz values ​​him so much and Olga fell in love with him.

2. I.S. Turgenev "Fathers and Sons"

Main character- commoner Bazarov - due to his convictions, considers nature not a temple, but a workshop. His point of view is that all trees are the same. However, arriving at his native estate, he tells Arkady that the aspen tree over the cliff was his talisman in childhood. Now he supposedly understands that he was little and looked for signs of goodness in everything. Why, during the development of his passionate feelings for Odintsova, does the freshness of the night rushing through the window make such an impression on him? He is ready to fall at Odintsova’s feet, he hates himself for this feeling. Isn’t this the influence of that very workshop for research and experiments? It’s a pity that Yevgeny Bazarov’s experience will end so badly.

3. I.A. Bunin "Mr. from San Francisco"

The trip to Europe does not happen at all according to the plan that was drawn up by the man who considers himself a master. Instead of bright sun and on bright days, nature greets the heroes gloomily, unsmilingly: “The morning sun deceived every day: from midday it invariably turned gray and began to rain, and it became thicker and colder; then the palm trees at the entrance of the hotel sparkled with tin,” - that’s how nature was, as if it didn’t want to give its warmth and light to these overly boring gentlemen. However, after the death of the master, the sky cleared, the sun shone, and over the whole world: “... the whole country, joyful, beautiful, sunny, stretched out below them: the rocky humps of the island, which almost all lay at their feet, and that fabulous blue in which he swam, and the shining morning steam over the sea to the east, under dazzling sun, which was already warming hotly, rising higher and higher, and the foggy azure, still unsteady in the morning, massifs of Italy, its near and distant mountains, the beauty of which is powerless to express human word" Only real people like the famous fisherman Lorenzo can live next to such nature.

4. V.G. Rasputin "To the same land"

The main character, Pashuta, a woman with an ambiguous fate, devoted her entire life to the great Soviet construction project. Years passed, when the plant became operational and began to produce products, the city lost its charm as a pure taiga settlement.

The city gradually acquired a different glory. Using cheap electricity, aluminum was smelted at the world's largest plant, and cellulose was cooked at the world's largest timber complex. From fluorine, forests withered away for tens and hundreds of miles around, from methyl mercaptan they clogged up the windows in apartments, caulked cracks and still broke into a suffocating cough. Twenty years after the hydroelectric station gave power, the city became one of the most dangerous for health. They were building a city of the future, and they built a slow-acting gas chamber in the open air.

People have lost connections with each other, every man for himself - this is the motto of this world. By destroying nature, we destroy ourselves, our future.

• Heartlessness manifests itself even towards very close people
• The thirst for profit often leads to heartlessness and dishonorable acts.
• A person’s spiritual callousness complicates his life in society
• The reasons for a heartless attitude towards others lie in upbringing
• The problem of heartlessness and mental callousness may be characteristic not only to an individual, but also to society as a whole
• Difficult life circumstances can make a person heartless
• Often, spiritual callousness manifests itself in relation to moral, worthy people
• A person admits that he was heartless when nothing can be changed
• Mental callousness does not make a person truly happy
• The consequences of a callous attitude towards people are often irreversible

Arguments

A.S. Pushkin “Dubrovsky”. The conflict between Andrei Dubrovsky and Kirilla Petrovich Troekurov ended tragically due to the callousness and heartlessness on the part of the latter. The words spoken by Dubrovsky, although they were offensive to Troekurov, were certainly not worth the abuse, dishonest trial and death of the hero. Kirill Petrovich did not spare his friend, although in the past they had a lot of good things in common. The landowner was driven by heartlessness and a desire for revenge, which led to the death of Andrei Gavrilovich Dubrovsky. The consequences of what happened were terrible: officials burned, people were left without their real master, Vladimir Dubrovsky became a robber. The manifestation of the spiritual callousness of just one person made the lives of many people miserable.

A.S. Pushkin “The Queen of Spades”. Hermann, the protagonist of the work, is driven to act heartlessly by the desire to get rich. To achieve his goal, he presents himself as an admirer of Lizaveta, although in fact he does not have feelings for her. He gives the girl false hopes. Penetrating into the countess's house with the help of Lizaveta, Hermann asks the old woman to tell him the secret of the three cards, and after her refusal, he takes out an unloaded pistol. Graphia, very frightened, dies. The deceased old woman comes to him a few days later and reveals the secret on the condition that Hermann will not play more than one card per day, in the future will not play at all and will marry Lizaveta. But the hero does not have a happy future: his heartless actions serve as a reason for retribution. After two wins, Hermann loses, which causes him to go crazy.

M. Gorky “At the Bottom”. Vasilisa Kostyleva does not feel any feelings for her husband except hatred and complete indifference. Wanting to inherit at least a small fortune, she very easily decides to persuade the thief Vaska Pepel to kill her husband. It's hard to imagine how heartless a person would have to be to come up with such a plan. The fact that Vasilisa was not married out of love does not in the least justify her action. A person must remain a person in any situation.

I.A. Bunin “Mr. from San Francisco”. The theme of the death of human civilization is one of the main ones in this work. The manifestation of the spiritual degradation of people lies, among other things, in their spiritual callousness, heartlessness, and indifference towards each other. Sudden death The gentleman from San Francisco evokes not compassion, but disgust. During his life, he is loved for his money, and after his death, they heartlessly put him in the worst room, so as not to spoil the reputation of the establishment. They cannot even make a normal coffin for a person who dies in a foreign country. People have lost true spiritual values, which have been replaced by a thirst for material gain.

K.G. Paustovsky “Telegram”. A life full of activities and events captivates Nastya so much that she forgets about the only person truly close to her - her old mother Katerina Petrovna. The girl, receiving letters from her, is glad that her mother is alive, but does not think about anything else. Even a telegram from Tikhon about poor condition Nastya does not read and perceive Katerina Petrovna right away: at first she does not understand at all who she is talking about we're talking about. Later, the girl realizes how heartless her attitude towards to a loved one. Nastya goes to Katerina Petrovna, but does not find her alive. She feels guilty before her mother, who loved her so much.

A.I. Solzhenitsyn “Matrenin’s Dvor”. Matryona is a person you rarely meet. Without thinking about herself, she never refused to help strangers and treated everyone with kindness and sympathy. People didn't answer her in kind. After tragic death Matryona Thaddeus thought only about how to win back part of the hut. Almost all relatives came to cry over the woman’s coffin only as an obligation. They did not remember Matryona during her lifetime, but after her death they began to lay claim to the inheritance. This situation shows how callous and indifferent human souls have become.

F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”. Rodion Raskolnikov's heartlessness was expressed by his desire to test his terrible theory. Having killed the old pawnbroker, he tried to find out who he belonged to: “trembling creatures” or “those with the right.” The hero failed to maintain composure, to accept what he did as right, which means that he is not characterized by absolute spiritual callousness. The spiritual resurrection of Rodion Raskolnikov confirms that a person has a chance for correction.

Y. Yakovlev “He killed my dog.” The boy, showing compassion and mercy, brings a stray dog ​​into his apartment. His father doesn’t like this: the man demands that the animal be thrown back onto the street. The hero cannot do this, because “she was already kicked out.” The father, acting completely indifferent and indifferent, calls the dog to him and shoots him in the ear. The child cannot understand why an innocent animal was killed. Together with the dog, the father kills the child’s faith in the justice of this world.

ON THE. Nekrasov “Reflections at the front entrance.” The poem depicts harsh reality that time. The life of ordinary men and officials who spend their lives only in pleasure are contrasted. High ranking people heartless because they are indifferent to problems ordinary people. And for common man An official's solution to even the most insignificant issue can be a salvation.

V. Zheleznikov “Scarecrow”. Lena Bessoltseva voluntarily took responsibility for a very bad act to which she had nothing to do. Because of this, she was forced to endure humiliation and bullying from her classmates. One of the most difficult tests for the girl was loneliness, because being an outcast is difficult at any age, and even more so in childhood. The boy who actually committed this act did not have the courage to confess. Two classmates who learned the truth also decided not to interfere in the situation. The indifference and heartlessness of those around him made the man suffer.

M.M. Prishvin is known for his philosophical views which are reflected in the writer’s diaries, stories, and novellas. In his work, the writer raises important ecological problems. According to Prishvin, the origins of the environmental crisis are directly related to the spiritual crisis. That is why the author pays special attention to the education of the child’s soul. Prishvin spiritualizes nature, reminding everyone that she is a living organism, she is capable of feeling, breathing, crying, being upset, frowning and rejoicing. The technique of personification helps the child find an interlocutor, comrade, and friend in every inhabitant of nature.

In the story “The Forest Master,” a tree dies due to a cynical attitude toward nature—arson. The writer reflects on the fact that one misfortune leads to another. A fire from one tree can spread to the entire forest. This is an unreasonable, careless attitude towards nature. Prishvin calls the boy-arsonist a “pest” and a “robber.” At the end of the story, the author shows that any careless act, rash action can lead to environmental disaster: “...if that man had not come and extinguished the fire, the whole forest would have burned from this tree. If only we could have seen it then!” The narrator not only saved the forest from a fire, but also showed the children the beauty and fragility of nature.

2. V. Rasputin “Farewell to Matera”

The characters in V. Rasputin's story are aware of their responsibility to the departed for the continuation of life. In their opinion, the Earth was given to man “to maintain”: it must be protected, preserved for posterity. In the dialogue between Andrei and Daria, the grandson tries to convince his grandmother that “man is the king of nature.” And Daria answers him: “That’s it, king.” He will reign, he will reign, and he will tan.” “Man must be in unity with nature, with the Cosmos,” the writer is convinced. Civilization can never prevail over what was created before it. That is why at the end of the story we see mighty foliage that will protect the island until it is flooded. The tree did not succumb to man, retaining its dominant principle.

Speaking about environmental problems, one cannot fail to mention the cultural attitude of man to nature. One of bright examples, showing the influence of the “king of nature” on the world, is an episode of the destruction of foliage in V. Rasputin’s story “Farewell to Matera”. Since ancient times, the inhabitants of Matera have treated the natural world with respect and fear. They believe that the mighty “royal foliage” is the tree that anchors the island to the river bottom. Legend says that “as long as the foliage lasts, Matera will last.” A team of workers clearing the area of ​​vegetation and buildings before flooding is puzzled by the fact that they cannot destroy a century-old tree. Neither an ax, nor fire, nor a chainsaw can take him. The unruly foliage becomes silent witness burning of the mother's forests: he “alone...continued to rule over everything around.” V. Rasputin bitterly says that man is short-sighted in his actions aimed at realizing grandiose plans. In a world where the connection between generations is lost, where there is no respect for nature, there can be neither harmony nor happiness.

3. E. I. Nosov “Doll”

The story “Doll” begins with a description of a river familiar to the narrator. At first she appears as the main character remembered her, and a little later we see what she became a few years later. “The channel narrowed, many unfamiliar shoals and spits appeared.” The old-timer Akimych, who loved fishing, sadly brushes aside the questions. He sees the disastrous state of the river, as well as the surrounding nature as a whole, in the fact that people have stopped noticing beauty, are “doing bad things,” and have become hardened in soul. Pointing the narrator to a doll that is lying in a roadside ditch, Akimych draws attention to the fact that it was apparently not children who stripped the toy and tried to set it on fire. And the kids see a torn doll and “get used to such sacrilege.” What strikes the old man most is that the teachers, called upon to educate the younger generation, silently pass by. Thus, E.I. Nosov leads us to the idea that in people with early age we need to cultivate sensitivity, careful attitude to nature, to all living things, so that in the future they will not be deaf to and blind to what is happening around them.

• Updated: May 31, 2016
• By: Mironova Marina Viktorovna

The antipode of Morozki is Pavel Mechik. In the novel he is an "anti-hero". This is a young boy who joined the detachment only out of curiosity. But he immediately became disillusioned with the ideas, for the sake of which he “ceased” being a city intellectual. But Mechik hid this from everyone. The people who surrounded Paul brought him a lot of disappointment, because they turned out to be incompatible with the “ideal” heroes that their ardent young imagination created them. is still weak, since in the subsequent narrative he betrays the members of the detachment. Mechik was put on patrol by Levinson, the head of the detachment, but Pavel considered this to be wrong and, without fulfilling his duty, disappeared into the forest, which led to the death of the detachment. “...The sword, having already driven quite far, looked back: Morozka was riding behind him. Then the squad and Morozka disappeared around the bend... He dozed off. He didn't understand why he was sent ahead. He raised his head, and the sleepy state instantly left him, replaced by a feeling of incomparable animal horror: there were Cossacks on the road...”

Mechik disappeared and only saved his own life, putting the lives of the squad members at stake. Fadeev focuses his attention not on the battles themselves, but on the time between us, when there comes a moment of respite, rest. These seemingly “peaceful” episodes are full of internal tension and conflict: be it the case of killing fish, confiscating pork from a Korean, or waiting for the result of the Metelitsa reconnaissance. This construction consists deep meaning narratives: moral, ideological and political problems and their philosophical understanding are important. The characters' train of thought, their behavior, their internal vacillation in relation to everything that happens around them - this is what Fadeev called “the selection of human material.”

In this regard, the image of Morozka, one of the heroes of the novel, is interesting. Actually, his presence at the center of the work is explained by the fact that he is an example of a new person undergoing a “remake.” The author spoke about him in his speech: “Morozka is a man with a difficult past... He could steal, he could swear rudely, he could lie, he could drink. All these traits of his character are undoubtedly his huge shortcomings. But in difficult, decisive moments of the struggle, he did what was necessary for the revolution, overcoming his weaknesses. The process of his participation in the revolutionary struggle was the process of forming his personality...”

Speaking about the selection of “human material”, the writer had in mind not only those who turned out to be necessary for the revolution. People “unsuitable” for building a new society are mercilessly discarded. Such a hero in the novel is Mechik. It is no coincidence that this man social background belongs to the intelligentsia and consciously comes to partisan detachment, driven by the idea of ​​the revolution as a great romantic event. Mechik’s belonging to a different class, despite his conscious desire to fight for the revolution, immediately alienates those around him. “To tell the truth, Morozka didn’t like the rescued one at first sight. Morozka did not like clean people. In his life experience, these were fickle, worthless people who could not be trusted.” This is the first certification that Mechik receives. Morozka’s doubts are consonant with the words of V. Mayakovsky: “An intellectual does not like risk, / He is as red as a radish.” Revolutionary ethics is built on a strictly rational approach to the world and man. The author of the novel himself said: “Mechik, the other “hero” of the novel, is very “moral” from the point of view of the Ten Commandments... but these qualities remain external to him, they cover up his internal egoism, lack of dedication to the cause of the working class, his purely petty individualism " There is a direct contrast here between the morality of the Ten Commandments and devotion to the working class cause. The author preaching triumph revolutionary idea, does not notice that the combination of this idea with life turns into violence against life, cruelty. For him, the professed idea is not utopian, and therefore any cruelty is justified.

Passing the Unified State Exam is just a small test that every student will have to go through on the way to adult life. Already today, many graduates are familiar with submitting essays in December, and then with passing the Unified State Exam in the Russian language. The topics that may come up for writing an essay are completely different. And today we will give several examples of what works can be taken as an argument “Nature and Man”.

About the topic itself

Many authors have written about the relationship between man and nature (arguments can be found in many works of world classical literature).

To properly reveal this topic, you need to correctly understand the meaning of what you are being asked about. Most often, students are asked to choose a topic (if we are talking about an essay on literature). Then there are several statements to choose from famous personalities. The main thing here is to read the meaning that the author introduced into his quote. Only then can the role of nature in human life be explained. You will see arguments from the literature on this topic below.

If we are talking about the second part exam paper in the Russian language, then here the student is given a text. This text usually contains several problems - the student independently chooses the one that seems easiest to him to solve.

It must be said that few students choose this topic because they see difficulties in it. Well, everything is very simple, you just need to look at the works from the other side. The main thing is to understand what arguments from the literature about man and nature can be used.

Problem one

Arguments (“The problem of man and nature”) can be completely different. Let's take such a problem as man's perception of nature as something living. Problems of nature and man, arguments from literature - all this can be put together into one whole, if you think about it.

Arguments

Let's take Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. What can be used here? Let us remember Natasha, who, leaving the house one night, was so amazed by the beauty of peaceful nature that she was ready to spread her arms like wings and fly away into the night.

Let us remember the same Andrey. Experiencing severe emotional unrest, the hero sees an old oak. How does he feel about this? He perceives the old tree as a powerful, wise creature, which makes Andrey think about the right decision in his life.

At the same time, if the beliefs of the heroes of “War and Peace” support the possibility of the existence of a natural soul, then the main character of Ivan Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” thinks completely differently. Since Bazarov is a man of science, he denies any manifestation of the spiritual in the world. Nature was no exception. He studies nature from the point of view of biology, physics, chemistry and other natural sciences. However, natural wealth does not inspire any faith in Bazarov - it is only an interest in the world around him, which will not change.

These two works are perfect for exploring the theme “Man and Nature”; it is not difficult to give arguments.

Second problem

The problem of human awareness of the beauty of nature is also often encountered in classical literature. Let's look at the available examples.

Arguments

For example, the same work by Leo Tolstoy “War and Peace”. Let's remember the first battle in which Andrei Bolkonsky took part. Tired and wounded, he carries the banner and sees clouds in the sky. What emotional excitement Andrei experiences when he sees the gray sky! Beauty that makes him hold his breath, that gives him strength!

But besides Russian literature, we can consider works and foreign classics. Let's take famous work Margaret Mitchell "Gone with the Wind" The episode of the book when Scarlett, having walked a long way home, sees her native fields, albeit overgrown, but so close, such fertile lands! How does the girl feel? She suddenly stops being restless, she stops feeling tired. A new surge of strength, the emergence of hope for the best, the confidence that tomorrow everything will be better. It is nature, landscape native land saves a girl from despair.

Third problem

Arguments (“The role of nature in human life” is a topic) are also quite easy to find in the literature. It is enough to recall just a few works that tell us about the influence nature has on us.

Arguments

For example, “The Old Man and the Sea” by Ernest Hemingway would work well as an argumentative essay. Let's remember the main features of the plot: an old man goes to sea for big fish. A few days later he finally has a catch: a beautiful shark is caught in his net. Waging a long battle with the animal, the old man pacifies the predator. While the main character moves towards the house, the shark slowly dies. IN all alone the old man begins to talk with the animal. The way home is very long, and the old man feels how the animal becomes like family to him. But he understands that if the predator is released into the wild, he will not survive, and the old man himself will be left without food. Other sea animals appear, hungry and smelling the metallic scent of the wounded shark's blood. By the time the old man arrives home, there is nothing left of the fish he caught.

This work clearly shows how easy it is for a person to get used to the world around him, how difficult it is often to lose some seemingly insignificant connection with nature. In addition, we see that man is able to withstand the elements of nature, which acts exclusively according to its own laws.

Or let’s take Astafiev’s work “The Fish Tsar”. Here we observe how nature is capable of reviving all the best qualities of a person. Inspired by the beauty of the world around them, the heroes of the story understand that they are capable of love, kindness, and generosity. Nature causes them to manifest best qualities character.

Fourth problem

Beauty problem environment directly related to the problem of the relationship between man and nature. Arguments can also be drawn from Russian classical poetry.

Arguments

Let's take the Silver Age poet Sergei Yesenin as an example. We all know from middle school that in his lyrics Sergei Alexandrovich sang not only feminine beauty, but also natural. Coming from a village, Yesenin became an absolutely peasant poet. In his poems, Sergei glorified Russian nature, paying attention to those details that remain unnoticed by us.

For example, the poem “I don’t regret, I don’t call, I don’t cry” perfectly paints us the image of a blooming apple tree, the flowers of which are so light that they actually resemble a sweet haze among the greenery. Or the poem “I remember, my love, I remember,” which tells us about unhappy love, with its lines allows us to plunge into the beautiful summer night When the linden trees bloom, the sky is starry, and somewhere in the distance the moon shines. It creates a feeling of warmth and romance.

Two more poets of the "golden age" of literature, who glorified nature in their poems, can be used as arguments. “Man and nature meet in Tyutchev and Fet. Their love lyrics constantly intersects with descriptions of natural landscapes. They endlessly compared the objects of their love to nature. Afanasy Fet’s poem “I came to you with greetings” became just one of these works. Reading the lines, you don’t immediately understand what exactly the author is talking about - about love for nature or about love for a woman, because he sees infinitely much in common in the features of a loved one with nature.

Fifth problem

Speaking about arguments (“Man and Nature”), one can encounter another problem. It consists of human intervention in the environment.

Arguments

An argument that will reveal an understanding of this problem can be called “ dog's heart» Mikhail Bulgakov. The main character is a doctor who decided to create with his own hands a new man with the soul of a dog. The experiment did not bring positive results, created only problems and ended unsuccessfully. As a result, we can conclude that what we create from a ready-made natural product can never become better than that, what was originally, no matter how much we tried to improve it.

Despite the fact that the work itself has a slightly different meaning, this work can be viewed from this angle.