List of references for an essay. Arguments for essays (Unified State Exam in Russian) A selection of literary arguments for the main types of problems


You must use at least 1 argument of your own, taken from fiction, journalistic or scientific literature. Most often, examples are given from fiction, since these are the works that are taught in literature lessons as part of the school curriculum.

Here is an approximate list of references from which you can take arguments to substantiate your point of view. It is compiled on the basis of works from which arguments are most often given when writing an Unified State Examination essay in the Russian language. The list is sorted by author's last name in alphabetical order.

It is worth noting that this list of references is not strictly defined and is only advisory in nature. Arguments can be brought from any other works, the main thing is that they correspond to the main problem of the text. It is also not necessary to read all the works below; for each topic that the text may be devoted to, it is enough to prepare 2 arguments from some of the works.

List of references for arguments in the Unified State Exam essay in the Russian language

Author Works
L.N. Andreev “Judas Iscariot”, “Red Laughter”, “Petka in the Dacha”
V.P. Astafiev “Tsar Fish”, “Dome Cathedral”, “Hut”, “Horse with a Pink Mane”, “Lyudochka”, “Postscript”, “Last Bow”
I. Babel "Cavalry"
R. Bach "A Seagull Named Jonathan Livingston"
V. Bianchi "Tales of Animals"
G. Beecher Stowe "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
A. Blok "Twelve"
M.A. Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita”, “Heart of a Dog”, “Notes of a Young Doctor”, “Fatal Eggs”
I.A. Bunin "Mr. from San Francisco", "Brothers", "Dark Alleys"
V. Bykov “Roundup”, “Sotnikov”, “Until Dawn”
B. Vasiliev “And the dawns here are quiet...”, “Drop by drop”
J. Verne "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
K. Vorobiev "German in felt boots"
N. Gal "The Word Living and Dead"
E. Ginzburg "Steep route"
N.V. Gogol “Taras Bulba”, “Dead Souls”, “Overcoat”, “The Inspector General”, “Terrible Revenge”
I.A. Goncharov "Oblomov"
M. Gorky “Old Woman Izergil”, “At the Depths”, “Childhood”, “Mother”, “Tales of Italy”, “My Universities”, “Konovalov”, “The Orlov Spouses”
A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit"
V. Grossman "Life and Fate"
Charles Dickens "David Copperfield"
F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”, “Idiot”, “White Nights”, “The Brothers Karamazov”, “Demons”, “The Boy at Christ’s Christmas Tree”
T. Dreiser "American tragedy"
V. Dudintsev "White Clothes"
S.A. Yesenin "Song of the Dog"
A. Zheleznyakov "Scarecrow"
A. Zhigulin "Black Stones"
V. Zakrutkin "Mother of Man"
M. Zamyatin "We"
I. Ilf, E. Petrov "Golden calf"
A. Knyshev “Oh great and mighty Russian language!”
V. Korolenko "Children of the Underground"
A.I. Kuprin “Garnet Bracelet”, “Taper”, “Duel”
Yu. Levitansky "Everyone chooses for themselves..."
M.Yu. Lermontov “Borodino”, “Hero of our time”, “And I see myself as a child...”, “Stanzas”, “Clouds”, “I will not humiliate myself before you”
N.S. Leskov “Lefty”, “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”, “The Enchanted Wanderer”
D.S. Likhachev "Thoughts about the Motherland"
D. London "Love of Life", "Martin Eden"
V.V. Mayakovsky "Good attitude towards horses"
M. Maeterlinck "Blue bird"
ON THE. Nekrasov “Who Lives Well in Rus'”, “Grandfather Mazai and the Hares”, “Railroad”, “Reflections at the Front Entrance”
A. Nikitin "Walking across three seas"
E. Nosov "Difficult Bread"
A.N. Ostrovsky “Thunderstorm”, “Our people - we will be numbered!”
K.G. Paustovsky "Telegram", "Old Cook", "Tale of Life"
A. Petrov "The Life of Archpriest Avvakum"
A.P. Platonov “In a beautiful and furious world”, “Yushka”
B. Polevoy "The Tale of a Real Man"
A. Pristavkin “The golden cloud spent the night”
M. Prishvin "Pantry of the Sun"
A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”, “The Captain’s Daughter”, “The Station Agent”, “The Queen of Spades”, “Nanny”, “I Loved You...”, “October 19”, “God help you, my friends”, “The more often the Lyceum celebrates ", "Chaadaev"
V.G. Rasputin “Farewell to Matera”, “French Lessons”
A. Rybakov “Children of Arbat”, “35th and other years”
K.F. Ryleev "Ivan Susanin", "Death of Ermak"
M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “The History of a City”, “The Golovlev Family”
A. de Saint-Exupéry "A little prince"
A. Solzhenitsyn “Matrenin’s Dvor”, “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich”, “The Gulag Archipelago”, “In the First Circle”
V. Soloukhin "Black Boards", "Letters from the Russian Museum"
A.T. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin"
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”, “Sevastopol Stories”, “Childhood”, “After the Ball”
Yu. Trifonov "House on the Embankment", "Disappearance"
I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”, “Mumu”, “Russian Language”, “Biryuk”, “Notes of a Hunter”, “Nature”, “Conversation”, My Trees”, “Sea Voyage”, “Asya”
F.I. Tyutchev “Not what you think, nature...”, “The Last Cataclysm”
L. Ulitskaya "Daughter of Bukhara"
G.I. Uspensky "Straightened"
A. Fadeev "Young guard"
A.A. Fet “Learn from them - from the oak, from the birch ...”, “On a haystack at night in the south”, “Dawn says goodbye to dawn”, “Pines”
DI. Fonvizin "Undergrown"
E. Hemingway “The Old Man and the Sea”, “Where It’s Clean, It’s Light”, “Undefeated”
N. Chernyshevsky "What to do?"
A.P. Chekhov “The Cherry Orchard”, “Darling”, “Jumping”, “Anna on the Neck”, “Ionych”, “Gooseberry”, “Ward No. 6”, “Student”, “Chameleon”, “Thick and Thin”, “Death of an Official” ", "Vanka", "Steppe", "Melancholy", "Unter Prishibeev", "Bride"
L. Chukovskaya "Sofya Petrovna"
K.I. Chukovsky "Alive as Life"
V. Shalamov "Kolyma Tales"
E. Schwartz "The Dragon"
M.A. Sholokhov “Quiet Don”, “The Fate of Man”, “Melon Garden”, “Birthmark”

It is not necessary to read all the works from the school curriculum in order to write a good essay as part of the Unified State Exam in the Russian language. The texts proposed by the developers raise “eternal problems”, issues related to human behavior in war, as well as the impoverishment of the native language. There are books that, if read carefully, will free you from the need to study dozens of creations. Life has compiled a list of “saving” literature.

If you really seriously read all 10 books that we will talk about, then you will pass the exam - you will select arguments for any problem, but you can also read just a few works from the list, if you have associative thinking, and you can “twist” any fact from the work in your favor. For example, you should choose who is closer to you: Sholokhov or Tolstoy? It is not necessary to read both epic novels (that is, "Quiet Don" and "War and Peace"), since the problems in them overlap. It is enough to know the plot lines of one of the books really well.

At the same time, do not forget that there must be two arguments, which means that examples from one work cannot be used.

1. "War and Peace" by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Using the example of the stories of three families against the backdrop of the war with Napoleon, many eternal problems are shown - this is the manifestation of the best (or worst) qualities of a person at critical moments (Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei Bolkonsky), the inexperience of a young soul (Natasha Rostova) and the influence of the environment on the development of personality (Anatole and Helen Kuragin, Andrei and Marya Bolkonsky, Natasha, Nikolai, Peter and Vera Rostov), ​​choosing a path or searching for the meaning of life (Pierre Bezukhov, Andrei Bolkonsky). Tolstoy also speaks of mercy in the person of, for example, Natasha Rostova, of duty in the person of the Bolkonskys, of frivolity and cowardice - Anatol Kuragin, Natasha Rostova. The author does not forget about the problem of social stratification, the thirst for power - these are the two opposite worlds of the Kuragin and Rostov families.

In almost every chapter of the novel, in every episode, you can find an argument for a particular problem in the exam text.

2. “Quiet Don” by Mikhail Alexandrovich Sholokhov

In the epic novel dedicated to the life of the Cossacks during the Civil War, one of the central themes is female love and its depth (Natalia and Aksinya). Also, the most important problem raised by Sholokhov is the choice of path by a person. This is the torment of Grigory Melekhov (both in war and in his personal life). The classic talks about the endless pursuit of happiness in spite of any obstacles (the love story of the main characters), as well as about human lust, the influence of instincts on a person’s life (the wife of his older brother Gregory). The theme of fate, inevitability, and atonement for sins can be traced through the entire work. Sholokhov, talking about the Melekhov family, also talks about duty to parents, confrontation between different generations and betrayal.

3. Any book from the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin

Regardless of whether you are a fan of the series or a series of science fiction works, the reality created by the American writer is so global that it embodies all the joys and vices of human life, or, as Balzac would say, “the human comedy.” The history of the confrontation between houses (influential families) for the throne reveals the most terrible sides of the human soul - Martin talks about the rules of fair and dishonest war, about the problem of injustice, hatred and self-interest in society, about incest, greed and mercy, about the problem of duty to family and state, about dishonor regardless of social income, about arrogance, about the presence of a competitive spirit between family members. It doesn’t even make sense to list everything and indicate specific characters - there are many of them, and there are vices and virtues in each of the characters in the cycle. You will find an argument for almost any issue in the history of Westeros. Even the opposition to progress and rejection of the new can be told using the example of the story of the experiments on the Mountain.

4. “Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky

One of the most important works of the school curriculum is the story of “little people”, “trembling creatures”. The novel also raises a wide range of issues - the duality of the soul, the presence in every person of two poles - good and evil, atonement for sins, the choice of path (again the main characters, Marmeladov), life priorities and personality development, the role of religion in human life, greed and cynicism (old money-lender, Svidrigailov), changes in the perception of the world depending on a person’s internal experiences (St. Petersburg), feelings of guilt, inevitability of punishment, extremism, etc. Most of the novel's problems are shown through the personalities of the main characters - Rodion Raskolnikov and Sonya Marmeladova.

5. "Thunderstorm" by Alexander Nikolaevich Ostrovsky

A play dedicated to social and everyday problems (like "Dowry"), shows a dark world in which there is no room for bright emotions. They simply die under the onslaught of human “simplicity”, hatred, conservatism and ignorance. In the work one can find arguments on the themes of betrayal (Katerina’s betrayal of her husband), restlessness of the human soul, the constant search for something new (also Katerina), social stratification, following traditions and rejection of youth by the old generation (Kabanikha and Katerina, Tikhon), fate (the Countess and the omen of death ), feelings of guilt, suppression of the word of reason by the heart, lies among loved ones, teenage maximalism, theft among the rich class (Wild), power, the vicissitudes of love, relationships between fathers and children, and so on.

6. “Abroad” by Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin

You can make arguments from the satirical work of the classic on the topics of patriotism (love for the Motherland, rejection of someone else's, even if it is better), confrontation between West and East, Russia and Europe, poor and rich (conversation between a Russian and a German boy), feelings of the crowd, consumer society, oblivion traditions, the human factor in relationships, professional duty, peculiarities of the mentality of different peoples, and so on.

7. "The Captain's Daughter" by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin

It is also important to read the short work of our luminary, because this story (by the way, this argument can also be taken from the novel “War and Peace”) raises the problem of the role of the individual in history (Emelyan Pugachev and Catherine II). It is also impossible not to say about mercy (the Empress again), human behavior in a critical situation, duty to the state, parental strictness (in the person of Father Pyotr Grinev), betrayal (Shvabrin and Grinev), a sense of possessiveness (Shvabrin), social inequality and, of course, about love - the captain's daughter and Grinev.

8. “The Russian language is on the verge of a nervous breakdown” by Maxim Anisimovich Krongauz

As in the case of “Game of Thrones” (the first part), you don’t have to read it - you can watch the movie. Not everyone loves “The Great Gatsby” - for some it is boring, but the film turned out to be very dynamic (especially since some moments from the novel were not realized on screen - for example, the life of Gatsby in his youth, the episode with his family). The classic of the Jazz Age raises the problems of intolerance of the rich towards the problems of people of low “class”, the difference between love and falling in love, the thirst for power and money, the “little man”. The author also talks about true friendship, dreams and hopes. The latter, according to Fitzgerald, are often empty.

10. “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque

Remarque talks about humility, military duty, despair of those who have lost loved ones, the inevitability of death, equality before war and the death of all people (regardless of wealth, pedigree and type of activity), friendship and indifference in war to things that are important in peacetime. In a short work you can find arguments on almost any military issue.

THE PROBLEM OF PERSISTENCE AND COURAGE OF THE RUSSIAN ARMY DURING MILITARY TESTS

1. In the novel L.N. Tostogo's "War and Peace" Andrei Bolkonsky convinces his friend Pierre Bezukhov that the battle is won by an army that wants to defeat the enemy at all costs, and not one that has a better disposition. On the Borodino field, every Russian soldier fought desperately and selflessly, knowing that behind him was the ancient capital, the heart of Russia, Moscow.

2. In the story by B.L. Vasilyeva “And the dawns here are quiet...” five young girls who opposed the German saboteurs died defending their homeland. Rita Osyanina, Zhenya Komelkova, Lisa Brichkina, Sonya Gurvich and Galya Chetvertak could have survived, but they were sure that they had to fight to the end. The anti-aircraft gunners showed courage and restraint and showed themselves to be true patriots.

THE PROBLEM OF TENDERNESS

1. An example of sacrificial love is Jane Eyre, the heroine of Charlotte Brontë's novel of the same name. Jen happily became the eyes and hands of the person most dear to her when he went blind.

2. In the novel L.N. Tolstoy's "War and Peace" Marya Bolkonskaya patiently endures her father's severity. She treats the old prince with love, despite his difficult character. The princess does not even think about the fact that her father is often too demanding of her. Marya's love is sincere, pure, bright.

THE PROBLEM OF PRESERVING HONOR

1. In the novel by A.S. Pushkin's "The Captain's Daughter" for Pyotr Grinev the most important life principle was honor. Even facing the threat of the death penalty, Peter, who swore allegiance to the empress, refused to recognize Pugachev as sovereign. The hero understood that this decision could cost him his life, but a sense of duty prevailed over fear. Alexey Shvabrin, on the contrary, committed treason and lost his own dignity when he joined the camp of the impostor.

2. The problem of maintaining honor is raised in the story by N.V. Gogol "Taras Bulba". The two sons of the main character are completely different. Ostap is an honest and brave person. He never betrayed his comrades and died like a hero. Andriy is a romantic person. For the sake of love for a Polish woman, he betrays his homeland. His personal interests come first. Andriy dies at the hands of his father, who could not forgive the betrayal. Thus, you always need to remain honest first of all with yourself.

THE PROBLEM OF DEVOTED LOVE

1. In the novel by A.S. Pushkin's "The Captain's Daughter" Pyotr Grinev and Masha Mironova love each other. Peter defends the honor of his beloved in a duel with Shvabrin, who insulted the girl. In turn, Masha saves Grinev from exile when she “asks for mercy” from the empress. Thus, the basis of the relationship between Masha and Peter is mutual assistance.

2. Selfless love is one of the themes of M.A.’s novel. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita". A woman is able to accept the interests and aspirations of her lover as her own and helps him in everything. The master writes a novel - and this becomes the content of Margarita's life. She rewrites the finished chapters, trying to keep the master calm and happy. A woman sees her destiny in this.

THE PROBLEM OF REPENTANCE

1. In the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" shows the long path to repentance of Rodion Raskolnikov. Confident in the validity of his theory of “permitting blood according to conscience,” the main character despises himself for his own weakness and does not realize the gravity of the crime committed. However, faith in God and love for Sonya Marmeladova lead Raskolnikov to repentance.

THE PROBLEM OF SEARCHING FOR THE MEANING OF LIFE IN THE MODERN WORLD

1. In the story by I.A. Bunin "Mr. from San Francisco" American millionaire served the "golden calf". The main character believed that the meaning of life was to accumulate wealth. When the Master died, it turned out that true happiness passed him by.

2. In Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace" Natasha Rostova sees the meaning of life in family, love for family and friends. After the wedding with Pierre Bezukhov, the main character abandons social life and devotes herself entirely to her family. Natasha Rostova found her purpose in this world and became truly happy.

THE PROBLEM OF LITERARY ILLITERACY AND LOW LEVEL OF EDUCATION AMONG YOUTH

1. In “Letters about the good and the beautiful” D.S. Likhachev claims that a book teaches a person better than any work. The famous scientist admires the ability of a book to educate a person and shape his inner world. Academician D.S. Likhachev comes to the conclusion that it is books that teach one to think and make a person intelligent.

2. Ray Bradbury in his novel Fahrenheit 451 shows what happened to humanity after all books were completely destroyed. It may seem that in such a society there are no social problems. The answer lies in the fact that it is simply unspiritual, since there is no literature that can force people to analyze, think, and make decisions.

THE PROBLEM OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN

1. In the novel by I.A. Goncharova "Oblomov" Ilya Ilyich grew up in an atmosphere of constant care from parents and educators. As a child, the main character was an inquisitive and active child, but excessive care led to Oblomov’s apathy and weak-willedness in adulthood.

2. In the novel L.N. Tolstoy's "War and Peace" the spirit of mutual understanding, loyalty, and love reigns in the Rostov family. Thanks to this, Natasha, Nikolai and Petya became worthy people, inherited kindness and nobility. Thus, the conditions created by the Rostovs contributed to the harmonious development of their children.

THE PROBLEM OF THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONALISM

1. In the story by B.L. Vasilyeva “My horses are flying...” Smolensk doctor Janson works tirelessly. The main character rushes to help the sick in any weather. Thanks to his responsiveness and professionalism, Dr. Janson managed to gain the love and respect of all residents of the city.

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THE PROBLEM OF A SOLDIER'S FATE IN WAR

1. The fate of the main characters of the story by B.L. was tragic. Vasiliev "And the dawns here are quiet...". Five young anti-aircraft gunners opposed the German saboteurs. The forces were not equal: all the girls died. Rita Osyanina, Zhenya Komelkova, Lisa Brichkina, Sonya Gurvich and Galya Chetvertak could have survived, but they were sure that they had to fight to the end. The girls became an example of perseverance and courage.

2. V. Bykov's story "Sotnikov" tells about two partisans who were captured by the Germans during the Great Patriotic War. The further fate of the soldiers developed differently. So Rybak betrayed his homeland and agreed to serve the Germans. Sotnikov refused to give up and chose death.

THE PROBLEM OF EGOISM OF A PERSON IN LOVE

1. In the story by N.V. Gogol's "Taras Bulba" Andriy, because of his love for a Pole, went over to the enemy's camp, betrayed his brother, father, and homeland. The young man, without hesitation, decided to take up arms against his yesterday’s comrades. For Andriy, personal interests come first. A young man dies at the hands of his father, who could not forgive the betrayal and selfishness of his youngest son.

2. It is unacceptable when love becomes an obsession, as in the case of the main character of P. Suskind's "Perfumer. The Story of a Murderer." Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is not capable of high feelings. All that is of interest to him is smells, creating a scent that inspires love in people. Grenouille is an example of an egoist who commits the most serious crimes to achieve his goals.

THE PROBLEM OF BETRAYAL

1. In the novel by V.A. Kaverin "Two Captains" Romashov repeatedly betrayed the people around him. At school, Romashka eavesdropped and reported to the head everything that was said about him. Later, Romashov went so far as to begin collecting information proving Nikolai Antonovich’s guilt in the death of Captain Tatarinov’s expedition. All of Chamomile’s actions are low, destroying not only his life but also the fates of other people.

2. The action of the hero of the story by V.G. entails even deeper consequences. Rasputin "Live and Remember" Andrei Guskov deserts and becomes a traitor. This irreparable mistake not only dooms him to loneliness and expulsion from society, but is also the reason for the suicide of his wife Nastya.

THE PROBLEM OF DECEITIVE APPEARANCE

1. In Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace", Helen Kuragina, despite her brilliant appearance and success in society, is not distinguished by a rich inner world. Her main priorities in life are money and fame. Thus, in the novel, this beauty is the embodiment of evil and spiritual decline.

2. In Victor Hugo's novel Notre-Dame de Paris, Quasimodo is a hunchback who has overcome many difficulties throughout his life. The appearance of the main character is completely unattractive, but behind it lies a noble and beautiful soul, capable of sincere love.

THE PROBLEM OF BETRAYAL IN WAR

1. In the story by V.G. Rasputin "Live and Remember" Andrei Guskov deserts and becomes a traitor. At the beginning of the war, the main character fought honestly and courageously, went on reconnaissance missions, and never hid behind the backs of his comrades. However, after some time, Guskov began to think about why he should fight. At that moment, selfishness took over, and Andrei made an irreparable mistake, which doomed him to loneliness, expulsion from society and became the reason for the suicide of his wife Nastya. The hero was tormented by pangs of conscience, but he was no longer able to change anything.

2. In V. Bykov’s story “Sotnikov,” the partisan Rybak betrays his homeland and agrees to serve “great Germany.” His comrade Sotnikov, on the contrary, is an example of perseverance. Despite the unbearable pain he experienced during torture, the partisan refuses to tell the truth to the police. The fisherman realizes the baseness of his act, wants to run away, but understands that there is no turning back.

THE PROBLEM OF THE INFLUENCE OF LOVE FOR THE MOTHERLAND ON CREATIVITY

1. Yu.Ya. Yakovlev in the story “Woke by Nightingales” writes about a difficult boy Seluzhenka, whom those around him did not like. One night the main character heard the trill of a nightingale. The wonderful sounds amazed the child and awakened his interest in creativity. Seluzhenok enrolled in an art school, and since then the attitude of adults towards him has changed. The author convinces the reader that nature awakens the best qualities in the human soul and helps to reveal creative potential.

2. Love for his native land is the main motive of the work of the painter A.G. Venetsianova. He painted a number of paintings dedicated to the life of ordinary peasants. “The Reapers”, “Zakharka”, “Sleeping Shepherd” - these are my favorite paintings by the artist. The life of ordinary people and the beauty of Russia’s nature prompted A.G. Venetsianov to create paintings that have attracted the attention of viewers with their freshness and sincerity for more than two centuries.

THE PROBLEM OF THE INFLUENCE OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ON HUMAN LIFE

1. In the novel by I.A. Goncharov's "Oblomov" the main character considers childhood the happiest time. Ilya Ilyich grew up in an atmosphere of constant care from his parents and educators. Excessive care became the reason for Oblomov’s apathy in adulthood. It seemed that love for Olga Ilyinskaya was supposed to awaken Ilya Ilyich. However, his lifestyle remained unchanged, because the way of life of his native Oblomovka forever left its mark on the fate of the protagonist. Thus, childhood memories influenced the life path of Ilya Ilyich.

2. In the poem “My Way” by S.A. Yesenin admitted that his childhood played an important role in his work. Once upon a time, at the age of nine, a boy inspired by the nature of his native village wrote his first work. Thus, childhood predetermined S.A.’s life path. Yesenina.

THE PROBLEM OF CHOOSING A PATH IN LIFE

1. The main theme of the novel by I.A. Goncharov's "Oblomov" - the fate of a man who failed to choose the right path in life. The writer especially emphasizes that apathy and inability to work turned Ilya Ilyich into an idle person. The lack of willpower and any interests did not allow the main character to become happy and realize his potential.

2. From the book by M. Mirsky “Healing with a scalpel. Academician N.N. Burdenko” I learned that the outstanding doctor first studied at a theological seminary, but soon realized that he wanted to devote himself to medicine. Having entered the university, N.N. Burdenko became interested in anatomy, which soon helped him become a famous surgeon.
3. D.S. Likhachev in “Letters about the Good and the Beautiful” states that “you need to live your life with dignity so that you are not ashamed to remember.” With these words, the academician emphasizes that fate is unpredictable, but it is important to remain a generous, honest and caring person.

THE PROBLEM OF DOG LOYALTY

1. In the story by G.N. Troepolsky's "White Bim Black Ear" tells the tragic fate of the Scottish setter. Bim the dog is desperately trying to find his owner, who had a heart attack. On its way, the dog encounters difficulties. Unfortunately, the owner finds the pet after the dog is killed. Bima can confidently be called a true friend, devoted to his owner until the end of his days.

2. In Eric Knight's novel Lassie, the Carraclough family is forced to give up their collie to other people due to financial difficulties. Lassie yearns for her former owners, and this feeling only intensifies when the new owner takes her far from her home. The collie escapes and overcomes many obstacles. Despite all the difficulties, the dog is reunited with its former owners.

THE PROBLEM OF MASTERY IN ART

1. In the story by V.G. Korolenko "The Blind Musician" Pyotr Popelsky had to overcome many difficulties to find his place in life. Despite his blindness, Petrus became a pianist who, through his playing, helped people become purer in heart and kinder in soul.

2. In the story by A.I. Kuprin "Taper" boy Yuri Agazarov is a self-taught musician. The writer emphasizes that the young pianist is amazingly talented and hardworking. The boy's talent does not go unnoticed. His playing amazed the famous pianist Anton Rubinstein. So Yuri became known throughout Russia as one of the most talented composers.

THE PROBLEM OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE EXPERIENCE FOR WRITERS

1. In Boris Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago, the main character is interested in poetry. Yuri Zhivago is a witness of the revolution and civil war. These events are reflected in his poems. Thus, life itself inspires the poet to create beautiful works.

2. The theme of a writer's vocation is raised in Jack London's novel Martin Eden. The main character is a sailor who has been doing hard physical labor for many years. Martin Eden visited different countries and saw the life of ordinary people. All this became the main theme of his work. Thus, life experience allowed a simple sailor to become a famous writer.

THE PROBLEM OF THE INFLUENCE OF MUSIC ON THE MIND OF A PERSON

1. In the story by A.I. Kuprin "Garnet Bracelet" Vera Sheina experiences spiritual cleansing to the sounds of a Beethoven sonata. Listening to classical music, the heroine calms down after the trials she has experienced. The magical sounds of the sonata helped Vera find inner balance and find the meaning of her future life.

2. In the novel by I.A. Goncharova "Oblomov" Ilya Ilyich falls in love with Olga Ilyinskaya when he listens to her singing. The sounds of the aria "Casta Diva" awaken in his soul feelings that he has never experienced. I.A. Goncharov emphasizes that it has been a long time since Oblomov felt “such vigor, such strength that seemed to rise from the bottom of his soul, ready for a feat.”

THE PROBLEM OF MOTHER'S LOVE

1. In the story by A.S. Pushkin's "The Captain's Daughter" describes the scene of Pyotr Grinev's farewell to his mother. Avdotya Vasilyevna was depressed when she learned that her son needed to leave for work for a long time. Saying goodbye to Peter, the woman could not hold back her tears, because nothing could be harder for her than parting with her son. Avdotya Vasilievna's love is sincere and immense.
THE PROBLEM OF THE IMPACT OF WORKS OF ART ABOUT WAR ON PEOPLE

1. In Lev Kassil’s story “The Great Confrontation,” Sima Krupitsyna listened to news reports from the front every morning on the radio. One day a girl heard the song "Holy War". Sima was so excited by the words of this anthem for the defense of the Fatherland that she decided to go to the front. So the work of art inspired the main character to perform a feat.

THE PROBLEM OF Pseudoscience

1. In the novel by V.D. Dudintsev "White Clothes" Professor Ryadno is deeply convinced of the correctness of the biological doctrine approved by the party. For the sake of personal gain, the academician is launching a fight against genetic scientists. He vehemently defends pseudoscientific views and resorts to the most dishonorable acts in order to achieve fame. The fanaticism of an academician leads to the death of talented scientists and the cessation of important research.

2. G.N. Troepolsky in the story “Candidate of Sciences” speaks out against those who defend false views and ideas. The writer is convinced that such scientists hinder the development of science, and, consequently, of society as a whole. In the story by G.N. Troepolsky focuses on the need to combat false scientists.

THE PROBLEM OF LATE REPENTANCE

1. In the story by A.S. Pushkin's "Station Warden" Samson Vyrin was left alone after his daughter ran away with Captain Minsky. The old man did not lose hope of finding Dunya, but all attempts remained unsuccessful. The caretaker died from melancholy and hopelessness. Only a few years later Dunya came to her father’s grave. The girl felt guilty for the death of the caretaker, but repentance came too late.

2. In the story by K.G. Paustovsky's "Telegram" Nastya left her mother and went to St. Petersburg to build a career. Katerina Petrovna had a presentiment of her imminent death and more than once asked her daughter to visit her. However, Nastya remained indifferent to the fate of her mother and did not have time to come to her funeral. The girl repented only at Katerina Petrovna’s grave. So K.G. Paustovsky argues that you need to be attentive to your loved ones.

THE PROBLEM OF HISTORICAL MEMORY

1. V.G. Rasputin, in his essay “The Eternal Field,” writes about his impressions of a trip to the site of the Battle of Kulikovo. The writer notes that more than six hundred years have passed and during this time much has changed. However, the memory of this battle still lives thanks to the obelisks erected in honor of the ancestors who defended Rus'.

2. In the story by B.L. Vasilyeva “And the dawns here are quiet...” five girls fell fighting for their homeland. Many years later, their combat comrade Fedot Vaskov and Rita Osyanina’s son Albert returned to the site of the death of the anti-aircraft gunners to install a gravestone and perpetuate their feat.

THE PROBLEM OF THE LIFE COURSE OF A GIFTED PERSON

1. In the story by B.L. Vasiliev “My horses are flying...” Smolensk doctor Janson is an example of selflessness combined with high professionalism. The most talented doctor rushed to help the sick every day, in any weather, without demanding anything in return. For these qualities, the doctor earned the love and respect of all residents of the city.

2. In the tragedy of A.S. Pushkin's "Mozart and Salieri" tells the life story of two composers. Salieri writes music in order to become famous, and Mozart selflessly serves art. Because of envy, Salieri poisoned the genius. Despite Mozart's death, his works live on and excite people's hearts.

THE PROBLEM OF THE DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES OF WAR

1. A. Solzhenitsyn’s story “Matrenin’s Dvor” depicts the life of a Russian village after the war, which led not only to economic decline, but also to a loss of morality. The villagers lost part of their economy and became callous and heartless. Thus, the war leads to irreparable consequences.

2. In the story by M.A. Sholokhov’s “The Fate of a Man” shows the life path of soldier Andrei Sokolov. His house was destroyed by the enemy, and his family died during the bombing. So M.A. Sholokhov emphasizes that war deprives people of the most valuable thing they have.

THE PROBLEM OF CONTRADICTION OF THE HUMAN INNER WORLD

1. In the novel by I.S. Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" Evgeny Bazarov is distinguished by his intelligence, hard work, and determination, but at the same time, the student is often harsh and rude. Bazarov condemns people who give in to feelings, but is convinced of the incorrectness of his views when he falls in love with Odintsova. So I.S. Turgenev showed that people are characterized by inconsistency.

2. In the novel by I.A. Goncharova “Oblomov” Ilya Ilyich has both negative and positive character traits. On the one hand, the main character is apathetic and dependent. Oblomov is not interested in real life; it makes him bored and tired. On the other hand, Ilya Ilyich is distinguished by his sincerity, sincerity, and ability to understand the problems of another person. This is the ambiguity of Oblomov’s character.

THE PROBLEM OF TREATING PEOPLE FAIRLY

1. In the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" Porfiry Petrovich is investigating the murder of an old pawnbroker. The investigator is a keen expert on human psychology. He understands the motives for Rodion Raskolnikov’s crime and partly sympathizes with him. Porfiry Petrovich gives the young man a chance to confess. This will subsequently serve as a mitigating circumstance in Raskolnikov’s case.

2. A.P. Chekhov, in his story “Chameleon,” introduces us to the story of a dispute that broke out over a dog bite. Police warden Ochumelov is trying to decide whether she deserves punishment. Ochumelov’s verdict depends only on whether the dog belongs to the general or not. The warden is not looking for justice. His main goal is to curry favor with the general.


THE PROBLEM OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF HUMAN AND NATURE

1. In the story by V.P. Astafieva “Tsar Fish” Ignatyich was engaged in poaching for many years. One day, a fisherman caught a giant sturgeon on his hook. Ignatyich understood that he alone could not cope with the fish, but greed did not allow him to call his brother and the mechanic for help. Soon the fisherman himself found himself overboard, entangled in his nets and hooks. Ignatyich understood that he could die. V.P. Astafiev writes: “The king of the river and the king of all nature are in one trap.” So the author emphasizes the inextricable connection between man and nature.

2. In the story by A.I. Kuprin "Olesya" the main character lives in harmony with nature. The girl feels like an integral part of the world around her and knows how to see its beauty. A.I. Kuprin especially emphasizes that love for nature helped Olesya keep her soul unspoiled, sincere and beautiful.

THE PROBLEM OF THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN HUMAN LIFE

1. In the novel by I.A. Goncharov "Oblomov" music plays an important role. Ilya Ilyich falls in love with Olga Ilyinskaya when he listens to her singing. The sounds of the aria “Casta Diva” awaken feelings in his heart that he has never experienced. I.A. Goncharov especially emphasizes that for a long time Oblomov did not feel “such vigor, such strength, which seemed to all rise from the bottom of the soul, ready for a feat.” Thus, music can awaken sincere and strong feelings in a person.

2. In the novel M.A. Sholokhov's "Quiet Don" songs accompany the Cossacks throughout their lives. They sing on military campaigns, in the fields, and at weddings. Cossacks put their whole soul into singing. The songs reveal their prowess, their love for the Don and the steppes.

THE PROBLEM OF REPLACEMENT OF BOOKS BY TELEVISION

1. R. Bradbury's novel Fahrenheit 451 depicts a society that relies on mass culture. In this world, people who can think critically are outlawed, and books that make you think about life are destroyed. Literature was replaced by television, which became the main entertainment for people. They are unspiritual, their thoughts are subject to standards. R. Bradbury convinces readers that the destruction of books inevitably leads to the degradation of society.

2. In the book “Letters about the Good and the Beautiful” D.S. Likhachev thinks about the question: why is television replacing literature. The academician believes that this happens because TV distracts people from worries and forces them to watch some program without rushing. D.S. Likhachev sees this as a threat to people, because TV “dictates how to watch and what to watch” and makes people weak-willed. According to the philologist, only a book can make a person spiritually rich and educated.


THE PROBLEM OF THE RUSSIAN VILLAGE

1. A. I. Solzhenitsyn’s story “Matryonin’s Dvor” depicts the life of a Russian village after the war. People not only became poorer, but also became callous and soulless. Only Matryona retained a feeling of pity for others and always came to the aid of those in need. The tragic death of the main character is the beginning of the death of the moral foundations of the Russian village.

2. In the story by V.G. Rasputin's "Farewell to Matera" depicts the fate of the inhabitants of the island, which is about to be flooded. It’s hard for old people to say goodbye to their native land, where they spent their whole lives, where their ancestors are buried. The ending of the story is tragic. Along with the village, its customs and traditions are disappearing, which over the centuries have been passed down from generation to generation and formed the unique character of the inhabitants of Matera.

THE PROBLEM OF ATTITUDE TO POETS AND THEIR CREATIVITY

1. A.S. Pushkin in his poem “The Poet and the Crowd” calls the “stupid rabble” that part of Russian society that did not understand the purpose and meaning of creativity. According to the crowd, the poems are in the interests of society. However, A.S. Pushkin believes that a poet will cease to be a creator if he submits to the will of the crowd. Thus, the poet’s main goal is not national recognition, but the desire to make the world more beautiful.

2. V.V. Mayakovsky in the poem “At the top of his voice” sees the poet’s purpose in serving the people. Poetry is an ideological weapon that can inspire people and motivate them to great achievements. Thus, V.V. Mayakovsky believes that personal creative freedom should be given up for the sake of a common great goal.

THE PROBLEM OF TEACHER'S INFLUENCE ON STUDENTS

1. In the story by V.G. Rasputin "French Lessons" class teacher Lidia Mikhailovna is a symbol of human responsiveness. The teacher helped a village boy who studied far from home and lived from hand to mouth. Lydia Mikhailovna had to go against generally accepted rules in order to help out the student. While additionally studying with the boy, the teacher taught him not only French lessons, but also lessons of kindness and empathy.

2. In Antoine de Saint-Exupery's fairy tale “The Little Prince,” the old Fox became a teacher for the main character, talking about love, friendship, responsibility, and fidelity. He revealed to the prince the main secret of the universe: “you can’t see the main thing with your eyes - only your heart is vigilant.” So the Fox taught the boy an important life lesson.

THE PROBLEM OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS ORPHANS

1. In the story by M.A. Sholokhov's "The Fate of a Man" Andrei Sokolov lost his family during the war, but this did not make the main character heartless. The main character gave all his remaining love to the homeless boy Vanyushka, replacing his father. So M.A. Sholokhov convinces the reader that, despite life’s difficulties, one must not lose the ability to sympathize with orphans.

2. The story “The Republic of ShKID” by G. Belykh and L. Panteleev depicts the life of students at a social and labor education school for street children and juvenile delinquents. It should be noted that not all students were able to become decent people, but the majority managed to find themselves and took the right path. The authors of the story argue that the state should pay attention to orphans and create special institutions for them in order to eradicate crime.

THE PROBLEM OF WOMEN'S ROLE IN WWII

1. In the story by B.L. Vasiliev “And the dawns here are quiet...” five young female anti-aircraft gunners died fighting for their Motherland. The main characters were not afraid to speak out against the German saboteurs. B.L. Vasiliev masterfully portrays the contrast between femininity and the brutality of war. The writer convinces the reader that women, just like men, are capable of military feats and heroic deeds.

2. In the story by V.A. Zakrutkin’s “Mother of Man” shows the fate of a woman during the war. The main character Maria lost her entire family: her husband and child. Despite the fact that the woman was left completely alone, her heart did not harden. Maria took care of seven Leningrad orphans and replaced their mother. Tale by V.A. Zakrutkina became a hymn to a Russian woman who experienced many hardships and troubles during the war, but retained kindness, sympathy, and a desire to help other people.

THE PROBLEM OF CHANGES IN THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

1. A. Knyshev in the article “O great and mighty new Russian language!” writes with irony about lovers of borrowing. According to A. Knyshev, the speech of politicians and journalists often becomes ridiculous when it is overloaded with foreign words. The TV presenter is sure that the excessive use of borrowings is polluting the Russian language.

2. V. Astafiev in the story “Lyudochka” connects changes in language with the decline in the level of human culture. The speech of Artyomka-soap, Strekach and their friends is clogged with criminal jargon, which reflects the dysfunction of society, its degradation.

THE PROBLEM OF CHOOSING A PROFESSION

1. V.V. Mayakovsky in the poem “Who to be? raises the problem of choosing a profession. The lyrical hero thinks about how to find the right path in life and occupation. V.V. Mayakovsky comes to the conclusion that all professions are good and equally necessary for people.

2. In the story “Darwin” by E. Grishkovets, the main character, after graduating from school, chooses a business that he wants to do for the rest of his life. He realizes the “uselessness of what is happening” and refuses to study at the cultural institute when he watches a play performed by students. The young man has a firm belief that a profession should be useful and bring pleasure.

  1. A. S. Pushkin."Eugene Onegin". A person sometimes passes by without noticing his happiness. When the feeling of love arises in him, it becomes too late. This happened with Evgeny Onegin. At first he rejected the love of a village girl. Having met her a few years later, he realized that he was in love. Unfortunately, their happiness is impossible.
  2. M. Yu Lermontov."Hero of our time". Pechorin's true love for Vera. His frivolous attitude towards Mary and Bela.
  3. And S. Turgenev."Fathers and Sons". Evgeny Bazarov denied everything, including love. But life forced him to experience this true feeling for Anna Odintsova. The stern nihilist could not resist the intelligence and charm of this woman.
  4. And A. Goncharov."Oblomov." Lyubov Oblomov Olga Ilyinskaya. Olga's desire to pull Ilya out of a state of indifference and laziness. Oblomov tried to find the purpose of life in love. However, the lovers' efforts were in vain.
  5. A. N. Ostrovsky. It is impossible to live without love. Proof of this is, for example, the deep drama that Katerina, the main character of A. N. Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm,” experienced.
  6. I.A. Goncharov."Oblomov." The great power of love is a theme of many writers. Often a person is able to change even his life for the sake of his loved one. However, this is not always possible. For example, Ilya Ilyich, the hero of the novel by I.A. Goncharov "Oblomov", for the sake of love, abandoned many of his habits. Olga, having experienced disappointment, leaves Oblomov. The mutually enriching development of their relationship did not work out, because the desire to vegetate “creeping from one day to another” turned out to be stronger for Ilya.
  7. L.N. Tolstoy. Love is a great feeling. It can change a person's life. But it can bring a lot of hope and disappointment. However, this condition can also transform a person. Such life situations were described by the great Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy in the novel "War and Peace". For example, Prince Bolkonsky, after life’s hardships, was convinced that he would never experience happiness or joy again. However, a meeting with Natasha Rostova changed his view of the world. Love is a great power.
  8. A. Kuprin. Sometimes it seems that poetry and the magical beauty of love are disappearing from our lives, that people’s feelings are diminishing. A. Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet” still amazes readers with faith in love. It can be called a moving hymn of love. Such stories help to maintain the belief that the world is beautiful, and that people sometimes have access to the inaccessible.
  9. I.A. Goncharov "Oblomov". The influence of friendship on the formation of personality is a serious topic that worried I. A. Goncharov. The heroes of his novel, peers and friends, I. I. Oblomov and A. I. Stolts, are shown almost according to the same scheme: childhood, environment, education. But Stolz tried to change his friend’s sleepy life. His attempts were unsuccessful. After Oblomov’s death, Andrei took his son Ilya into his family. This is what real friends do.
  10. I.A. Goncharov "Oblomov". In friendship there is mutual influence. Relationships can be fragile if people are unwilling to help each other. This is shown in the novel by I.A. Goncharov "Oblomov". The apathetic, difficult-to-rise nature of Ilya Ilyich and the young energy of Andrei Stolts - all this spoke of the impossibility of friendship between these people. However, Andrei made every effort to encourage Oblomov to do some kind of activity. True, Ilya Ilyich could not adequately respond to his friend’s concern. But Stolz’s desires and attempts deserve respect.
  11. I.S. Turgenev "Fathers and Sons". Friendship is not always strong, especially if it is based on the subordination of one person to another. A similar situation was described by Turgenev in the novel “Fathers and Sons.” Arkady Kirsanov was at first an ardent supporter of Bazarov's nihilistic views and considered himself his friend. However, he quickly lost his conviction and went over to the side of the older generation. Bazarov, according to Arkady, was left alone. This happened because the friendship was not equal.
  12. N.V. Gogol “Taras Bulba” (about friendship, camaraderie). It is said in N. Gogol’s story “Taras Bulba” that “there is no holier bond than comradeship.”

On June 6, 2018, all eleventh grade graduates will take the Unified State Exam in the Russian language. There are no innovations provided; the type of tasks will be the same as last year. This is work with text, a task on paronyms, spelling, punctuation, finding a lexical concept, knowledge of lexical forms, as well as the ability to write an essay-argument on the specified text.

Testing will take place under surveillance cameras, so there will certainly not be an opportunity to use a cheat sheet. This exam is mandatory, without passing which a certificate will not be issued.

  • List of all problems and arguments on the Unified State Exam in Russian language 2018: man and nature
  • List of all problems and arguments on the Unified State Exam in Russian language 2018: family values
  • List of all problems and arguments on the Unified State Examination in the Russian language 2018: development of spiritual values

An excellent example for the theme of caring for nature can be the work of N.A. Nekrasov "Grandfather Mazai and the Hares." The main character saves hares that are drowning, and also provides medical assistance to two sick animals. The forest is a native place for him, and he worries about each of its inhabitants.

Y. Yakovlev “Woke by Nightingales” will be an auxiliary essay for the topic of comprehending the beauty in nature. A story about a teenager who, while in a pioneer camp, heard birds singing for the first time. The first acquaintance turned out to be unpleasant, but the subsequent ones helped us hear the beautiful melody in the sounds of nightingales. The author is convinced that beauty in nature helps us understand art and ourselves.

V. Astafiev “The King Fish” will also help with the topic of understanding the beauty in nature. A story about a hero who suffered a well-deserved punishment for misunderstanding the laws of nature and man. A violation of harmony can lead to a global catastrophe if a person does not come to his senses and begin to respect the power of flora and fauna.

L.N. Tolstoy's "War and Peace" is an argument for the role of the family in the formation of personality. A story about two opposing families - the Rostovs and the Kuragins. The first is a unit of society with sincerity and kindness, and the second is a manifestation of selfishness and malice.

N.V. Gogol's "Taras Bulba" is an excellent example of the eternal theme of the relationship between fathers and children. The main character, raising his sons, considered the opportunity to participate in battles to be his main achievement. However, Andrei’s betrayal led to infanticide on the part of his father, for whom public opinion turned out to be more important than his own loved one.

V.P. Astafyev “Participating in all living things...” - the theme of the mother’s role in raising children is developed. The author talks about his reverent attitude towards his mother, about how much she was missed for the rest of his life. And also that it is imperative to take care of the closest and dearest person - the mother.

B. Vasiliev “Wilderness” is perfect for describing a person’s spiritual values. A story about the intense life problems of the present time. Spiritual values ​​have been replaced by material ones, money is more valuable than human kindness and justice.

E. Hemingway “Where it is clean, it is light” is also suitable for describing pressing problems with the perception of the world. The heroes of the work no longer believe in friendship or love. Having lost all hope for improvement, they feel loneliness and emptiness. We can say that they are the living dead among the rest.

V. Tendryakov “Potholes” is a test of conscience theme. A guy dies as a result of an accident. He could have been saved, but the director of MTS, citing the rules, refused to provide a tractor to take the young man to the clinic.

Types of problem Arguments
Man's perception of nature as living matter (the influence of nature on the human soul) "The Tale of Igor's Campaign." All nature in the “Word” is endowed by the author with human feelings, the ability to distinguish between good and evil. She warns Russians about misfortunes, experiences grief and joy with them. Nature helps Igor in his escape from captivity, and Yaroslavna seeks her sympathy and help. The boundaries between nature and man are blurring. People are constantly compared to birds and animals. Igor enters into a conversation with Donets, Yaroslavna seeks sympathy and help from the wind, sun and Dnieper. It is difficult to name another work in which the events of people's lives and changes in nature would be so closely fused.
A.P. Chekhov "Steppe". Yegorushka, a 9-year-old boy, struck by the beauty of the steppe, humanizes it and turns it into his double: it seems to him that the steppe space is capable of suffering, and rejoicing, and yearning. His experiences and thoughts become not childishly serious, philosophical.
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. The surrounding nature can change a person and make him happy. It can influence a person’s character, change his worldview, and become a participant in people’s spiritual search. This is the role of nature in L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace.” It is she who helps Andrei Bolkonsky, one of her main characters, rethink his life. Bolkonsky strives for fame, without which, in his opinion, he cannot live. On the day of the Battle of Austerlitz, Andrei, during a panic in front of M. Kutuzov’s eyes, led an entire battalion into the attack. But Tolstoy's hero is wounded. All his ambitious plans collapse. And only now, when he was lying on the field so helpless and abandoned by everyone, he turned his attention to the sky, and it caused a sincere and deep shock in him: “How come I haven’t seen this high sky before? And how happy I am that I finally recognized him. Yes! Everything is empty, everything is deception, except this endless sky.” Bolkonsky looked at his past differently. He realized that fame is not the main incentive for human activity, that there are more lofty ideals.
V. Astafiev “Tsar Fish”. Fisherman Ignatich, who has been fishing all his life and knows how to do it perfectly, imagines himself to be the king of nature. Having caught a huge fish on a hook, he is unable to cope with it. In order to avoid death, he is forced to release her. An encounter with a fish that symbolizes the moral principle in nature forces this poacher to reconsider his ideas about life. This means that it is not man who creates nature, but nature that rules over man. He is not so merciless, she gives a person a chance to improve, waits for repentance.
Understanding the beauty in nature Yu. Yakovlev “Awakened by nightingales.” The mischievous, restless Selyuzhonok was once awakened by nightingales in a pioneer camp. Angry, with a stone in his hand, he decides to deal with the birds, but freezes, mesmerized by the song of the nightingale. Something moved in the boy’s soul; he wanted to see and then portray the forest wizard. And even though the bird he sculpted from plasticine does not even remotely resemble a nightingale, Seluzhonok experienced the life-giving power of art. When the nightingale woke him up again, he raised all the children from their beds so that they too could hear the magic trills. The author argues that the comprehension of beauty in nature leads to the comprehension of beauty in art, in oneself.
The need to respect nature ON THE. Nekrasov "Grandfather Mazai and the Hares." The hero of the poem, during the spring flood, saves drowning hares, collecting them in a boat, and cures two sick animals. The forest is his native element, and he worries about all its inhabitants. The poem gives children a lesson in love for nature, careful and reasonable love.
I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons.” People often forget that nature is their native and only home, which requires careful treatment. The main character of the novel “Fathers and Sons,” Evgeny Bazarov, is known for his categorical position: “Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man is a worker in it.” This is exactly how the author sees a “new” person in him: he is indifferent to the values ​​accumulated by previous generations, lives in the present and uses everything he needs, without thinking about what consequences this may lead to. Bazarov, rejecting any aesthetic pleasure in nature, perceives it as a workshop, and man as a worker. Arkady, Bazarov's friend, on the contrary, treats her with all the admiration inherent in a young soul. In the novel, each hero is tested by nature. For Arkady, communication with the outside world helps to heal mental wounds; for him this unity is natural and pleasant. Bazarov, on the contrary, does not seek contact with her - when Bazarov was feeling bad, he “went into the forest and broke branches.” She does not give him the desired peace of mind or peace of mind.
Love for nature S. Yesenin. One of the central themes of the lyrics of the brightest poet of the 20th century S. Yesenin is the nature of his native land. In the poem “Go you, Rus', my dear,” the poet abandons paradise for the sake of his homeland, its flock is higher than eternal bliss, which, judging by other lyrics, he finds only on Russian soil. Thus, feelings of patriotism and love for nature are closely intertwined.
Folklore. It is not for nothing that Russian folk tales often glorify love for nature and all living things. If a wanderer sees a fallen chick, he will put it in the nest; if a bird gets caught in a snare, he will free it; if a wave throws a fish ashore, he will release it back into the water. Do not seek profit, do not destroy, but help, love, save, protect - this is what folk wisdom teaches.
The problem of a soulless, consumerist, ruthless attitude towards the natural world V. Rasputin “Farewell to Matera”. Thoughtless human activity has destroyed the environment over the centuries, but the twentieth century was a time of environmental disasters. And writers cannot stay away from solving this pressing problem. For many years now, in their artistic and journalistic works Ch. ") are trying to draw public attention to the environmental situation in the country. A small episode from the life of the island on the Angara appears before us in V. Rasputin’s story “Farewell to Matera”. We learn that as a result of the construction of a powerful hydroelectric power station, the village of Matera, located on an island of the same name, must go under water. Man enters into combat with nature. To prevent trees and houses from rotting in the sea, they are burned. But people can’t do anything with the powerful tree, which the island’s inhabitants call “royal foliage.” The centuries-old larch, which cannot be defeated by people armed with fire and powerful technology, becomes a symbol of invincible Mother Nature. By committing reprisals against nature, Rasputin says, people destroy themselves: memory, morality, soul.
V. Rasputin “Fire”. We have reached a point where political and economic crises can become the death knell for our planet. The only chance of survival is human conscience. Without roots, without history, without culture, without preserving nature, our generation dooms itself to extinction. And by destroying everything around us, we leave a moral emptiness in our soul. The writer V. Rasputin speaks about this in the stories “Farewell to Matera” and “Fire”. The main character of the story “Fire” is Ivan Petrovich Egorov, a citizen-lawyer, as the Arkharovites call him. This is how the author christened careless, unhardworking people. During a fire, they behave in accordance with their usual everyday behavior: “They are dragging everything!” It is unbearable for Ivan Petrovich to feel his helplessness in front of these people. But disorder reigns not only around him, but also in his soul. The hero realizes that “a person has four supports in life: a home with a family, work, people and the land on which your house stands. If someone limps, the whole world is tilted.” In this case, the earth could not stand it. Rasputin’s destroying fire is not only an element, but also an artistic image. I think it's a burned memory. Fire cannot be avoided where the sense of beauty is lost, where the consumer attitude towards nature has taken root, where it is forgotten what it means to live according to conscience. And the writer’s word warns us all, since zones of environmental disaster are growing on the planet, like a cancerous tumor.
V. Astafiev “Tsar Fish”. Nature is alive and spiritual, endowed with moral and punitive power, it is capable of not only defending itself, but also inflicting retribution. The fate of Gosha Gertsev serves as an illustration of punitive power. This hero is punished for his arrogant cynicism towards people and nature. Punishing power extends not only to individual heroes. An imbalance poses a threat to all of humanity if it does not come to its senses in its intentional or forced cruelty.
Nature is man's ally V. Bykov “Go and never come back.” Often, writers depict pictures of nature in their works not so that they serve as a backdrop to what is happening, but so that they are full participants in the events, accompanying the heroes, warning them, saving them from harm. In V. Bykov’s story “To Go and Never Return,” nature repeatedly helps the main character out in difficult times. While going on a mission and getting caught in the snow, Zoska Noreiko notices with fear that she is lost in “this endless swamp.” The girl does not yet realize that nature is her ally, she will warm and shelter, as it happened with the haystack in which Zoska, who had gotten wet in the stream, warmed up and dried out. The writer tries to show that if a person is fused with his native nature, then he draws his spiritual strength from this source. Having come under German fire and wounded in the head, Zoska escapes in a grove, fully protected by bushes and trees. For some reason, the main character remembered a magic tree from a children's fairy tale, which always helps the heroes. It still shelters Zoska, gives her the opportunity to gather strength, survive, and get to her people. The great master of words V. Bykov proved that one should be afraid of people, but nature will always be nearby, help, give spiritual strength.
Man and nature are one B. Vasiliev “Don’t shoot white swans.” Man and nature are one. We are all a product of nature, part of it. Boris Vasiliev writes about this in his novel “Don’t Shoot White Swans.” The main character of the work, Yegor Polushkin, has an infinite love for nature and everything that surrounds him. He always works conscientiously, lives peacefully, but always turns out to be guilty. The reason for this is that Yegor could not disturb the harmony of nature, he was afraid to invade the living world. The hero understood nature, and she understood him. Only Polushkin and his son Kolka could “calm down the most angry dogs in two words.” Only he knew how to “hear and understand silence,” see the beauty of “resting nature, its sleep,” and the only thing he wanted was to “scoop up this untouched beauty with his palms and carefully, without muddying or spilling, bring it to people.” But people did not understand him and considered him unsuited to life. And Yegor called on people to protect and respect their native land. “No man is the king of nature. Not a king, it’s harmful to be called a king. He is her son, her eldest son. So be reasonable and don’t drive your mother into a coffin.” At the end of the novel, Yegor dies at the hands of those who do not understand the beauty of nature, who are accustomed only to conquering it. But Polushkin’s son, Kolka, is growing up, who, hopefully, will be able to replace his father. He will love and respect his native land, take care of it.
M.Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time”. The close emotional connection between man and nature can be traced in Lermontov’s novel “A Hero of Our Time.” The events in the life of the main character Grigory Pechorin are accompanied by changes in the state of nature in accordance with changes in his mood. Thus, considering the duel scene, the gradation of the states of the surrounding world and Pechorin’s feelings is obvious. If before the duel the sky seemed to him “fresh and blue” and the sun “brightly shining,” then after the duel, looking at Grushnitsky’s corpse, the heavenly body seemed “dim” to Gregory, and its rays “did not warm.” Nature not only reflects the experiences of the heroes, but is also one of the characters. The thunderstorm becomes the reason for a long meeting between Pechorin and Vera, and in one of the diary entries preceding the meeting with Princess Mary, Grigory notes that “the air of Kislovodsk is conducive to love.” With such an allegory, Lermontov more deeply and fully reflects the internal state of the heroes.
The influence of the beauty of nature on a person’s mood and way of thinking V.M.Shukshin “The Old Man, the Sun and the Girl.” In Vasily Makarovich Shukshin’s story “The Old Man, the Sun and the Girl” we see an amazing example of the attitude towards the native nature that surrounds us. The old man, the hero of the work, comes to the same place every evening and watches the sun set. He comments on the changing colors of the sunset to a nearby girl artist. How unexpected the discovery will be for us, the readers, and for the heroine, that the grandfather, it turns out, is blind! For more than 10 years! How you must love your native land in order to remember its beauty for decades!!!

1) He who does not love nature does not love man, is not a citizen. (F.M. Dostoevsky).

2) Protecting nature means protecting the Motherland. (M. Prishvin).

3) Nature is an eternal example of art, and the greatest and noblest object in nature is man. (V. Belinsky).

Problems of family, relationships between fathers and children

Types of problem Arguments
The role of childhood in human life L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. One of the heroes of L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace,” young Petya Rostov, who inherited all the best traits of the “Rostov breed”: kindness, openness, the desire to help a person at any moment - cannot stay at home in times of severe trials. Despite the prohibitions and persuasion of his father and mother, Peter achieved his goal: he was sent to the active army. And there he shows his best qualities, instilled in him since childhood. Let us remember how Petya took pity on the French captive drummer, how he generously treated his older comrades with sweets, how boldly and recklessly he rushed on his horse into the thick of the battle...
I.A. Goncharov “Oblomov”. The childhood of the main character Oblomov in I.A. Goncharov’s novel “Oblomov” was fabulous and cloudless. Everyone loved little Ilyusha, caressed, pampered, protected from all sorts of dangers. Oblomov did nothing, his parents forbade him to show his will, and any attempts at independence were immediately stopped. Such excessive care and concern drowned out in Oblomov any desire to do anything himself, to learn something new. Later we see how the hero grew up: lazy, apathetic, completely unadapted to life.
F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment.” The childhood of the hero of F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment”, Rodion Raskolnikov, was cloudless. A kind and sympathetic boy could not tolerate injustice. We learn about this from his dream about a poor horse being slaughtered in front of a dozen people by a drunken Mikolka. Adults are afraid of falling under the hands of a brutal person, and little Rodya, crying and screaming loudly, attacks the horse’s owner with his fists. This childhood memory emerges in his sick mind a few days before the murder of the old woman and, it would seem, stops him, pushes him to renounce his plans... But, alas!
Charles Dickens "David Copperfield". In most of Charles Dickens's novels, one can see how important childhood is for the development of every person. The most typical novel in this regard is David Copperfield. The hero of this work goes through a long path of spiritual development. An unhappy childhood, orphanhood, and the search for loved ones change David's character and give him life experience.
N.V. Gogol “Terrible Revenge.” In the plots of the stories “Terrible Revenge”, “Ivan Fedorovich Shponka and His Aunt” N.V. Gogol, revealing the inner world of his heroes, often looks for the reasons for the appearance of their characteristic features in the events experienced in childhood. For Gogol, this motive became increasingly important over time. For example, in “Terrible Revenge”, it is through an appeal to the childhood of the main character of the story - the sorcerer - that the author tries to explain the reasons for his actions.
Relationships between fathers and children A. Vampilov “The Eldest Son”. The problem of difficult relationships between parents and children is reflected in the literature. A.S. Pushkin, L.N. Tolstoy, and I.S. Turgenev wrote about this. In A. Vampilov’s play “The Eldest Son,” the author shows the attitude of children towards their father. Both son and daughter openly consider their father a loser, an eccentric, and are indifferent to his experiences and feelings. The father silently endures everything, finds excuses for all the ungrateful actions of the children, asks them only for one thing: not to leave him alone. The main character of the play sees how someone else's family is being destroyed before his eyes, and sincerely tries to help the kindest man-father. His intervention helps to overcome a difficult period in the relationship of children with a loved one.
I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons.” The problem of fathers and children is revealed in I. S. Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” in the relationship of the young nihilist Bazarov with the representative of the nobility Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov, as well as Bazarov with his parents. Pavel Petrovich is always impeccable and elegant. This person leads the life of a typical representative of an aristocratic society - he spends his time in idleness and idleness. In contrast, Bazarov brings real benefits to people and deals with specific problems. These heroes of the novel occupy directly opposite positions in life. In the frequent disputes between Bazarov and Pavel Petrovich, almost all the main issues are raised: about the ways of further development of the country, about knowledge of science, understanding of art and about attitude towards the people. At the same time, Pavel Petrovich actively defends the old foundations, and Bazarov, on the contrary, advocates their destruction. And to Kirsanov’s reproach that you are destroying everything, because you need to build, Bazarov replies that “first you need to clear the place.” We also see a generational conflict in Bazarov’s relationship with his parents. The main character has very contradictory feelings towards them: on the one hand, he admits that he loves his parents, on the other, he despises the “stupid life of his fathers.” What alienates Bazarov from his parents is, first of all, his beliefs. As people looking to the future, writers tend to side with the new generation. Turgenev, in his work “Fathers and Sons,” does not openly take sides on either side.
A. Aleksin “Mad Evdokia.” Olenka, the heroine of the story, is a talented girl, but selfish, spoiled by her father and mother. Blind parental love gave rise to Olya’s belief in her exclusivity. The reluctance to understand the feelings and experiences of loved ones and friends ultimately leads to the mother’s severe illness.
N.V. Gogol “Taras Bulba”. Bulba believed that only then could the education of Ostap and Andriy be completed, when they learned the wisdom of battle and became his worthy heirs. However, Andriy’s betrayal made Taras a murderer; he could not forgive his son for his betrayal. Only Ostap warmed his father’s soul with his courage in battle, and then during the execution. For Taras, partnership turned out to be higher than all blood ties.
A. Amlinsky “Neskuchny garden”. Using the example of three generations of the Kovalevsky family, one can trace the influence of parents on children. In the novel, not only the son seeks answers from his father to the questions that tormented him, but the father also feels the need for spiritual communication with his son. The writer is convinced: adults must “possess the gift of understanding, and therefore empathy.” If it is not there, children will inevitably become alienated from family, school and, ultimately, from society. From misunderstanding and mistrust, the drama of relationships between loved ones, parents and children is born.
A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit". The Russian writer A. S. Griboyedov did not ignore the problem of fathers and children in his comedy “Woe from Wit.” The work traces Famusov's relationship with his daughter Sophia. Famusov, of course, loves his daughter and wishes her happiness. But he understands happiness in his own way: happiness for him is money. He accustoms his daughter to the idea of ​​profit and thereby commits a real crime, because Sophia can become like Molchalin, who adopted only one principle from her father: to seek profit wherever possible. The fathers tried to teach their children about life, in their instructions they conveyed to them what was most important and significant for themselves.
Indifference of children towards parents, ingratitude of children V. Rasputin “Deadline”. Russian literature is rich in works that touch on the problem of “fathers” and “sons”. In the story “The Last Term,” V. Rasputin shows the main character, grandmother Daria, at the end of her life. She feels that her days are numbered. This is what prompted her to call the children by telegram. Children are coming, and they themselves have been parents for a long time. Daria's parental feeling awakens with renewed vigor: she comes to life, returns to life again. And the children, seeing that their mother has recovered, rush back to their place. But not even a day passes after their departure, the mother dies. This story speaks of an indifferent attitude towards a mother, a lack of understanding of her state of mind, and a mother whose heart never ceases to love her children.
K.G. Paustovsky “Telegram”. When we are young, we don’t think about what awaits us in old age, and we don’t think at all about how it can be - light, bright or heavy, sad. But in vain. After reflecting on the fate of the heroine K.G. Paustovsky from the story “Telegram”, you begin to understand how bitter it is when you are not only old and helpless, but no one needs you... In my opinion, talking about Katerina Petrovna, who was “alone in the world,” Paustovsky highlights one of the most tragic problems of humanity - the breakdown of ties between generations, which in our time entails lonely old age. Nastya, the daughter of Katerina Petrovna, has not come to her mother for four years now, pursuing a career in Leningrad. Complaining about the insensitivity towards the parents of the younger generation, the author empathizes with the heroine, tries to “reason” with the youth, to show how lonely and sad the forgotten old people can be.
A. S. Pushkin “Station Warden”. Samson Vyrin, the main character of A.S. Pushkin’s story “The Station Warden,” has a daughter, Dunya, whom he dotes on. But a passing hussar, who has his eye on the girl, tricks her into taking her away from her father’s house, the TPP-Inform portal reports. When Samson finds his daughter, she is already married, well dressed, lives much better than him and does not want to return. Samson returns to his station, where he subsequently drinks himself and dies. Three years later, the narrator drives through those places and sees the grave of the caretaker, and a local boy tells him that in the summer a lady came with three young children and cried for a long time at his grave.
F.M. Dostoevsky "Humiliated and Insulted". Natasha, the heroine of the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky's "Humiliated and Insulted", betrays his family by running away from home with his lover. The girl’s father, Nikolai Ikhmenev, is sensitive to her leaving for the son of his enemy, considering it a shame, and curses his daughter. Rejected by her father and having lost her beloved, Natasha is deeply worried - she has lost everything that was valuable in her life: her good name, honor, love and family. However, Nikolai Ikhmenev still madly loves his daughter, no matter what, and after much mental anguish, at the end of the story, he finds the strength to forgive her. In this example, we see that parental love is the strongest, selfless and forgiving.
Motherhood (the role of the mother in education) M. Gorky “Tales of Italy.” The author believes that all the best things on earth come from the mother. Those fairy tales in which the image of a mother is created, sometimes growing to the personification of the Motherland, acquire a deep philosophical meaning. Gorky begins the ninth tale with words filled with deep meaning: “Let us glorify the woman - the Mother, the inexhaustible source of all-conquering life!.. Let us glorify the woman in the world - the Mother, the only force before whom Death obediently bows! Even the “servant and slave of Death” bowed before the Mother - “the iron Tamerlane, the bloody scourge of the earth,” from whom she demanded that her son be returned to her.
A. Fadeev “Young Guard”. In a lyrical digression about his mother, the author says that a mother and her care instill in any of us morality and the ability to appreciate life.
V.P. Astafyev “Participating in all living things...” The author states: if he were given the opportunity to repeat life, he would ask his fate for one thing - to leave his mother with him. The writer missed her all his life, and he appeals to everyone with a request to take care of their mothers, because they come only once and never return, and no one can replace them.
Motherhood as a feat L. Ulitskaya “Daughter of Bukhara”. Bukhara, the heroine of the story, accomplished a maternal feat, devoting herself entirely to raising her daughter Mila, who had Down syndrome. Even being terminally ill, the mother thought through her daughter’s entire future life: she got her a job, found her a new family, a husband, and only after that allowed herself to die.
V. Zakrutkin “Mother of Man.” Maria, the heroine of the story “Mother of Man,” bore the heavy burden of war on her shoulders. The heroine was left completely alone in a village destroyed by the Nazis when she was carrying a child under her heart. But despair only gripped Maria for a minute. She realized that she couldn’t give up, she had to move on. Maria found the strength not only to survive herself, but also to help others do it. She became the mother of all living things. Among the corpses and destruction, Maria saved her life. This woman started from scratch when she had nothing. And yet the heroine managed to do the impossible: Maria gave hope to hungry Leningrad children. She did the most important thing - she simply warmed them up, showed that there are caring people in the world. Maria wants a peaceful life not only for her child, but for all children. That's why she takes care of those who are feeling bad and lonely right now. Her children thank her for this: three-year-old Dasha, little Andryusha, Galya and Natasha from the orphanage. Life sent Mary difficult trials; she found herself in the most difficult conditions. But faith, hope, goodness helped this woman. The writer is sure that only goodness, the warmth of family and mother can defeat the war.
The role of family in personality formation L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace” (epic novel). Tolstoy's ideal is a family in which relationships are built on goodness and truth. Bolkonsky, Rostov. These are not just families, these are entire ways of life based on national traditions. In the Rostov family, everything was built on sincerity and kindness, so the children - Natasha, Nikolai and Petya - became truly good people, and in the Kuragin family, where career and money decided everything, both Helen and Anatole were immoral egoists.
I. Polyanskaya “Iron and Ice Cream”. The negative psychological atmosphere in the family and the callousness of adults became the cause of the serious illness of Rita, the little heroine of the story, and the cruelty, cunning, and resourcefulness of her sister.
D.S. Likhachev in “Letters about the Good and the Beautiful” wrote about the role of the family in raising children. The scientist was confident that an adult, caring person “not through lectures and instructions, but above all through the atmosphere that reigns in the family” will raise a true citizen. “If a family has common interests, common entertainment, common recreation, then that’s a lot. Well, if at home they occasionally look at family albums, take care of the graves of their relatives, and talk about how their great-grandmothers and great-grandfathers lived, then this is doubly a lot,” wrote D.S. Likhachev.
Conflicts in the family Daniel Defoe "Robinson Crusoe". Family is the spiritual support of a person. Losing it, a person breaks away from the world. He is like a leaf that has fallen from a tree: the path of life is not under his control, the dashing winds of fate carry him back and forth, there is confusion in his soul, he is not attached to anything or anyone. This is exactly the situation in which the main character of Daniel Defoe’s novel “Robinson Crusoe” found himself. The parents did not want to understand the interests of their son, his craving for the sea. By imposing their views and interests on the young man, they only achieved the anger of their son. As a result, they lost him for many years.
Family of Leo Tolstoy. Differences in views on life are often the basis for conflicts. This took away the happiness of family life from the famous Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy. Despite his aristocratic origins, at the end of his life he lived very poorly, since he chose the path of a benefactor, distributing most of his property to the needy. His creations were famous even then, but he did not want money for his work. But Tolstoy’s wife condemned her husband. She wanted luxury, a life worthy of aristocrats. She shouldn't be blamed for that. But it was precisely this divergence of views and needs that destroyed the joy of married life.
A.S. Pushkin “The Stingy Knight”. Big money, as we know, has a detrimental effect on the human soul. Under their influence, relationships between people, even between relatives, change. This leads to misunderstanding in the family and to the fragility of family ties. Pushkin showed this perfectly in “The Miserly Knight”: money separated the old baron and his son, stood in the way of their rapprochement, shattering the hope for mutual understanding and love.
Family relationships A. Amlinsky “The Return of the Brother.” The story creates the image of a very sincere, spontaneous boy who dreamed of a friend, a protector. He hopes to find it in his older brother and looks forward to his return. But the older brother lost himself as an individual and sank to the “bottom” of life. However, the faith of the younger brother and the inability to deceive him help the eldest, Ivan, return to normal life.
A. Aleksin “Mad Evdokia.” Parents, blinded by the talent of their daughter Olya, who believed in her exclusivity, do not want to understand the class teacher, who strives to “make everyone’s success, everyone’s joy, the success and joy of everyone.” Both Evdokia Savelyevna and the guys are ready to appreciate and love the talent, but they cannot accept and forgive Olya’s arrogance and disregard for them. Much later, the father will understand the teacher and agree that the desire to be first at any cost dooms a person to loneliness.
A. Likhanov “Deception”. The main character, Seryozha, his mother died. All his further troubles are connected with this main trouble. A whole series of deceptions befalls him: it turns out that his own father, who left his family, lives in their city, his stepfather and his mother, Serezha’s teacher, frightening his grandmother that he and Serezha cannot live on a pension, move them from a two-room apartment to a miserable little room. The boy and the loneliness that has befallen him are having a hard time: both his father and stepfather actually abandoned him. The hero went through a difficult path until he realized that it was impossible to live in a lie. At the age of fourteen, Seryozha Vorobyov comes to the conviction of the need to make decisions himself.
Indifference of the adult world, children's insecurity D.V. Grigorovich "Gutta-percha boy". The hero of the story is the orphan Petya, who is mercilessly exploited in the circus: he is a tightrope walker. While performing a difficult exercise, the boy crashed, and his death simply went unnoticed.
F.M. Dostoevsky "The Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree." The boy, the hero of the story, came with his mother to St. Petersburg, but after her death, on the eve of Christmas, no one needed him. No one even gave him a piece of bread. The child was cold, hungry and abandoned.
The continuity of generations E. Hemingway “The Old Man and the Sea.” The old Cuban fisherman Santiago hopes that his skill will be preserved for centuries, but most importantly, it can be passed on as the most precious inheritance to future generations. Therefore, he teaches the boy all the intricacies of craft and life.
  1. There is no place in the world more pleasant than home. (Cicero).
  2. Happy is he who is happy at home. (L.N. Tolstoy).
  3. Disrespect for ancestors is the first sign of immorality. (A.S. Pushkin).
  4. Love for parents is the basis of all virtues. (Cicero).

The role of a teacher in a person's life

Types of problem Arguments
The role of the teacher in the life of the younger generation V. Astafiev “Photograph in which I am not present.” “Sowers of the reasonable, the good, the eternal,” they say about teachers. From them comes all the best in a person. In Russian literature, writers have more than once revealed the image of a teacher and noted his important role in the life of the younger generation. “The photograph in which I am not” is a chapter from the story “The Last Bow” by Viktor Astafiev. In it, the author depicts the events of the distant thirties, recalls a fragment of his own life, in which he describes the life of ordinary people in a distant Siberian village, which was excited by an important event - the arrival of a photographer. Thanks to the teacher, the students of the rural school were lucky enough to be immortalized. Unfortunately, Vitka was unable to film due to a leg disease. For more than a week, the boy was forced to stay at home under the care of his grandmother. One day a school teacher visited the boy and brought him a finished photograph. In this work we see how respected and loved this friendly man was in the village. And there was a reason for it! The teacher selflessly brought culture and education to a remote village, was the ringleader in the village club, ordered furniture for the school with his own money, organized the collection of “recycling materials”, as a result of which pencils, notebooks, and paints appeared in the school. The teacher never refused a request to draw up documents. He was very polite and friendly to everyone. People thanked me for this: they helped with firewood, simple village food, and looked after the child. The boy also remembers a heroic act for a teacher: a duel with a viper. This is how this man remained in the child’s memory – ready to rush forward and defend his students. And it didn’t matter that the children didn’t know the teachers’ names. For them, the word “Teacher” is already a proper name. It is important that a teacher is a person who strives to make people’s lives easier and better. And although there is no author in the old photograph, it is dear to him with memories of his distant childhood, of his relatives, whose lives make up the history of our people.
V. Rasputin “French Lessons”. Every day we go to school, we meet the same teachers. We love some of them, not so much others, we respect some, we are afraid of others. But it’s unlikely that any of us, before V.V. Rasputin’s story “French Lessons,” thought about the influence of the personality of a certain teacher on our future lives. The main character of the story was very lucky: he got a smart, sympathetic woman as his class teacher. Seeing the boy's plight and at the same time his thirst for knowledge, she constantly makes attempts to help him. Either Lydia Mikhailovna is trying to seat her student at the table and feed him enough, then she sends him parcels of food. But all her tricks and efforts go in vain, because the main character’s modesty and self-esteem do not allow him not only to admit his problems, but also to accept gifts. Lidia Mikhailovna does not insist - she respects pride, but is constantly looking for new ways to help the boy. In the end, having a prestigious job that not only feeds her well, but also gives her a place to live, the French teacher decides to commit the “sin” - she involves the student in a game for money so that he can earn his own bread and milk. Unfortunately, the “crime” is revealed, and Lydia Mikhailovna has to leave the city. And yet, the boy will never be able to forget the attention, friendly attitude, sacrifice made by the teacher to help his pupil, and throughout his life he will carry gratitude for the best lessons - lessons of humanity and kindness.
A. Aleksin “Third in the fifth row.” Teacher Vera Matveevna, reflecting on methods of education, is forced to admit that she was wrong in trying to educate all her students the same way: “You cannot suppress a person. Everyone must do good in their own way... The dissimilarity of characters should hardly be taken for incompatibility.”
A. Aleksin “Mad Evdokia.” The teacher Evdokia Vasilievna was convinced: the greatest talent in her students was the talent of kindness, the desire to come to the rescue in difficult times, and it was these character traits that she cultivated in them.
A. de Saint-Exupéry “The Little Prince”. The Old Fox taught the Little Prince to comprehend the wisdom of human relationships. To understand a person, you need to learn to peer into him and forgive minor shortcomings. After all, the most important thing is always hidden inside, and you can’t see it right away.
A.I. Kuprin "Taper". Anton Rubinstein, the great composer, heard the talented piano playing of the unknown young tapper Yuri Azagarov, and helped him become a famous musician.
A. Likhanov “Dramatic pedagogy”. “The worst thing that can exist in this world is a teacher who does not recognize, does not see, does not want to see his mistakes. A teacher who never once said to his students, their parents, or himself: “Sorry, I was wrong” or: “I failed.”
A.S. Pushkin and the poet Zhukovsky. There are many cases in history when a teacher had a huge influence on a student, which subsequently led the latter to success. A.S. Pushkin always considered the Russian poet Zhukovsky as his teacher, who was one of the first to note the aspiring poet’s extraordinary creative abilities. And Zhukovsky signed the portrait for Pushkin with the following words: “To the winner - a student from a defeated teacher.”

The role of art and literature in human life

Types of problem Arguments
The role of books in the intellectual, spiritual, moral development of a person A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”. In literature, facts are known about how exactly books shaped the inner world of heroes. Tatyana Larina, the heroine of A.S. Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin,” grew up as a lonely girl, immersed in her feelings and experiences. Tatyana could not find answers to her questions from the elders. And then she turned to books. The hero of her novel was Onegin. Tatyana was able to reveal Evgeniy’s inner world by getting acquainted with his library, with the notes he made in the margins of his favorite books. She decides that Onegin, in his feelings and actions, copies the heroes of European romanticism of the early nineteenth century. By touching the books, Tatyana was able to look into the soul of another person and understand his inner world.
F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment.” An example of the influence of a book on a person’s inner world can be seen in the scene of reading the Gospel in F. M. Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment.” Sonechka reads excerpts from this book, and Raskolnikov’s thoughts begin to flash: “Can her beliefs not now be my beliefs?” “You can overstep yourself, but you cannot overstep someone else’s life,” is Sonechka’s thought after reading the Gospel. Even books not read, but passed through the soul of another person can have a strong impact on feelings and views.
D. London "Martin Eden". The main character of D. London's novel “Martin Eden” is a working guy, a sailor, coming from the lower classes. Martin meets Ruth Morse, a girl from a wealthy bourgeois family, who awakens an interest in literature in the semi-literate Martin. The hero firmly decides to change, earn money and become worthy of his beloved. And books help him with this. He draws up a program for self-improvement, works on his language and pronunciation, reads a lot of novels, scientific works, and collections of poetry. Hard work bears fruit: Martin is far superior intellectually to Ruth, her family, and acquaintances - all those whom he admired at first and before whom he felt painful shame for his ignorance and lack of education. Moreover, he begins to write himself and becomes a successful writer.
D.S. Likhachev in “Letters about the Good and the Beautiful” wrote: “Literature gives us a colossal, extensive and deepest experience of life. It makes a person intelligent, develops in him not only a sense of beauty, but also understanding - an understanding of life, all its complexities, serves as a guide to other eras and to other peoples, opens the hearts of people to you. In a word, it makes you wise." In my opinion, you couldn’t say it better!
M. Gorky “My Universities”. Books contributed a lot to Alyosha Peshkov’s life. They helped to understand the vastness of the world, its beauty and diversity. Alyosha tells what exactly he liked, what and how he understood. He voraciously read everything he could find - pulp, books by minor, random, now forgotten authors, mixed with classics. From the text of Gorky’s trilogy, one can compile long lists of the books he read, with his annotations and evaluations, and conduct the most interesting research about Alyosha Peshkov’s reading circle. He himself learns to distinguish a good book from a bad one. He needs to read “Tradition” twice to understand that this book is weak. It’s interesting to watch how a boy’s taste is formed and honed. Reading it randomly had its advantage - it trained the mind; he learned to navigate the sea of ​​books, he was free from school authorities. So he independently understood and felt the genius of Pushkin “Pushkin surprised me so much with the simplicity and music of his verse that for a long time the prose seemed unnatural to me and it was awkward to read.” Alyosha retold his favorite books to anyone - orderlies, sailors, clerks, read aloud, and people eagerly listened to him, sometimes cursed, ridiculed, but also sighed and admired...
The role of reading in human life R. Bradbury in the dystopian novel “Fahrenheit 451” wrote that an ordinary person can see only one hundredth with his own eyes, and “he learns the remaining ninety-nine percent through a book.” In the utopian world of the future there are no social problems. They were defeated by the destruction of books - because literature makes you think. Bonfires from works of art symbolize the death of human spirituality, the transformation of people into hostages of primitive mass culture.
Declining level of reading activity in modern society L. Zhukhovitsky “Book or box.” The famous publicist L. Zhukhovitsky, in his article “Book or Box,” speaks indignantly about the negative impact of the “talking box” on a person, which contributes to the degradation of the population. L. Zhukhovitsky makes a case for television, which has raised more than one generation of “deaf-mute” children who cannot communicate at all. It is television that hinders the development of a child’s thinking: children are accustomed to “what the box thinks for them” and do not want to pick up a book.
The role of music in human life, human perception of music Song "Holy War". Beautiful music has a huge impact on a person's inner world. She can lift your spirits, invigorate, calm. There are many pieces of music that have the unique ability to lead people and move towards their cherished goal. For example, everyone knows the song “Holy War”, written by composer A.V. Alexandrov and poet V.I. Lebedev-Kumach. It became the musical emblem of the Great Patriotic War. With this song, the Russian people, gripped by “noble rage,” went into mortal combat and stood shoulder to shoulder in defense of their Motherland.
V. Astafiev’s story “The Last Bow” tells the story of a boy who heard music for the first time in his life. Anxiety, bitterness, pity for the dead fellow villagers, love for the homeland - this is the range of feelings and emotions experienced by the child. The narrator hears the same music many years later during the war. And now Oginsky’s polonaise has a different effect on the listener: “she called somewhere,” “forced her to do something.” This means that music can not only be enjoyed, music is something that can make you act.
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. In a number of works by Russian writers, characters experience strong emotions under the influence of harmonious music. One of the characters in L.N. Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace,” Nikolai Rostov, having lost a large sum of money at cards, is in confusion, but upon hearing the magnificent performance of the aria by his sister Natasha, he perked up. The accident was no longer so tragic for him.
In A.I. Kuprin’s story “The Garnet Bracelet,” to the sounds of a Beethoven sonata, the heroine Vera Sheina experiences spiritual cleansing after the difficult moments of her life. The magical sounds of the piano helped her find inner balance, find strength, and find meaning for her future life.
V. Astafiev “Dome Cathedral”. The narrator is convinced that only music will save the world and each of us from internal decay and will help us better understand ourselves. The author, reflecting on the power of music, is based on his personal impressions of hearing the “singing of the organ” in the Dome Cathedral. “Before the great music, “mental turmoil, the absurdity of a hectic life, petty passions, and everyday worries receded,” the author recalls. “Before the greatness of the beautiful” the people who filled the cathedral were ready to bend their knee, crying from the “tenderness that stunned them.” Everything except the music seemed ridiculous and meaningless.
K. Paustovsky “The Old Cook”. The role of music in the story is the main one, because music helped the old cook see in his imagination what he could not see in reality: it magically transported the old man to another time, provided the opportunity to again feel young, in love, and meet his Martha; lifted the burden from his soul. For the blind hero of this story, Mozart’s music recreated a visible picture, helped him return to the past, and see the happiest events of his life.
V. Korolenko “The Blind Musician.” Petrus was born blind, and music helped him survive and become a truly talented pianist. A blind man finds strength in music. Through it, he can influence people, tell them the most important things about life that he himself found so difficult to understand. This is the choice of a blind musician.
A.P. Chekhov "Rothschild's Violin". Yakov Matveevich, the hero of the story, the melody he found, amazingly beautiful, touching and sad, forces him to make philosophical generalizations of a humane nature: if there were no hatred and malice between people, the world would become beautiful, no one would bother each other. For the first time, he felt shame from offending others.
L.N. Tolstoy "Albert". The main character of the story is a brilliant musician. He plays the violin mesmerizingly, and the listeners feel as if they are once again experiencing something that has been lost forever, that their souls are warming.
The influence of a work of art on a person G.I. Uspensky has a wonderful story “Straightened Up”. It is about the influence the wonderful sculpture of Venus de Milo, exhibited in the Louvre, had on the narrator. The hero was amazed by the great moral strength that emanated from the ancient statue. “The stone riddle,” as the author calls it, made a person better: he began to behave impeccably, and felt the happiness of being human.
D.S. Likhachev “Letters about the good and the beautiful.” Different people perceive works of art differently. One will freeze with delight in front of the master’s canvas, while the other will pass by indifferently. D.S. Likhachev discusses the reasons for such different approaches in “Letters about the Good and the Beautiful.” He believes that the aesthetic passivity of some people is generated by the lack of proper exposure to art in childhood. Only then will a true viewer, reader, and connoisseur of paintings grow up, when in his childhood he will see and hear everything that is displayed in works of art, and will be transported by the power of imagination into a world clothed in images.
Life example. Can art change a person's life? Actress Vera Alentova recalls such an incident. One day she received a letter from an unknown woman, which told her that she was left alone and did not want to live. But after watching the film “Moscow Doesn’t Believe in Tears,” the woman became a different person: “You won’t believe it, I suddenly saw that people were smiling and they weren’t as bad as I thought all these years. And the grass, it turns out, is green, And the sun is shining... I recovered, for which I thank you very much.”
Life example. Scientists and psychologists have long argued that music can have various effects on the nervous system and human tone. It is generally accepted that Bach's works enhance and develop the intellect. Beethoven's music awakens compassion and cleanses a person's thoughts and feelings of negativity. Schumann helps to understand the soul of a child. Dmitri Shostakovich's seventh symphony is subtitled "Leningrad". But the name “Legendary” suits her better. The fact is that when the Nazis besieged Leningrad, the residents of the city were greatly influenced by Dmitry Shostakovich’s 7th Symphony, which, as eyewitnesses testify, gave people new strength to fight the enemy.

The problem of development and preservation of the Russian language

Types of problem Arguments
The beauty and richness of the Russian language V.G. Korolenko “Without a tongue.” Russian writers in their works often talk about the beauty and richness of the Russian language. They encourage people to love, appreciate and protect their native speech. V.G. Korolenko in the story “Without a Language” said: “They say the truth, without a language a person is like a blind person or a small child.” Indeed, the writer reminds us that people with a small vocabulary and poor speech never realize all the mighty power and extraordinary richness of their native language. And the scary thing is that they pollute our speech with this.
I.S. Turgenev “Russian language”. The feeling of pride in one’s language, admiration for its wealth is also heard in Turgenev’s prose poem “The Russian Language”. He admires the greatness and freedom of Russian speech, and says that in the difficult years for the author, only the language was his “support and support.” The writer claims that “such a language was given to a great people.” We inherited the language of Pushkin, Turgenev, Tolstoy, Chekhov. So why doesn’t our “great people” appreciate this and protect Russian vocabulary from contamination?
Protection and preservation of the Russian language In T. Tolstoy's novel "Kys" people have ruined the Russian language so much that it is no longer recognizable as its former melodiousness. They “throw” words, while pronouncing them incorrectly. After reading such books, I want to protect and protect our language from jargon and slang.
D.S. Likhachev “Letters about the good and the beautiful.” Sloppy dressing is disrespect for the people around you, and disrespect for yourself. How should we evaluate our attitude towards the language we speak? Language, even more than clothing, testifies to a person’s taste, his attitude towards the world around him, towards himself. A truly strong, healthy, confident person will not unnecessarily speak loudly, swear, or use swear words or slang words. After all, he is sure that his word is already significant. Our language is a vital part of our overall behavior in life. And by the way a person speaks, we can easily judge who we are dealing with. It takes a long time and carefully to learn good, calm, intelligent speech, because our speech is the most important part not only of our behavior, but also of our personality, our soul, mind, and our ability not to succumb to environmental influences.
I.S. Turgenev: “Take care of our language, our beautiful Russian language, this treasure, this heritage passed on to us by our predecessors.” A. Kuprin: “Language is the history of the people. Language is the path of civilization and culture. That is why studying and preserving the Russian language is not an idle activity because there is nothing to do, but an urgent necessity.”
Journalistic article by S. Kaznacheev. The literary critic raises the problem of the development and preservation of the Russian language, the use of words or symbols that belong to foreign languages, namely their excessive use, which can lead to the extinction of Russian speech. The author of the article writes that today our language is clogged with various jargons, colloquial and foreign words, and the original Russian words are gradually being forgotten. And it is bitter and offensive for the Russian people to realize this. Indeed, nowadays the younger generation ceases to appreciate the merits of people such as Cyril and Methodius, who gave us the alphabet, and V. Dahl, who devoted his entire life to studying the Russian language. And hardly anyone living in the 21st century has thought about the price these people paid for their merits. The author is convinced that the “blind” use of borrowings today leads to distortion of the alphabet, destruction of Russian words, disruption of the functioning of the language, and loss of cultural traditions.
Poems by A. Akhmatova about language: Gold rusts and steel decays,
Marble is crumbling. Everything is ready for death.
The most durable thing on earth is sadness
And the royal word is more durable. It’s not scary to lie under dead bullets, It’s not bitter to be homeless, - And we will save you, Russian speech, the Great Russian word. (“Courage”) The future of the Motherland, according to the poetess, directly depends on the integrity of the language.

Problems associated with negative human qualities

Types of problem Arguments
Heartlessness, mental callousness A.I. Solzhenitsyn “Matryonin’s yard”. The main character Matryona, not receiving anything for her work, goes to help neighbors, relatives, and the collective farm at the first call. Absolutely devoid of envy, she enjoys the work itself, does not pursue wealth, and helps people selflessly. Fellow villagers willingly take advantage of her kindness, never ask, but simply state a fact: “We will have to help the collective farm.” And they themselves not only do not help Matryona, but also try not to appear in her house at all, fearing that she will ask for help. For relatives and neighbors, Matryona’s death is just an excuse to slander her and an opportunity to profit from her few goods. At the wake, no one spoke about Matryona herself.
Y. Mamleev “Jump into the coffin.” The relatives of the sick old woman Ekaterina Petrovna, tired of caring for her, decided to bury her alive and thereby get rid of their problems. A funeral is a terrible evidence of what a person becomes, devoid of compassion, living only in his own interests.
K.G. Paustovsky “Telegram”. Nastya lives a bright, fulfilling life away from her lonely, old mother. To her daughter, all her affairs seem so important and urgent that she completely forgets to write letters home and does not visit her mother. Even when a telegram arrived about her mother’s illness, Nastya did not go right away, and therefore did not find Katerina Ivanovna alive. The mother never lived to see her only daughter, whom she loved very much.
L. Razumovskaya “Dear Elena Sergeevna.” Heartless, cynical students began to reproach the teacher for her old-fashioned clothes, her honest attitude to work, for the fact that she had been teaching all her life, but she herself had not accumulated any capital and did not know how to profitably sell her knowledge. Their arrogance and callousness became the cause of Elena Sergeevna’s death.
Degradation of spiritual culture A.P. Chekhov “Ionych”. In Russian literature, A.P. Chekhov often addressed the problem of spiritual degradation in his works. In the story “Ionych” we see a typical picture of the philistine life of a provincial town, in which all visitors were oppressed by boredom and the monotony of existence. However, the dissatisfied were assured that the city was good, there were many intelligent people. And the Turkins were always cited as an example of an educated family. However, peering into the lifestyle, inner world and morals of these characters, we see that in fact they are petty, narrow-minded, vulgar people. Startsev falls under their destructive influence, gradually turning from an intelligent and talented doctor into an ordinary person. The author, step by step, reveals to us the life story of a young doctor who chose the wrong path of material enrichment. This choice was the beginning of his spiritual impoverishment.
A.P. Chekhov “Gooseberry”. Another example of spiritual degradation is Nikolai Ivanovich from Chekhov’s story “Gooseberry”. In pursuit of the dream of buying his own estate, he forgets about internal development. All his actions, all his thoughts were subordinated to this material goal. Chimsha-Himalayan, dreaming of an estate with gooseberries, is malnourished, denies himself everything, marries for convenience, dresses like a beggar and saves money. He practically starved his wife to death, but he achieved his dream. How pitiful he is when he eats sour gooseberries with a happy, self-satisfied look!
D.S. Likhachev in his book “Russian Culture” and in other studies defined culture as the spiritual basis of national existence, and its preservation as a guarantee of the “spiritual security” of the nation. The scientist has repeatedly emphasized that without culture, the present and future of the people and the state are meaningless. Likhachev developed the “Declaration of Culture” - a document designed to protect and support the culture created by humanity at the international level.
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. The great Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy, in his novel “War and Peace,” wrote more than once about the moral qualities of man. So, for example, for Anna Mikhailovna Drubetskaya and her son, the main goal in life is to establish their material well-being. And for this, Anna Mikhailovna does not disdain either humiliating begging or the use of brute force.
Lack of honor and dignity In A.N. Ostrovsky’s drama “The Thunderstorm,” the author showed the wild society of the district town of Kalinov, living according to the laws of Domostroy, and contrasted it with the image of a freedom-loving girl who did not want to come to terms with Kalinov’s norms of life and behavior. One of the most important issues raised in the work is the issue of human dignity. The merchant society shown in the play lives in an atmosphere of lies and hypocrisy. The merchant's wife Kabanova and Dikoy are powerful, cruel tyrants who consider themselves entitled to insult and humiliate those who depend on them. For them there is no concept of human dignity. Constantly humiliated, some members of the younger generation lost their self-esteem and became slavishly submissive, never objecting, having no opinion of their own. For example, Tikhon is a man whose mother, since childhood, crushed his already not very lively attempts to show character. Tikhon is pitiful and insignificant: he can hardly be called a person; drunkenness replaces all the joys of life for him, he is incapable of strong, deep feelings, the concept of human dignity is unknown to him.
A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter". Shvabrin is an aristocrat who previously served in the guard and was exiled to the Belogorsk fortress for a duel. He is smart, educated, eloquent, witty, resourceful. But Shvabrin is deeply indifferent to the people, to everything that does not concern his personal interests. He has no sense of honor and duty. Offended by Masha's refusal to marry him, he takes revenge on her by slandering her. He writes an anonymous denunciation to old man Grinev about his son. Already after the first news of the uprising, Shvabrin began to think about treason, which he carried out when Pugachev took the fortress. Shvabrin went over to Pugachev’s side not out of high ideological motives, but with the aim of reprisal against Grinev. This hero evokes a sharply negative attitude towards himself in Pushkin.
Betrayal, moral failure A. Dumas “The Count of Monte Cristo”. A striking example of betrayal that cripples people’s destinies is described in A. Dumas’ novel “The Count of Monte Cristo.” The hero of the book, young Edmond Dantes, assistant captain of the Marseilles ship "Pharaoh", the happy groom of the beautiful Mercedes, slandered by envious people and betrayed by the coward Caderousse, finds himself a prisoner of the Chateau d'If for seventeen years. After being rescued from the “stone bag”, Edmond will take revenge on his offender... But the youth and love of the beautiful Mercedes cannot be returned.
L. Andreev “Judas Iscariot”. Judas Iscariot, betraying Christ, wants to test the devotion of his disciples and the correctness of the humanistic teachings of Jesus. However, they all turned out to be cowardly ordinary people, like the people who also did not stand up for their Teacher.
N.S. Leskov “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District.” Sergei, the lover and then the husband of the merchant Katerina Izmailova, committed the murders of her relatives with her, wanting to become the only heir to a rich fortune, and subsequently betrayed his beloved woman, calling her an accomplice in all the crimes. At the convict stage, he cheated on her and mocked her.
N.V. Gogol “Taras Bulba”. For the love of a beautiful Polish woman, Andriy renounces his homeland, relatives, and comrades, and voluntarily goes over to the side of the enemy. This betrayal was further aggravated by the fact that he rushed into battle against his father, brother, and former friends. An unworthy, shameful death is the result of his moral fall.
Loss of spiritual values B. Vasiliev “Wilderness”. The events of the story allow us to see how in today’s life the so-called “new Russians” strive to enrich themselves at any cost. Spiritual values ​​have been lost because culture has disappeared from our lives. Society was split, and the bank account became the measure of a person’s merit. Moral wilderness began to grow in the souls of people who had lost faith in goodness and justice.
V. Astafiev “Lyudochka”. Growing up in the village amid poverty and drunkenness, cruelty and immorality, the heroine of the story seeks salvation in the city. Having become a victim of brutal violence, in an atmosphere of general indifference, Lyudochka commits suicide.
V. Zheleznikov “Scarecrow”. Vladimir Zheleznikov spoke about how the process of loss of spiritual values ​​affected the young generation of the 80s in the story “Scarecrow”. A weak creature appears before us: an awkward, odd girl, Lena. It is she who becomes a victim of the callousness of her classmates. Some of them do not know what they are doing, others know that Lena is not to blame for anything, but prefer to remain silent about it. Zheleznikov’s stinging reproaches to the victim sound cruel. “We don’t need those! Chu-che-lo-o-o!” - her classmates shout in Lena’s face. One can only think: where does such bestial anger come from in young hearts, where does such a passion for tormenting one’s neighbor come from? The story ends with Lena's departure from the city. Her departure is more like an escape. But the writer gives Lena’s tormentors the opportunity at the last moment to see the light and understand who they expelled. Together with Lena, kindness, gullibility, compassion, and love disappeared from the class. It’s late, but still the realization comes to the guys that they can’t live according to animal laws: “Melancholy, such a desperate longing for human purity, for selfless courage and nobility, increasingly captured their hearts and demanded a way out.”
V. Astafiev “Postscript”. The author describes with shame and indignation the behavior of listeners at a symphony orchestra concert, who, despite the excellent performance of famous works, “began to leave the hall. Yes, if only they left him just like that, silently, cautiously - no, they left him with indignation, shouting, and abuse, as if they had been deceived in their best lusts and dreams.”
Inhumanity, cruelty R. Bradbury "Dwarf". Ralph, the hero of the story, is cruel and heartless: he, being the owner of the attraction, replaced the mirror in which the dwarf came to look, consoled by the fact that at least in the reflection he sees himself tall, slender and beautiful. Once again, the dwarf, who expected to see himself the same again, flees with pain and horror from the terrible sight reflected in the new mirror, but his suffering only entertains Ralph.
I.S. Turgenev “Mumu”. Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is not only a great Russian writer, but also an active defender of the weak, humiliated and disadvantaged. As a small boy, he observed the cruel and unfair treatment of serfs by his domineering landowner mother. Having become a writer, Turgenev tried to express his attitude towards serfdom as honestly and openly as possible on the pages of his works. Reading the story “Mumu”, we get acquainted with the heroes of the events described. This is the “nice guy” Gerasim, and the timid washerwoman Tatyana, and the quick-witted butler Gavrila, and the degraded shoemaker Kapiton Klimov, and many others. Each of them experienced a lot of grief and resentment in their lives, but the most amazing thing is that the fates of all these people are completely given into the hands of a capricious, touchy, domineering and stupid lady, any change in whose mood can cost even the life of a serf. Surrounded by flattering and cowardly hangers-on, the lady never thinks that a forced person can have pride and dignity. Treating the serfs like toys, she, in her own way, marries them, moves them from place to place, executes them and pardons them. Adapting to the absurd character of the mistress, the servants become cunning, resourceful, deceitful, or intimidated, cowardly, and unresponsive. The worst thing is that no one is trying to change anything, because this state of affairs is the norm accepted by everyone. And if the life of serfs is gray and monotonous, then the life of a lady is “joyless and stormy.” She did not, does not and never will have friends, loved ones and even truly close ones, because she does not need honesty and frankness, she does not know what it is.
Y. Yakovlev “He killed my dog.” The hero of the story picked up a dog abandoned by its owners. He is full of concern for the defenseless creature and does not understand his father when he demands that the dog be kicked out: “What did the dog do?.. I couldn’t drive the dog out, it was already kicked out once.” The boy is shocked by the cruelty of his father, who called the gullible dog and shot him in the ear. He not only hated his father, he lost faith in goodness and justice.
Crime and punishment for it A.S. Makarenko “Pedagogical poem”. When we talk about theft, images of street children from the novel “Pedagogical Poem” come to mind. These are images of tramps who find themselves on the street, at the bottom of life for one reason or another. Left to their own devices, they are forced to steal to feed themselves. Having stolen once, they soon find themselves on a slippery slope that certainly leads to disaster. Following the saying: “If you are not caught, you are not a thief,” street children think about impunity for their actions. The habit of stealing kills human qualities in their souls. There are a lot of thieves among Makarenko’s students. These are Karabanov, and Prikhodko, and others. Once Prikhodko, already in prison, stole a chicken. Not because he wanted to eat, but simply because it had become a habit for him. And how ashamed he was for the crime he had committed when he was forced to eat this chicken in front of all the inmates of the colony. How he wept bitterly! Probably at that very moment the boy realized that every crime must be punished.
F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment.” There are many works of fiction that describe the moment of theft and the subsequent punishment. Rodion Raskolnikov, the hero of the novel “Crime and Punishment,” commits a theft that entails a double murder. A person who is well prepared for a crime, who has thought through his every step, who has found justification for his crime, finds himself in terrible trouble: his conscience punishes him much more than law enforcement agencies. After all, not a single soulless crime goes unpunished.
Reverence for rank, human insignificance, fear of superiors A.P. Chekhov "Death of an Official". The official Chervyakov is incredibly infected with the spirit of veneration: having sneezed and splashed the bald head of General Bryzzhalov sitting in front of him (and he did not pay attention to it), Ivan Dmitry was so frightened that after repeated humiliated requests to forgive him, he died of fear.
A.P. Chekhov “Thick and Thin”. The heroes of the story “Fat and Thin” are childhood friends. They have names, the author even names them, but the names are not at all important here. The characteristics “thick” and “thin” reveal the inner essence of these heroes much more fully: a happy, successful secret councilor and a fussy collegiate assessor, barely making ends meet. While the difference in position is unknown to them, their eyes glow with sincere joy, and friends, interrupting each other, remember former times and ask about their present life. But now their official position becomes known. Surprisingly, no change occurs with the fat one; he is really worried about memories, old school pranks. But what happened to the thin one? Why did he “suddenly turn pale, turn petrified”, “shrink, hunched over, narrow”? Why did his previously joyful face “warm in all directions with a wide smile”? What happened to his speech? How creepy that a person is capable of humiliating himself so much, just after sensing a difference in his official position! Before us stands a man devoid of self-esteem and self-respect. The author wants to emphasize that respect for superiors and slavish veneration are completely different things, and a person must be able to behave with dignity and remain a person at any level of the career ladder.
A.S. Griboyedov “Woe from Wit.” Molchalin, the negative character of the comedy, is sure that one should please not only “all people without exception,” but even “the janitor’s dog, so that it is affectionate.” The need to tirelessly please also gave rise to his affair with Sophia, the daughter of his master and benefactor Famusov. Maxim Petrovich, the “character” of the historical anecdote that Famusov tells for the edification of Chatsky, in order to earn the favor of the empress, turned into a jester, amusing her with absurd falls.
Dullness and aggressiveness A.P. Chekhov “Unter Prishibeev”. Non-commissioned officer Prishibeev has been keeping the entire village in fear for 15 years with his absurd demands and brute physical force. Even after spending a month in custody for his illegal actions, he could not get rid of the desire to command. The goal of this non-commissioned officer is to nip in the bud any “deviation from law and order,” whatever it may be. Prishibeev is not just a rude and ignorant person, the non-commissioned officer in him completely overshadowed the person, all that remained was just a walking “function”. In fact, this is a bright voluntary performer of the punitive function of power. He understands that civil servants exist to restore order, but since now no one needs his denunciations, his social nature suffers, and he cannot leave the disorder unpunished. The retired non-commissioned officer is confident that he is protecting the interests of society, and this fuels his active life position: “If I don’t disperse them, then who will?” The “evil seeds” of Prishibeevism are still sprouting today, because they are rooted in the own nature of potential carriers of this evil in people who have lost their human self-worth.
M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “The History of a City.” Stupid and aggressive Foolov's mayors, especially Gloomy-Burcheev, amaze the reader with the absurdity and grotesqueness of their orders and decisions. For example, Ugryum-Burcheev decides to rebuild the city according to his own design, which is very reminiscent of a prison. The author characterizes Ugryum-Burcheev as a complete idiot who cannot see beyond his nose. But within this radius everything should be as he wants. The gloomy Burcheev destroys Foolov, tries to block the river, but nature turns out to be stronger.
Rudeness M. Zoshchenko “Case History.” A satirical story telling about the attitude of medical staff towards an unfortunate patient allows you to see how rudeness is ineradicable in people: “Perhaps you will be ordered to be put in a separate room and a sentry will be assigned to you so that he will drive away flies and fleas from you?” - said the nurse in response to a request to restore order in the department.
A.N. Ostrovsky “Thunderstorm”. The character of the drama Dikoy is a typical boor who insults Boris’s nephew, calling him a “parasite”, “damned”, and many inhabitants of the city of Kalinov. Impunity gave rise to complete unbridledness in Dikiy. The main features of the Wild are rudeness, ignorance, hot temper and absurdity of character. “Look for another scolder like ours, Savel Prokofich! He will never cut off a person,” Shapkin says about him. The whole life of the Wild One is based on “swearing”. Neither financial transactions, nor trips to the market - “he doesn’t do anything without swearing.” Most of all, Dikiy gets it from his family and his nephew Boris, who came from Moscow.
D. Fonvizin “Undergrowth”. Mrs. Prostakova considers her boorish behavior towards others to be the norm: she is the mistress of the house, whom no one dares to contradict. That’s why she has Trishka as a “cattle”, a “blockhead” and a “thief’s mug”. Mrs. Prostakova's son, Mitrofanushka, is rude and cruel. He does not value his father at all, mocks teachers and serfs. He takes advantage of the fact that his mother dotes on him and spins her around as she wants. I think that through the image of Mitrofan, Fonvizin shows the degradation of the Russian nobility: from generation to generation, its ignorance, rudeness, rudeness increases, people are gradually turning into animals. No wonder Skotinin calls Mitrofan “damned pig.”
A.P. Chekhov “Chameleon”. The police supervisor Ochumelov grovels before those who are higher than him on the career ladder and feels like a formidable boss in relation to those who are lower. In every situation, he changes his opinions to the exact opposite ones, depending on which person - significant or not - is affected by it.
M.A. Bulgakov "Heart of a Dog". The main character of M.A. Bulgakov’s story “The Heart of a Dog,” Professor Preobrazhensky, is a hereditary intellectual and an outstanding medical scientist. He dreams of turning a dog into a human. So Sharikov is born with the heart of a stray dog, the brain of a man with three convictions and a pronounced passion for alcohol. As a result of the operation, the affectionate, albeit cunning Sharik turns into a boorish lumpen, capable of betrayal. Sharikov feels like the master of life, he is arrogant, swaggering, and aggressive. He quickly learns to drink vodka, be rude to the servants, and turn his ignorance into a weapon against education. The life of the professor and the inhabitants of his apartment becomes a living hell. Sharikov is an image of a boorish attitude towards people.
Aphorisms about rudeness. Rudeness as a response to an insult indicates weakness of character; rudeness as a habitual behavior is about spiritual poverty; rudeness for the purpose of insult and humiliation is a moral flaw.
The destructive influence of money on people's morality N.V. Gogol “Dead Souls”. The image of Stepan Plyushkin, a stingy landowner, personifies the complete death of the human soul, the death of a strong personality, completely consumed by the passion of stinginess. This passion became the reason for the destruction of all family and friendly ties, and Plyushkin himself simply lost his human appearance.
A.S. Pushkin “The Queen of Spades”. Hermann, the central character of the story, passionately longs to get rich, and for this, he, wanting to take possession of the secret of three card numbers and win, becomes the unwitting killer of the old countess, the cause of the suffering of Lizaveta Ivanovna, her pupil. The treasured three cards helped the hero win several times, but his passion for money played a cruel joke on him: Hermann went crazy when he accidentally put the Queen of Spades instead of the Ace.
O. Balzac “Gobsek”. The moneylender Gobsek is the personification of the power of money. The love of gold and the thirst for enrichment kill all human feelings in him. The only thing he strives for is to have more and more wealth. It seems absurd that a man who owns millions lives in poverty and, collecting bills, prefers to walk without hiring a cab. Leading a modest, inconspicuous life, it would seem that he does not harm anyone and does not interfere with anything. But with those few people who turn to him for help, he is so merciless, so deaf to all their pleas, that he resembles some kind of soulless machine rather than a person. Gobsek does not try to get close to any person, he has no friends, the only people he meets are his professional partners. He knows that he has an heir, a great-niece, but does not seek to find her. He doesn’t want to know anything about her, because she is his heir, and Gobsek has a hard time thinking about heirs, because he cannot come to terms with the fact that he will someday die and part with his wealth. Gobsek strives to expend his life energy as little as possible, which is why he does not worry, does not sympathize with people, and always remains indifferent to everything around him.
Drunkenness F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment.” Marmeladov Semyon Zakharovich - titular councilor, Sonechka's father. Drunkenness has made Marmeladov a pitiful creature who, realizing the extremely poor situation of his family, nevertheless does not find the strength to cope with this vice. Raskolnikov meets him in a tavern, where he tells him his life and confesses his sins - that he drinks and drank away his wife’s things, that his own daughter Sonechka went to the cell because of poverty and his drunkenness. Raskolnikov accompanies him home twice: the first time drunk, the second time crushed by horses. The image is associated with one of the main themes of Dostoevsky’s work - poverty and humiliation, in which a person gradually losing his dignity and clinging to it with his last strength dies.
M. Gorky “At the Bottom”. The actor is a drunkard who suffers from the emptiness and meaninglessness of his life. Drunkenness led him to the point that he even forgot his name, favorite monologues and roles. The picture of the terrible “bottom” in the play is the natural ending of those who seek salvation from life’s problems through drunkenness.
Selfishness A.P. Chekhov “Anna on the Neck”. Anyuta, having become the wife of a wealthy official by convenience, feels like a queen, and the rest - slaves. She even forgot about her father and brothers, who are forced to sell the most necessary things so as not to die of hunger.
A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”. Belinsky called Onegin a “suffering egoist.” The soul of this Pushkin hero seems to consist of two parts: an outer and an inner shell. Outwardly, he is a cold, calculating person, unable to love, empathize, or enjoy life. And inside Onegin is a subtle romantic, capable of feeling the world around him. The drama of this hero lies in the fact that he replaced real human feelings, love, faith with cold, cynical calculation. But a person cannot live life without making mistakes. You cannot calculate your every step and listen only to the voice of reason, you need to feel and experience. Therefore, I sincerely feel sorry for Pushkin’s hero. After all, if he had listened to his heart, melted the cold ice, made it burn, then perhaps the novel would have had a different ending. And Onegin’s selfishness is not so much his fault as his misfortune, and that is why he suffers.
D. London “In a distant land.” Wetherby and Cuthfert, having gone to the North for gold, are forced to spend the winter together in a hut located far from inhabited areas. And here their boundless egoism appears with cruel obviousness. The relationship between them is the same competitive struggle, only not for profit, but for survival. And given the conditions in which they found themselves, its outcome could not be other than in the finale of the story: the dying Cuthfert, crushed by the body of Wetherby, whom he killed in an animal fight over a cup of sugar.
Vandalism D.S. Likhachev “Letters about the good and the beautiful.” The author tells how indignant he felt when he learned that on the Borodino field in 1932 the cast-iron monument on Bagration’s grave was blown up. At the same time, someone left a giant inscription on the wall of the monastery, built on the site of the death of another hero, Tuchkov: “It’s enough to preserve the remnants of the slave past!” At the end of the 60s, the Travel Palace was demolished in Leningrad, which even during the war our soldiers tried to preserve and not destroy. Likhachev believes that “the loss of any cultural monument is irreparable: they are always individual.”
F. Sologub “Little Demon”. An example of vicious vandalism is shown in F. Sologub’s novel “The Little Demon.” For the heroes of this work, obtaining pleasure by causing harm to other people is part of everyday life. In one of the episodes of the novel, it is described how they throw out the remains of coffee on the wallpaper, and then begin to kick the walls of the room with their feet, trying to dirty them. By doing so, they hope to harm the landlady, who has done nothing wrong to them. “When we eat, we always dirty the walls,” says the hero Sologub, “let him remember.”
I. Bunin “Cursed days”. Bunin assumed that the revolution was inevitable, but even in a nightmare he could not imagine that brutality and vandalism, like elemental forces, breaking out from the recesses of the Russian soul, would turn people into a maddened crowd, destroying everything in its path.
Slave love L.N. Tolstoy in the novel “War and Peace” shows the manifestation of slavish love using the example of Helen Kuragina and Pierre Bezukhov. The writer emphasizes that the heroine wants to remain beautiful in appearance for as long as possible in order to hide the ugliness of her soul. Helen is a beauty, but she is also a monster. The heroine forced Pierre to utter words of love and decided for him that he loved her. As soon as Bezukhov turned out to be rich, she married him to herself. Cynicism and calculation are the main qualities of the heroine, allowing her to achieve her goals. People like Helen cannot love and be loved.
I.A.Bunin “Muse”. Muse, the heroine of the story of the same name from the “Dark Alleys” series, believes that sparing a person is pointless, loving him is useless, since you will still experience the pain of loss. She lives according to the principle that is dictated to her by the morality of society. The muse suddenly burst into the hero’s life and subjugated his desires and interests. In order to see his beloved more often, the aspiring artist quit his studies, went to the village, and met her every day at the station. But she does not know how to appreciate the feelings of a loved one. Love for the Muse is like a toy. Having played enough, she leaves the hero of the story, without even explaining anything to him, and goes to her neighbor, a puny, red-haired, timid man. Finds himself a new slave.
Loneliness of man A.P. Chekhov “Vanka”. Vanka Zhukov is an orphan. He was sent to study as a shoemaker in Moscow, where he had a very hard life. This can be learned from the letter that he sent to Konstantin Makarovich “to the village grandfather” with a request to pick him up. The boy will remain lonely, uncomfortable in a cruel and cold world.
Ostrovsky "Thunderstorm". Surrounded by maternal care, Katerina was very happy, living in her own world and not knowing the worries of everyday life. Having married Tikhon Kabanov, she finds herself in an environment of cruel morals in the city of Kalinov, in a “foreign side”, far from her parents’ home. Katerina languishes in Kabanova’s house, where there is no will for feelings, no freedom and no understanding. Katerina's lonely soul fades in a world hostile to her, and only the love that flared up for Boris can satisfy the lost harmony with the world. But love did not turn out to be a salvation: Boris was too weak-willed. Surrounded by anger, universal condemnation and misunderstanding, tormented by her own mental anguish, Katerina finds the only way out in death.
A.P. Chekhov “Tosca”. Cab driver Iona Potapov's only son died. To overcome melancholy and an acute feeling of loneliness, he wants to tell someone about his misfortune, but no one wants to listen to him, no one cares about him. And then Jonah tells his whole story to the horse: it seems to him that it was she who listened to him and sympathized with his grief.
V. Astafiev “Lyudochka”. Lyudochka, who grew up in the “fading village of Vychugan,” did not receive full maternal care and love. Lonely at home and at school, she also found herself alone in a small provincial town where “cruel morals” reigned. When trouble happened to Lyudochka, no one came to her aid, no one supported her. Artyomka-soap, who showed her signs of attention, did not protect her either. Lyudochka is morally weaker than Ostrovsky’s heroine, but she also faces the question: how can she live on, what should she do with her pain? And choose your own destiny. Like Katerina, Lyudochka chose death because she could not bear the mental anguish. The death of Lyudochka and Katerina is a verdict on a society in which people are deprived of human warmth, a society in which despotism and violence against the individual reign.
I.A.Bunin “Beauty”. I.A. Bunin has a stunning story “Beauty”, which tells about the loneliness of a child. The story is as old as time... The boy's mother died, and his father's new wife did everything to turn the boy's life into a nightmare. “And this poor child, intolerant in his own family, in his round loneliness” lives “a completely independent life, isolated from the rest of the house.”

Human attitude towards war

Types of problem Arguments
Courage and heroism of man in war M.A. Sholokhov “The Fate of Man.” The main character, Andrei Sokolov, fought to save his homeland and all humanity from fascism, losing relatives and comrades. He suffered the most difficult trials at the front. The hero was hit by news of the tragic death of his wife, two daughters, and son. But Andrei Sokolov is a Russian soldier of unbending will, who endured everything! He found the strength to accomplish not only a military, but also a moral feat, adopting a boy whose parents were taken away by the war. The soldier, in the terrible conditions of war, under the onslaught of enemy force, remained human and did not break. This is the real feat. It was only thanks to such people that our country won a very difficult fight against fascism.
B. Vasiliev “And the dawns here are quiet.” Rita Osyanina, Zhenya Komelkova, Lisa Brichkina, Sonya Gurvich, Galya Chetvertak and Sergeant Major Vaskov, the main characters of the work, showed real courage, heroism, and moral restraint while fighting for their Motherland. More than once they could save their lives; they just had to give up their own conscience a little. However, the heroes were sure: they couldn’t retreat, they had to fight to the end: “Don’t give the Germans a single scrap... No matter how hard it is, no matter how hopeless it is, to hold on...”. These are the words of a true patriot. All the characters in the story are shown acting, fighting, dying in the name of saving the Motherland. It was these people who forged the victory of our country in the rear, resisted the invaders in captivity and occupation, and fought at the front.
B. Polevoy “The Tale of a Real Man.” Everyone knows the immortal work of Boris Polevoy “The Tale of a Real Man”. The dramatic story is based on real facts from the biography of fighter pilot Alexei Meresyev. Shot down in battle over occupied territory, he made his way through secluded forests for three weeks until he ended up with the partisans. Having lost both legs, the hero subsequently shows amazing strength of character and adds to his tally of aerial victories over the enemy.
Patriotism as the most important feature of national character M.P. Devyataev. True love manifests itself when you need to defend your Fatherland. This is precisely what the generation that saved the world from fascism accomplished with dignity. I am glad that my fellow countryman was the Hero of the Soviet Union M.P. Devyatayev. His story “Escape from Hell” was created not by a writer, but by an eyewitness to those terrible events. Fearless combat missions of Devyatayev and his comrades against the enemy. Isn't this love for the Fatherland? In July 1944, Devyatayev was shot down by enemies and captured, which became the greatest test in the life of the young pilot. The war hero spoke in his book about how, in inhuman conditions, people remained human, thinking about their Motherland! The daring plan to hijack a plane and escape amazed not only his compatriots, but the whole world. The life of such people is an example of true love for the Motherland and devotion to their people. And patriotism gives people the strength to accomplish the impossible, to overcome the difficulties of the path to victory.
L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace” shows the decisive episode of the War of 1812 - the Battle of Borodino and the departure of residents from Moscow. The author emphasizes that more Muscovites put on uniforms and preached patriotism. Pierre, overwhelmed by this feeling, uses his own money to equip a thousand militia, and he himself remains in Moscow to kill Napoleon. Natasha not only orders the wounded to be placed at home, but also convinces the parents of the need to give up the carts on which the family wealth could be taken out. Tolstoy conveyed the great significance of Moscow for all Russian people in the words: “All the people want to attack; one word – Moscow.” The outcome of the Battle of Borodino depended on the feeling that was in all participants in the battle. This feeling is true patriotism, the immense rise of which on the decisive day convinces Bolkonsky that the Russians will certainly win.
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. One of the central problems of the novel is true and false patriotism. Tolstoy’s favorite heroes do not speak high words about love for their homeland, they do things in its name: Natasha Rostova, without hesitation, persuades her mother to give carts to the wounded at Borodino, Prince Andrei Bolkonsky is mortally wounded on the Borodino field. But true patriotism, according to Tolstoy, lies in ordinary Russian people, soldiers who, without pompousness, without lofty phrases, perform their duty, in a moment of mortal danger, giving their lives for their Motherland. If in other countries Napoleon fought against armies, then in Russia he was opposed by the whole people. People of different classes, different ranks, different nationalities rallied in the fight against a common enemy, and no one can cope with such a powerful force. Tolstoy even writes that at Borodin the French army suffered a moral defeat - our army won this battle thanks to spirit and patriotism.
In the novel “In the Trenches of Stalingrad,” V. Nekrasov discusses what is the “miracle” that forces the Russians to fight to the last soldier? Love for the Russian land and songs about the Motherland give our soldiers strength in war. The author emphasizes that the soldiers are ready to move at any moment, because within a minute after the order their heavy step can be heard. The author says that neither the organization of the Germans nor the tanks with black crosses can break the Russian soldiers, because as long as there is that “miracle” in each of them, the chance of victory remains. The writer leads readers to the idea that the “hidden warmth of patriotism” is a “miracle” that unites the entire people in difficult times, helping them to defeat a stronger enemy.
The moral choice of a person in war V. Bykov “Sotnikov”. During war, in crisis situations, people often face a difficult choice: life or death. Life bought at the price of moral failure, or death at the hands of executioners. Powerlessness before the enemy leads to cowardice, and therefore to betrayal. V. Bykov’s story “Sotnikov” is about this. Two heroes appear before the readers, Rybak and Sotnikov. While performing a combat mission, they were captured. The physically weak Sotnikov, even under torture, shows moral strength: he does not betray anyone and dies a hero. It is important for him to die with the dignity inherent in a person. He died in single combat with the Nazis and with his own weakness. He remained a Man in inhuman circumstances. The fisherman, the second hero of the story, shows powerlessness before the enemy and becomes a traitor. He participates in the execution of Sotnikov. And only after seeing the hatred in the eyes of the local residents, he feels that he has nowhere to run. The story ends with Rybak's unsuccessful suicide attempt, after which comes reconciliation with betrayal.
Condemnation of war, human attitude towards war E. Remarque “All Quiet on the Western Front.” The German writer Erich Maria Remarque in his famous novel All Quiet on the Western Front describes the horrors of the First World War. The narrative is told from the perspective of its participant, a nineteen-year-old boy, in front of whose eyes his peers are dying, while their children's psyches cannot adapt to the conditions of war. The novel describes the insane, inhuman, cruel conditions of war, where people die in agony. And not only physical, but also mental. The nineteen-year-old narrator loses the meaning of life; at the sight of the deaths of his peers, he sets sail, and soon he is killed, and the main thing turns out to be that he did not suffer for long. These lines contain the main – tragic – meaning of the novel: war is the most terrible state of humanity, in which death turns out to be salvation.
E. Hemingay “A Farewell to Arms.” American writer Enerst Hemingway was a participant in the First World War. He describes in his works the madness reigning in the world during military operations, and what can save people from final madness and absolute spiritual emptiness is, of course, first of all, love. We read about this in the novel “A Farewell to Arms.” But the end of this work is tragic: even love could not save the lives of the mother and her newly born child. They left early, and with them the meaning of life for the main character of the work disappears. He is left alone with the war... This example illustrates the inhumanity, madness and absurdity of what is called war.
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. I consider L.N. to be the main accuser of war in Russian literature. Tolstoy. In his novel “War and Peace” he wrote bright lines, which, in my opinion, every head of state, every ruler is obliged to memorize: “... a war began, that is, an event took place that was contrary to human reason and all human nature.”
Memory of the heroic deeds of soldiers The poet Konstantin Simonov, who during the war years worked as a correspondent for the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper and was constantly in the active army, writes: Don’t forget about the soldiers, Who fought with all their might, Moaned in bandages in the medical battalions And so hoped for peace! I’m sure no one of those soldiers about whom Simonov wrote will never be forgotten, and their feat will forever remain in the memory of posterity.
Human behavior in war, manifestation of humanism in war K. Vorobyov “German in felt boots.” Let us recall the story by Konstantin Vorobyov “A German in Felt Boots,” which tells how a German soldier, a guard in a penal camp, becomes imbued with sympathy for a Russian prisoner of war. Why did Willy Brode feel sorry for the Soviet soldier? Because he, Willie, a simple peasant, also condemns the war, he was forced to go to the front. But the main thing that brings the German and the Russian soldier together is a common illness: they both had frostbite on their feet during the war...
A. Adamovich “Mute”. The main character of A. Adamovich's story “Mute” is a vivid example of true humanism. During the war, Franz received an order to burn down the house in the Belarusian village in which he lived. But he was unable to kill the little girl Polina and her mother and, together with them, hides from the Nazis in the cellar. And when the Soviet troops arrive, Polina imagines the German as a mute brother, saving him, as Franz once saved them.
V. Bykov “The Third Rocket”. In describing a person at war, V. Bykov avoids a one-sided image. In the story “The Third Rocket,” the author talks about a brave crew who fights alone for three whole days against German tanks and armored personnel carriers. People, different in character, age, and temperament, are united by one thing: a sense of honor, the consciousness that they are fulfilling their military duty, and the ability to take responsibility in the most difficult life situations. The most important feat of these people is victory over themselves, over their fatigue and pain, fear and hopelessness... He leads them all to the Great Victory!
False patriotism L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. In the novel by L.N. Tolstoy, the problem of false patriotism is shown through the example of A.P. Sherer and the guests of her salon. These are people who were only capable of talking about patriotism, making pompous speeches, but in reality were not ready to stand up for their country. They spoke their native language with an accent. The hero of Berg’s novel can also be called a scoundrel, who proudly declared himself a patriot everywhere, but as soon as the French approached Moscow, he cared not about its defense, but about buying up expensive things for residents who were hastily leaving the city at a cheap price. Getting rich from the misfortune of the Fatherland - isn’t it vile?
Growing up in war L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. War forces a person to become more courageous, strong, and mature. Confirmation of this can be found in many literary works. One striking example is Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace.” The hero of the novel, Pierre Bezukhov, watches the Battle of Borodino with horror. His picture of military operations, which does not accept violence against people, makes us think about important philosophical questions. Some time later, Pierre is captured and his worldview changes. He realizes many things that he did not attach importance to before. We can say that he did not participate in hostilities, but the war helped him move towards the truth, towards answers to the questions that he had been looking for all his life. She made him wiser and older.
V.A. Kaverin “Two Captains”. The story begins with the childhood of the main character Sanya, who was forced to take care of himself too early. Thus, he began to grow up from childhood. Participation in the Great Patriotic War strengthened his already strong character. More than once he had to risk his life to sink enemy destroyers and bomb strategically important targets. Sanya was wounded, but survived, and the war nurtured his will and forced him to become even more mature.

Problems associated with positive moral qualities of an individual

Types of problem Arguments
Nostalgia, homesickness I.A.Bunin. Many outstanding poets left Russia forcibly, but forever retained their love for it in their hearts. There is a lot of tragedy, bitterness, and despair in the poems of Russian emigrants. So, for example, I. A. Bunin was so traumatized by his isolation from home that he was forced into silence for a while and colored what he wrote in pessimistic tones. The few poems created in exile are permeated with a feeling of loneliness, homelessness, and longing for the Motherland. Bunin's love for Russia is higher than ideological political strife. Bunin the emigrant did not accept the new state, but today we have returned as a national treasure all the best that was created by the writer.
M.Yu. Lermontov "Clouds". The poem “Clouds” reveals to us the image of a person yearning far from his homeland. The lyrical hero managed to see a lot, experience a lot. He sees his inner kinship with the clouds running across the sky. It’s hard for a person to live far from his native land, especially if he is a poet. That is why the hero’s memories of his beloved north are filled with such deep sadness. He left his homeland not of his own free will and became an exile. What was the reason for this? He asks the same question to the clouds. The poet’s words are filled with bitterness and hidden anger. It is clear that his fate was changed by injustice and lies, envy and malice. Unable to resist the decision of fate, the hero is not going to humble himself internally; in his soul he is proud and independent, although infinitely lonely. What can the clouds answer to the exile? Silently they float across the sky, not knowing where, not knowing where. I think that the poet would not agree to accept such freedom for any treasure in the world - without friends and enemies, without a homeland. And in this thought, I am sure, the poet will find consolation for his loneliness.
M.Yu. Lermontov “Mtsyri”. M.Yu. Lermontov writes about a Georgian boy who lost his freedom and homeland. Mtsyri spent almost his entire youth in a monastery. He was completely overcome by a huge longing for his home, where he spent a short but happy childhood. His only thought was that of escape. Mtsyri is forced to be alone, not of his own free will. He dreams of a different life - full of experiences and anxieties, he is burdened by his existence in the monastery, tired of monotony and boredom. Longing for his homeland and freedom prompts him to start a different path. His childish gut, which has prevailed over his reason, prompts him to flee the disgusted monastery. He escaped from the stuffy cell that was stifling his freedom into nature. For Mtsyri this is one and the same thing - freedom and nature. He feels her beauty and freedom like no one else. And his homeland is that magnificent world where the hero’s soul strives, breaking out of the captivity of the monastery.
M. Tsvetaeva “Longing for the Motherland.” Marina Tsvetaeva had a very difficult life. She had to live abroad in exile for several years. However, she carried her love for her homeland through all the troubles that befell her. The rejection of Tsvetaeva’s poetry, as well as the poet’s desire to reunite with her emigrated husband, became the reason for Tsvetaeva’s departure abroad. In exile, Marina was very lonely. But it was there that she created her wonderful poem “Longing for the Motherland,” so we can absolutely say that the theme of this work is the Motherland, and the idea is Tsvetaeva’s love for her Fatherland. The loneliness of the heroine, her dislike for a foreign country, as well as sadness and suffering from the break with her native land are clearly emphasized. And the words “a soul born somewhere” generally convey complete detachment from specific time and space. There was no trace left of any connection with the homeland.
Love to motherland "The Tale of Igor's Campaign." All thoughts, all feelings of the author of “The Lay...” are directed to the Russian land as a whole, to the Russian people. He talks about the vast expanses of his Motherland, about its rivers, mountains, steppes, cities, villages. But the Russian land for the author of “The Lay...” is not only Russian nature and Russian cities. These are, first of all, the Russian people. Narrating about Igor's campaign, the author does not forget about the Russian people. Igor undertook a campaign against the Polovtsians “for the Russian land.” His warriors are “Rusichs”, Russian sons. Crossing the border of Rus', they say goodbye to their Motherland, to the Russian land, and the author exclaims: “Oh Russian land! You're already over the hill."
Odes by M.V. Lomonosov. The idea of ​​patriotism is also characteristic of the poetic work of M. V. Lomonosov. The Motherland, its vast expanses, its inexhaustible natural resources, its strength and power, its future greatness and glory - this is the main theme of Lomonosov’s odes. It is clarified and supplemented by the theme of the Russian people. Lomonosov glorifies the talent of the great Russian people, the mighty spirit of its troops, and the Russian fleet. He expresses his firm belief that Russian soil is capable of giving birth to its own great scientists, its own “Russian Columbuses,” great cultural figures. This theme is echoed in Lomonosov’s odes by the theme of heroes, great Russian people. He sees such heroes in Ivan IV and Peter I, especially in the latter. In the famous ode “On the Day of Ascension...” the poet glorifies Peter as the creator of a new Russia. Lomonosov glorifies Peter as a fighter against the backwardness in which Russia was before him, glorifies him for creating a powerful army and navy, for supporting science.
M. Yu. Lermontov “Motherland”. The poet loved his homeland with great love. He loved its people, its nature, wished happiness to his country. According to Lermontov, to love the Motherland means to fight for its freedom, to hate those who keep their homeland in the chains of slavery. Love for the Motherland is the theme of such poems by Lermontov as “Complaints of a Turk”, “Borodin’s Field”, “Borodino”, “Two Giants”. But this theme is revealed with particular force and completeness in the poem “Motherland,” created by the poet a few months before his death. Here Lermontov contrasts his patriotism with official, official patriotism. He declares his blood connection with Russian nature, his native nature, with the Russian people, with the sorrows and joys of his life. Lermontov calls his love for the Motherland “strange,” because he loves the people of his country, nature, but hates the “country of masters,” autocratic serfdom, official Russia.
True to your word A.S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”. Tatyana Larina, the heroine of the novel, learned well the lesson Onegin gave her in the village. Tatyana learned to “control herself.” Her love for Evgeny Onegin did not pass. Tatyana suppressed this feeling in herself by an effort of will, but it was all the more destructive for her. This internal fire, according to Belinsky, burns the heroine the more the more she suppresses it. But that’s the beauty of this woman, that she will never let this fire break out. Tatyana, having given her hand to her husband, will never cheat on him, or rather, on herself. Loyalty to her word is her principle, and Tatyana will never change her ideals. The beautiful and dramatic words that the heroine utters at the end of the novel will become the standard of behavior for Russian women: I love you (why lie?), But I am given to another; I will be faithful to him forever.
A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter". The episode “Military Council at Pugachev’s” represents an important link in the story “The Captain's Daughter”. He reveals the peculiarities of relationships in Pugachev’s camp to help understand the character of Grinev and the attitude of the writer himself to such concepts as duty, noble honor, loyalty to his word. Pugachev recognizes Grinev as a worthy opponent. He came to respect this man for his courage, honesty and self-esteem. Grinev honestly told the rebel that he could neither serve him nor promise not to serve against him. After all, the oath given to the empress is sacred for Grinev. The hero saw that Pugachev was struck by the hero’s sincerity. He simply lets him go without demanding anything in return. This episode reveals not only the character of Grinev, his honesty, nobility, loyalty to duty and his word. Here Pugachev also appears, not as a robber and tyrant, but as a strong man with his soul wide open, capable of appreciating the positive qualities of a person, even if it is his opponent.
In Kuprin’s story “The Duel,” which describes all the vices of the Russian army at the beginning of the twentieth century, the main character, Second Lieutenant Romashov, is true to himself and his word, although this honesty became the reason for his death. For the sake of the career of her narrow-minded husband, Shurochka Nikolaeva resorts to meanness, dissuading Romashov from shooting. As a result, he dies in the duel.
Kondratiev’s story “Sashka,” dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, raises deep moral problems. One of them is loyalty to your word. The young soldier Sashka refused to kill the German soldier. When Sashka is asked how he decided not to carry out the order - he did not shoot the prisoner, because he understood what this threatened him with, the hero answers simply: “We are people, not fascists.” In this he is unshakable. And his simple words are filled with the deepest meaning: they speak of the invincibility of humanity. The fighter turned out to be true to his inner voice without betraying himself.
Man's desire for goodness and happiness V.G. Korolenko “Paradox”. Jan Załuski is a cripple, but he believes that “man is created for happiness, like a bird is created for flight.” The hero's innate misfortune forced him to learn to master his body, surprising those around him and making them believe that every person is the creator of his own happiness.
A.P. Chekhov “The Bride”. In the midst of wedding preparations, Nadya Shumina decides to take a bold step unprecedented for that time - she runs away from the groom, who has become unpleasant to her, and from her grandmother, who powerfully led this entire internally idle little world, which suddenly seemed unbearably boring to her, and from her mother, who also stopped to be for her the standard of intelligence and beauty. She leaves the house and the beautiful garden, where she felt so good in the spring, and runs without looking back, runs - although with tears, but with joy, with hope. Not afraid of a possible maternal curse, Nadya courageously endured the test to which she doomed herself. At the center of this story by Chekhov is the story of a girl’s soul, its gradual liberation from the captivity of inert ideas about people and about life in general.
F.M. Dostoevsky “Idiot”. Prince Myshkin believes in the possibility of heaven on earth, in the ability of people to transform. He does not judge people, but treats others openly and brotherly. His main quality is humility, the ability to understand others and compassion. He believes that beauty will “save the world.”
True friendship L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. Sincerity and selflessness, mutual understanding and willingness to support each other - this is the basis of the true friendship of Andrei Bolkonsky and Pierre Bezukhov, the main characters of the novel by L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace". What unites them, such different people, why are they interesting to each other? Both of them constantly strive to seek truth, goodness and justice. And how Pierre rejoices when he learns that Prince Andrei fell in love with Natasha Rostova, how wonderful and generous he is when he hides his feelings for her, moreover, he persuades his friend to forgive the girl for her infatuation with Anatoly Kuragin. Having failed to achieve this, Pierre painfully experiences their breakup, he hurts for both, he fights for their love, without thinking about himself. The events of 1812 are a severe test for both, and both pass it with honor, finding their place in the fight against the invaders. Before the Battle of Borodino, Pierre had to see Prince Andrei, because only he alone could explain to him everything that was happening. And so they meet. Pierre's expectations come true: Bolkonsky explains to him the situation in the army. Now Bezukhov understood that “hidden warmth... of patriotism” that was flaring up before his eyes. They won't have to talk heart to heart anymore. A wonderful friendship was cut short by an enemy grenade. But the deceased friend will forever remain next to Pierre as his most precious memory, as the most sacred thing that he had in his life. He still mentally consults with Prince Andrei and, making the main decision in his life - to actively fight evil, he is sure that Prince Andrei would be on his side. The pages of War and Peace dedicated to the friendship of Andrei Bolkonsky and Pierre Bezukhov are unforgettable. After all, before our eyes, these people, supporting each other, become better, cleaner, fairer. Everyone dreams of such friends and such friendship.
A.S. Pushkin and Lyceum friends. In the works of A.S. Pushkin, the theme of friendship occupies a special place. Friendship was for the poet a comprehensive force that can unite people in a strong union for life. A sense of camaraderie, loyalty to brotherly ties, devotion - all these feelings were brought up in Pushkin by the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. It was there that during his studies he made many true friends, to whom he later dedicated many poems. No matter how the circumstances developed and no matter where fate took him, Pushkin remained invariably faithful to his friends: Delvig, Pushchin, Kuchelbecker. My friends, our union is wonderful! It is like a soul, inseparable and eternal - Unshakable, free and carefree, It grew together under the canopy of friendly music. Pushkin considered spiritual kinship and friendship to be the highest values ​​in life. The poet always classified the sphere of human relationships as beautiful.
A.S. Pushkin and I. Pushchin. Friendship brings out the best qualities in a person. A true friend will not leave you in trouble; he will be by your side in joy and sorrow. How joyfully Pushkin greeted his lyceum friend Ivan Pushchin, who, despite the strictest ban, was not afraid to visit the poet in exile. And sending a poem to a friend in Siberia, the poet addressed him with the words: “My first friend, my priceless friend!”
Proverbs accompanied by explanations. It is no coincidence that folk wisdom affirms the unconditional value of friendship: “Don’t have a hundred rubles, but have a hundred friends”, “An old friend is better than two new ones”, “Friends are known in trouble”, “Look for a friend, but if you have found one, take care”... Indeed, true friends ready to share grief and joy with you, to come to the rescue in difficult times. It is friends who make us understand that we are not alone in this world.
The ability to self-sacrifice, selfless service to people M. Gorky “Old Woman Izergil”. In the story of the Russian writer, prose writer and playwright Maxim Gorky, “The Old Woman Ivergil,” the image of Danko is striking. This is a romantic hero who sacrificed himself for the sake of people. Danko was “the best of all, because a lot of strength and living fire shone in his eyes.” He led people through the forest with calls to defeat the darkness. But during the journey, weak people began to lose heart and die. Then they accused Danko of mismanaging them. He overcame his indignation and, in the name of his great love for people, tore open his chest, took out his burning heart and ran forward, holding it like a torch. People ran after him and overcame the difficult road. And then they forgot their hero. And Danko died.
In the novel “Crime and Punishment,” F.M. Dostoevsky addresses the theme of self-sacrifice for the sake of saving someone else’s soul, revealing it through the example of the image of Sonechka Marmeladova. Sonya is a poor girl from a dysfunctional family. She follows Raskolnikov to hard labor to share his burden and fill him with spirituality. Out of compassion and a sense of high social responsibility, Sonya goes to live “on a yellow ticket,” thus earning bread for her family. People like Sonya, who have “infinitely insatiable compassion,” are still found today.
B. Vasiliev “My horses are flying...” The writer talks about Dr. Jansen, who had the rare gift of living not for himself. The residents of Smolensk considered him a saint, because there was no more selfless and honest person, giving himself to people, helping them in everything. Out of compassion, the doctor, at the cost of his life, saved the children who had fallen into the sewer pit.
Compassion, mercy, love for one's neighbor A.I. Solzhenitsyn “Matryonin’s yard”. In the story “Matryonin’s Dvor” by the Russian writer A.I. Solzhenitsyn is struck by the image of the peasant woman Matryona, her humanity, selflessness, compassion and love for everyone, even strangers. Matryona “helped strangers for free”, but she herself “didn’t chase after the acquisition”: she didn’t start “good”, didn’t try to get a tenant. Her mercy is especially evident in the situation with the upper room. She allowed her house, where she had lived all her life, to be dismantled into logs for the sake of her pupil Kira, who had nowhere to live. The heroine sacrifices everything for the sake of others: the country, neighbors, relatives. And after her quiet death, a description arises of the cruel behavior of her relatives, who are simply overwhelmed by greed. Thanks to her spiritual qualities, Matryona made this world a better and kinder place, sacrificing herself and her life.
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. Kindness is a state of mind when a person is able to come to the aid of others, give advice, and sometimes simply have compassion. Knowing how to understand one's neighbor as oneself, a person learns love and opens the horizons of true happiness. For example, Petya Rostov, the hero of Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace,” sympathizes with the captured boy. Despite the fact that the prisoner was an enemy, Petya offered him food and supported him with a handshake. This small act characterizes Rostov in many ways, revealing his spiritual kindness, ability to love and understand his neighbor.
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. Natasha Rostova, the heroine of Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace,” also shows sympathy. She possesses to the highest degree what Chekhov would later call a special human talent - an instinct for the pain of others. It is this gift that brings Prince Andrei out of such a difficult mental crisis and brings back to life his mother, heartbroken after the death of Petya. Natasha does everything to help the dying Prince Andrei and his sister, and after marriage, with the same boundless passion, she devotes herself to the interests of the family. She accepts the national disaster with all her heart, without reasoning, without uttering loud phrases. This forces her to ensure that the carts are given to the wounded.
M.A. Bulgakov “Master Margarita”. The motif of mercy is associated with the image of Margarita in the novel. After the great ball, she asks Satan for the unfortunate Frida, while she is clearly hinted at asking for the release of the Master. She says: “I asked you for Frida only because I had the imprudence to give her firm hope. She is waiting, sir, she believes in my power. And if she remains deceived, I will be in a terrible position. I won't have peace all my life. It's nothing you can do! It just happened that way." But Margarita’s mercy in the novel is not limited to this. Even being a witch, she does not lose the brightest human qualities. Dostoevsky’s idea, expressed in the novel “The Brothers Karamazov” about a child’s tear as the highest measure of good and evil, is illustrated by the episode when Margarita, destroying the Dramlit house, sees a frightened four-year-old boy in one of the rooms and stops the destruction.
M.A. Bulgakov “Master Margarita”. Also, mercy in M. Bulgakov’s novel “The Master and Margarita” is clearly depicted in the image of Yeshua. On the last page of the novel, Pilate asks Jeush: “There was no execution, was there? Please tell me, it didn’t happen?” And Yeshua answers: “Well, of course it wasn’t.” And thus removes the burden that was pressing on him from the heart of the criminal Pilate. Pilate is guilty of the fact that, on his orders, an innocent person was executed, and for this “Woland’s department” determined his punishment. But Pilate is tormented by his guilt, and that means he deserves forgiveness, because he has become different, and that means his past sin must be removed from him. And Yeshua says: “There was no execution!” - and thus performs a second miracle, canceling what actually happened, making non-existent that terrible thing that happened, but what you want to forget - a miracle of mercy.
R. Bradbury "Dwarf". Aimee, the heroine of the story, sees in the dwarf, who visits the attraction of crooked mirrors and is consoled by the fact that his ugliness in the mirror is transformed into beauty and becomes, a person with a big soul. It was she who decided to give this mirror to the dwarf, so that at least something would bring joy to the poor man in his unhappy life.
Life example. When there was a terrorist attack on the railway, the Nevsky Express train was blown up, many people were injured. The place where the disaster happened is remote. There are forests and swamps all around. But right next to the tracks there is a lonely house. Grandmother Elena Mikhailovna Golubeva lives there. On the night of the tragedy, she was at home, and when the misfortune happened, her grandmother was very scared. A few minutes later, strangers, dirty, many covered in blood, began knocking on her window. Without really understanding what happened, she helped the wounded, gave away all her warm clothes and firewood that she had stored for the winter. Her house became a first aid station. Elena Mikhailovna still worries about those who suffered. Such a person can truly be considered kind and merciful.
The Uplifting Power of Love M.A. Bulgakov “The Master and Margarta”. The love of the Master and Margarita overcame not only human anger and envy, but also madness and even death itself. “Love jumped out in front of us, like a killer jumps out of the ground in an alley, and struck us both at once!” - Master tells Ivan Bezdomny about his first meeting with Margarita. For him, life existed only when he was with her; everything that was before seemed to not exist. He lived this love, these meetings, these evenings in his tiny basement rooms. The master began to wait for her arrival from the very morning, and the whole world had only the meaning for him that she, Margarita, existed in it. Margarita's love saves the Master. She makes a deal with Woland himself, accepts his invitation to become the queen of Satan's annual ball, just to find her beloved again. Margarita sacrifices everything: her well-being, her very life - for the sake of her love. And it seems very symbolic that “dark” forces are helping her, because people are no longer able to help her. At the end of the novel, the Master and Margarita find what they deserve - peace. They suffered a lot, endured and experienced a lot, and therefore earned the right to be together forever, in a house where an old servant is waiting for them, where candles are already burning and Schubert’s music is playing. If a person is capable of great love and great self-sacrifice, then he is worthy of the highest reward - happiness and peace.
Shakespeare "Romeo and Juliet". If we erect a certain literary pedestal of love, then, undoubtedly, the love of Romeo and Juliet will be in first place. This is perhaps the most beautiful, most romantic, most tragic story that Shakespeare told the reader. Two lovers defy fate, despite the enmity between their families, despite everything. Romeo is ready to give up even his name for the sake of love, and Juliet agrees to die in order to remain faithful to Romeo and their high feeling. They die in the name of love, they die together because they cannot live without each other: There is no sadder story in the world than the story of Romeo and Juliet...
I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons.” Let us remember the heroes of Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” - Bazarov and Odintsova. Two equally strong personalities collided. But, oddly enough, Bazarov turned out to be capable of truly loving. Love for him became a strong shock, which he did not expect, and in general, before meeting Odintsova, love did not play any role in the life of this hero. All human suffering and emotional experiences were unacceptable to his world. It is difficult for Bazarov to admit his feelings primarily to himself. What about Odintsova? As long as her interests were not affected, as long as there was a desire to learn something new, she was interested in Bazarov. But as soon as the topics for general conversation were exhausted, interest disappeared. Odintsova lives in her own world, in which everything goes according to plan, and nothing can disturb the peace in this world, not even love. For her, Bazarov is something like a draft that flew into the window and immediately flew back out. This kind of love is doomed.
A.I. Kuprin “Garnet Bracelet”. The writer glorifies sublime love, contrasting it with hatred, enmity, mistrust, antipathy, and indifference. Through the mouth of General Anosov, he says that this feeling should not be frivolous, nor primitive, and, moreover, based on profit and selfishness. Love, according to Kuprin, should be based on sublime feelings, mutual respect, honesty and truthfulness. She must strive for the ideal. This is exactly what Zheltkov’s love was like. A petty official, a lonely and timid dreamer, falls in love with a young society lady, a representative of the upper class. Unrequited and hopeless love continues for many years. The lover's letters are the subject of ridicule and mockery from family members. Princess Vera Nikolaevna, the recipient of these love revelations, does not take them seriously either. And a gift sent by an unknown lover - a garnet bracelet - causes a storm of indignation. For the little official Zheltkov, love for Princess Vera Sheina became the meaning of life, and his beloved woman became the one in whom “all the beauty of the earth was embodied.” This feeling helped him become morally superior to Bulat-Tuganovsky, Vera’s brother, who decided that with the help of the authorities it was possible to prohibit love.
Honor and dignity A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter". The honor and duty of an officer were not empty words for the nobles of the 18th century, especially for the patriarchal nobility, shown in the person of Grinev Sr. and the commandant of the Belogorsk fortress, Captain Mironov, the heroes of the story by A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter". The captain prefers to die rather than swear allegiance to the impostor, and Grinev Sr. considers it an officer’s duty to “smell gunpowder,” which is why he sends his son to serve not in St. Petersburg, but in a remote province. Pyotr Grinev, the main character of the story, embodies the traditional idea of ​​noble honor - loyalty to the oath, service to the Fatherland, chivalrous attitude towards women, reliability in friendship, honesty and courage. Even in the face of death, Grinev continues to behave with dignity, speaks the truth and remains faithful to the oath once given.
A.S. Griboyedov “Woe from Wit.” Alexander Andreevich Chatsky, the hero of A.S. Griboedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit,” sees the preservation of inner dignity and honor in the rejection of opportunism and lies. He does not want to live by the laws of hypocrisy and veneration. “I’d be glad to serve, but it’s sickening to be served,” Chatsky responds to Famusov’s reproach that he doesn’t serve anywhere and doesn’t do business. In his opinion, one must serve “the cause, not individuals,” “without demanding either places or ranks.”
The fate of A.S. Pushkin. An interesting remark by V. Belinsky, who said about Pushkin that “by reading his works, you can excellently educate a person within yourself.” Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin himself was a “slave of honor,” as another brilliant poet M.Yu. Lermontov wrote about him in his poem “The Death of a Poet.” He fell victim to dishonest and evil envious people. Defending the honor of his wife and his own, Pushkin challenged Dantes to a duel, whose dubious behavior could discredit the good name of the Pushkin couple. Alexander Sergeevich could not live “slandered by rumor” and put an end to dishonor at the cost of his own life. The soul of the Poet could not bear the shame of petty insults, He rebelled against the opinions of the world, Alone, as before... and killed! But the “wonderful genius” of Pushkin illuminates the lives of many, many with its radiant light generations of descendants, and Dantes’ “empty heart” did not find happiness on earth and good memory after death. And as Lermontov said, “The executioners of Freedom, Genius and Glory” will not be able to wash away the righteous blood with their “black blood of the Poet!”
Inner beauty of a person L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. What makes a person beautiful is the harmonious combination of external and internal beauty. In L. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace,” the writer’s favorite heroes did not have external beauty. The author wanted to convey to the reader the idea that physical attractiveness disappears over the years, but inner beauty remains in a person forever. Tolstoy constantly reminds us of Kutuzov’s external shortcomings, but his inner strength of spirit manifests itself all the more powerfully. The commander-in-chief of the Russian army is the personification of “goodness, simplicity and truth.” Supporting Andrei Bolkonsky in a difficult moment for him associated with the death of his father, Kutuzov finds the right words: “... remember that with all my soul I carry your loss with you and that I am not your lordship, not a prince, but I am your father.”
L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. The writer endowed one of the main characters of his work, Andrei Bolkonsky, not only with external nobility, but also with internal nobility, which he did not immediately discover in himself. Andrei Bolkonsky had to go through a lot, rethink a lot before he could forgive his enemy, the dying Anatoly Kuragin, an intriguer and traitor, for whom he had previously only felt hatred. This example illustrates the ability of a noble person to achieve true spiritual heights.
A.I. Solzhenitsyn “Matryonin’s yard”. The problem of true and false beauty also appears in the works of writers of modern literature: Solzhenitsyn, Astafiev, Rasputin, Shukshin. The main character of Solzhenitsyn’s story “Matryonin’s Dvor” is endowed with a discreet appearance. Only one detail is repeated - Matryona’s “radiant smile”. It is important for the author to depict the inner light streaming from her eyes and to emphasize the idea: “All people always have good faces, those who are in harmony with their conscience.” Only the death of the mistress made the narrator understand her spiritual essence. That is why the motif of repentance sounds so strongly in the story.
A. Platonov “Yushka”. Internal culture is true value. This is the main idea of ​​A. Platonov’s story “Yushka”. The main character is a simple, harmless person who will not respond to rudeness with rudeness, who has not become coarse in a callous world, but who resists his kindness. All his life Yushka was beaten, insulted and offended. But he never showed anger towards people; the old man saw bullying as a strange and incomprehensible form of self-love. He lived by love for nature, people, and especially love for Dasha, an orphan whom he raised and educated in Moscow, denying himself almost everything: he never drank tea, did not eat sugar, and saved a lot. Having become a doctor, the girl came to the town to see Yushka to cure him of consumption, a disease that had tormented him for a long time. But, unfortunately, it was already too late. Yushka died. And only after death did people understand what kind of person the old man was and they became impoverished.
V. Astafiev “Photograph in which I am not present.” The story describes the people of a simple village. They live poorly, their life is very simple. But the main thing is that, living in difficult conditions, they retained warmth within themselves and give it to others. The villagers, as depicted by the author, are illiterate, their speech is simple, they always speak with their souls. Isn't this the beauty of a person? This story is very modern in our time, as we lack the beauty of the soul. Here it is, beauty: in a village where neighbors help each other, mentor the young and inexperienced, do not spare treats for guests, provide support, and do not betray friends. The village women help the teacher and his wife, bring food, take care of the child, and mentor the young teacher. An example of respect, help and mutual assistance. It's very rare these days to see neighbors helping each other. They hem felt boots for a school teacher without any payment. He is respected and loved simply because he greets everyone and never refuses anything. The village lives like one big family, friendly and strong. Let there be quarrels sometimes, but with the power of goodness, helping and forgiving, you can overcome all adversity. He is a kind, open person, everyone always likes him, he brings light to the society he finds himself in. There are a lot of outwardly beautiful people, but some of them may turn out to be cold-hearted, which very often repels and offends others. But a truly beautiful person is one who is beautiful in soul, beautiful in his actions, in the words with which he expresses his thoughts, in his smile. Beauty lies in the heart!
Self-education of personality I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons.” The main character of the novel, Evgeny Bazarov, believed that “every person must educate himself.” The idea of ​​self-education follows from the very essence of nihilism: the denial of authorities, reliance on experience is self-education. Bazarov lives, focusing only on himself and his experience; in the process of any choice, he carries out an act of self-education. But it is impossible to talk about self-education in the full sense of the word in relation to Bazarov: he has no goal, he is not satisfied with what exists, but there is no ideal - there is nowhere to strive.
N. Chernyshevsky “What to do?” As the main method of education, one of the necessary conditions for development, self-education is put forward in the novel “What is to be done?” This is not a nihilistic novel, it is a work written by a practical revolutionary, calling for struggle. “New people” - Lopukhov and Kirsanov - also “educate themselves,” but the theory of self-education was given by Chernyshevsky in the chapter “A Special Person.” The image of Rakhmetov is based on the idea of ​​self-education. Having set a goal for himself, he methodically and consistently moves towards it, subjecting himself to the most severe tests (and sometimes torture) if it seems to him that this is necessary to achieve the ideal. It is in relation to such a person, a revolutionary, that the idea of ​​self-education is fully revealed, because only conscious movement and purposefulness create “education of oneself” in the real sense of the word. Rakhmetov’s self-education, thus, is qualitatively different from Bazarov’s self-education: with Bazarov it is intuitive, with Rakhmetov it turns into a purposeful construction of one’s own personality down to the smallest detail.
Internationalism, tolerance K.M. Stanyukovich “Maximka”. The story tells how Russian military sailors picked up a black child on the high seas. The black child was the property of an American captain who treated him cruelly. There was a shipwreck, and only one boy survived. The Russian sailors treated the rescued man kindly, the doctor attended to him, and the elderly sailor Luchkin became truly attached to the young hero and sewed him clothes and shoes. He gave him the name Maksimka, because he was saved on the day of the holy saint Maxim. When Luchkin asked the sailors if they would accept Maximka into the artel, everyone agreed to accept him. “It’s not for nothing that Russian sailors treat with remarkable tolerance people of all races and religions with whom they meet” - these words of Stanyukovich are key in the story.
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. The brave sailor Gulliver, a brave and noble man, ends up in Lilliput, and then in the land of giants. In Lilliput people are as tall as cucumbers, but Gulliver treats them with respect. Of course, Gulliver is a tolerant person, in modern terms. Swift in his novel raises those problems that are very relevant for us in the 21st century: problems of peaceful coexistence of different peoples, with different appearances and cultures, problems of mutual acceptance and understanding, problems of refugees (after all, Gulliver felt uncomfortable because he found himself in a foreign land.)
A. Pristavkin “The golden cloud spent the night.” The children - Russian Kolka and Chechen Alkhuzur - became real brothers, despite the madness that adults were doing in the country, in particular in the Caucasus. The little Chechen felt how hard it was for Kolka after the terrible death of his brother Sashka, he was full of compassion. Only such familiar brotherly help helped Kolka return to life. Alkhuzur renounced his own name, saving his friend: he called himself Sashka. His wise act performed the expected miracle: Kolka got up, but nothing would make him see the Chechen as an enemy. Children of different nationalities were gathered in the children's reception center: Tatar Musa, Nogai Balbek, German Lida Gross. There lived Armenians, Kazakhs, Jews, Moldovans and two Bulgarians. For them there was no concept of national hostility: the children were friends and protected each other. The teacher Regina Petrovna asserted: “There are no bad peoples. There are only bad people." Eleven-year-old Kolka, despite the horror he experienced, did not go wild, but tried to understand why the Chechens killed his brother. He thought like a true internationalist: can’t it be done so that no one bothers anyone, no one kills anyone, so that all people live together as one family.
Love for life, faith in the future D. London “Love of life”. This is a story about a gold miner who, sick, with an injured leg, abandoned by a comrade, crosses the snowy desert, fighting alone with the formidable forces of nature. He fights and wins. The story became a hymn to man - his perseverance, courage, will. Love of life guided the process of struggle for existence.
A. Adamovich, D. Granin “Siege Book”. For the first time, this book told in detail about the incredible hardships and suffering of Leningraders, about frost-covered houses, about workers who tied themselves to the machine so as not to fall, about mothers who, in order to save their children, did things that are difficult to read about. This book is a story about the martyr city, based on living testimonies of the siege survivors. The feat of the Leningraders was not caused by the threat of annihilation. The 900 days of blockade contained not only unimaginable suffering, but the greatest faith in the future, in victory.
Talent, natural giftedness N.S. Leskov “Lefty”. One of the main themes in the story is the theme of the creative talent of the Russian person, which has already been depicted more than once in Leskov’s works (stories “The Stupid Artist”, “The Captured Angel”). Talent, according to Leskov, cannot exist independently; it must necessarily be based on the moral and spiritual strength of a person. Lefty, an unprepossessing little man, is not afraid to go to the sovereign, because he is confident in his rightness and in the quality of his work. The Tula gunsmith, who was oblique and had poor use of his right hand, shoed a flea that was not visible to the eye.
Y. Golovanov “Sketches about Scientists.” Scientific journalist and writer Yaroslav Golovanov in his book created portraits of famous scientists from different countries and eras. The writer's novella gives an idea of ​​the moral character of Leonardo da Vinci, his inventions, and scientific discoveries. Leonardo da Vinci was not only a great artist, but also a mathematician, astronomer, biologist, botanist, anatomist, physiologist, military engineer, singer, poet, and musician. Several years ago, engineers took Leonardo da Vinci's design drawings and decided to build cars based on them. Thus, born in the fifteenth century, a helicopter and a glider, the first self-propelled crew with a spring mechanism, a parachute, and a retractable fire escape came to the twentieth century. A terrible flood hit Florence. They began to think about how to avoid flooding in the future, and then they found Leonardo’s project, a project to protect the city from future floods - a gift from the fifteenth century to the twentieth...