Ilyusha is one of the group of boys who met a hunter who got lost in the forest, near a night fire. The village boys considered it a holiday to go out at night. In the evening before sunset, they drove the horses into the field, and early in the morning, at dawn, they brought them back. At the very beginning of the work, we learn only the name of this hero, then the writer describes the appearance of the boy. Thanks to very few remarks and actions, we can see the disclosure of the strong character of this twelve-year-old "peasant".
Ilyusha, a twelve-year-old boy, had a completely insignificant appearance, he had a hooked nose, a slightly elongated, blind-sighted face, with an expression of some kind of dull, painful solicitude. The author constantly emphasizes poverty in the description of the clothes of this peasant boy. He was dressed in new bast shoes, a black jacket and a low felt hat. All clothes were very clean and looked neat.
From all his friends, this boy was distinguished by great skill in telling scary stories. These stories are very interesting and captivating. He could tell his friends a large number of them without interruption: about werewolves, and about the brownie, and about the water, and about the dead, and about the fortune-telling that takes place on parental Saturdays, and about the Antichrist named Trishka and about the peasant with the goblin. He is able to capture the attention of the entire boyish company, sitting with him at the night fire.
Ilyusha is one of the group of boys who met a hunter who got lost in the forest, near a night fire. The village boys considered it a holiday to go out at night. In the evening before sunset, they drove the horses into the field, and early in the morning, at dawn, they brought them back. At the very beginning of the work, we learn only the name of this hero, then the writer describes the appearance of the boy. Thanks to very few remarks and actions, we can see the disclosure of the strong character of this twelve-year-old “peasant”.
- a twelve-year-old boy had a completely insignificant appearance, he had a hooked nose, a slightly elongated, blind-sighted face, with an expression of some kind of dull, sickly solicitude. The author constantly emphasizes poverty in the description of the clothes of this peasant boy. He was dressed in new bast shoes, a black jacket and a low felt hat. All clothes were very clean and looked neat.
From all his friends, this boy was distinguished by great skill in telling scary stories. These stories are very interesting and captivating. He could tell his friends a large number of them without interruption: about werewolves, and about the brownie, and about the water, and about the dead, and about the fortune-telling that takes place on parental Saturdays, and about the Antichrist named Trishka and about the peasant with the goblin. He is able to capture the attention of the entire boyish company, sitting with him at the night fire.
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Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev belongs to the galaxy of remarkable Russian writers of the 19th century, who received world recognition and the love of readers during their lifetime. In his works, he poetically described the pictures of Russian nature, the beauty of human feelings. The work of Ivan Sergeevich is a complex world of human psychology. With the story "Bezhin Meadow", the image of the children's world and child psychology was first introduced into Russian literature. With the appearance of this story, the theme of the world of Russian peasants expanded.
Peasant children are drawn by the writer with tenderness and love, he notes their rich spiritual world, the ability to feel nature and its beauty. The writer aroused in readers love and respect for peasant children, made them think about their future fate. The story itself is part of a large cycle under the general title "Notes of a Hunter". The cycle is notable for the fact that for the first time in Russian literature, types of Russian peasants are brought to the stage, described with such sympathy and detail that Turgenev's contemporaries considered that a new estate had appeared that was worthy of a literary description.
In 1843 I.S. Turgenev met the famous critic V.G. Belinsky, who inspired him to create the "Hunter's Notes". In 1845, Ivan Sergeevich decided to devote himself entirely to literature. He spent summers in the countryside, devoting all his free time to hunting and socializing with peasants and their children. For the first time, plans for creating a work were announced in August September 1850. Then, notes appeared on the draft manuscript containing plans for writing a story. At the beginning of 1851, the story was written in St. Petersburg and in February was published in the Sovremennik magazine.
The story is told from the perspective of the author, who loves to hunt. One day in July, while hunting for black grouse, he got lost and, going to the fire of a burning fire, went to a huge meadow, which the locals called Bezhin. Five peasant boys were sitting near the fire. Asking them for a lodging for the night, the hunter lay down by the fire, watching the boys.
In the further narration, the author describes five heroes: Vanya, Kostya, Ilya, Pavlusha and Fedor, their appearance, characters and stories of each of them. Turgenev has always been partial to spiritual and emotionally gifted people, sincere and honest. These are the people he describes in his works. Most of them live hard, while they adhere to high moral principles, are very demanding of themselves and others.
With deep sympathy, the author describes five boys, each of whom has his own character, appearance, and characteristics. Here is how the writer describes one of the five boys, Pavlusha. The boy is not very handsome, his face is wrong, but the author notices a strong character in his voice and look. His appearance speaks of the extreme poverty of the family, since all his clothes consisted of a simple shirt and patched trousers. It is he who is entrusted to monitor the stew in the pot. He speaks with knowledge of the matter about the fish splashing in the water and about the star that rolled down from the sky.
From his actions and speech, it is clear that he is the most courageous of all the guys. This boy causes the greatest sympathy not only for the author, but also for the reader. With one twig, not afraid, at night, he rode alone on the wolf. Pavlusha knows all animals and birds very well. He is brave and not afraid to accept. When he says that it seemed to him what the waterman called him, the cowardly Ilyusha says that this is a bad omen. But Pavel answers him that he does not believe in omens, but believes in fate, from which you cannot escape anywhere. At the end of the story, the author informs the reader that Pavlusha died after falling from his horse.
Next comes Fedya, a fourteen-year-old boy “with handsome and thin, slightly small features, curly blond hair, bright eyes and a constant half-joyful, half-scattered smile. He belonged, by all indications, to a wealthy family and went into the field not out of need, but just for fun. He is the oldest among the guys. He behaves importantly, by the right of an elder. He speaks patronizingly, as if fearing to drop his dignity.
The third boy, Ilyusha, was completely different. Also a simple peasant boy. He looks no more than twelve years old. His insignificant, long, hook-nosed face had a permanent expression of dull, sickly solicitude. His lips were compressed and did not move, and his eyebrows were drawn together, as if he was squinting from the fire all the time. The boy is neat. As Turgenev describes his appearance, "the rope carefully pulled together his neat black scroll." He is only 12 years old, but he already works with his brother in a paper mill. It can be concluded that he is a hardworking and responsible boy. Ilyusha, as the author noted, knew well all the popular beliefs, which Pavlik completely denied.
Kostya looked no more than 10 years old, his small freckled face was pointed like a squirrel's, huge black eyes stood out on him. He was also poorly dressed, thin, of small stature. He spoke in a thin voice. The author's attention is attracted by his sad, thoughtful look. He is a little cowardly boy, but, nevertheless, he goes out with the boys every night to graze horses, sit by the night fire and listen to scary stories.
The most inconspicuous boy of all five is seven-year-old Vanya, who was lying near the fire, "quietly crouching under the angular matting, and only occasionally sticking out his blond curly head from under it." He is the youngest of all, the writer does not give him a portrait description. But all his actions, admiring the night sky, admiring the stars, which he compares with bees, characterize him as an inquisitive, sensitive and very sincere person.
All the peasant children mentioned in the story are very close to nature, they literally live in unity with it. From early childhood, they already know what work is, they independently learn about the world around them. This is facilitated by work at home and in the field, and during trips to the "night". Therefore, Turgenev describes them with such love and reverent attention. These children are our future.
The writer's story does not belong only to the time of its creation, to the 19th century. This story is profoundly modern and timely at all times. Today, more than ever, a return to nature is required, to the understanding that it is necessary to protect it and live with it in unity, like a beloved mother, but not a stepmother. To educate our children on labor and respect for it, on respect for the working person. Then the world around us will change, become cleaner and more beautiful.
"Bezhin Meadow" - a story by I. S. Turgenev, included in the collection "Notes of a Hunter". During the creation of this, he spent a lot of time in the village. His main interlocutors were hunters, who were very different from the rest of the villagers. It was these stories, as well as the amazing nature, that served as inspiration for the creation of the "Hunter's Notes" cycle. The story "Bezhin Meadow" is a small work, replete with descriptions of beautiful and serene Russian landscapes.
The story begins with the fact that one warm July day, the hunter is lost in the forest. For a long time he wanders along unknown paths, but he still cannot find his way home. Already completely desperate and almost falling into a cliff, the hunter suddenly notices a fire. Out of nowhere, two big dogs run out to meet him, barking, followed by the village boys. The hunter learns that the guys came at night to graze the horses, because during the day the animals are haunted by insects and heat.
Sitting modestly under a bush next to the fire, the traveler pretends to be asleep, although in fact he is watching the boys. The hunter does not want to embarrass them, and therefore does not show that he sees and hears everything. The guys, having relaxed a little, resume the interrupted communication. The Bezhin Meadow rings and shimmers with their voices.
There are five guys around the fire: Fedya, Pavlusha, Vanya, Kostya and Ilyusha. Bezhin meadow - this is the name of the place where they drove the horses to graze. Fedya is the oldest in appearance, he is about 14 years old. At first glance, the hunter understands that the boy is from a rich family, and that he came with the guys not out of need, but for fun. This can be seen in his manner of communication, neat new clothes and fine facial features.
The second boy is Pavlusha. Behind his external unattractiveness lies an amazing strength of character. The boy immediately arouses great sympathy in the hunter. Despite the fact that he is only twelve years old, Paul behaves like the most adult. He reassures the boys when something frightens them, prudence and courage can be traced in his every word. The story "Bezhin Meadow" is a work in which Turgenev describes with special love ordinary peasant children, each of whom represents the future of the country.
Ilyusha is the same age as Pavlusha. He has an unremarkable face, on which lies the imprint of painful concern for something. It is Ilyusha who tells the most stories, he is distinguished by his ability to convey the essence of what happened well and fascinatingly. The work "Bezhin Meadow" consists of such stories. The characteristics of the boys given in the story emphasize the individuality of each narrator.
Kostya is a boy with attentive and sad eyes. His freckled face is decorated with huge black eyes, shining with an incomprehensible brilliance, as if he wants to say something important, but cannot. He is about ten years old.
The last boy, the youngest, Vanya. At first, the hunter does not even notice him, as the child lies, covered with a matting head. He is a seven year old boy with curly hair. He does not tell a single story, but the author admires his childish purity of thinking.
Each of the guys does their own thing and at the same time conducts a conversation. Silence echoes them Bezhin meadow. The stories of the boys are of great interest to the hunter, so he does his best to pretend that he is sleeping.
Ilyusha is the first to start his story. He says that he heard the brownie when he and the guys stayed overnight on the roll after work. The spirit rustled, rustled over the heads of the guys, coughed and disappeared.
The next case that Kostya heard from his father. Once Gavrila, a carpenter, went into the forest and met a beautiful mermaid there. For a long time she called Gavrila, but he did not give in. And when he felt that there was no more strength left to resist, he signed himself with the banner of the cross. The mermaid cried and said that he, too, would shed tears with her all his life. After that, no one saw the carpenter cheerful again. Turgenev ("Bezhin Meadow"), as it were, puts the stories of the boys into one big story of a hunter.
Ilyusha tells about the kennel Yermil, who, returning home late, saw a little lamb on the grave of a drowned man. He took it for himself, but it turned out that it was the soul of the deceased who moved into the animal.
Suddenly the dogs jump out of their seats and rush into the darkness. Pavlusha, without hesitation, runs after them to check what's wrong. It seems to him that the wolf has crept too close to them. It turned out that this was not the case. The hunter involuntarily admired the boy, he was so handsome and brave at that moment. With special love draws the image of Pavlusha Turgenev. "Bezhin Meadow" is a story that, although it ends on a minor note, still glorifies the victory of good over evil.
Ilyusha continues his story with rumors about the deceased master. Once his grandfather Trofim met him and asked what he was looking for. The dead man replied that he needed a gap-grass. It means that the master lived too little, he wanted to escape from the grave.
Further, Ilyusha talks about the fact that in you can meet those who should die soon. Grandmother Ulyana first saw the boy Ivashka, who soon after drowned, and then herself. Strange and sometimes terrible images are caused by Bezhin Meadow. The stories of the boys are real evidence of this.
Pavlusha picks up the conversation with his story about a solar eclipse. In their village, there was a saying that at the moment when the sun closes in the sky, Trishka will come. This will be an unusual and crafty person who will begin to tempt all believing Christians with sin.
Next in line is a story from Ilyusha. He tells how a goblin led one village peasant through the forest, and he barely fought him off. This story smoothly flows into the story of the merman. Once upon a time there was a girl Akulina, she was very beautiful. After she was attacked by a merman, she became. Now Akulina walks all black, in torn clothes and laughs for no reason.
The water one also destroys the local boy Vasya. His mother, anticipating trouble from the water, with great excitement lets him go for a swim. However, he still cannot save him. The boy is drowning.
At this time, Pavel decides to go down to the river to get water. He returns excited. When asked by the guys, he replies that he heard Vasya's voice, that he called him to him. The boys are baptized, they say that this is a bad omen. It was not for nothing that Bezhin Meadow spoke to him. The characterization of the boys reveals each individual image, painting children in a veiled way.
Waking up early in the morning, the hunter decides it's time to go home. He silently gathers himself and walks over to the sleeping boys. Everyone is asleep, only Pavlusha raises his head and looks at him. The hunter nods his head at the boy and leaves. Says goodbye to him Bezhin meadow. The characteristics of boys require special attention. After you finish reading, you should review it again.
The story ends with the words that Paul subsequently dies. The boy does not drown, as the stories of the boys predict him, he falls from the horse and breaks to death.
The story of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev "Bezhin Meadow" tells how a hunter got lost in the forest and came across Bezhin Meadow. He saw five boys Ilyusha, Pavlusha, Vanya, Kostya and Fedya. They guarded the herd, sitting around the fire and telling different stories. But most of all the author singles out Ilyusha and Pavlusha.
They are about twelve years old. Ilyusha's face is rather insignificant: hook-nosed, elongated, half-sighted. The lips are compressed, the eyebrows are shifted, the hair is yellow, almost white. Dressed in new bast shoes and onuchi, a thick rope, twisted three times around the waist, carefully pulls together his neat black coat.
Pavlusha has disheveled hair, black, gray eyes, wide cheekbones, a pale face, a large but regular mouth, a huge head, a squat, awkward body.
Ilyusha tells and knows more stories than Pavel. He is convinced in his stories, speaks with passion, feels fear, he is verbose and emotional. Pavlusha, on the contrary, almost does not believe in beliefs and legends, speaks briefly boldly and tries to find a solution in everything.
Ah, this is a bad omen, - Ilyusha said with an arrangement.
Well, nothing, let it go! - Pavel said decisively - you can’t escape fate.
Nevertheless, the author is more sympathetic to Pavlusha, because he is brave, fearless and daring: “And yet I liked him.” The author admires the moment when the dogs ran away, Pavlusha, without a twig in his hand, galloped alone at the wolf at night: “What a nice boy!” The author is also surprised how he alone in the dark went to the river for water and heard the voice of the late Vasya. All the boys began to be baptized, and Pavlusha reacted very calmly.
In the same year, Paul died, he was killed by falling from a horse. The author regrets this: “It’s a pity, he was a nice guy!”
