Courage in war
- B.L. Vasiliev, “And the dawns here are quiet.” The weaker sex and a hellish war - now such a harsh life situation is easy to imagine. Boris Vasiliev in this story talks about the war with Nazi Germany. In order to stop the invaders, the main character, the commandant of a small military unit, Fedot Vaskov, takes on a mission five brave girls, anti-aircraft gunners: Rita, Zhenya, Sonya, Lisa and Galya. They left a quiet life in the rear for the sake of protecting the Motherland. Rita's husband, little son and sick mother were waiting for her. Lisa - dad and studying at a technical school. Sonya has a big family and a university. The war took away not only their happiness, but also their lives. Such a high price did not stop the fragile girls. They were not afraid that they would have to agree to any conditions just to destroy the enemy. Each girl died for the free future of the people and did not regret her choice. On the contrary, she courageously and heroically fought the Germans for the sake of a peaceful future.
- T.N Teterskaya, “Captured by Siege Childhood.” The writer survived the blockade in Leningrad. The work is based on biographical material. War greatly affects people. If an adult’s psyche breaks down, it’s scary to imagine what happens to a child’s. Small children and war are truly a heartbreaking sight from which you cannot hold back your tears. This St. Petersburg novel tells how unhappy women try to hide and feed two small defenseless children. Too many troubles fell on the fragile shoulders of the two sisters. They undertake real feats: to carry food under strict control, risking their lives. All these sacrifices are made in order to bring the children at least a small crumb of food and preserve the life given to them. The book also tells about the harsh life after the trials, which also reveals the courage of the Russian people who fought even in the rear.
- Olga Gromova, “Sugar Baby”. The book describes the difficult 30s - 40s in the USSR. The father of the little girl Eli was recognized as an enemy of the people, he ends up in the NKVD. Now mother and daughter are forced to exist in the camp of Kyrgyzstan CHSIR (family members of traitors to the Motherland) and SOE (socially dangerous elements). At the age of five, Elya had already experienced firsthand what war and repression were, and as a result, she learned what incessant illness, hunger, cold and poverty were. But these life trials did not break the woman and her little daughter. They gained patience and courage to follow the main rule of their lives: never be afraid of anything. Thus, they overcame fear, remained kind people and tried to somehow brighten up the terrible days in the camp: they sang songs, read poetry and continued to truly care and love each other.
Popular writings
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Showing courage for...
goals
- Stephen King, The Green Mile. The novel is narrated from the perspective of a former federal prison warden, Paul Edgecombe. In block “E” there are criminals sentenced to death by electric chair. An innocent man named John Coffey finds himself in this terrible place. He is accused of raping and murdering two twin girls. Criminals cannot be released from prison, but Paul Edgecombe breaks this rule because he discovered John has a gift. It turned out that the condemned man can heal people. The warden's wife, Melinda Moores, is dying of cancer. Paul realizes that John Coffey does not have long to live, as does the boss's wife. This pushes him to take a big risk: to bring John to Melinda to heal her. This act was a courageous decision, because the man could not only lose his job, but also go to jail.
- A. novel “The Master and Margarita,” the heroine shows unprecedented courage by agreeing to a deal with Satan. She does this for the only important goal - to find and return the Master. A woman experiences pain, fear, disgust, but still achieves her goal, overcoming herself. Moreover, she had the strength to give up her dream to save Frida. However, the devil appreciated the spiritual riches of his prom queen and rewarded her with eternal peace with the Master. It is courage that helps people achieve what they want.
justice
- A.S. Pushkin "The Captain's Daughter". As we remember, Pugachev’s soldiers quickly took the Belgorod fortress. Petya Grinev, the main character of the work, suffered many different trials: civil war, the death of the commandant, massacres. Faced with a choice between death and betrayal, he could have gone over to Pugachev’s side, as his neighbor Shvabrin did, but no. The officer gained courage and bravery to remain true to his duty. When the enemy demanded an immediate answer to the question whether Grinev recognized him as king, he replied: “I am a natural nobleman; I swore allegiance to the Empress: I cannot serve you.” Peter did not chicken out, but maintained a fair order, not sparing his life.
- L.N. Tolstoy "Father Sergius". The main character is subjected to severe trials, as if he is walking on the edge of holiness and vice. A striking example of courage in Leo Tolstoy’s story is the protagonist’s desire not to succumb to temptation. Father Sergius was pushed into sin by an allegedly lost girl who came to his cell with the goal of seducing and killing his desire and hopes for a great gift - to inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. Thanks to perseverance and courage, the hero was able to prevent thoughts that could come true and lead to dire consequences. In order not to succumb to the alluring deception, the man cut off his finger. This act greatly shocked the girl, she felt ashamed and in order to beg God’s forgiveness, she became a nun.
- A.N Ostrovsky “Thunderstorm”. In the play, the author touches on a family problem: a married woman succumbs to sin. Katerina, the main character of the work, succumbed to feelings, passions and cheated on her husband, Tikhon. But for a God-fearing girl, advice is not an empty phrase. The emotional distress becomes unbearable, and Katerina musters up the courage to admit her wrongdoing. She talks about a terrible event in the temple. She is not stopped by the fact that for the sake of justice she will lose her faithful husband, forever lose her reputation and never marry again. Katerina, despite all this, chose justice. She found the strength to confess. The truth may be painful to hear, but it is much better than living a lie.
love
- Jack London "Martin Eden". Fisherman Martin Eden, the main character of the novel, falls in love with a girl named Ruth from an educated and wealthy family. In order to gain the attention of his beloved, he begins to read a lot of books, study poetry, and learn different languages. Martin had no luck for a long time, his studies were difficult, they didn’t want to publish his work in magazines, and those around him thought that he was doing nonsense. In order to make money, Martin worked hard physical work. After a long wait, Martin was offered the opportunity to print his own works. An adult man went to such lengths to win the affection of his beloved and please her parents. The hero had enormous willpower and courage, and it was these qualities that helped him achieve his own goal.
- M.A. Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita”. Bulgakov's novel tells the story of a brave and persistent woman who is driven by love. For the sake of a wonderful feeling, she not only found the strength to part with her husband and leave a rich apartment with a housekeeper. Margarita was able to sell her soul to the devil in order to find out whether the master was alive or not. Having made the deal, she turned into a witch. This reincarnation helped her take revenge on the critic Latunsky. The woman completely destroyed his apartment. After all, the critic was able to ensure that the novel was not published, and this news ruined the master, made him unhappy, and he ended up in a hospital for the mentally ill. The hero is lucky that he has such a devoted lover who is not afraid to do everything necessary for the well-being of her chosen one. Woland returned the burned novel about Pontius Pilate and gave the lovers eternal peace.
- A.I. Kuprin “Garnet bracelet”. The main character, Vera Nikolaevna Sheina, receives a gift from an old admirer on her name day - a garnet bracelet. This anonymous person turns out to be Georgy Zheltkov, an official who has had the warmest feelings for Vera for a very long time. The man gains the courage to send this gift and tell her husband about his feelings. But the woman made it clear that without Zheltkov her life would be much calmer. Then he asks her to listen to Beethoven's Sonata No. 2. Meanwhile, he gives the garnet bracelet that was returned to the owner and asks him to hang it on the icon of the Mother of God. Then he locked himself in his room and took his own life. This is a truly courageous act that only a few are capable of.
An example of a verified Unified State Exam essay (with errors highlighted)
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Punctuation errors are highlighted in green. Grammatical errors are highlighted in blue. Speech errors are highlighted in yellow, repetitions in the text are highlighted in gray. Sirenev highlights logical errors, violations of coherence, consistency (K5) The Second World War is undoubtedly one of the most terrible tragedies in the history of mankind. The path of the Soviet people to victory was difficult, sacrificial and heroic. What helped people survive during the Great Patriotic War? This is precisely the question asked by K.M. Simonov in the text proposed for analysis. Reflecting on this problem, the author talks about the first days of the war, when frightened, tired and hungry women, old people and children moved east, and mobilized people walked towards them. The guys “hurried to get to their pre-designated recruiting stations, not wanting to be considered deserters, they went to their death to meet the Germans.” Many of them died under bombing or were captured without ever reaching their units, but the rest continued to move towards the front line. The author emphasizes that, despite the fear of the unknown that gripped everyone in the first days of the war, the young men stood up to defend their homeland, because they were “led forward by faith and duty.”
Also, K.M. Simonov talks about the thoughts, feelings and experiences of soldier Sintsov. One evening he saw a small village and a large village cemetery, and “all this taken together shocked the soul” of the hero. He felt his heart breaking from the “acute and painful feeling of his native land”, and realized that this land “could no longer, had no right to become foreign.” Sintsov was not a coward, but he never experienced “such debilitating fear: what will happen next?” But the author emphasizes: the severity of the war could not crush the soul of Sintsov and the souls of other people, although at first it seemed unbearable to many.
Both examples, complementing each other, are vivid illustrations of the fortitude of the spirit of the Soviet people in wartime.
The author's position, it seems to me, is expressed quite clearly. K.M. Simonov believes that enormous spiritual strength, based on love for the Motherland and a sense of duty, helped the Soviet people survive during the Great Patriotic War.
I agree with the author’s position, because indeed, it was thanks to the incredible strength of spirit, vitality and faith in a “just cause” that the Soviet people were able to defeat the Nazis. To confirm my position, one cannot help but recall Nikolai Pluzhnikov, the main character of B.L. Vasiliev’s novel “Not on the Lists.” Lieutenant Pluzhnikov heroically defended the Brest Fortress for almost 10 months, and when he, the last defender of a fortress that had not submitted to the enemy, came out of his hiding place, the German soldiers, amazed by his courage and fortitude, saluted him.
To summarize, I want to say that people need to remember: any war is a terrible crime against humanity, and to prevent armed conflicts in the future.
*Please note that in 2021, 1 point was added for the K2 criterion.
Courage misused
- F.M. Dostoevsky, “Crime and Punishment.” Not all thoughts that come to people's minds are good. One of the terrible thoughts visited the main character of the novel, Rodion Raskolnikov. He decided that he needed to kill the old pawnbroker. The young man decides that this act can completely change his life. There will be no poverty, and sister Duna will not have to marry a vile man. However, everything does not go according to plan. Yes, Raskolnikov plucked up courage and committed murder. But because of this act, absolutely innocent people suffered: the old woman, her younger sister, who was pregnant, and Raskolnikov himself, because he actually did not kill the old woman, but himself. The main thing is that the hero, having gone through subconscious torment, found the strength to admit what he had done. In a word, courage does not always help a person; it can help the force that destroys him from within.
- In M. Sholokhov’s epic novel “Quiet Don,” the main character showed courage throughout the entire story, but in the finale he came to the conclusion that it was in vain to allow the war to tear him away from his home. All his courage was wasted, because even Gregory himself did not know where his enemies were. He changed sides of the barricades, not understanding where the truth was, for which it was worth courageously going to the end. Everywhere there were friends, fellow villagers, fellow citizens, and not occupiers and invaders. Having used strength and courage against them, Melekhov lost himself, becoming completely confused in life.
Heroism in war
Any war is grief, loss, a personal and state problem. There is a lot of heroism in war, without it it is simply impossible to imagine any armed conflict, much less the Great Patriotic War. And the final outcome depended only on each of its participants. And our ancestors did it! As they did hundreds of years before them, as they will do after them.
We examined the question of what heroism in war is. The arguments presented here may seem naive and controversial to some, but I would like to hope that someone will agree with us and, perhaps, complement the topic: “Heroism in war: an essay on courage and self-sacrifice.”
Eternal glory to the heroes! Their feat is immortal. Their feat is priceless.
Lack of courage
- N.V. Gogol “The Inspector General”. In the comedy, the author talks about Anton Antonovich , a mayor who is terribly afraid of the arrival of the Inspector General. He begins to stubbornly prepare for his arrival, but the stupid city landowners, Bobchinsky and Dobchinsky, mistake an ordinary person for the Inspector General. However, Anton Antonovich tries hard to create a good impression. He lends Khlestakov as much as he asks. He also gives him the best room, generously feeds his servant and the “official” himself. The mayor is ready to sacrifice not only material goods for the sake of a good impression and in order to avoid inspection. He neglects the blessing for the wedding of his only daughter and the “Inspector General”.
- In A. Ostrovsky's play "The Thunderstorm" Tikhon did not have enough courage to resist the despotism of his mother, who humiliated his beloved wife. The man preferred to sneak out of the house, abuse alcohol and forget himself, rather than solve the problem in the family. Even his wife was a more decisive and strong-willed person. She began a rebellion against conventions and old rules, which ended in her death. Only then did the cowardly and cowardly Tikhon dare to raise his voice against his mother, but it was already too late. Because of his insolvency, the family was destroyed.
Author: Yulianna Sirota
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