Updated July 21, 2021
Hello, dear readers of the KtoNaNovenkogo.ru blog. In times of peace, the word “feat” is rarely heard.
But it seems that humanity is again going through a testing period. The daily work of doctors, which is covered in news reports, makes us think about heroes and heroism in a new way.
That is why an essay on the topic “What is a feat” will be very relevant today.
The feat is...
Before writing an essay, it is necessary to clarify the meaning of the word “feat”. What it is? How does a feat differ from a simple good deed? Is it possible to accomplish a feat in peacetime? What kind of person is capable of a feat, and do we know in advance what we will do in a situation of choice?
Turning to explanatory dictionaries, we learn that a feat is a “heroic, selfless act”, “a courageous and valiant act committed in difficult times.”
The key word in this definition is “ selfless ”. For example, going for bread on an ordinary day is a common thing; in extreme cases, a little help around the house.
But in cities where a strict quarantine regime has been introduced, this is almost a feat, because leaving the house is associated with a risk to health and life.
We touched on the concept of “risk” (what is it?) and it brought us closer to the motive of sacrifice.
To accomplish a feat means to sacrifice something global and important.
If you analyze the compatibility of the word “feat”, the phrases “military feat”, “maternal feat”, “civil feat” will come to mind. In war, soldiers give their lives for their homeland; they understand that they must complete a combat mission, even if they die in the process.
In peacetime, there are also situations when one cannot remain indifferent.
When creating the draft constitution, the Decembrists understood the utopianism and untimeliness of the ideas of freedom and universal equality, but at the same time they realized that they must take at least the first step on this path. The price of their feat was life and personal freedom.
The maternal feat is much more familiar and simpler. Every mother takes care of her child and does not expect a reward for this. Her work is normal and natural.
But giving birth and raising a child is a feat, because a woman forever forgets about her previous habits and priorities and gives her body, soul, strength, time, and health to the little person.
Swimmer saved 20 people
In 1976, swimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan, as usual, ran in the morning. He became an unwitting witness to the accident. The bus fell into the river. There were 92 passengers in the cabin.
The young man rushed to help. The bus had already plunged into the water. The depth of the river was about 10 meters. Shavarsh broke out the window and started harassing people. He managed to save 20 people, then he lost consciousness.
Karapetyan was a real hero, this is not his only heroic act. In 1984, he again accomplished the feat. Shavarsh saved people from a burning building, but he received severe burns.
“What is a feat”: essay
It is best to start a discussion about feats with problematic questions about why feats are performed.
We need to define the feat and move on to talking about difficult trials for the country and society. It should be noted that turning points help a person understand why he lives, what is more in him: courage or fear, the will to win or slavish obedience.
Quotes (what is this?) about the feat enhance the expressiveness of the introduction They can be viewed here: https://quote-citation.com/topic/podvig
Russian proverbs and sayings about heroes : https://women365.ru/cop719_posl-poslovicy-o-podvige/
We cannot do without historical examples . It is not necessary to write about Suvorov, Kutuzov or Zhukov.
Feats were and are being accomplished by the most ordinary people - Tolkien’s great trilogy “The Lord of the Rings” was written about this. The writer made the main character a little furry man - the hobbit Frodo, showing that even the most inconspicuous, the most ordinary of us can save the world.
By the way, the trilogy was written during the Second World War. Through the hazy veil of evil, Tolkien saw the light that awaits those who find the strength to survive.
The theme of the Great Patriotic War is close to every person. If your family has stories from the lives of grandfathers and great-grandfathers who took part in the war, it would be appropriate to remember them in your essay.
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Examples of feats from literature
In the literature of the 19th century there are examples of heroic actions of characters. As an illustration, we can recall A.S. Pushkin’s story “The Captain’s Daughter”, M.Yu. Lermontov’s poems “Borodino” and “Valerik”, L.N. Tolstoy’s trilogy “Sevastopol Stories”, I.S. Turgenev’s novel “On the Eve” .
But none of these works match the emotional impact of 20th-century war fiction .
As the first literary example, we can recall the poem “Zoya” by the Soviet poetess Maya Rumyantseva : https://1941-1945-2010.ru/zoya5-13.htm. It is dedicated to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, an 18-year-old partisan who did not surrender to the Nazis and was hanged for her silence after terrible torture.
She became the first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The poem begins with the lines:
“What is a feat? Farewell or meeting? What is a feat? Second or eternity?..”
Reflecting on the feat of yesterday's schoolgirl, M. Rumyantseva searches for the origins of her courage, calling Zoya a girl leaving on the path of immortality. It is difficult for us to say whether we could have acted like her.
Walk barefoot in the snow, endure beatings and bullying, endure inhuman torture, and just before execution, on the rack, exclaim:
“Don't be afraid, comrades! Isn’t it happiness to die for your people?
She was an ordinary Soviet girl, but at the moment of her death she became a hero.
The second literary example can be found in the story “Sotnikov” by Vasil Bykov . Here the brightness of Sotnikov’s feat is highlighted against the backdrop of the betrayal committed by Rybak.
Going to buy food for a partisan detachment, fellow soldiers fall into the hands of the Germans and behave differently during interrogation. Sotnikov's nails and meat are pulled out and his bones are broken during torture. And Rybak agrees to testify and join the German police.
In the morning, the Nazis summon the prisoners for liquidation. In front of Rybak, Sotnikov is executed. After his betrayal, he does not know where to run and how to live further.
A huge amount of material on the topic is contained in the books by K. Simonov “The Living and the Dead”, K. Vorobyov “Killed near Moscow”, Y. Bondarev “Shore”, “Choice”, V. Bogomolov “In August of '44”, O. Berggolts "Siege Diary".
They are full of living human stories in which fear and pain are overcome by faith in victory, courage, and fortitude. About the human and teaching feat of the great Polish teacher Janusz Korczak, who died along with his 192 students on August 6, 1942 in the gas chamber of the fascist Treblinka camp, the poem “Kaddish” by A. Galich and the book “Living Connection” by I. Niverli were written.
Junior Sergeant Anatoly Mikhailovich Zverev
“Junior Sergeant Zverev A.M. in battle 06.26. In 1944, when crossing the Western Dvina River in the area of the village of Erosheva, he did not take into account the dangers; under strong enemy machine-gun fire, he skillfully crossed the river, dragging the rest of the soldiers with him, secretly approached the enemy trenches, threw grenades, and destroyed up to 10 German invaders, which contributed to successful crossing of the river by large groups of our infantry, where he died heroically. Worthy of being awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union - posthumously."
Incredible feats of the most courageous people in history. Photo
Their stories prove how strong a person can be.
As you know, the true nature of a person is known only when he is driven into a corner, reports Chronicle.info with reference to nfoniac.
There are many people in history whose stories and actions we admire, and we are also amazed at how they were able to cope in incredibly difficult situations.
In many cases, they were helped by courage and bravery, the ability to reason soberly and choose the right course of action.
Some of them were able to survive the ordeal only through willpower and inflexibility.
Leonid Rogozov
1. In 1961, Soviet doctor Leonid Rogozov removed his inflamed appendix. He was the only doctor at a remote research station in Antarctica and, thanks to the surgery performed, was able to survive.
When 27-year-old doctor Leonid Rogozov was stationed at the new Antarctic colony, he came down with severe pain and classic symptoms of appendicitis. He knew that his only option would be surgery, but since there was no transport due to the snowstorm and he was the only doctor on the base, he had to operate himself.
Several people assisted him as he calmly and concentratedly carried out the operation. Every five Rogozov took breaks to recover from weakness and dizziness.
It took him 1 hour and 45 minutes to perform the operation, which he did while looking at his reflection in the mirror. The doctor recovered after a few weeks and started working again.
Miyamoto Musashi
2. Miyamoto Musashi - 17th century Japanese swordsman was late for fights twice and defeated both opponents. For his next duel, he decided not to be late and arrived early, ambushing those who ambushed him.
After the war between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa clans in 1600, a young 20-year-old Musashi began a series of duels against the Yoshioka school. He was able to defeat the school master Yoshioka Seijiro with one blow. Seijiro handed over the leadership of the school to his brother Yoshioka Denshichiro, who also challenged Musashi to a duel, but was defeated, leaving 12-year-old Yoshioka Matashichiro as master.
This angered the Yoshioka family so much that they ambushed him with archers, musketeers and swordsmen. However, this time Musashi decided to come much earlier than the appointed time and hid. He unexpectedly attacked the enemy and killed him, ending the Yoshioka family.
Roy Benavidez
3. Master Sergeant Roy Benavidez fought for 6 hours, suffering 37 puncture wounds and a broken jaw, his eyes swollen with blood. He was declared dead, but when the doctor tried to seal him in a black bag, he spat in his face.
In 1965, Benavidez was struck by a mine in South Vietnam and was evacuated to the United States, where doctors said he would no longer be able to walk. However, after several months of persistent practice, he began to walk again. Despite constant pain, the sergeant returned to Vietnam on May 2, 1968, after hearing a call for help from a captured Special Forces team.
Armed with only a knife and an orderly's bag, he took off in a helicopter to save people. He repelled the attacks and helped save the lives of at least 8 people, but he himself was already considered dead. They stuffed him with a bag, and when the doctor tried to zip it up, Benavidez spat in his face.
Harald III the Severe
4. Harald III the Severe - a Viking who was forced to leave his native Norway and flee to Russia, became an elite guardsman in the Eastern Roman Empire and fought in Iraq. He then returned to Russia, married the princess and returned to Norway as king, taking over England with his army.
When Harald was 15 years old, he and his brother Olaf fought in the battle for the Norwegian throne, which he lost to the Danish king Canute the Great. However, they lost the battle and were forced to leave the country, spending 15 years in Kievan Rus and in the Varangian Guard in the Byzantine Empire.
In 1042 he returned from Byzantium and began a campaign to regain the Norwegian throne. He became an ally of Sven II, the nephew of the king of Denmark, with whom he became co-ruler of Norway and sole ruler after Sven's death. Harald unsuccessfully claimed the throne of Denmark until 1064 and the throne of England in 1066. His death at the Battle of Stamford Bridge for the throne of England is considered the end of the Viking era, and he is considered the last great Viking.
Thomas Baker
5. Being wounded, soldier Thomas Baker ordered his squad to leave himself near a tree with a pistol and 8 cartridges. Later, when Baker was found in the same place with an empty pistol, 8 dead Japanese soldiers lay around him.
During World War II, between June 19 and July 7, Thomas Baker demonstrated exceptional courage. He voluntarily ran with a bazooka 90 meters from the enemy, and under gunfire.
On July 7, Baker was seriously wounded when the perimeter he was within was surrounded by Japanese soldiers.
Refusing to evacuate, he asked his friends to lean him against a tree with a pistol, which had 8 rounds in its clip. When he was later found dead, the gun was empty and 8 dead Japanese soldiers lay nearby.
Interesting stories from people's lives
Jesse Arbogast
6. In 2001, 8-year-old Jesse Arbogast was attacked by a 2-meter sixgill shark, which tore off his arm. His uncle, hearing the noise, pulled the shark from the ocean to shore while the shark was still holding the child's severed hand. Fortunately, surgeons were later able to reattach the arm.
Jesse Arbogast was on the Pensacola Beach in Florida with his uncle Vance Flosenzier when the accident occurred.
The first thing his uncle did was pull the shark out of the ocean and return his nephew's hand. Fortunately, surgeons were able to successfully reattach the boy's arm.
Jeanne de Clisson
7. Frenchwoman Jeanne de Clisson became a pirate in the 14th century in revenge for her husband being beheaded. She sold her lands and bought 3 ships, painting them black. She attacked French ships and dealt with the sailors, beheading them with an ax herself.
It all started when the French authorities, with whom Clisoon had once defended Brittany from England, began to doubt his loyalty. He was captured and tried for treason by order of King Philip VI. Clisson was beheaded and his head was sent to Nantes for public display.
Enraged by the execution of her husband, Jeanne became a pirate and for 13 years, killed all the French who crossed her path, even after the death of King Philip VI. Thanks to her ruthlessness, she was called the "Lioness of Breton."
Later, Jeanne fell in love with an English nobleman, got married and began to lead a quiet life.
Peter Freuchen
8. Arctic explorer Peter Freuchen made a chisel from his own frozen excrement to free himself from an avalanche. In addition, he amputated his frozen fingers with an ax without anesthesia.
One day, having decided to take refuge from a snowstorm in a snowdrift, Peter Freuchen discovered that he was trapped in a block of snow and ice. For many hours he tried to get out of the snowdrift, picking out the snow with his bare hands and frozen bear skin. He almost gave up, but then he remembered that dog excrement can freeze and become hard as rock.
He decided to experiment with his own feces and made a chisel out of it, patiently digging through a snowdrift. Returning to camp, he discovered that his feet were frostbitten and gangrene had set in. He amputated his toes with forceps without taking a drop of alcohol to relieve the pain.
Charles Rigoulot
9. French weightlifter Charles Rigoulot was jailed for punching a Nazi officer, but he was able to escape from prison by bending the bars.
Charles Rigouleau was a French weightlifter, professional wrestler, racing driver and actor. He won a gold medal in weightlifting during the 1924 Summer Olympics and set 10 world records between 1923 and 1926.
In 1923, he began working as a strongman in a circus and was called “the strongest man in the world.” During World War II, he was imprisoned for punching a Nazi officer, but he escaped the prison by bending the bars, allowing himself and other prisoners to escape.
Jesus Garcia
10. In 1907, Mexican railroad conductor Jesus Garcia saved the entire town of Nacozari in Sonora state by sending a burning train loaded with dynamite 6 km from the town before it exploded.
Jesus Garcia was a railroad conductor on the route between Nacozari, Sonora and Douglas in Arizona. On November 7, 1907, sparks from a house chimney began to be carried to the train containing dynamite.
Garcia made an immediate decision and took the train in the opposite direction 6 km from the city before it exploded. He died in the explosion and the city was named Nacosari de Garcia in his honor.
Joseph Bolitho Jones
11. A man named Joseph Bolitho Jones, or Moondine Joe as he was known, escaped from an Australian prison so often that the police were forced to build a special cell for him. However, he escaped from it too.
Joseph Bolitho Jones was arrested several times in the mid-19th century. In 1848, he was arrested for stealing 3 loaves of bread, a piece of bacon, several pieces of cheese and other provisions from his home. His behavior angered the judge so much that he sent him to prison for 10 years.
John was imprisoned several more times before he turned 55, but he always managed to escape. Even when he was imprisoned in a separate cell, he escaped from it. To this day, every first Sunday in May, the city of Tudiy celebrates the Mundine festival in honor of the fugitive.
Amazing people in history
Barry Marshall
12. Dr. Barry Marshall was convinced that the bacterium H. pylori caused stomach ulcers, but no one believed him. Since testing his theory on people was prohibited by law, he infected himself with a bacteria, and then treated himself with antibiotics and received the Nobel Prize.
Barry Marshall worked at the Royal Perth Hospital with Robert Warren, who was studying the spiral-shaped bacterium and its connection with gastritis. They suggested that Helicobacter pylori causes ulcers and stomach cancer. But the theory was not supported in the medical community, since it was believed that the bacterium could not survive in such an acidic environment.
Convinced that he was right, Marshall drank a culture of the bacteria, expecting symptoms to appear within a few years. However, after just three days he developed nausea and halitosis, followed by vomiting 5-8 days later. After conducting tests, the marshal began taking antibiotics, which improved his condition. He later received the Nobel Prize for his discovery.
Zheng Yi Xiao
13. The most successful pirate in history was the Chinese prostitute Zheng Yi Xiao. She commanded 80,000 sailors and the largest fleet, and therefore the government was forced to offer her a truce. Having retired from pirate affairs with the loot, she opened a gambling den, which she maintained until her death.
Chinese pirate Zheng married a prostitute in 1801. In turn, she agreed to marry on the condition that she would share power and wealth with him. After Zheng died, Zheng Yi Xiao took the reins, but knowing that the pirates were unlikely to listen to the woman's instructions, she appointed Zhang Bao as the ship's deputy captain.
Zheng Yi Xiao was in charge of affairs and military strategy, established the pirate code, and led the growing number of pirates. She repelled all attacks by the Chinese fleet until they changed tactics and offered amnesty to the pirates in exchange for peace.
Khutulun
14. The Mongolian princess Khutulun declared that any man who wanted to marry her must defeat her in a fight and give up his horses if he lost. She won 10,000 horses by defeating potential suitors.
Khutulun, born in 1260, was the daughter of the most powerful ruler of Central Asia, Khaidu. She helped her father in many battles, and he considered her his favorite and always consulted with her and sought her support.
Hajdu tried to appoint her as his successor before his death, but his brothers and relatives did not allow this. Marco Polo described Khutulun as a magnificent warrior who could rush into the enemy's ranks and snatch up a prisoner like a hawk on a chicken.
Hugh Glass
15. In 1823, American fur trapper Hugh Glass was attacked by a grizzly bear, which he killed with a knife while 320 km from the nearest populated area.
He treated his wounds by allowing the worms to eat the infected flesh to prevent gangrene. With a broken leg, he crawled to the river to make a raft and get to Fort Kiowa. The entire journey took him 6 weeks.
Based on the story of Hugh Glass, the film “The Revenant” was made with Leonardo DiCaprio. Hugh Glass came across a female grizzly bear and her two cubs, and she immediately attacked him. Glass was badly mauled and received serious wounds, but was able to kill the bear with the help of his comrades.
When he lost consciousness, his two partners decided to stay to wait for him to die and bury him.
But when they were attacked by a Native American tribe, they fled, leaving Glass without weapons or equipment.
When he regained consciousness, he found that everyone had abandoned him, he had festering wounds, and deep wounds on his back exposed his ribs. Despite everything that happened, Glass was able to survive and get to the nearest settlement.
Michael Malloy
16. In 1933, five acquaintances of homeless alcoholic Michael Malloy conspired to take three insurance policies from the poor man and drink him to death.
When that didn't kill him, they decided to replace the alcohol with antifreeze, then turpentine, horse ointment, and even mixed rat poison into the alcohol. They then tried poisoned oysters and sardines on him, and none of them killed him. After several more attempts, they finally managed to kill him by placing a hose in his mouth and releasing gas.
But that was not all he experienced. When the crooks realized that it was impossible to poison him, they decided to freeze him to death. After drinking him until he lost consciousness, they took him outside at an air temperature of -26°C and poured 19 liters of water on his chest. The next day he appeared as if nothing had happened.
The next time they decided to hit him with a car at a speed of 72 km per hour. Although it broke his bones, Michael was soon released from the hospital. When he reappeared at the bar, the criminals made one last attempt, and this time they were successful.
The police later exhumed the corpse and found out the reasons for the poor man's death, and the five criminals were executed in the electric chair.
Gordon Cooper
17. During the last manned flight, the Faith 7 robotic spacecraft encountered technical problems, forcing astronaut Gordon Cooper to take manual control.
Using his knowledge of the stars and his wrist watch, he oriented the spacecraft and landed just 6 km from the rescue ship in the Pacific Ocean.
All spacecraft missions in NASA's Mercury program were controlled automatically, including Faith 7, piloted by Gordon Cooper. Automatic mode was considered a controversial engineering decision that reduced the astronaut's role to that of a mere passenger.
Towards the end of the mission, the spacecraft experienced technical problems, but the mission was saved thanks to Cooper's management.
Stories of great people
Ernest Hemingway
18. Ernest Hemingway survived anthrax, pneumonia, dysentery, diabetes, hypertension, two plane crashes that resulted in a ruptured kidney and liver, a fractured skull, second-degree burns and many other accidents.
Renowned author, journalist and Nobel laureate Ernest Hemingway went on a safari to Africa after publishing The Old Man and the Sea and was involved in a serious plane crash where he suffered serious injuries.
As Hemingway recovered from the aftermath, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature.
He was later admitted to a psychiatric clinic in an attempt to treat him with electric shock. Ultimately, in 1961, the writer committed suicide by shooting himself with his own gun.
Simo Häyhä
19. The sniper known as Simo Häyhä killed 505 soldiers during the Finnish-Soviet War without a telescopic sight in temperatures ranging from -40 0 C to -20 0 C. His face was disfigured after being hit by an explosive bullet, but he survived and lived to be 96 years old.
Simo Häyhä joined the Finnish army when he was 20 years old and soon became an expert in marksmanship. He served as a sniper against the Red Army during the Finnish-Soviet War.
Häyhä killed more than 505 soldiers, although the exact number is a matter of debate. However, in 1940, a Soviet soldier was hit by a sniper. An explosive bullet hit him in the left cheek, disfiguring him. Despite everything, Simo lived a long life, living to the age of 96.
Thomas Fitzpatrick
20. In 1956, Thomas Fitzpatrick made a drunken bet, hijacked a plane and flew from New Jersey to New York, landing in front of a bar. In 1958, he again hijacked a plane and landed in front of the university building because the bartender did not believe that he had done it.
Thomas Fitzpatrick was a sailor during the Korean War and also an American pilot. In a drunken deal, he stole a plane from the Teterboro School of Aeronautics in New Jersey and flew it to New York in 15 minutes.
The next time, in 1958, he did the same thing, hijacking a plane and landing in front of a private university.
Cliff Young
21. In 1983, a 61-year-old farmer ran the Sydney to Melbourne Marathon. He became the first and was able to run 875 km 10 hours faster than his closest pursuers. While the others were sleeping, he set a record, improving the previous record by 2 days.
Australian farmer Cliff Young won the 875 km Sydney to Melbourne super marathon. Young ran at a slow pace, well behind the race leaders on the first day.
However, he continued to run and did so even when others were sleeping, eventually overtaking the best runners and becoming a national hero. Young received the $10,000 prize, but gave it away to other track and field athletes, claiming that he did not know about the prize's existence and that he was not participating for the money.
