↑ How should we treat nature? (Antoine de Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince")
One of the problems raised by the author of this wonderful tale is man’s relationship to nature. The main character can serve as an example of a caring attitude towards nature. The little prince lives on a small planet. His main rule: “Get up in the morning, wash your face, put yourself in order - and immediately put your planet in order.” Every morning the little prince cleans out volcanoes and pulls out baobab trees, which, if left unattended, can destroy the planet. The main character teaches us to appreciate the beauty in the natural world, to protect it with all our might, since the planet is our home, and a person cannot live without a home. That is why the Little Prince asked the snake to bite him in order to return home to his planet and rose, which he must take care of. Because taking care of the house in which you live is the main duty and responsibility of a person.
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Valentin Rasputin story “Farewell to Matera”
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On the Siberian island of Matera there was a village of the same name, where people lived in complete harmony with nature. They loved this land, forests, meadows, river, rejoiced at all its gifts, thanked their ancestors for this island and took care of it for their descendants. There was also an Owner on the island - an animal like no other, who had never shown himself to people. He kept order on the island and could feel what would happen to his land in the near future. No one could have imagined that Matera would ever die. Humanity needed the construction of a hydroelectric power station (hydroelectric power station), but for this it was necessary to flood the island. The “superiors” understood the bitterness of the consequences, but still decided to sacrifice the island, providing the mothers with new housing in another place. The villagers were indignant, they did not want to leave their beloved land, they felt guilty that they could not save the island, but could not challenge the decision of the authorities. Everyone understood that the small world would perish, all living things on Mater, but humanity needed electricity. The owner of the island felt the end was imminent, but accepted it calmly, realizing that he was unable to fight humanity.
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"The Tale of Igor's Campaign"
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In this work, the complete harmony of man and nature is obvious. So, Yaroslavna turns to the wind, sun, mountains and rivers with a request to help the prince and nature responded. The whirlwind showed Igor the way, the rivers carried him on their waves, and the woodpeckers knocked and told him where to go. The prince returned home safe and sound.
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V. P. Astafiev’s short story “The King Fish”
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The main character of the novel is Ignatyich. Among the locals he is the best fisherman, he has no lack of skill, everything worked out “okay and reasonable” for him. Everyone who needed help or advice in the fishing business turned to Ignatyich for help. And he helped, but not out of the kindness of his heart; there was no sincerity in his actions. In addition, the fisherman was one of the wealthiest people in the village, and all because he traded in poaching. He realized his guilt, but could not do anything about it because of his greed. Realizing that he was causing irreparable damage to the rivers, the hero continued to exterminate the fish, although he was afraid of the “shame” if the fisheries inspectorate caught him doing this disgusting thing. The hero reconsidered his views on life, including his attitude towards nature, after meeting the huge king fish that his grandfather talked about. She fell for his bait, but the poacher did not immediately understand who he had hooked. Ignatyich could not pull out the fish alone, but greed did not allow him to call the men for help, and the catch pulled the fisherman to the bottom. “The king of the river and the king of nature are in one trap.” Ignatyich almost died; the fish released him only after he asked for forgiveness for everything he had done and sincerely repented.
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Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov poem “Grandfather Mazai and the Hares”
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Grandfather Mazai is a village hunter with vast experience behind him. He loves the forest and animals very much, and treats nature with care. During his long life, he saw a lot and knew many tales and stories. The old man tells the guest about how he once saved hares from a spring flood. By boat he managed to pick up the hares from the island. Which at that very moment disappeared under the water. When the boat was overcrowded, grandfather Mazai hooked a log on which the hares also sat. Having reached land, the hunter released the “eared ones”, but it turned out that the two pairs were too weak. The old man took them with him, cured them, and then released them. “Don’t get caught by me in winter,” Grandfather Mazai advises the hares goodbye. The hunter says that he doesn’t shoot animals in the summer and spring because their skin is bad at this time. That is, he does not kill unnecessarily. But, unfortunately, not all people are like this good-natured grandfather. During the flood, village men beat drowning hares with hooks, trying to drown them for fun.
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Yuri Yakovlev “Awakened by Nightingales”
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Seluzhonok is a nimble little boy, restless and a bully. While relaxing at the camp, he caused a lot of trouble for the counselors and teachers. Even the balanced camp director raised his voice and lost control of himself at the sight of Selyuzhonok. This boy did a lot of pranks and, like a magpie, dragged everything that was “badly lying.” One day he stole a large piece of green plasticine from the art studio, which greatly upset the teacher. The director decided to send the fidget to the city; he no longer had the strength to fight.
On the last night the boy was awakened by the trills of a nightingale. He tossed around, pulled the blanket over his head, but could not sleep. The little villager got angry at the birds and decided to throw a stone in his pocket at them. Sneaking in the darkness, the boy saw the bird more and more clearly, but could not find it. The nightingale's song was so beautiful that the boy forgot about his intentions. He was afraid to move and interrupt the magical melody. Something trembled in the child’s soul. He really wanted to see the singer, but the nightingale never showed up. Meanwhile, the stone in the boy’s hand melted; it was a piece of plasticine stolen the day before. The little villager wanted to sculpt a nightingale. He took his craft to the art studio teacher and talked about the songs of the nightingale. The teacher noticed that something had changed in the boy, and she persuaded the director to leave Selyuzhonok in the camp. He acquired a new interest - modeling, and even though he remained the same restless person, he no longer took other people's things and he really wanted to become even better.
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I. S. Turgenev novel “Fathers and Sons”
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In the novel “Fathers and Sons,” Turgenev, in addition to the main one, reveals the theme of man’s relationship to nature and contrasts the main character Bazarov with his friend Arkady. The romantic, gentle Kirsanov was not like the practical nihilist Evgeniy, but he tried in every possible way to imitate him. Friends also perceived the world around him differently: Arkady never ceased to admire the beauty of nature, he felt like a part of it, he was pleased to be united with it, this helped the young man to heal his emotional wounds. Bazarov by no means insisted that nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man is a worker in it. Eugene believed that nature was useless, that it needed to be studied and changed for human convenience. The hero was sure that nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man is a worker in it. Communication with nature did not attract Bazarov; it did not give him peace of mind and peace: being in a bad mood, Evgeny went into the forest to break tree branches. This once again emphasizes the need for a two-way dialogue with nature.
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M. Yu. Lermontov novel “Hero of Our Time”
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One of the striking examples indicating the close connection between man and nature is the character of the novel by M. Yu. Lermontov “A Hero of Our Time”. Grigory Pechorin is characterized as a narcissistic, selfish and very self-confident person. This young man, busy searching for happiness, himself and the meaning of his existence, rarely succumbed to emotions, loved to play with other people’s feelings, but, oddly enough, he treated nature with trepidation. He enjoyed any contact with her: enjoying the wind, flowering trees, the beauty of the mountains. “It’s fun to live in such a land! Some kind of gratifying feeling
poured in all my veins. The air is clean and fresh, like a child's kiss; the sun is bright, the sky is blue - what else seems to be more? - Pechorin wrote in his journal. Gregory's perception of the world around him directly depended on his state of mind. Before the duel with Grushnitsky, Pechorin was full of spiritual strength and peered into every drop of dew, the morning seemed especially fresh to him, he loved nature “more than ever before.” After some time, George, overshadowed by the duel, looked at the world around him with different eyes: the sun seemed dim, and the rays did not warm him at all.
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Boris Lvovich Vasiliev novel “Don’t shoot white swans”
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Vasiliev’s work “Don’t Shoot White Swans” emphasizes people’s dual attitude towards nature: some destroy it for profit, others protect it, treating any living creature with trepidation. The novel is about cousins. Buryanov Fedor Ipatevich, appointed as a forester of the reserve, taking advantage of his position, had a consumerist attitude towards nature, cutting down forests without permission to build his own house. Vovka, Buryanov’s son, did not lag behind his father and followed his example. For 30 rubles, he took drunk tourists to a protected area, and once caught a puppy and wanted to torture it to death. Egor Polushkin, on the contrary, a good-natured simpleton, tried to preserve all living things around him. While digging a trench, he came across an anthill and decided to go around it so as not to disturb the insects. Yegor just didn’t think about the fact that there are no crooked pipes, people mocked him for a long time afterwards. Having learned that in the region they accept soaked bast from the population for a monetary reward, the wealthy Buryanov destroyed an entire linden grove. Polushkin, who was in dire need of money, doubted for a long time whether it was worth stripping the linden trees for this. For his caring attitude towards nature, Yegor was appointed forester instead of his brother and fully justified his trust in himself. And Polushkin’s son, Kolka, took over his father’s love of nature and helped him in any way he could. And when he learned that Vovka was torturing the puppy, he gave away a brand new spinning rod, the dream of all boys, to save the animal, although he understood that they would never give him something like that again.
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L. N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”
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One of the striking examples of the influence of nature on humans is the character in L.N. Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace.” Andrei Bolkonsky is a complex person. He dreams of fame and power, but at the same time he is unable to step over his conscience. A sensible, courageous young man is in a harmonious relationship with nature, which seems to reflect his state of mind or, on the contrary, pushes him on the true path. In Austerlitz, the wounded Bolkonsky looks into the sky and comes to the conclusion that fame, power and recognition of the people are not worth his previous efforts, they are insignificant. The description of the old oak tree clearly conveys Andrei’s internal state. Depressed after the injury and death of his wife, on the way to his son’s Ryazan estate he noticed a huge tree. The oak tree seemed ugly and gloomy to the prince and seemed to say that there was no spring, no love, no happiness - everything was a deception. “Yes, he’s right, this oak tree is right a thousand times,” thought Andrei and realized that everything was in vain, and he just needed to live out his life without doing anything. After some time, seeing the same oak tree, but covered with young leaves, the prince decided that at 31, life was just beginning.
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Chingiz Ai
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A striking example of animal suffering due to human fault is the novel Ai. To fulfill the meat supply plan, people decided to use the “meat resources” of the reserve. Without thinking about the consequences, they destroyed saigas, which were also food for predators, in huge quantities. A man who tried to stop the poachers was killed by them. Due to the fault of people, the wolf family, Akbar and Tashchainar, in whose image nature is represented, lost their offspring three times. The last time Bazarbai took the wolf cubs was when their parents were hunting. He wanted to sell the little animals. The wolves took this loss hard. Boston, who cares about nature, wanted to buy the cubs and return them to the family, but Bazarbai did not sell the wolf cubs out of spite. Nature is not defenseless; it takes revenge on humans for mistakes and unjustified cruelty. Wolves broke the ancient taboo “not to attack people.” Boston understood that the angry wolf couple would have to be killed or people would suffer. He did this with a stone in his heart, but still paid for the mistakes of others with the life of his little son.
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Sergei Yesenin “Song of the Dog”
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In the poem “Song of the Dog,” which leaves no one indifferent, Yesenin talks about his ruthless attitude towards animals. The owner, whom the dog trusted, deprived her of her maternal happiness by putting the newly born puppies in a bag and drowning them in the river. The mother ran after her cubs, but could not protect them. The animal could not oppose the Man himself. It’s scary to imagine how the dog felt as he watched his children die. And it didn’t seem to cost the owner anything; it seemed like there wasn’t a drop of pity in him. Unfortunately, this example also occurs in everyday life.
Jack London story "Love of Life"
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In his famous story “Love of Life,” Jack London reminds us that nature has never submitted to man, it is still powerful and merciless. This is the story of a gold miner who challenged the mother of all life on this earth. Left without household items and provisions, the main character lost his partner and almost said goodbye to his life. And the taiga stretched for many miles ahead, inhospitable, cold and indifferent to everything. To survive, a person had to overcome a huge distance: near the Diz River there was a cache of ammunition, supplies and everything that modern man cannot survive without. Death followed on the traveler's heels: unbearable cold, wolves, bears and an incessant feeling of hunger. Every step he took could be his last, he could simply fall from weakness and fall asleep forever. The traveler had a gun, but no ammunition. He could neither defend himself from predators nor kill prey. He had to eat berries and small fish, which he caught with his hands in icy water and immediately ate raw. The man had 67 matches, which he used very carefully and only in case of emergency. The traveler covered the last miles on all fours. And despite the fact that he survived, his salvation can be considered pure luck.
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↑ Why is it important to appreciate the beauty of nature? (R. Bradbury “All Summer in One Day”)
This story teaches us to appreciate the beauty of nature here and now. To give a feel for what it means to “never see the sun,” Bradbury shows the life of the colonists on Venus. On this planet it rains most of the time, and residents can see the sun only once every 7 years. Everyone is looking forward to this day. But among the children of the colonists there is one girl who was brought to Venus at a conscious age, so she has it worse than everyone else. For other children, the sun is a dream, but for Margot it is something lost. With this example, Bradbury is trying to convey to the reader the idea: a person begins to especially appreciate the surrounding beauty of nature at the moment when he loses it. We live in a wonderful world, but we don't appreciate what we have.
↑ How should we treat nature? (N.A. Nekrasov “Grandfather Mazai and the Hares”)
The main character Mazai is a hunter by profession. However, this person has a moral code and conscience. He laments that there would be a much larger number of animals in the area if other hunters had not used dishonest methods: they would not have caught animals with nets, would not have crushed them with snares, and would not have destroyed hares during the spring flood. He tells a story about how during a flood he saw an island surrounded by water. On this island, hares huddled together. The hunter's kind heart could not stand it, he gathered them on his boat, swam to the shore, and then released them. He took the cold and weak rabbits home so they could warm up, and the next morning he released them into the wild. This man's moral principle is that it is dishonest to attack the weak. Of course, man lives by hunting. Man is a predator, but he also has morality, which should not allow him to “beat when he’s down.” When an animal is unable to defend itself, it should not be attacked. Such a hunt turns a person into a murderer. Man is endowed with enormous potential, he is stronger and more cunning than many animals, but at the same time he has heart and morality. You need to treat nature with care, you can’t just take it, you need to help it.
Essay unrequited attitude towards nature
Once upon a time, man lived in harmony with nature, honored and even deified it, and took care of all living things on our planet. However, time passed, technological progress gained more and more momentum, generations replaced each other, values and ideals became completely different. By the middle of the 20th century, people finally stopped taking nature into account and began, with frightening indifference, to destroy all living things for the sake of profit, comfort, and sometimes just to amuse themselves. This problem has been raised more than once by journalists, environmentalists, artists, politicians, and social activists. Among them is the famous Soviet and Russian writer V.P. Astafiev. The author poses the problem of modern man's attitude to nature, his cruelty and selfishness, his destruction of all living things around him, sometimes not even out of necessity, but simply for the sake of entertainment.
Viktor Petrovich Astafiev reveals the problem by telling the story of a capercaillie living in one of the city zoos.
The majestic taiga bird, taken far from its native places and placed in a cramped cage, exposed to the amusement of the crowd, has noticeably withered and weakened, its feathers have thinned out. However, the capercaillie did not lose his “spring passion” and “desire to continue his family”: even in captivity, weakened, with his eyes continually drawn into a “blind film,” he continued to sing his mating song.
Looking at the taiga giant grieving in his prison, the writer reflects on the fact that man “pushes back and pushes back all living things in the taiga,” but there is no way for him to finish off nature to the end, not to “dump all living things to the ground.” Despite man's desperate attempts to destroy nature, subjugate it to his will and use it for his needs, it seems to continue to desperately resist and does not allow itself to be completely destroyed.
The problem posed by V.P. Astafiev deeply affected me. Indeed, in our time, people do not take care of nature at all, they exploit and mutilate it, without thinking at all about how many living beings they are destroying, how priceless treasure they are destroying. Are you enrolling in 2021? Our team will help you save your time and nerves: we will select directions and universities (according to your preferences and expert recommendations); we will fill out applications (all you have to do is sign); we will submit applications to Russian universities (online, by e-mail, by courier); we will monitor competition lists ( we will automate the tracking and analysis of your positions); we will tell you when and where to submit the original (we will evaluate the chances and determine the best option). Entrust the routine to professionals - more details.
Examples of man's irresponsible, consumerist attitude towards nature are often found in fiction. Thus, the Soviet poet Mikhail Dudin wrote: “We did not make it out of the blue, / But with the zeal of our own grief, / From clean oceans - landfills, / We re-polluted the seas...” The author very accurately notes: the destruction of nature is a conscious choice of people, which could be abandoned, and not forced measures. However, the majority of humanity still doesn’t want to think about the detrimental impact it has on all living things around them, and therefore the situation remains the same.
Unfortunately, in real life, you can also encounter man’s irresponsible attitude towards nature, and at every step. For example, in most industrial cities in Russia, enterprises pollute water and air with emissions, and landfills are formed in forests. A black sky regime is declared, fish die in the rivers, a fuss is raised, the media, public and government figures are attracted. However, from year to year the situation remains the same.
Thus, in our time, the problem of man’s irresponsible attitude towards nature is very acute. People systematically destroy all living things around them for the sake of comfort, profit, and sometimes just for fun.
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↑ How should we treat nature? (J. Giono “The Man Who Planted Trees”)
"The Man Who Planted Trees" is an allegorical story. At the center of the story is the shepherd Elzéar Bouffier, who single-handedly decided to restore the ecosystem of the desert area. For four decades, Bouffier planted trees, which led to incredible results: the valley became like a Garden of Eden. The authorities perceived this as a natural phenomenon, and the forest received official state protection. After some time, about 10,000 people moved to this area. All these people owe their happiness to Bouffier. Elzeard Bouffier is an example of how a person should relate to nature. This work awakens in readers a love for the world around them. Man can not only destroy, he is also capable of creating. Human resources are inexhaustible; determination can create life where there is none. This story was translated into 13 languages, it influenced society and authorities so much that after reading it, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest were restored.
Love for nature
- I.S. Turgenev "Notes of a Hunter". Together with the heroes of the series of stories by I.S. Turgenev's Notes of a Hunter, readers feel the full flavor of the beauties of Russia. A distinctive feature of the works is their vivid description of the environment. The author notices how living nature influences the mood and feelings of people. Thus, the simple peasant Kalinich from the story “Khor and Kalinich” is inspired by looking at nature and acquires the complacency for which everyone loves him so much. And the peasant children from the story “Bezhin Meadow”, forced to work from early childhood, find joy and fun alone with the forest, meadows and rivers. Ivan Turgenev paid special attention to a detailed description of natural phenomena: the reader feels the rustling of tree leaves, the singing of birds, the calmness of the wind. Nature in Turgenev's stories gives an atmosphere of calm and tranquility. The author loves his native land and depicts it in all its glory.
- Lyrics by S. Yesenin
. Sergei Yesenin is one of the brightest representatives of Russian literature, who pays a special role to the nature of his large and small Motherland. In his poems, the poet idolizes not only Rus' as a country as a whole, but also separately highlights his native village, the village of Konstantinovo. It was the open spaces of his native village that inspired that passion and ardor for poetry in Yesenin. The poet colorfully and vividly conveys the full palette of colors of any season, any landscape in poetic form, which excites the reader’s imagination. Thus, using the example of the work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, one can see that nature has a mirror image in the writer’s mood. He draws inspiration for creativity from its vastness. - Creativity F.I.
Tyutcheva. In his work, F.I. Tyutchev endowed the image of nature with human qualities. The world around us is capable of experiencing both bright, bright emotions and gloom and anxiety. “I love thunderstorms at the beginning of May, when the first thunder of spring, as if frolicking and playing, rumbles in the blue sky.” Despite the changeability and inconstancy of the weather, Fyodor Ivanovich loves and accepts it in any mood and guise. Thus, through the prism of the poet’s poems, one can see how sometimes the weather can synchronize with the inner state of a person’s soul. The author encourages us to protect the world around us and treat it with respect.
↑ How should we relate to the world around us? (B.L. Vasiliev “Don’t shoot white swans”)
One of the main characters, Yegor Polushkin, is a man who does not stay in one job for long. The reason for this is the inability to work “without a heart.” He loves the forest very much and takes care of it. That’s why he is appointed as a forester, while firing the dishonest Buryanov. It was then that Egor showed himself as a true fighter for nature conservation. He bravely enters the fight against poachers who set fire to the forest and killed the swans. This man serves as an example of how to treat nature. Thanks to people like Yegor Polushkin, humanity has not yet destroyed everything that exists on this earth. Goodness in the person of caring “polushkins” must always act against Buryanov’s cruelty.
↑ The problem of attitude towards nature (A.P. Platonov “Unknown Flower”)
The story “The Unknown Flower” touches on the problem of attitude towards nature. A positive example is the behavior of children. So, the girl Dasha discovers a flower that grows in terrible conditions and needs help. The next day she brings a whole detachment of pioneers, and together they fertilize the ground around the flower. A year later, we see the consequences of such indifference. The wasteland is unrecognizable: it was “overgrown with herbs and flowers,” and “birds and butterflies flew over it.” Caring for nature does not always require titanic efforts from a person, but it always brings such important results. By spending an hour of their time, each person can save or “give life” to a new flower. And every flower in this world counts.
Energy industry
The impact of energy on the environment is diverse. Energy has been used by humanity for thousands of years, beginning with the use of fire for light, heat, cooking and protection.
Consumption of fossil fuel resources leads to global warming and climate change. In most parts of the world, little is being done to slow these changes. If more research is done into using viable alternative energy sources, our impact could be less hostile to nature.
↑ How does nature influence human character? (M.Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time”)
The area in which a person lives influences the formation of his character. Lermontov describes the Caucasus as a place surrounded by high dangerous mountains, seething, fast rivers, and therefore the people who live there have a bold, furious character. Mountains are associated with adventure and risk, and people's lives are about overcoming dangers. The harsh conditions of nature make a person’s character harsh, he becomes prone to impulsiveness, and he develops a spirit of adventurism. For people living in such an area, nature is not just a background. They feel nature better than any person describing the beauty of the landscape, they love nature and feel it with their hearts: “... in simple hearts the feeling of the beauty and grandeur of nature is stronger, a hundred times more vivid, than in us, enthusiastic storytellers in words and on paper.” . HERO OF OUR TIME SUMMARY
