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The main problem addressed in Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” (1861) is the relationship between two generations. For one of the main characters of the work, Evgeny Bazarov, this relationship is not easy. He is the complete opposite of his parents, and is not strong in manifestations of tender feelings.
Bazarov’s father, Vasily Ivanovich, at one time distinguished himself for his services to the fatherland in the medical field, which earned his family noble status. His mother, Arina Vlasevna, is characterized as a superstitious, good-natured woman who knows how to run a house well. They are both fairly typical representatives of conservative views and way of life. Vasily Ivanovich, for example, does not at all accept the achievements of science that his son shares with him, and uses traditional methods of treatment in medical practice. Although these people are hardworking, they are not distinguished by a developed, inquisitive intellect, like their son.
In comparison with Eugene, these people seem simple-minded and undeveloped, for which he somewhat reproaches them in his heart. He also does not share their commitment to the traditional way of life and views. He, perhaps, due to his youth, wants to explore everything new, to move society forward using methods available to him. The Bazarovs’ son also differs from his parents in his inability to express feelings. For old people, Evgeny is the meaning of life, the only and dearly beloved son. Even in his absence, the parents' thoughts and conversations are dedicated to him.
At first glance, it may seem that the only son of the Bazarovs does not love his parents at all: even upon arrival after a three-year absence, he prefers to keep his distance and asks not to be disturbed with his business. However, the obvious changes in his behavior around them and concern for their feelings refute such an assumption. In difficult life situations, he thinks about his parents; he seeks peace in his father’s house after his heart is broken.
With his parents, Evgeniy is more flexible and soft. Although he does not allow direct expression of feelings, his love is expressed in humility with the shortcomings that he sees in them. He, realizing his importance for them, also appreciates and loves them. His attachment to his parents is especially noticeable before his death, when he no longer sees the point in fighting their conservatism and allows him to openly express his feelings towards them.
Although Bazarov positions himself as a nihilist who is alien to human weaknesses, such as a certain tenderness for his parents, in fact the reader sees that this is not so. Love for parents is probably one of the few weaknesses that are involuntarily present in Evgenia. He tries to behave with restraint, but in his softening towards them there is a noticeable lack of indifference. Through the attitude towards the parents of this seemingly cold-blooded character I.S. Turgenev proves how great the strength of attachment is between “fathers” and children; even contradictions of characters and views cannot destroy it.
Essay on the topic of Bazarov and parents
Bazarov is a very unique and extraordinary person; he was a nihilist. He liked the exact sciences and never had his head in the clouds. Any manifestation of love and tenderness repulsed Bazarov; he believed that he should not show his feelings and emotions.
Bazarov's parents loved him very much and were proud that their son grew up to be a hardworking man. Bazarov did not like to show his feelings, although his parents knew that their son loved and respected them very much. Even though he couldn’t show his feelings and emotions, they knew that. Even in a conversation with his friend Arkady Bazarov said that he loved his parents.
In a dispute with Kirsanov Sr., Bazarov said that he did not understand him, a man who loved poetry, and he considered art to be meaningless. Everyone saw Eugene in the image of a strong man who showed no feelings. Only after Bazarov fell in love with Odintsova did he begin to show his love and was not shy.
The novel shows not only the love of parents for their children, but also the love of children for their parents. Bazarov has great respect for his father and mother, and it shows. After Evgeny Bazarov became seriously ill, he talks to his father. Their conversation reveals all the son’s love for the parents who gave him life and raised him.
Bazarov still thought that his illness would subside and he would act completely differently, but, unfortunately, this did not happen. Bazarov dies with love in his heart for his family and friends.
The novel “Fathers and Sons” by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev reveals the theme of generations, parents and children. The writer wanted to highlight the topic of relationships between the characters as clearly as possible for the reader. The conflict that has arisen between generations shows that each generation treats each other with respect, but everyone is trying to prove that they are right. Bazarov wanted to tell everyone that he lives correctly and only this is true. Not everyone agreed with him, so a conflict arose.
Before his death, Bazarov very much asks Odintsov to come and say goodbye to him. He knew that his days were numbered and he wanted to see his beloved woman.
Everyone continues to live their lives, and only elderly parents come to their son’s grave. Flowers grow on the grave, but they do not represent life, but most likely it is the infinity of that very life.
Everyone seems happy, but this is more of a feigned feeling than a real one. Everyone plays their role in this life, but not everyone is truly happy. Only Bazarov, who has found peace, no longer worries about anything, and his parents spend their days mourning their son. They know that their son loved them very much, he was just a little different and could not express his love in words.
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Why fathers and sons
The author's position in the novel is not directly indicated.
But it is quite easy to determine if you look closely at the composition of the work, analyze the language of the characters, the system of images, and identify the role of individual elements, such as landscape, in the novel. This, by the way, is what makes “Fathers and Sons” very interesting. The meaning of the work is already contained in the title, and the main artistic device of opposition, or antithesis, can be traced throughout the entire novel. So why fathers and why children? Because the family is a small cross-section of the entire society, and in it, as in a mirror, those most complex, sometimes dramatic collisions that shake and feverish the public consciousness are reflected. By the time the idea was born and the novel itself was written, life, in the words of the critic Belinsky, “ran into depth and breadth” in a huge variety of its elements. This variety of forms allows us to see and understand “Fathers and Sons.” The meaning of the work is revealed in the conflict between generations, in views on politics, religion, science, art, social order and world order. No less glaring is the class conflict, which has intensified against the backdrop of harsh confrontation between social forces and problems. An attentive reader, moving from chapter to chapter, understands more and more clearly the metaphorical nature of the title “Fathers and Sons.” The meaning of the work is not only to show the continuity and divisions of generations (a universal human aspect), but also to reveal the confrontation between established views and opinions and new ones that replace the old ones.
The relationship between parents and Bazarov
The characteristics of Bazarov's parents clearly show that for these two people there is nothing more important than their only son. This is where the meaning of their life lies. And it doesn’t matter at all whether Evgeniy is nearby or far away, all thoughts and conversations are only about his beloved and beloved child. Every word exudes care and tenderness. Old people speak very reverently about their son. They love him with blind love, which cannot be said about Evgeny himself: Bazarov’s attitude towards his parents can hardly be called love.
At first glance, it is difficult to call Bazarov’s relationship with his parents warm and affectionate. You can even say that he does not appreciate parental warmth and care at all. But this is far from true. He sees and notices everything, even experiences reciprocal feelings. But it’s not that he doesn’t know how to show them openly, he just doesn’t consider it necessary to do it. And he doesn’t allow those around him to do this.
Bazarov has a negative attitude towards any attempts by his parents to show joy from his presence. Bazarov's family knows this, and his parents try to hide their true feelings from him, do not show increased attention to him and do not show their love.
But all these qualities of Evgeniy turn out to be ostentatious. But the hero understands this too late, only when he is already dying. Nothing can be changed or returned. Bazarov understands this, and therefore asks Odintsova not to forget his old people: “People like them cannot be found in your big world during the day.”
These words from his mouth can be compared to a declaration of love for his parents, he just doesn’t know how to express it any other way.
But the absence or manifestation of love is not the cause of misunderstanding between generations, and Bazarov’s upbringing is a clear confirmation of this. He does not abandon his parents; on the contrary, he dreams that they understand him and share his beliefs. Parents try to do this, but still remain true to their traditional views. It is this discrepancy that leads to the problem of eternal misunderstanding between children and fathers.
What is family? In my opinion, family is people close to us who are ready to help you in any situation and who will always be on your side regardless of the circumstances. The theme of family in their works was raised by many writers and poets: I. S. Turgenev in his novel “Fathers and Sons”, M. Gorky in the work “Childhood”, A. N. Ostrovsky in the drama “The Thunderstorm”. Thus, in his novel “Fathers and Sons,” I. S. Turgenev clearly shows the relationships in the Bazarov family.
The main character of the work is Evgeny Bazarov. As a nihilist, he despises the entire heritage of the Russian nobles, denies art, considers it something useless and harmful, capable only of powdering one's brains and distracting from science. An intelligent, strong, confident person who can change the existing system of Russia through his actions. This is a person who knows how to act decisively, break and destroy, but is not able to create.
He has wonderful parents who love their son fiercely. After their son arrives home, they collect all their savings and buy the most delicious food in the market so that their only son can have the best. The parents are so afraid of not pleasing Evgeniy that they are afraid to ask him anything. Father Vasily Ivanovich considers his son an exceptional, extraordinary person who will soon become a great personality and glorify the names of his parents. The parents fulfill all their son’s requests, even when he says not to appear in front of him, they obediently obey. Having learned about Yevgeny's infection with typhus, Vasily Ivanovich does not tell his wife anything, so as not to bother or worry her. Until the very end, the parents did not believe that their son could contract an incurable disease and die from such an absurd incident, and hoped that it was just a cold. Evgeny Bazarov loves his parents no less, but does not show it. Evgeny, knowing about his imminent death, does not tell his old loving mother about this, and answers her questions that it is just a cold, so as not to sadden Arina Vlasevna. Near his death, he says that people like his parents cannot be found during the day, and asks Anna Sergeevna to take care of them. Evgeny Bazarov loves his parents, but is afraid to express it, because he denies love. He calls love “romanticism, nonsense, rottenness, art.” Evgeniy is afraid to show his feelings for his parents, because this proves that all his beliefs and views were wrong. Despite his cold, indifferent attitude towards his parents, the writer loves him, and says that “this is the cutest of all his figures.”
Thus, I came to the conclusion that you need to treat your family with love, trust and understanding. The writer encourages us to admire the family of his hero Yevgeny Bazarov. Having such loving, caring parents is truly a blessing.
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The images of Bazarov’s parents are also types of “fathers,” but they have nothing in common with the Kirsanovs. Bazarov’s parents are poor people, plebeians, “little people” and are written by Turgenev surprisingly warmly and brightly. They are remembered for a long time and excite with their kindness, warmth, and sincerity. Bazarov's mother is a typical patriarchal noblewoman of old times. She, according to the writer, should have “lived over two hundred years, in old Moscow times.”
Arina Vlasevna is a religious, fearful and sensitive woman who believed in all kinds of fortune telling, conspiracies, dreams, omens, the end of the world, etc. She devoted herself entirely to caring for her son. Arina Vlasyevna thought most of all about not disturbing or boring him. For her, her whole life and its whole meaning lay only in him. Evgeny always felt the kindness and care of his mother and highly valued him. Deep down he loved her. Sick, he asked her to comb his hair. Bazarov dies thinking about his mother. "Mother? Poor thing! Will she feed anyone now with her amazing borscht?” he said in a semi-delirious state. And although Turgenev wrote that such female types were disappearing, he still found in them that simple, humane thing that was dear and close to him.
Bazarov’s father is an original person, a cheerful “headquarters doctor”, a provincial philosopher. This is a man of work, action; at the same time, he loved to dream, to talk about the greats of this world - about Rousseau, Horace, Cincinnatus, about mythological heroes. He had to see a lot in life, get involved in various areas, visit the war against Napoleon, where he, as a physician, felt the pulse of Prince Wittgenstein and Zhukovsky. Vasily Ivanovich freely uses, although not accurately enough, Latin and scientific terminology. Living in the village, he strives not to become overgrown with moss and not to lag behind the times in science. Evgeniy’s father feels the changes taking place in life and believes that now the time has come, “... that everyone must get food for themselves with their own hands, there is nothing to rely on others: you have to work yourself.”
The main life principles of Vasily Ivanovich are work and freedom. He himself loves to work in the garden, vegetable garden, and provides medical assistance to surrounding villagers. Vasily Ivanovich considers himself a man who has become obsolete; in his son he sees his replacement. All his thoughts and thoughts were connected with him, he asked Arkady about him. My father felt a sense of pride when Arkady told him that Evgeniy was “one of the most wonderful people I have ever met.”
Vasily Ivanovich believed that Evgeniy would glorify his name, would be famous as a scientist, and would gain fame in the future not only as a doctor, but, obviously, also as a public figure. Stoically and courageously he endured the suffering and illness of his son. Knowing the hopelessness of his condition, Vasily Ivanovich tried to console himself and his wife with the thought of recovery. With what delight he spoke about the arrival of Anna Sergeevna and the doctor. “My Eugene is still alive, alive and now he will be saved! - said Bazarov the father. - Wife! wife! .. An angel from heaven comes to us.” But this was only the last and hopeless cry of complacency. In the images of the modest, inconspicuous old men of the Bazarovs, Turgenev showed such people whom, as Eugene put it, you will not find in the big world during the day with fire. The writer created them with the most sincere love. He poeticized his parents in the epilogue, saying touching words about them.
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Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” has, of course, been on the shelf of classics of Russian literature for a long time. The most striking figure of the work, Evgeny Bazarov, became not only an example for inheritance, but also an exponent of free-thinking and the latest ideological trends that raged among young people in the 1860s.
The role of the family in the education of the individual (based on the work of I.S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”)
One of the leading themes in the novel by I.S. Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" is the theme of love and family. These are some of those “eternal” values that, according to Turgenev, are the basis of human existence. It is they who shape the personality, determine his future life and destiny, make him happy or deeply unhappy.
The basis of a family is love. In many ways, it was this feeling that became the “stumbling block” between Bazarov and the Kirsanovs, between the generation of “fathers” and “children,” between the beliefs of Evgeniy Vasilyevich and his true desires.
So, Nikolai Petrovich and Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov - representatives of the older generation - believe that love is the basis on which life rests, one of the most important human feelings that gives meaning to existence.
We know that Nikolai Petrovich was married to the mother of his eldest son Arkady for ten years. The couple were happy and lived “soul to soul”: “...almost never parted, read together, played four hands on the piano, sang duets...” When Kirsanov’s wife died, “he barely endured this blow, he turned gray in a few weeks... “But caring for his son and life circumstances forced Nikolai Petrovich to live on. And a few years later, the hero met and fell in love with Fenechka, a simple girl, from whom Kirsanov had another son, Mitenka.
We can say that Nikolai Petrovich was happy and was happy precisely with the love that filled his whole life, and with his large family, which he managed to create and preserve.
Nikolai Petrovich's brother, Pavel Petrovich, on the contrary, was unhappy, and precisely from a lack of love. In his declining years, he was left completely alone, and the hero is painfully aware of this, living next to his brother and seeing his family happiness.
Pavel Petrovich fell into an unhappy fatal love, which turned over and determined his whole life. The hero “fatally” loved Princess R., who was married, distinguished by exaltation and instability of character and, in the end, “died in Paris, in a state close to insanity.” Their short but stormy romance was forever imprinted in the soul of Pavel Petrovich - and in the future he was never able to start a family and remained alone forever.
Love is also important for the younger Kirsanov, Arkady. Although he considered himself a nihilist who denied “high matters,” in his soul the hero felt the need for love and family, and understood how important this was for him. That is why Arkady “painlessly” accepts his love for Katenka Odintsova and marries her.
At the end of the novel, the author depicts the Kirsanovs as a large and happy family: “the others were all smiling and also seemed to be apologizing; everyone was a little awkward, a little sad and, in essence, very good.”
Perhaps, only the main character of the novel, the nihilist Bazarov, categorically denies love. Up to a certain point, he reduces this feeling to the level of physiological instincts. However, a woman appears in his life, causing a storm of feelings, true love in Bazarov’s soul and heart: “So know that I love you, stupidly, madly... This is what you have achieved.”
Love made Bazarov understand that all his theories on which he built his life were wrong. And he himself is an ordinary person, governed by some laws unknown to him. This discovery crippled the hero - he did not know how to live further, what to believe in, what to rely on.
Bazarov decides to go to his parents in order to somehow come to his senses. It is here, in his parents' house, that a fatal incident happens to him, which can be called fateful. While performing an autopsy on a typhoid patient, Bazarov himself becomes infected. Soon he realizes that he will die: “...my business is crappy. I am infected, and in a few days you will bury me.”
Bazarov's behavior before his death fully reflects the strength and richness of his nature, his internal evolution and the tragedy of fate. A certain insight comes to the hero, he begins to understand what is truly important in life and what is superficial, a play on his pride and delusion.
The true values for Bazarov are his parents and their love: “After all, people like them cannot be found in your big world during the day…” And also his own love for Odintsova, which the hero now recognizes and accepts: “Well, what Well, let me tell you... I loved you!
Thus, love and family in Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” are shown not only as the most important human values that determine the meaning of life. The family, the writer tells us, is the nest where a person is formed, where his views, character, and, in many ways, his destiny are determined. Undoubtedly, everyone is influenced by the environment, but the vital core formed in the family helps to survive, withstand, and preserve oneself and one’s soul in any conditions. Helps to find true human happiness.
