The book “The Wild Dog Dingo, or the Tale of First Love,” according to many readers, is a work written as if especially for young girls. It should be read at a time when you want to have fun during recess; when you have to argue with your mother about how long the skirt should be so as not to catch a cold; when all thoughts and dreams are connected with first love. This book is exciting and exciting and at the same time very sweet, homely “cozy”. This is the story of first love - a bright feeling that arose against the backdrop of evil intrigues woven by classmates, as well as family drama.
Plot plot
A summary of Fraerman’s “Wild Dog Dingo” will not convey the entire atmosphere that captures the reader from the very first pages of the work. The main character of the book, a schoolgirl named Tanya Sabaneeva, will seem at first similar to all girls of her age. Her life is the same as that of other Soviet pioneers. And the only thing that sets her apart from the rest is her desire to have a dingo dog. Tanya is the daughter of a single mother; her father left the family when the girl was only eight months old. Reading the summary of “The Wild Dog Dingo” by Fraerman, it is difficult to understand the full drama of the situation in the lives of the main characters. The mother tells her daughter fairy tales that her father now lives in a city called Maroseyka, but the girl does not find him on the map. The mother does not say anything bad about her father, despite the tragedy that befell her.
Chapter-by-chapter summary (more detailed than summary)
Chapter 1
Tanya Sabaneeva spent the summer at the Pioneer tent camp for the fifth year. But this summer she didn’t have much fun there. She often thought and imagined other lands in her imagination. She wanted to see “another world, like the Australian dingo.”
Her friend, the Nanai boy Filka, and her friend Zhenya were in the camp. When the pioneers were burning bonfires in the evening, Tanya asked Filka if he knew about the Australian dingo dog. But he could only talk about sled dogs.
Filka’s father, a hunter who had come from the camp to visit his son and decided to spend the night near the camp, approached the fire. The counselor Kostya complained to him that Filka eats raw fish and treats his friends to it and that he makes swimming trunks from a pioneer tie and swims near the Big Stones. The hunter was upset, scolded his son and told him to bring a deer, which was grazing nearby, as he decided to spend the night by the fire.
Chapter 2
Since autumn had already arrived, the camp was closed and the children were sent to the city. Tanya went there with Filka, his father and the deer. When she came home, her mother was at work in the hospital, she was met by a nanny, a Tiger dog and a Cossack cat. They were all already old. The cat's kittens grew up over the summer and even the smallest of them, Eagle, became brave.
Unexpected news
When Tanya returns from children's camp, she discovers a letter that was addressed to her mother. In it, the father writes that he plans to return to the city, but now with a new family - his wife and stepson. Despite the conflicting feelings filling her, Tanya still comes to meet her father at the pier. At the port, she cannot find her father, and gives a bouquet of flowers to a disabled boy.
Subsequently, she learns that this is Kolya, with whom she is now related. She thinks a lot about her parents, but at the same time the heroine calls her father “you”. “The Wild Dog Dingo, or the Tale of First Love” is a book about teenage experiences, about the confusion of feelings that can happen in the soul of a young man or girl at such a tender age. The events described in the book continue to develop in the school classroom, where Kolya appears. Tanya herself, as well as her friend named Filka, studies in this class.
Main characters
In the book "The Wild Dog Dingo" there are only three main characters. The rest of the characters play a secondary role. But they are all interconnected, although they differ in character. The main characters of the work:
Tanya is the main character. It was she who received the nickname after which the book was named. Kolya is her half-brother, and Filka is the girl’s best friend. Tanya's mother works a lot, so she is rarely at home. And her father is a colonel, he left the family a long time ago.
Sabaneev’s second wife’s name is Nadezhda Petrovna, she is Kolya’s aunt. But the girl's father had to adopt the boy. Alexandra Ivanovna is a Russian language teacher in the class where Tanya, Filya and their classmate Zhenya Belyakova study.
The girl spends most of her time with the nanny. After the divorce, her mother has to work constantly, so Tanya is left alone. She has long been offended by her father because he abandoned his family and married a second time.
The character of the main character
Those students who need to retell the summary of "The Wild Dog of the Dingo" by Fraerman should remember the path that the main characters of the book go through. Every teenager needs it. This is first love, friendship and betrayal, the need to take an important step and finally grow up. This path awaits every hero of the book, but first of all we are talking about Tanya Sabaneeva.
In fact, it was the main character who was described by Reuben Fraerman as a “wild dog dingo” - after all, she received such a nickname in the class group for her isolation. With the help of her experiences, hopes and aspirations, the writer describes the main character traits of the heroine - the ability to sympathize, self-esteem, and the ability to understand. Tanya only looks like a simple schoolgirl. In fact, she differs from her comrades in her ability to sense beauty, and strives with all her might for truth, beauty, and justice. That is why reviews of Fraerman’s “Wild Dog Dingo” are the most positive. After all, the book evokes bright feelings in the reader, forcing you to empathize with the main character.
Maturity beyond his years
Tanya sympathizes with all her heart for her mother, who continues to love her departed father; she tries to understand what is the cause of the family drama, and turns out to be capable of sensible conclusions that not every adult in her place could make. Tanya's dreams of unknown countries and an unusual dingo dog speak of an ardent and poetic nature. The character of the main character is most clearly revealed in her tender feelings for Kolya. She surrenders to this love with all her soul, but still does not lose herself, she tries to comprehend what is happening to her.
A summary of Fraerman’s “Wild Dog Dingo” will not be able to convey all the nuances described in the book. At first, Tanya was constantly jealous of her father for Kolya; she constantly quarreled with her newly-made “relative”. Despite the fact that Kolya still tried to make friends with his stepsister (for example, with the help of Gorky’s stories), this only leads to quarrels. A classmate named Zhenya even suggests that Tanya is in love with her stepbrother.
Buran
As the New Year approaches, the feelings experienced by the main characters of Fraerman’s “Wild Dog Dingo” gradually transform. Tanya realizes that she loves Kolya. Filka, who is in love with Tanya, takes this very hard and, after the end of the dance, decides to engage in intrigue. He tells Tanya that Kolya and Zhenya are going to the skating rink tomorrow. And Kole says that he plans to go with Tanya to the performance tomorrow. The next day, Tanya goes to the skating rink, however, when Kolya and Zhenya appear there, she decides to forget the boy. But on the way the weather deteriorates, a snowstorm begins, and she decides to warn her comrades. The wife manages to quickly escape, but Kolya falls and cannot walk.
"The Wild Dog Dingo, or the Tale of First Love"
Childhood friends and classmates Tanya Sabaneeva and Filka vacationed at a children's camp in Siberia and now they are returning home. The girl is greeted at home by her old dog Tiger and her old nanny (her mother is at work, and her father has not lived with them since Tanya was 8 months old). The girl dreams of a wild Australian dog, Dingo; later the children will call her that because she is isolated from the group.
Filka shares his happiness with Tanya - his father-hunter gave him a husky. Theme of fatherhood: Filka is proud of her father, Tanya tells her friend that her father lives on Maroseyka - the boy opens the map and looks for an island with that name for a long time, but does not find it and tells Tanya about it, who runs away crying. Tanya hates her father and reacts aggressively to these conversations with Filka.
One day, Tanya found a letter under her mother’s pillow in which her father announced the move of his new family (his wife Nadezhda Petrovna and her nephew Kolya, the adopted son of Tanya’s father) to their city. The girl is filled with a feeling of jealousy and hatred towards those who stole her father from her. The mother is trying to set Tanya up positively towards her father.
On the morning when her father was supposed to arrive, the girl picked flowers and went to the port to meet him, but not finding him among those who arrived, she gives flowers to a sick boy on a stretcher (she still does not know that this is Kolya).
School begins, Tanya tries to forget about everything, but she fails. Filka tries to cheer her up (the word comrade on the board is written with b and explains this by saying that it is a second-person verb).
Tanya is lying with her mother in the garden bed. She feels good. For the first time, she thought not only about herself, but also about her mother. At the gate the colonel is the father. A difficult meeting (after 14 years). Tanya addresses her father as “you.”
Kolya ends up in the same class as Tanya and sits with Filka. Kolya found himself in a new, unfamiliar world for him. It's very difficult for him.
Tanya and Kolya constantly quarrel, and on Tanya’s initiative, there is a struggle for her father’s attention. Kolya is a smart, loving son, he treats Tanya with irony and mockery.
Kolya talks about his meeting with Gorky in Crimea. Tanya basically doesn’t listen, this results in conflict.
Zhenya (classmate) decides that Tanya is in love with Kolya. Filka takes revenge on Zhenya for this and treats her with a mouse instead of Velcro (resin). A little mouse lies alone in the snow - Tanya warms him up.
A writer has arrived in town. The children decide who will give him flowers, Tanya or Zhenya. They chose Tanya, she is proud of such an honor (“to shake the famous writer’s hand”). Tanya unwrapped the inkwell and poured it on her hand; Kolya noticed her. This scene demonstrates that relations between the enemies have become warmer. Some time later, Kolya invited Tanya to dance with her on the Christmas tree.
New Year. Preparations. “Will he come?” Guests, but Kolya is not there. “But just recently, how many bitter and sweet feelings crowded into her heart at the mere thought of her father: What’s wrong with her? She thinks about Kolya all the time.” Filka has a hard time experiencing Tanya’s love, since he himself is in love with Tanya. Kolya gave her an aquarium with a goldfish, and Tanya asked her to fry this fish.
Dancing. Intrigue: Filka tells Tanya that Kolya is going to the skating rink with Zhenya tomorrow, and Kolya says that tomorrow he and Tanya will go to a play at school. Filka is jealous, but tries to hide it. Tanya goes to the skating rink, but hides her skates because she meets Kolya and Zhenya. Tanya decides to forget Kolya and goes to school for the play. A storm suddenly begins. Tanya runs to the skating rink to warn the guys. Zhenya got scared and quickly went home. Kolya fell on his leg and cannot walk. Tanya runs to Filka’s house and gets into the dog sled. She is fearless and determined. The dogs suddenly stopped obeying her, then the girl threw her beloved Tiger to them to be torn to pieces (it was a very big sacrifice). Kolya and Tanya fell from the sled, but despite their fear they continue to fight for life. The storm is intensifying. Tanya, risking her life, pulls Kolya on the sled. Filka warned the border guards and they went out in search of the children, among them was their father.
Holidays. Tanya and Filka visit Kolya, who has frozen his cheeks and ears.
School. Rumors that Tanya wanted to destroy Kolya by dragging him to the skating rink. Everyone is against Tanya, except Filka. The question is raised about Tanya's exclusion from the pioneers. The girl hides and cries in the pioneer room, then falls asleep. She was found. Everyone will learn the truth from Kolya.
Tanya, waking up, returns home. They talk with their mother about trust, about life. Tanya understands that her mother still loves her father; her mother offers to leave.
Meeting with Filka, he learns that Tanya is going to meet Kolya at dawn. Filka, out of jealousy, tells their father about this.
Forest. Kolya's explanation of love. Father arrives. Tanya leaves. Farewell to Filka. Leaves. End.
Further development of the plot
Tanya rushes into Filka’s yard and takes from him the dog sled given to Filka by his father. Tanya pulls Kolya, but the storm is getting stronger. Fortunately, along the way they come across border guards who save the children’s lives. Further, Reuben Fraerman describes how Kolya’s cheeks and ears were frostbitten. Tanya and Filka often visit their friend. However, when school begins again, a rumor spreads among classmates that Tanya deliberately dragged Kolya into the snowstorm in order to destroy him. Tanya is expelled from the pioneer organization. The girl is taking this very hard, but soon everyone will find out how things really were.
Summary of “The Wild Dog Dingo” by Fraerman
1939 Summary of the story Readable in 5 minutes, original - 3.5 hours
Childhood friends and classmates Tanya Sabaneeva and Filka vacationed at a children's camp in Siberia and now they are returning home. The girl is greeted at home by her old dog Tiger and her old nanny (her mother is at work, and her father has not lived with them since Tanya was 8 months old). The girl dreams of a wild Australian dog, Dingo; later the children will call her that because she is isolated from the group.
Filka shares his happiness with Tanya - his father-hunter gave him a husky. Theme of fatherhood: Filka is proud of her father, Tanya tells her friend that her father lives on Maroseyka - the boy opens the map and looks for an island with that name for a long time, but does not find it and tells Tanya about it, who runs away crying. Tanya hates her father and reacts aggressively to these conversations with Filka.
One day, Tanya found a letter under her mother’s pillow in which her father announced the move of his new family (his wife Nadezhda Petrovna and her nephew Kolya, the adopted son of Tanya’s father) to their city. The girl is filled with a feeling of jealousy and hatred towards those who stole her father from her. The mother is trying to set Tanya up positively towards her father.
On the morning when her father was supposed to arrive, the girl picked flowers and went to the port to meet him, but not finding him among those who arrived, she gives flowers to a sick boy on a stretcher (she still does not know that this is Kolya).
School begins, Tanya tries to forget about everything, but she fails. Filka tries to cheer her up (the word comrade on the board is written with b and explains this by saying that it is a second-person verb).
Tanya is lying with her mother in the garden bed. She feels good. For the first time, she thought not only about herself, but also about her mother. At the gate the colonel is the father. A difficult meeting (after 14 years). Tanya addresses her father as “you.”
Kolya ends up in the same class as Tanya and sits with Filka. Kolya found himself in a new, unfamiliar world for him. It's very difficult for him.
Tanya and Kolya constantly quarrel, and on Tanya’s initiative, there is a struggle for her father’s attention. Kolya is a smart, loving son, he treats Tanya with irony and mockery.
Kolya talks about his meeting with Gorky in Crimea. Tanya basically doesn’t listen, this results in conflict.
Zhenya (classmate) decides that Tanya is in love with Kolya. Filka takes revenge on Zhenya for this and treats her with a mouse instead of Velcro (resin). A little mouse lies alone in the snow - Tanya warms him up.
A writer has arrived in town. The children decide who will give him flowers, Tanya or Zhenya. They chose Tanya, she is proud of such an honor (“to shake the famous writer’s hand”). Tanya unwrapped the inkwell and poured it on her hand; Kolya noticed her. This scene demonstrates that relations between the enemies have become warmer. Some time later, Kolya invited Tanya to dance with her on the Christmas tree.
New Year. Preparations. “Will he come?” Guests, but Kolya is not there. “But just recently, how many bitter and sweet feelings crowded into her heart at the mere thought of her father: What’s wrong with her? She thinks about Kolya all the time.” Filka has a hard time experiencing Tanya’s love, since he himself is in love with Tanya. Kolya gave her an aquarium with a goldfish, and Tanya asked her to fry this fish.
Dancing. Intrigue: Filka tells Tanya that Kolya is going to the skating rink with Zhenya tomorrow, and Kolya says that tomorrow he and Tanya will go to a play at school. Filka is jealous, but tries to hide it. Tanya goes to the skating rink, but hides her skates because she meets Kolya and Zhenya. Tanya decides to forget Kolya and goes to school for the play. A storm suddenly begins. Tanya runs to the skating rink to warn the guys. Zhenya got scared and quickly went home. Kolya fell on his leg and cannot walk. Tanya runs to Filka’s house and gets into the dog sled. She is fearless and determined. The dogs suddenly stopped obeying her, then the girl threw her beloved Tiger to them to be torn to pieces (it was a very big sacrifice). Kolya and Tanya fell from the sled, but despite their fear they continue to fight for life. The storm is intensifying. Tanya, risking her life, pulls Kolya on the sled. Filka warned the border guards and they went out in search of the children, among them was their father.
Holidays. Tanya and Filka visit Kolya, who has frozen his cheeks and ears.
School. Rumors that Tanya wanted to destroy Kolya by dragging him to the skating rink. Everyone is against Tanya, except Filka. The question is raised about Tanya's exclusion from the pioneers. The girl hides and cries in the pioneer room, then falls asleep. She was found. Everyone will learn the truth from Kolya.
Tanya, waking up, returns home. They talk with their mother about trust, about life. Tanya understands that her mother still loves her father; her mother offers to leave.
Meeting with Filka, he learns that Tanya is going to meet Kolya at dawn. Filka, out of jealousy, tells their father about this.
Forest. Kolya's explanation of love. Father arrives. Tanya leaves. Farewell to Filka. Leaves. End.
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History of the book
The history of the creation of “The Wild Dog Dingo,” according to researchers of Fraerman’s work, dates back to the writer’s stay in the Far East, where he saw many examples of the truly chivalrous attitude of Tungus boys towards Russian girls. The plot of the book matured in the writer’s mind for several years. When, finally, the writer was ready to create a work, he secluded himself from everyone in the Ryazan village of Solotche. Fraerman's wife recalled that the book was ready within a month. Currently, this work is very popular among teenagers and young adults, and this is not surprising, because it discusses topics that will be relevant at all times.
