(Extraordinary personality endowed with intelligence and willpower, the desire for active work, cannot manifest itself in the surrounding life. Pechorin cannot be happy and cannot give happiness to anyone. This is his tragedy.)
Conclusion: Generally speaking, Pechorin is an extraordinary person, intelligent, educated, strong-willed, brave... In addition, he is distinguished by a constant desire for action; Pechorin cannot stay in one place, in one environment, surrounded by the same people. Is this why he cannot be happy with any woman, even with the one he is in love with? After a while, boredom overcomes him and he begins to look for something new. Is this why he ruins their destinies? Pechorin is not tempted by such a fate, and he acts. Acts without regard for the feelings of other people, practically without paying attention to them. Yes, he is selfish. And this is his tragedy. But is Pechorin alone to blame for this?
(Pechorin’s video monologue from the 2006 film)
So, "All". Who does he mean? Naturally, society. Yes, the very society that bothered Onegin. On the one hand, extraordinary, smart man, on the other hand, an egoist who breaks hearts and destroys lives, he is an “evil genius” and at the same time a victim of society.
4. Pechorin is an “extra person,” like Onegin. Compare the two heroes.
Pechorin the hero?
VI Lesson summary
- what is the tragedy of Pechorin?
Positive and negative qualities of Pechorin?
Why does Lermontov break the sequence of the novel?
Student assessment.
Final word teachers: Pechorin cannot be happy and cannot give happiness to anyone - this is his tragedy. We see two Pechorins. His actions are contradictory. Just now, at the behest of his heart, he rushes in pursuit of Vera. The best human qualities awaken in him.
We see his noble impulse, but... the horse died, he could not go further, his thoughts gradually returned to normal order, and now he was cold again, again laughing at himself with the usual mockery and judging himself. Only Pechorin can do this.
The episode of farewell to Mary is also important for understanding Pechorin.
We saw that it seemed to combine two people. His behavior is contradictory: either he succumbs to the impulse of his heart, or he ponders his actions with composure. It combines selfishness and humanity, cruelty and the ability to pity, and responsiveness.
Nikolaev Russia did not give Pechorin the opportunity to act, deprived his life of a high purpose and meaning, and the hero constantly feels useless, he is bored, he is not satisfied with anything. Neither talent, nor abilities, nor the ability to be a winner in all skirmishes with fate and people bring Pechorin happiness and joy.
VII Homework
Make a card with questions about the novel that have not yet been answered, characterizing the female characters in the novel.
LESSON #58
Subject. Speech development lesson. Pechorin and the Byronic hero. Pechorin and Onegin.
Target: generalize the image of Pechorin; reveal the tragedy of a gifted individual under autocracy; talk about the similarities and contrasts of the images of Pechorin, Onegin, the “Byronic hero”; develop critical thinking and a tolerant attitude towards others.
Equipment: tables of group work results from the previous lesson, preparation of three circles (“Vienna Circles”), markers.
Lesson type: development of coherent speech.
Being alone makes you feel less lonely.
J. Byron
PROGRESS OF THE LESSON
I. Updating of reference knowledge
Conversation
Why did Pechorin interfere in the lives of smugglers?
How did his intervention end?
How does Pechorin’s relationship with the “water society” develop in the story “Princess Mary”?
What do Pechorin and Werner have in common? Why didn't they become friends?
For what purpose did Lermontov oppose Grushnitsky to Pechorin?
What did you like about Pechorin’s personality, and what don’t you understand?
2. Checking homework
The records in the Elverman table are analyzed (the main work is with the information in the second column). Example:
Motivation educational activities
Teacher. About the generation to which Pechorin belongs, Herzen wrote: “... We are all, to a greater or lesser extent, Onegins, unless we prefer to be officials or landowners... We are engaged in everything: physics, philosophy, love, military art, mysticism, just to dissipate, to forget about the huge emptiness that oppresses us...” Pushkin's novel influenced the formation of Lermontov's plan - to create the image of a “hero of his time.” How else can we explain the presence in the novel “A Hero of Our Time” of something that was intended, but not embodied in final version text of "Eugene Onegin"? And if we talk about common features both of the mentioned heroes and the Byronian type of hero, then they should be recognized as very similar in some ways, but at the same time purely individual. (Announcing the topic, lesson goals and working with the epigraph.)
Working on the lesson topic
1. Pechorin and the Byronic hero. Teamwork
Conversation
What features of the Byronic hero did you notice in the image of Pechorin? (Loneliness of an unconquered freedom-loving rebel with a suffering soul, constant dissatisfaction with oneself, one’s life and the desire to find “the real one,” one’s place in life)
What, in your opinion, prevents Pechorin from living a full life? (Contradictions of life: he regards himself as a “moral cripple” whose “half of his soul has dried up, evaporated, died.” Before the duel, Pechorin thought: why did he live, for what purpose was he born? He says: “And, indeed, she existed and, probably, there was a high purpose for me, because I feel in my soul that my strength is limitless.” And he did not find an activity that would correspond to his “limitless strength.” He spent it on ruining his life. honest smugglers", the kidnapping of Bela, the murder of Grushnitsky, etc. He feels that he brings grief or death to everyone he gets close to. And this indicates a heightened sense of conscience in the hero.)
2. Pechorin and Onegin. Teamwork followed by generalization
Conversation
What unites the heroes of the novels of Pushkin and Lermontov?
What makes them different?
How are the duel scenes different in the novels “Eugene Onegin” and “A Hero of Our Time”?
Why does Pushkin blame his hero for murder, and Lermontov forgives Pechorin and finds an excuse for him?
What are the problems of personal happiness in Pushkin’s novel, and which ones in Lermontov’s novel? How do the heroes solve them?
Why are the heroes of both novels called “heroes of their time”?
Can they be called “superfluous people”? Why?
Bottom line
Eugene Onegin of Pushkin lives a life typical of the “golden youth” of that time: balls, restaurants, walks along Nevsky Prospekt, visiting theaters. He stands out from the general mass of aristocratic youth. The author emphasizes his “dreams of devotion, strangeness and sharp, cold reason, honor, nobility of soul. Onegin was not disappointed in the lifestyle and interests of secular society; he was impressed by the political and social situation in Russia.
Lermontov's Pechorin first strives for secular pleasures, then becomes disillusioned with them, makes an attempt to study science, read books and loses interest in everything.
Herzen called Pechorin “Onegin’s younger brother.” Pechorin is “Onegin of our time, a hero of our time,” - that’s what Belinsky said about him. “Onegin is bored, Pechorin is deeply suffering.” Pechorin's condition is more tragic; he is by nature more talented and sensitive. This is a strong and strong-willed personality who strives for activity. And despite his talent and wealth of spiritual powers, he, by his own admission, is a “moral cripple.” His character and behavior are full of contradictions.
Pechorin’s contradictions, according to Lermontov’s definition, are the “disease” of the generation of that time. Pechorin says: “My whole life was just a chain of sad and unsuccessful contradictions to my heart or mind.” On the one hand, Pechorin is a skeptic, a disappointed person, on the other hand, he has a huge thirst for life and activity. In it, the healthy sense fights with feelings, mind and heart. Pechorin explains his attention to women by the need for ambition, but we see that he is capable of deep love. We noticed the same thing with Onegin. The purpose and meaning of life for Onegin had their own philosophical interest, but did not become the main issue, as for Pechorin. Who is to blame for the fact that Pechorin has turned into a “smart useless person”, into a “superfluous person”? The hero himself answers the question like this: “My soul is spoiled by the light,” that is, by the secular society in which he lived and from which he could not escape. “My colorless youth passed in a struggle with myself and the world: fearing ridicule, I buried my best feelings in the depths of my heart: they died there.”
In the 20s of the 19th century, the years of Onegin, the Decembrists emerged from the noble class. And Pechorin is a man of the 30s, a typical hero of his time.
Reflection
V. "Circles Vienna"
The Byronic hero, Onegin and Pechorin are compared - the three circles have a common surface and individual planes: the circles are first filled in collectively, then the work continues in notebooks.
VI. Return to the epigraph of the lesson.
Writing an essay whose topic is an epigraph
Homework
Prepare to characterize female images novel.
Subject: Moral values personalities on the example of the main characters of the works of Pushkin A.S. "Eugene Onegin" and Lermontova M.Yu. "Hero of our time."
| Information about the author Author(s): Asanova Alla Valerievna Place of work, position: Saratov region Balakovo district Nikolevsky municipal educational institution "Secondary school Nikolevsky" teacher of history and social studies Region: Saratov region Characteristics of the lesson (lesson) Level of education: basic general education Target audience: Pupil (student) Class(es): 9th grade Subject(s): Social studies Purpose of the lesson: To consolidate the formation of students' ideas that the main and only subject of moral activity is the individual responsible for his actions. Type of lesson: Lesson of generalization and systematization of knowledge Students in the class (audience): Textbooks used and teaching aids: Textbooks of literature and social studies author Bogolyubov 9th grade; texts of Pushkin's works "Eugene Onegin" and Lermontov's "Hero of Our Time"; critical articles Belinsky; excerpts from the texts Eugene Onegin and the Hero of Our Time; Used methodological literature:
Methodical manual in social studies author Bogolyubov 8-9 grades, workbook in social studies author Bogolyubov 9 grade, Equipment used: Board with epigraph and table (As I. Kant and Z. Freud understood personality); definitions of concepts on separate sheets attached to the board; textbooks of literature and social studies; texts of works by Pushkin and Lermontov; critical articles by Belinsky; excerpts from the texts Eugene Onegin and the Hero of Our Time; task cards; blanks for the game “Chamomile” 4 pieces; tables “Life values of E. Onegin and G. Pechorin”; workbooks. Brief description: Integrated social studies and literature lesson Subject:
Moral values of the individual on the example of the main characters of the works of Pushkin A.S. "Eugene Onegin" and Lermontova M.Yu. "Hero of our time." Lesson type:
generalization and repetition of knowledge Target:
To consolidate the formation of students’ ideas that the main and only subject of moral activity is the individual responsible for his actions. Tasks:
1 Review the terminology and methods of working with text. 2 Develop the ability to reason and draw conclusions, compare, and summarize. 3 To develop moral and moral qualities, the need for good deeds. Class:
9th grade Item integration:
social studies and literature Equipment:
Board with epigraph and table (As I. Kant and Z. Freud understood personality); definitions of concepts on separate sheets attached to the board; textbooks of literature and social studies; texts of works by Pushkin and Lermontov; critical articles by Belinsky; excerpts from the texts Eugene Onegin and the Hero of Our Time; task cards; blanks for the game “Chamomile” 4 pieces; tables “Life values of E. Onegin and G. Pechorin”; workbooks. Concepts:
Personality, individual, individualism, man, society, individuality, values, morality, ethics, moral standards, moral responsibility. Lesson progress Organization of the class. Setting lesson goals. Social studies teacher. Guys, today we will once again talk about morality and morality, we will analyze the connection of personal qualities and values with people’s behavior using the example of the heroes of the works of Pushkin and Lermontov. Studying new material 1) Personality (concepts and their definitions are posted on the board: person, individual, individuality, personality, individual) Social studies teacher.- How are these concepts related to each other? - Give brief description personalities E. Onegin and G. Pechorin, using the text of works and critical literature. - Pay attention to the table on the board, let’s see how I. Kant and Z. Freud understood what personality is, let’s identify the similarities and differences in their points of view. 2) The concept of value. What is value? List your life values. Literature teacher. The following task will help you understand the values of the heroes Pushkin and Lermontov. Fill out the table, mark the main values of Onegin and Pechorin and justify your choice out loud. (signs are distributed to all students) Social studies teacher. 3) What is morality? Questions and assignments for the class Why does a person need morals? Now two of you will receive cards with individual tasks. You must complete them in your notebook and briefly explain to us your understanding of the problem. |
Task 1
Read the Christian commandments, what do they teach?
-Honor your father and your mother.
- Don't kill.
- Don't commit adultery.
-Don't steal.
- Don't lie.
-Don't be jealous.
Task 2
Many religions of the world have common principles and systems moral values. What conclusions can be drawn from their analysis?
-Do not do to others what you yourself consider evil (Buddhism)
-What you hate, do not do to another (Judaism)
-Consider your neighbor's profit his profit, and his loss your loss (Taoism)
One cannot be called a believer who does not wish for his sister and brother what he wishes for himself. (Islam)
Literature teacher.
Reveal the attitude of the heroes of Pushkin and Lermontov to the people around them. Show moral and immoral actions (distribute excerpts from the texts of works to everyone in the classroom)
Social studies teacher.
4) Moral responsibility
What is moral responsibility?
What punishment should a person be given for violating moral standards?
Literature teacher.
Actions have consequences, sometimes they are difficult to calculate. But since a person must be responsible for his actions and deeds, he must weigh and calculate all possible consequences of his actions. Let's take the famous Bela Lermontov. The hero committed a rash act in relation to Bela, he acted rashly, thereby harming himself, bringing grief and discord into the family, ruining the life of Bela herself.
When setting goals, a person strives with all his might to achieve them, sometimes forgetting that not all means are good for obtaining the desired result. Often the result does not justify the effort invested in it, and sometimes the methods used are too petty and cruel. One way or another, the question of how these two categories relate in the consciousness and actions of people has been of concern to many writers since ancient times, one of whom is M.Yu. Lermontov. We will bring literary argument in the direction of “Goals and Means” from the novel “A Hero of Our Time”.
- One of the main problems of the novel “A Hero of Our Time” and its characters is the choice of false targets and their relationship with the inner world of the heroes. Grigory Pechorin spends his entire life in desperate attempts to understand the main goal own life, in the search and acquisition of which he hopes to know happiness. However, a restless, idle existence with its momentary achievements and victories makes him an extra person, unable to find true joy. Wanting to relieve boredom, he unwittingly, and sometimes intentionally, torments and destroys other people. Using all possible means, he, as a rule, quickly achieves what he wants, but later completely loses interest in the dream. The tragedy of Grigory Alexandrovich lies in his inability to distinguish a real goal from a false one, which leads to disappointment and suffering of the hero himself and those who are close to him.
- In the chapter “Princess Mary” we meet Grushnitsky, a friend of Pechorin. Juncker passionately dreams of advancing in his career by ingratiating himself with secular society. The hero is vain and painfully proud, so his main goal is to gain recognition in the eyes of other people. He longs for a promotion to impress the heart of the girl he is in love with. But even such a goal ultimately becomes in vain, since it convinces the reader of the impossibility of winning love with status and high position. Grushnitsky is disappointed and angry with Pechorin, since he became the unwitting cause of his love defeat. The hero decides to take revenge on his friend, but even here he makes a mistake in choosing the means, turning out to be a victim and not a winner. Not all methods can help a person achieve a goal, and no goal is worth committing a vile and base act.
- Sometimes the reasons for human actions are impulsive, explained by the thirst for possession of something, not associated with the achievement of external benefits or internal spiritual search. This is Kazbich, one of the heroes of the novel. Courage and courage coexist in him with vindictiveness and cruelty. He is stingy with expressions of feelings. His only true friend is the horse Karagyoz, of whom Kazbich is proud and highly values him. So high that he does not agree to exchange it even for the love of a beautiful Circassian woman. Deceived by Pechorin and Azamat, Kazbich sets himself the goal of restoring his violated dignity and taking revenge on his offenders. Kazbich considers the murder of Bela, Pechorin’s beloved, to be a completely fair price for the stolen horse. The hero’s goal can be explained by the desire for revenge for an unfair insult, but the death of an innocent girl is too harsh a means of restoring justice.
- Azamat is another hero of the novel, whose goal turns out to be incomparable with the means used to achieve it. Passionately wanting to get the horse Kazbich, the young man is ready to give a lot to get it, including kidnapping his sister, giving her to the first person he meets. The selfish goal of acquiring what he wants forces the boy to commit a treacherous act, disgrace his family, and run away from home. To achieve such an insignificant goal, betrayal turns out to be an unacceptable means, because Azamat loses the most precious thing he has, while gaining little in return.
- A truly high goal cannot have unworthy means, because sincere impulses are born only in a noble and compassionate heart. Bela is the heroine of the novel, a young Circassian woman living according to the laws of the natural world that is familiar to her, alien to meanness and betrayal. Kidnapped by Pechorin, she sincerely falls in love with the hero, thereby abandoning her former carefree life, everything familiar and homely. For Bela, staying with Grigory means losing her family, home, friends, devoting her entire life to her beloved. The girl boldly trusts herself and her future to Pechorin, because she is confident in her feelings for him. Fear is alien to her, she is ready to be with the hero on any terms in order to ensure his happiness. Her goal is love and creating comfort for her beloved. Giving joy, giving without demanding anything in return is Bela’s main need, in which she reveals herself as a highly moral woman, capable of genuine feeling, devoid of selfishness.
- - We examined the image of Pechorin when meeting with danger. Further, in the hero’s reasoning, his life philosophy emerges.
- - What does he consider to be perhaps the only pleasure in life?
- ("...my first pleasure is to subordinate to my will everything that surrounds me; to arouse for myself a feeling of love, devotion and fear - isn't this the first sign and the greatest triumph of power...")
- - What assessment does he give of himself in his diary?
- (Pechorin does not spare himself, first of all it is honesty with himself, self-criticism, but at the same time he does not strive to change anything.)
- - Reflecting on the eternal question, what is happiness, what answer does the hero offer?
- ("What is happiness? Saturated pride?")
- - What does pride nurtured in a person lead to?
- (There will be no real friends nearby who understand people.)
- - What is friendship in Pechorin’s understanding?
- ("... I am not capable of friendship: of two friends, one is always the slave of the other; I cannot be a slave, and in this case, commanding is tedious work..." Pechorin has no real friends.)
- - What can pride and lack of friends lead to?
- (Of course, to loneliness. Pechorin seems to us not just a hero of his time, but a tragic hero.")
- - A few days before the duel, the hero is occupied with the question of the meaning of life. What does he see as his goal? own existence?
- ("... why did I live? For what purpose was I born? And, it is true, it existed, and, it is true, I had a high purpose, because I feel immense strength in my soul... But I did not guess this purpose, I was carried away by the lures of passions empty and ungrateful; from their crucible I emerged as hard and cold as iron, but I lost forever the ardor of noble aspirations - best color life." Noble aspirations, according to the hero, are the most significant thing in a person’s life.)
- - Why can’t Pechorin find meaning in life?
- (“This man does not indifferently, not apathetically, bear his suffering: he madly chases after life, looking for it everywhere; he bitterly accuses himself of his delusions. Internal questions are incessantly heard within him, they disturb him, torment him, and in reflection he seeks their resolution : spies every movement of his heart, examines his every thought,” notes V. G. Belinsky. An extraordinary personality, endowed with intelligence and willpower, a desire for active activity, cannot manifest himself in the life around him. Pechorin cannot be happy and not can give happiness to anyone. This is his tragedy.)
- - What are such people called in literature?
- (Pechorin can be called a “superfluous” person. He has a lot of vital energy, a need for action, a desire to fight and win. Under favorable conditions, these qualities of his could have been socially useful, but life itself prevented this. Pechorin is the hero of the post-December, tragic era. Reality did not offer him real business; people like Pechorin were “seething in empty action.”)
- - This is a hero of that time, what would we take in our time? What character traits are necessary for a hero of our time?
Pechorin is a secular young man, an officer, exiled to the Caucasus after “the sensational story in St. Petersburg.” From the story about his life, which Pechorin shared with Maxim Maksimych, we learn that Pechorin, as soon as he left the care of his “relatives,” began to enjoy “mad pleasures,” which soon became “repulsive” to him. Then he “entered the big world,” but also secular society he soon got tired of it. The love of secular beauties did not satisfy him either. He studied and read, but science did not fully reveal him. He got bored. When he was transferred to the Caucasus, he thought that “boredom does not live under Chechen bullets,” but he soon got used to the buzzing of bullets, and he became more bored than before.
So, in his early youth, Pechorin quickly became fed up with secular pleasures and tries to find the meaning of life in reading books, which also quickly bore him. Pechorin searches for the meaning of life, becomes disappointed and suffers deeply. Pechorin's fate and mood are determined by the dark era in which he lives. After the defeat of Decembrism in Russia, the dark time of the Nikolaev reaction came. Any social activities has become even more inaccessible to a cultured person. Any manifestation of living, free thought was persecuted. People endowed with intelligence, abilities, people with serious interests could not find use for their spiritual powers... At the same time, empty social life did not satisfy them. The realization of the complete impossibility of finding a use for their strength was especially painful for people of the 30s and 40s because after the defeat of the uprising on December 14, they had no hope of an imminent change for the better.
Pechorin is an intelligent, gifted, courageous, cultured person, critical of the surrounding society, loving and sensitive to nature.
He understands people well, gives them accurate and accurate characteristics. He understood Grushnitsky and Dr. Werner very well. He knows in advance how Princess Mary will behave in this or that case.
Pechorin is very brave and has exceptional self-control. During the duel, only by his feverish pulse was Doctor Werner able to make sure that Pechorin was worried. Knowing that there is no bullet in his pistol, while his opponent fired from a loaded one, Pechorin does not reveal to his enemies that he knows their “cunning” (“Princess Mary”). He boldly rushes into the hut, where with a pistol in his hand Vulich’s killer sits, ready to kill everyone who dares to touch him (“Fatalist”).
In Pechorin’s “Journal” (diary) we find, by the way, quotes from classical works Griboyedov, Pushkin, names of writers, titles of works, names of heroes of Russian and foreign works. All this testifies not only to Pechorin’s erudition, but also to his deep knowledge of literature.
Cursory remarks by the author of the “Journal” to the representatives noble society give a devastating description of the pathetic and vulgar people surrounding Pechorin.
Pechorin's sharply critical attitude towards himself evokes sympathy. We see that the bad deeds he commits cause suffering, first of all, to himself.
Pechorin deeply feels and understands nature. Communication with nature has a beneficial effect on Pechorin. “No matter what grief lies in the heart, no matter what anxiety torments the thought, everything will dissipate in a minute, the soul will become light, the fatigue of the body will overcome the anxiety of the mind.”
On the eve of the duel, Pechorin reflects on himself with sadness and bitterness. He is sure that he was born for a high purpose, because, he writes, “I feel immense strength in my soul. But I did not guess this purpose, but was carried away by the lures of empty and ungrateful passions...”
And such a spiritually gifted person, “born for a high purpose,” is forced to live in inaction, in search of adventure, wasting his “immense strength” on trifles. He seeks pleasure in female love, but love brings him only disappointment and grief. With whomever Pechorin connects his fate, this connection, no matter how short-lived it may be, brings grief (and sometimes death) to both him and other people. His love brought the death of Bela; his love made Vera, devoted to him, unhappy; his relationship with Princess Mary ended tragically - the wound inflicted by Pechorin on the sensitive, tender, sincere Mary will not heal for a long time in the heart of the young girl; with his appearance, Pechorin destroyed the peaceful life of “honest smugglers” (“Taman”). Pechorin killed Grushnitsky, Pechorin deeply upset the kind Maxim Maksimych, who sincerely considered him his friend.
A deep and terrible contradiction: smart, capable of a hot impulse, able to appreciate people, brave, strong Pechorin finds himself out of work in life, and closeness with him only causes misfortune to other people! Who is to blame for this? Is it Pechorin himself? And is it his fault that he “didn’t guess” his high purpose?
No, he is not to blame for his misfortune. The contradiction of his nature is explained by the fact that in Pechorin’s time gifted people, seekers, people with deep interests, with serious needs, not content with the empty, meaningless life that they were forced to lead, did not find use for their “immense powers” and “grew old in inaction.” " An intelligent, gifted person, deprived of a living matter that captivates him, involuntarily turns to his inner world. He, as they say, “delves into himself,” analyzes his every action, every emotional movement.
This is how Pechorin behaves. He says about himself: “I have long lived not with my heart, but with my head. I weigh and examine my own actions and passions with strict curiosity, but without participation. There are two people in me, one lives in the full sense of the word, the other thinks and judges it...”
With all my positive qualities Pechorin cannot be perceived as goodie. The very word “hero” in the title of the novel, when applied to Pechorin, sounds ironic. Pechorin is a representative of the generation ridiculed in the Duma. Not only does he lack the ability to act, he lacks faith, effective love for people, and the willingness to sacrifice himself for them; Pechorin is burdened by inaction, but mainly because it makes him suffer, and not because he cannot bring relief to the people suffering around him... He is, in Herzen’s words, “smart uselessness.” A man living during the years of the Nikolaev reaction, he does not belong to those people of the 40s about whom Herzen proudly spoke: “I have never met such a circle of people, talented, versatile and pure, anywhere else...”
In order to better understand Pechorin, Lermontov shows him in different settings, and different conditions, in clashes with different people.
Of great importance detailed description his appearance (“Maksim Maksimych”), In features appearance Pechorin reflects his character. Pechorin's internal contradictions are emphasized in his portrait.
On the one hand, “a slender, thin figure and broad shoulders...”
On the other hand, “... the position of his entire body depicted some kind of nervous weakness.” Another strange feature is highlighted by Lermontov in the portrait of the hero: Pechorin’s eyes “did not laugh when he laughed.” This, according to the author, is “a sign of either an evil disposition or deep, constant sadness.” When all parts of the novel are read, this feature of Pechorin becomes clear.
>Essays based on the work Hero of Our Time
Purpose in life
Reading Mikhail Lermontov's novel “A Hero of Our Time” we get acquainted with travel notes the main character and learn several episodes from his life. Pechorin's notes are full of reflections on the meaning of life, relationships in society, the role of man on earth, etc. We see that this hero is in constant search for the meaning of his existence and all living beings. His goal is to understand where he is going and why. Unfortunately, he never finds answers to these eternal questions, but discovers a lot of new things while staying in the Caucasus.
It seems to me that in his late novel the author wanted to show secrets and complex sides human soul. At the same time, when describing the image of Pechorin, he meant not one person, but a whole generation of vices. Despite the fact that the novel was written in the 19th century, its relevance is not lost today, because people like Pechorin can be found anywhere. Although it would be wrong to say that there are many of them. This is a deep, closed and contradictory person. He has his own morals about any life issues. He is quite perceptive and any human vices immediately catch his eye. Is it not because he himself is deeply flawed? He does not proclaim his exclusivity, but openly says that he is ruled by evil.
Pechorin often asks questions: “Why did I live? For what purpose was I born? He understands that time has been lost, and he has not done anything significant. He understands perfectly well that he is responsible for his actions: for the deaths of Bela and Grushnitsky, for Vera’s worsening illness, for Mary’s nervous breakdown, for the sadness of the old man Maxim Maksimych, but he is angry that he cannot change anything. Having gone through so much grief, he involuntarily begins to think about his mistakes and misdeeds.
IN last chapter he draws attention to the predetermination of fate. It’s not called “Fatalist” for nothing. While serving in a Cossack village, he witnesses the death of one of the officers, who randomly shot himself in the temple and survived, and the next morning he was found hacked to death with the officer’s saber. The most amazing thing is that Pechorin saw on the face of this unfortunate officer (his name was
