Summary "Mumu" does not convey the essence

I.S. Turgenev is a writer for the elect. Not everyone will appreciate the tender lyrics of his stories when he reads "Notes of a Hunter" or "Noble's Nest".

"Mumu" - Turgenev's story, familiar from childhoodto each. Sometimes it is included in the school curriculum, sometimes children are read at home, most know its summary. "Mumu" - as well-known plot as Krylov's fables, "Eugene Onegin" by Pushkin. Heroes "Mumu", you can say, became folk. Even anecdotes about them there.

Turgenev, "Mumu": a summary

This is a story about a deaf-mute janitor, a man withlimited opportunities, as we would now say. Gerasim, that's the name of the hero of the work, was born and raised in the village. But according to the order of the lady, he was transported to the city, where he served as a janitor. Gerasim is strong, in a country-wise manner, and therefore all the courtyard of the rather big master's house respects him. Yes, and Gerasim himself found himself affection: he likes the laundress Tatiana. But Gerasim, though physically strong, can not stand up for himself. Tatiana is told to pretend to be drunk, and Gerasim, in fact because of intrigue, is experiencing her first disappointment.

Even the short content of "Mumu" makes it very acuteempathize with Gerasim, and when reading the original tears are often put on your eyes. Gerasim lives very lonely. For obvious reasons, he does not communicate with anyone, he does not have real attachments, and nobody seriously thinks about him. But soon Gerasim finds for himself one more affection: he saves the puppy from the water and takes it himself as a pet.

Summary of "Mumu" does not give an idea of ​​thethe personality of Gerasim. But in the work itself, he appears as a responsible person, dedicated to his work. Gerasim bears his heavy burden without complaining. The work of Turgenev "Mumu" (short content) is a story not only about Gerasim, but also about the heartlessness of others. For example, the lady does not consider Gerasim a man. She decides his fate, joking, based on his vagaries and antipathies. She wanted to give Tatiana a wife for a drunkard, she gave it out, she did not like the dog-keeper of the janitor, so you have to drown her.

For a lady, people are not people from the yard, they, like soft sofas, must exist only to satisfy her own

Why does Gerasim drown the dog, why he listenslady? This indicates an unprecedented submission, that he himself considers himself unworthy of having attachments. But then he goes to the village, showing himself unprecedented in those times self-will. What is it? Riot against such an attitude to yourself? Mute protest, an attempt to give the lady understand that she was not right? This is to be understood by the reader, and not by one who has read only a brief summary of "Mumu." It is interesting to discuss this topic in a literature lesson, but it is hardly possible to understand the psychology of a serf, serf. He was born and grew up in completely different conditions, he was raised differently, differently aware of himself. And a man of our time will not be able to project the situation of Gerasim. People whose grandfathers and great-grandfathers were born free will not understand the psychology of the slave. Maybe he thought that the dog is unworthy of life, if the lady does not like it. In the end, respect for man, as an individual, is characteristic of free and developed people. But all these questions can be asked to yourself and comprehend only after reading the whole book.

"Mumu" is a monument of serfdom, it is worth reading this story and as a historical testimony.