"Experience and mistakes"
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Within the framework of the direction, discussions are possible about the value of the spiritual and practical experience of an individual, a people, humanity as a whole, about the cost of mistakes on the path to understanding the world, gaining life experience. Literature often makes you think about the relationship between experience and mistakes: about experience that prevents mistakes, about mistakes without which it is impossible to move along the path of life, and about irreparable, tragic mistakes.
“Experience and errors” is a direction in which a clear opposition of two polar concepts is less implied, because without errors there is and cannot be experience. A literary hero, making mistakes, analyzing them and thereby gaining experience, changes, improves, and takes the path of spiritual and moral development. By assessing the actions of the characters, the reader gains invaluable life experience, and literature becomes a real textbook of life, helping not to make one’s own mistakes, the price of which can be very high. Speaking about the mistakes made by the heroes, it should be noted that a wrong decision or an ambiguous act can affect not only the life of an individual, but also have the most fatal impact on the destinies of others. In literature we also encounter tragic mistakes that affect the destinies of entire nations. It is in these aspects that one can approach the analysis of this thematic area.
Aphorisms and sayings of famous people:
You should not be timid for fear of making mistakes; the biggest mistake is to deprive yourself of experience. Luc de Clapier Vauvenargues
In all matters, we can only learn by trial and error, falling into error and correcting ourselves. Karl Raymund Popper
Learn from every mistake. Ludwig Wittgenstein
Shyness may be appropriate everywhere, but not in admitting one’s mistakes. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
It is easier to find error than truth. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
List of literature in the field of “Experience and mistakes”
A. S. Pushkin “The Captain's Daughter”
L. N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”
F. M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”
M. Yu. Lermontov “Hero of Our Time”
A. S. Pushkin “Eugene Onegin”
I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons”
I. A. Bunin “Mr. from San Francisco”
A. I. Kuprin “Garnet Bracelet”
A. S. Griboedov “Woe from Wit”
Guy de Maupassant "The Necklace"
Materials for literary arguments.
M. Yu. Lermontov novel “Hero of Our Time”
Only after losing Vera did Pechorin realize that he loved her. The worst mistake is not appreciating what you have.
A socialite and relative of Princess Mary, Vera, came to Kislovodsk. Readers learned that Pechorin was once passionately in love with this woman. She also retained a bright feeling for Grigory Alexandrovich in her heart. Vera and Gregory met. And here we saw a different Pechorin: not a cold and angry cynic, but a man of great passions, who had not forgotten anything and felt suffering and pain. After meeting with Vera, who, being a married woman, could not unite with the hero who was in love with her, Pechorin threw himself into the saddle. He galloped over mountains and valleys, greatly exhausting his horse.
On a horse exhausted from fatigue, Pechorin accidentally met Mary and frightened her.
Soon Grushnitsky, with ardent feeling, began to prove to Pechorin that after all his antics he would never be received in the princess’s house. Pechorin argued with his friend, proving the opposite.
Pechorin went to the ball with Princess Ligovskaya. Here he began to behave unusually courteously towards Mary: he danced with her like a wonderful gentleman, protected her from a tipsy officer, and helped her cope with fainting. Mother Mary began to look at Pechorin with different eyes and invited him to her house as a close friend.
Pechorin began to visit the Ligovskys. He became interested in Mary as a woman, but the hero was still attracted to Vera. On one of their rare dates, Vera told Pechorin that she was terminally ill with consumption, so she asked him to spare her reputation. Vera also added that she always understood the soul of Grigory Alexandrovich and accepted him with all his vices.
Pechorin, however, became friends with Mary. The girl admitted to him that she was bored with all the fans, including Grushnitsky. Pechorin, using his charm, out of nothing to do, made the princess fall in love with him. He couldn’t even explain to himself why he needed this: either to have fun, or to annoy Grushnitsky, or perhaps to show Vera that someone needed him too and, thereby, to provoke her jealousy. Gregory got what he wanted: Mary fell in love with him, but at first she hid her feelings.
Meanwhile, Vera began to worry about this novel. On a secret date, she asked Pechorin never to marry Mary and promised him a night meeting in return.
Pechorin began to get bored in the company of both Mary and Vera.
Vera confessed to her husband her feelings for Pechorin. He took her out of town. Pechorin, having learned about Vera’s imminent departure, mounted his horse and tried to catch up with his beloved, realizing that he had no one more dear to her in the world. He drove a horse that died before his eyes.
A. S. Pushkin novel “Eugene Onegin”
People tend to do rash things. Eugene Onegin rejected Tatyana, who was in love with him, which he regretted, but it was too late. Mistakes are thoughtless actions.
Evgeniy lived an idle life, walking along the boulevard during the day and visiting luxurious salons in the evening, where famous people of St. Petersburg invited him. The author emphasizes that Onegin, “fearing jealous condemnation,” was very careful about his appearance, so he could spend three hours in front of the mirror, bringing his image to perfection. Evgeniy returned from the balls in the morning, when the rest of the residents of St. Petersburg were rushing to work. By noon the young man woke up and again
“Until the morning his life is ready,
Monotonous and colorful."
However, is Onegin happy?
“No: his feelings cooled down early;
He was tired of the noise of the world.”
Evgeniy withdraws from society, locks himself at home and tries to write on his own, but the young man does not succeed, since “he was sick of persistent work.” After this, the hero begins to read a lot, but realizes that literature will not save him: “like women, he left books.” Evgeny, from a sociable, secular person, becomes a reserved young man, prone to “caustic argument” and “joking with bile in half.”
Evgeniy lived in a picturesque village, his house was located by the river, surrounded by a garden. Wanting to somehow entertain himself, Onegin decided to introduce new orders in his domains: he replaced corvee with “light rent.” Because of this, the neighbors began to treat the hero with caution, believing “that he is a most dangerous eccentric.” At the same time, Evgeny himself avoided his neighbors, avoiding getting to know them in every possible way.
At the same time, the young landowner Vladimir Lensky returned from Germany to one of the nearest villages. Vladimir was a romantic person. However, among the villagers, Lensky’s special attention was attracted by the figure of Onegin, and Vladimir and Evgeniy gradually became friends.
Tatiana:
“Wild, sad, silent,
Like a forest deer, fearful.”
Onegin asks if he can see Lensky's beloved and his friend invites him to go to the Larins.
Returning from the Larins, Onegin tells Vladimir that he was pleased to meet them, but his attention was more attracted not by Olga, who “has no life in her features,” but by her sister Tatyana, “who is sad and silent, like Svetlana.” Onegin's appearance at the Larins' house caused gossip that perhaps Tatiana and Evgeniy were already engaged. Tatyana realizes that she has fallen in love with Onegin. The girl begins to see Evgeniy in the heroes of the novels, to dream about the young man, walking in the “silence of the forests” with books about love.
Evgeny, who even in his youth was disappointed with relationships with women, was touched by Tatyana’s letter, and that is why he did not want to deceive the gullible, innocent girl.
Having met Tatyana in the garden, Evgeniy spoke first. The young man said that he was very touched by her sincerity, so he wants to “repay” the girl with his “confession.” Onegin tells Tatyana that if a “pleasant lot had commanded” him to become a father and husband, he would not have looked for another bride, choosing Tatyana as his “girlfriend of days.”<…>sad." However, Eugene “was not created for bliss.” Onegin says that he loves Tatyana like a brother and at the end of his “confession” turns into a sermon to the girl:
“Learn to control yourself;
Not everyone will understand you like I do;
Inexperience leads to disaster."
After the duel with Lensky, Onegin leaves
The narrator again meets the now 26-year-old Onegin at one of the social events.
At the evening, a lady appears with a general, who attracts everyone's attention from the public. This woman looked “quiet” and “simple.” Evgeny recognizes Tatyana as a socialite. Asking a friend of the prince who this woman is, Onegin learns that she is the wife of this prince and indeed Tatyana Larina. When the prince brings Onegin to the woman, Tatiana does not show her excitement at all, while Eugene is speechless. Onegin cannot believe that this is the same girl who once wrote him a letter.
In the morning, Evgeniy receives an invitation from Prince N., Tatiana’s wife. Onegin, alarmed by memories, eagerly goes to visit, but the “stately”, “careless Lawgiver of the hall” does not seem to notice him. Unable to bear it, Evgeniy writes a letter to the woman in which he confesses his love to her.
One spring day, Onegin goes to Tatyana without an invitation. Eugene finds a woman crying bitterly over his letter. The man falls at her feet. Tatyana asks him to stand up and reminds Evgenia how in the garden, in the alley she humbly listened to his lesson, now it’s her turn. She tells Onegin that she was in love with him then, but found only severity in his heart, although she does not blame him, considering the man’s act noble. The woman understands that now she is in many ways interesting to Eugene precisely because she has become a prominent socialite. In parting, Tatyana says:
“I love you (why lie?),
But I was given to another;
I will be faithful to him forever"
And he leaves. Evgeny is “as if struck by thunder” by Tatiana’s words.
“But a sudden ringing sound rang out,
And Tatyana’s husband showed up,
And here is my hero,
In a moment that is evil for him,
Reader, we will now leave,
For a long time... forever...”
I. S. Turgenev novel “Fathers and Sons”
Evgeny Bazarov - the path from nihilism to acceptance of the diversity of the world.
Nihilist, a person who does not take principles for granted.u.
Hearing Nikolai Kirsanov play the cello, Bazarov laughs, which causes Arkady's disapproval. Denies art.
An unpleasant conversation took place during evening tea. By calling one landowner a “rubbish aristocrat,” Bazarov displeased the elder Kirsanov, who began to argue that by following principles, a person benefits society. Eugene responded by accusing him of living meaninglessly, like other aristocrats. Pavel Petrovich objected that the nihilists, with their denial, are only aggravating the situation in Russia.
Friends come to visit Odintsova. The meeting made an impression on Bazarov and he, unexpectedly, became embarrassed.
Bazarov behaved differently than always, which greatly surprised his friend. He talked a lot, talked about medicine and botany. Anna Sergeevna willingly supported the conversation, as she understood the sciences. She treated Arkady like a younger brother. At the end of the conversation, she invited the young people to her estate.
While living on the estate, Bazarov began to change. He fell in love, despite the fact that he considered this feeling a romantic billbird. He could not turn away from her and imagined her in his arms. The feeling was mutual, but they did not want to open up to each other.
Bazarov meets his father’s manager, who says that his parents are waiting for him, they are worried. Evgeniy announces his departure. In the evening, a conversation takes place between Bazar and Anna Sergeevna, where they try to understand what each of them dreams of getting from life.
Bazarov confesses his love to Odintsova. In response, he hears: “You didn’t understand me,” and feels extremely awkward. Anna Sergeevna believes that without Evgeny she will be calmer and does not accept his confession. Bazarov decides to leave
They were received well in the house of the elder Bazarovs. The parents were very happy, but knowing that their son did not approve of such a manifestation of feelings, they tried to remain more restrained. During lunch, the father talked about how he runs the household, and the mother just looked at her son.
Bazarov spent very little time at his parents’ house, as he was bored. He believed that with their attention they were interfering with his work. There was an argument between friends that almost escalated into a quarrel. Arkady tried to prove that it was impossible to live like this, Bazarov did not agree with his opinion.
Parents, having learned about Evgeniy’s decision to leave, were very upset, but tried not to show their feelings, especially his father. He reassured his son that if he had to leave, then he had to do it. After leaving, the parents were left alone and were very worried that their son had abandoned them.
On the way, Arkady decided to take a detour to Nikolskoye. Friends were greeted very coldly. Anna Sergeevna did not come down for a long time, and when she appeared, she had a dissatisfied expression on her face and from her speech it was clear that they were not welcome.
Having met with Odintsova, Bazarov admits his mistakes. They tell each other that they want to remain just friends.
Arkady confesses his love to Katya, asks for her hand in marriage and she agrees to become his wife. Bazarov says goodbye to his friend, angrily accusing him of being unsuitable for decisive matters. Evgeniy goes to his parents' estate.
Living in his parents' house, Bazarov does not know what to do. Then he begins to help his father, treating the sick. While opening up a peasant who died of typhus, he accidentally injures himself and becomes infected with typhus. A fever begins, he asks to send for Odintsova. Anna Sergeevna arrives and sees a completely different person. Before his death, Evgeniy tells her about his real feelings, and then dies.
Eugene rejected the love of his parents, rejected his friend, denied feelings. And only on the verge of death was he able to understand that he had chosen the wrong behavior in his life. We cannot deny what we cannot explain. Life is multifaceted.
I. A. Bunin story “Mr. from San Francisco”
Is it possible to gain experience without making mistakes? In childhood and adolescence, our parents protect us and advise us on problematic issues. This largely protects us from mistakes, helps us form character, and gain only useful experience in this life, although not everything always works out well. But we understand the real essence of life when we take the wing on our own. A more meaningful view of what is happening and a sense of responsibility make big changes in our lives. An adult makes decisions independently, is responsible for himself, understands from his own experience what life is, and looks for his own path through trial and error. You can understand the true essence of the problem only by experiencing it yourself, but it is unknown what trials and difficulties this will bring, and how a person will be able to cope with it.
In Ivan Alekseevich Bunin’s story “The Gentleman from San Francisco,” the main character does not have a name. We understand that the author puts deep meaning into his work. The hero image refers to people who make the mistake of postponing their lives for later. A gentleman from San Francisco devoted his whole life to work, he wanted to save enough money, become rich, and then start living. All the experience that the main character gained was related to his work. He paid no attention to his family, friends, or himself. I could tell he wasn't paying attention to life, he wasn't enjoying it. Going on a trip with his family, the gentleman from San Francisco thought that his time was just beginning, but as it turned out, that’s where it ended. His main mistake was that he put his life on hold, devoting himself only to work, and over the years he acquired nothing but wealth. The main character did not put his soul into his own child, did not give love and did not receive it himself. All he achieved was financial success, but during his lifetime he never learned the most important thing.
The experience of the main character would become invaluable if others learned from his mistakes, but, unfortunately, this does not happen. Many people continue to put off their lives for later, which may not come. And the price for such an experience will be a one and only life.
A. I. Kuprin story “Garnet Bracelet”
On her name day, September 17, Vera Nikolaevna was expecting guests. My husband left on business in the morning and had to bring guests for dinner.
Vera Nikolaevna, whose love for her husband had long been reborn into “a feeling of lasting, faithful, true friendship,” supported him as best she could, saved, and denied herself much.
After dinner, everyone except Vera sat down to play poker. She was about to go out onto the terrace when the maid called her. On the table in the office where both women entered, the servant laid out a small package tied with a ribbon and explained that a messenger had brought it with a request to hand it over personally to Vera Nikolaevna.
Vera found a gold bracelet and a note in the package. First she began to look at the decoration. At the center of the low-grade gold bracelet were several magnificent garnets, each about the size of a pea. Examining the stones, the birthday girl turned the bracelet, and the stones flashed like “lovely deep red living lights.” With alarm, Vera realized that these lights looked like blood.
He congratulated Vera on Angel Day and asked her not to hold a grudge against him for the fact that several years ago he dared to write letters to her and expect an answer. He asked to accept a bracelet as a gift, the stones of which belonged to his great-grandmother. From her silver bracelet, he exactly repeated the arrangement, transferred the stones to the gold one and drew Vera’s attention to the fact that no one had ever worn the bracelet. He wrote: “however, I believe that in the whole world there is not a treasure worthy to adorn you” and admitted that all that now remains in him is “only reverence, eternal admiration and slavish devotion”, an every-minute desire for happiness to Faith and joy if she's happy.
Vera was wondering whether she should show the gift to her husband.
On the way to the carriage waiting for the general, Anosov talked with Vera and Anna about how he had never met true love in his life. According to him, “love must be a tragedy. The greatest secret in the world."
The general asked Vera what was true in the story told by her husband. And she gladly shared with him: “some madman” pursued her with his love and sent letters even before marriage. The princess also told about the parcel with the letter. In thought, the general noted that it was quite possible that Vera’s life was crossed by the “single, all-forgiving, ready for anything, modest and selfless” love that any woman dreams of.
Shein and Mirza-Bulat-Tuganovsky, Vera’s husband and brother, paid a visit to her admirer. He turned out to be the official Zheltkov, a man of about thirty to thirty-five.Nikolai immediately explained to him the reason for coming - with his gift he had crossed the line of patience of Vera’s loved ones. Zheltkov immediately agreed that he was to blame for the persecution of the princess. Zheltkov asked permission to write his last letter to Vera and promised that visitors would not hear or see him again. At Vera Nikolaevna’s request, he stops “this story” “as soon as possible.”
In the evening, the prince conveyed to his wife the details of his visit to Zheltkov. She was not surprised by what she heard, but was slightly worried: the princess felt that “this man would kill himself.”
The next morning, Vera learned from the newspapers that due to the waste of public money, the official Zheltkov committed suicide. All day Sheina thought about the “unknown man” whom she never got to see, not understanding why she foresaw the tragic outcome of his life. She also remembered Anosov’s words about true love, perhaps meeting her on the way.
The postman brought Zheltkov’s farewell letter. He admitted that he regards his love for Vera as a great happiness, that his whole life lies only in the princess. He asked to forgive him for having “cut into Vera’s life like an uncomfortable wedge,” thanked her simply for the fact that she lived in the world, and said goodbye forever. “I tested myself - this is not a disease, not a manic idea - this is love with which God wanted to reward me for something. As I leave, I say in delight: “Hallowed be Thy name,” he wrote.
After reading the message, Vera told her husband that she would like to go and see the man who loved her. The prince supported this decision.
Vera found an apartment that Zheltkov was renting. The landlady came out to meet her and they started talking. At the request of the princess, the woman told about Zheltkov’s last days, then Vera went into the room where he was lying. The expression on the deceased’s face was so peaceful, as if this man “before parting with life had learned some deep and sweet secret that resolved his entire human life.”
At parting, the owner of the apartment told Vera that if a woman suddenly dies and a woman comes to him to say goodbye, Zheltkov asked her to tell her that Beethoven’s best work - he wrote down its title - “L. van Beethoven. Son. No. 2, op. 2. Largo Appassionato.”
Vera began to cry, explaining her tears with the painful “impression of death.”
Vera made the main mistake in her life, she missed out on sincere and strong love, which is very rare.
Essay "Experience and mistakes."
As the ancient Roman philosopher Cicero said: “To err is human.” Indeed, it is impossible to live life without making a single mistake. Mistakes can ruin a person’s life, even break his soul, but they can also provide rich life experience. And let it be common for us to make mistakes, because everyone learns from their own mistakes and sometimes even the mistakes of other people.Many literary characters make mistakes, but not everyone tries to correct them. In the play by A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard" Ranevskaya makes a mistake, since she refused the proposals to save the estate that Lopakhin offered her. But you can still understand Ranevskaya, because by agreeing, she could lose the family’s legacy. I think the main mistake in this work is the destruction of the Cherry Orchard, which is a memory of the life of the past generation and the consequence of this is a breakdown in relations. After reading this play, I began to understand that we need to preserve the memory of the past, but this is just my opinion, everyone thinks differently, but I hope that many will agree that we must protect everything that our ancestors left us.
I believe that every person should pay for their mistakes and try to correct them at any cost. In the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky's “crime and punishment” character's mistakes cost two innocent lives. Raskolnikov's erroneous plan took the life of Lisa and the unborn child, but this act radically affected the life of the protagonist. Sometimes someone can say that he is a murderer and should not be forgiven, but after reading about his condition after the murder, I began to look at him with a different eye. But he paid for his mistakes with himself and only thanks to Sonya he was able to cope with his mental torment.
Speaking about experience and mistakes, the words of the Soviet philologist D.S. come to me. Likhachev, who said: “admiring the skaters’ ability to correct mistakes while dancing. This is art, great art,” but in life there are many more mistakes and everyone needs to be able to correct them, immediately and beautifully, because nothing teaches you more than realizing your mistakes.Reflecting on the fates of various heroes, we understand that it is the mistakes made and their corrections that are the eternal work on oneself. It is the search for truth and the desire for spiritual harmony that leads us to gaining real experience and to finding happiness. Popular wisdom says: “Only those who do nothing make no mistakes.”
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Toucan Kostya 11 BWhy is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?
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Let the introduction to my reflection be the words of Haruki Murakami that “mistakes are like punctuation marks, without which there will be no meaning in life, as well as in the text.” I saw this statement a long time ago. I re-read it many times. And just now I thought about it. About what? About my attitude towards mistakes made. Before, I strived to never make mistakes, and I was very ashamed at times when I did slip up. And now - through the prism of time - I fell in love with every opportunity to make a mistake, because then I can correct myself, which means I will gain invaluable experience that will help me in the future.
Experience is the best teacher! “True, he charges a lot, but he explains clearly.” It’s funny to remember how a year ago I was as a child! - I simply prayed to heaven that everything would be fine with me: less suffering, fewer mistakes. Now I (even though I’m still a child) don’t understand: who and why did I ask? And the worst thing is that my requests came true! And here is the first answer why you need to analyze the mistakes of the past and THINK: everything will come back to haunt you.Let's turn to the literature. As you know, the works of the classics provide answers to questions that concern people at all times: what is true love, friendship, compassion... But the classics are also visionaries. We were once told in literature that the text is just the “tip of the iceberg.” And these words somehow strangely resonated in my soul after a while. I re-read many works - from a different angle! - and instead of the previous veil of misunderstanding, new pictures opened up before me: there was philosophy, and irony, and answers to questions, and reasoning about people, and warnings...
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One of my favorite writers was Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. I love him because his works are tiny in volume, but capacious in content, and for any occasion. I like the fact that the teacher in literature lessons nurtures in us students the ability to read “between the lines.” And Chekhov, without this skill, is impossible to read! For example, the play "The Seagull", my favorite play by Chekhov. I read and re-read it avidly, and each time new insights came and still come to me. The play "The Seagull" is very sad. There is no conventional happy ending. And somehow suddenly - a comedy. It is still a mystery to me why the author defined the genre of the play this way. Reading The Seagull left me with a strange bitter aftertaste. I feel sorry for many of the heroes. When I read, I just wanted to shout to some of them: “Come to your senses! What are you doing?!” Or maybe that’s why it’s a comedy because the mistakes of some of the characters are too obvious??? Let's take Masha for example. She suffered from unrequited love for Treplev. Well, why did she have to marry an unloved person and suffer doubly? But she will now have to bear this burden for the rest of her life! “Drag your life like an endless train.” And the question immediately arises: “how would I...?” What would I do if I were Masha? She can also be understood. She tried to forget her love, tried to throw herself into the household, devote herself to the child... But running away from the problem does not mean solving it. Non-reciprocal love must be realized, experienced, suffered. And all this alone...He who doesn't make mistakes doesn't do anything." Don't make mistakes... This is the ideal I was striving for! Well, I got my "ideal"! And what next? Death during life, that's what I got! A greenhouse plant, that's what I got! , what I almost became! And then I discovered Chekhov’s work “The Man in a Case”. Belikov, the main character, was constantly creating a “case” for himself for a comfortable life. But in the end, he missed this very life! " If only something didn’t work out!” Belikov said. And I wanted to answer him: your life didn’t work out, that’s what!
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Existence is not life. And Belikov left nothing behind, and no one will remember him in centuries. Are there many such white ones now? Yes, a dime a dozen!
The story is both funny and sad at the same time. And very relevant in our 21st century. Funny because Chekhov uses irony when describing the portrait of Belikov (“always, in any weather, he wore a hat, sweatshirt, galoshes and dark glasses..”), which makes it comical and makes me laugh as a reader. But it becomes sad when I think about my life. What have I done? What did I see? Yes, absolutely nothing! I am horrified to discover echoes of the story “The Man in the Case” in myself now... This makes me think about what I want to leave behind? What is the ultimate goal of my life? What is life anyway? After all, to be dead while alive, to become one of those white-haired people in a case... I don’t want to!Along with Chekhov, I also fell in love with I.A. Bunina. What I like about him is that in his stories love has many faces. This is love for sale, love as a flash, love as a game, and the author also talks about children growing up without love (the story “Beauty”). The end of Bunin's stories is not like the hackneyed "and they lived happily ever after." The author shows different faces of love, building his stories on the principle of antithesis. Love can burn, hurt, and the scars will ache for a long time... But at the same time, love inspires, forces you to act, to develop morally.
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So, Bunin's stories. Everyone is different, different from each other. And the heroes are all different too. Who I especially like among Bunin’s heroes is Olya Meshcherskaya from the story “Easy Breathing”.
She really burst into life like a whirlwind, experienced a bouquet of feelings: joy, sadness, oblivion, and grief... All the brightest principles burned with flame in her, and a wide variety of feelings boiled in her blood... And then they burst out ! How much love for the world, how much childish purity and naivety, how much beauty this Olya carried within herself! Bunin opened my eyes. He showed what a girl should really be like. There is no theatricality in movements, words... No mannerisms or affectation. Everything is simple, everything is natural. Indeed, easy breathing... Looking at myself, I understand that I often deceive myself and wear a mask of “ideal myself”. But there are no ideal ones! There is beauty in naturalness. And the story “Easy Breathing” confirms these words.I could (and I would like to!) think about many more works of Russian and foreign, as well as modern classics... We can talk about this forever, but... Opportunities do not allow. I will only say that I am endlessly glad, because the teacher cultivated in us, students, the ability to be selective in choosing literature, to be more sensitive to words and to love books. And the books contain centuries of experience that will help the young reader grow up to be a Man with a capital M, who knows the history of his people, not to become an ignoramus, and most importantly, to be a thoughtful person who knows how to foresee consequences. After all, “if you made a mistake and didn’t realize it, then you made two mistakes.” They are, of course, punctuation marks that cannot be avoided, but if there are too many of them, there will be no meaning in life, as in the text!
Answer DeleteWhat a pity that there is no rating higher than 5... I read and think: my work resonated with children... Many, many children... You have grown up. Very. Just yesterday I wanted to tell you, calling you by your last name (namely, because you get nervous every time, and it makes me laugh so much! Why? You have a beautiful last name: all sonorants and vowels, which means it’s euphonious!): “Smolina, you’re not "Only beautiful, you are also smart. Smolina, you are not only smart, you are also beautiful." At work I saw a thinker, a deep thinker!
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As they say, “Man learns from mistakes.” This proverb is known to everyone. But there is also another well-known proverb - “A smart person learns from the mistakes of others, and a stupid person learns from his own.” Writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries left us a rich cultural heritage. From their works, from the mistakes and experiences of their heroes, we can learn important things that will help us in the future, having knowledge, not to commit unnecessary actions.
Every person strives in his life for happiness at the family hearth and spends his entire life looking for his “soul mate.” But it often happens that feelings are deceptive, not mutual, not constant, and a person becomes unhappy. Writers, perfectly understanding the problem of unhappy love, have written a large number of works that reveal various facets of love, true love. One of the writers who explored this topic was Ivan Bunin. The collection of stories “Dark Alleys” contains stories whose stories are vital and relevant for consideration by modern people. My favorite story was “Easy Breathing.” It reveals a feeling like nascent love. At first glance, it may seem that Olya Meshcherskaya is an arrogant and proud girl who, at fifteen years old, wants to appear older and therefore goes to bed with her father’s friend. The boss wants to reason with her, prove to her that she is still a girl and should dress and behave accordingly.
But that's not really the case. How can Olya, whom the younger classes love, be arrogant and arrogant? You can’t fool children, they see the sincerity of Olya and her behavior. But what about the rumors that she is flighty, that she is in love with a high school student and is unfaithful with him? But these are just rumors spread by girls who are jealous of Olya’s grace and natural beauty. The behavior of the head of the gymnasium is similar. She lived a long but gray life in which there were no joys or happiness. She now looks youthful, has silver hair, and loves to knit. She is contrasted with Olya’s eventful life and bright, joyful moments. Also the antithesis is the natural beauty of Meshcherskaya and the “youthfulness” of the boss. Because of this, a conflict flares up between them. The boss wants Olya to remove her “feminine” hairstyle and behave more dignified. But Olya feels that her life will be bright, that there will definitely be happy, true love in her life. She does not answer the boss rudely, but behaves gracefully, in an aristocratic manner. Olya does not notice this female envy and does not wish anything bad for the boss.
Olya Meshcherskaya’s love was just beginning, but never had time to open up due to her death. For myself, I learned the following lesson: it is necessary to develop love in yourself and show it in life, but be careful not to cross the line that will lead to sad consequences.
Another writer who explored the theme of love is Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. I would like to consider his work “The Cherry Orchard”. Here I can divide all the characters into three categories: Ranevskaya, Lopakhin and Olya and Petya. Ranevskaya personifies Russia's noble aristocratic past in the play: She can enjoy the beauty of the garden and not think about whether it brings her benefits or not. She is characterized by such qualities as mercy, nobility, spiritual generosity, generosity and kindness. She still loves her chosen one, who betrayed her once. For her, the cherry orchard is a home, memory, connection with generations, memories from childhood. Ranevskaya does not care about the material side of life (she is wasteful and does not know how to conduct business and make decisions on pressing problems). Ranevskaya is characterized by sensitivity and spirituality. From her example I can learn mercy and spiritual beauty.
Lopakhin, who personifies modern Russia in the work, is characterized by a love of money. He works in a bank and tries to find a source of profit in everything. He is practical, hard-working and energetic, achieves his goals. However, the love of money has not ruined his human feelings: he is sincere, grateful, and understanding. He has a gentle soul. For him, the garden is no longer a cherry tree, but a cherry tree, a source of profit, not aesthetic pleasure, a means for obtaining material gain, and not a symbol of memory and connection with generations. From his example, I can learn to develop spiritual qualities first, and not the love of money, which can easily ruin the human element in people.
Anya and Petya personify the future of Russia, which frightens the reader. They talk a lot, but are not carried away by anything, they strive for an ephemeral future, shining but barren, and a wonderful life. They easily let go of what they don't need (in their opinion). They are not at all worried about the fate of the garden or anything. They can confidently be called Ivans, who do not remember their kinship. From their example, I can learn to appreciate the monuments of the past and preserve the connection between generations. I can also learn that if you strive for a bright future, then you need to make efforts, and not engage in chatter.
As you can see, from the works of writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries we can learn many useful lessons in life and gain experience that in the future will protect us from mistakes that could deprive us of joy and happiness in life.
Each of us makes mistakes and learns a life lesson, and often a person regrets and tries to correct what happened, but, alas, it is impossible to turn back time. To avoid them in the future, you need to learn to analyze them. In many works of world fiction, the classics touch on this topic.
In Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev’s work “Fathers and Sons,” Evgeny Bazarov is by nature a nihilist, a person with completely unusual views for people, who denies all the values of society. He refutes all the thoughts of the people around him, including his family and the Kirsanov family. Repeatedly, Evgeny Bazarov noted his beliefs, firmly believing in them and not taking into account anyone’s words: “a decent chemist is twenty times more useful than any poet,” “nature is nothing...Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and a person is a worker in it.” Only on this was his life path built. But is everything the hero thinks true? This is his experience and mistakes. At the end of the work, everything that Bazarov believed in, that he was strongly convinced of, all his life views, is refuted by himself.
Another striking example is the hero from Ivan Antonovich Bunin’s story “The Gentleman from San Francisco.” At the center of the story is a gentleman from San Francisco, who decided to reward himself for his long work. At 58 years old, the old man decided to start a new life: “He hoped to enjoy the sun of Southern Italy and the ancient monuments.” He spent all his time only on work, pushing aside many important parts of life, leading with the most valuable thing - money. He enjoyed drinking chocolate, wine, taking baths, reading newspapers every day. So, he made a mistake and paid for it with his own life. As a result, equipped with wealth and gold, the gentleman dies in the hotel, in the worst, smallest and dampest room. The thirst to satiate and satisfy one’s needs, the desire to rest after the past years and start life over again, turns out to be a tragic end for the hero.
Thus, the authors, through their heroes, show us, future generations, experience and mistakes, and we, the readers, should be grateful for the wisdom and examples that the writer sets before us. After reading these works, you should pay attention to the outcome of the heroes’ lives and follow the right path. But, of course, personal life lessons have a much better impact on us. As the well-known proverb says: “You learn from mistakes.”
Mikheev Alexander
Part 1 - Timur Osipov
Essay on the topic “Experience and mistakes”
People make mistakes, that's our nature. A smart person is not the one who does not make mistakes, but the one who learns from his mistakes. Mistakes are what help us move on, taking into account all past circumstances, each time developing more and more, accumulating more and more experience and knowledge.
Fortunately, many writers have touched on this topic in their works, revealing it deeply and sharing their experience with us. For example, let's look at the story of I.A. Bunin “Antonov apples”. “Treasured alleys of noble nests,” these words of Turgenev perfectly reflect the content of this work. The author recreates the world of a Russian estate in his head. He is sad about the times gone by. Bunin conveys his feelings so realistically and intimately through sounds and smells that this story can be called “fragrant.” “The fragrant smell of straw, fallen leaves, mushroom dampness” and of course the smell of Antonov apples, which become a symbol of Russian landowners. Everything was good in those days, contentment, homeliness, prosperity. Estates were built reliably and forever, landowners hunted in velvet pants, people walked in clean white shirts, indestructible boots with horseshoes, even the old people were “tall, big, white as a harrier.” But all this fades over time, ruin comes, everything is no longer so wonderful. All that remains from the old world is the subtle smell of Antonov apples... Bunin is trying to convey to us that we need to maintain connections between times and generations, preserve the memory and culture of the old time, and also love our country as much as he does.
Part 2 - Timur Osipov
I would also like to touch on A.P. Chekhov’s work “The Cherry Orchard”. It also talks about the life of a landowner. The characters can be divided into 3 categories. The older generation is the Ranevskys. They are people of a passing noble era. They are characterized by mercy, generosity, subtlety of soul, as well as wastefulness, narrow-mindedness, inability and unwillingness to solve pressing problems. The attitude of the characters towards the cherry orchard shows the problem of the entire work. For the Ranevskys, this is heritage, the origins of childhood, beauty, happiness, connection with the past. Next comes the generation of the present, which is represented by Lopakhin, a practical, enterprising, energetic and hard-working person. He sees the garden as a source of income; for him it is more like Cherry than Cherry. And finally, the last group, the generation of the future - Petya and Anya. They tend to strive for a bright future, but their dreams are mostly fruitless, words for words, about everything and nothing. For the Ranevskys, the garden is all of Russia, and for them, all of Russia is a garden. This shows the very etherealness of their dreams. These are the differences between the three generations, and again, why are they so great? Why is there so much disagreement? Why does the cherry orchard have to die? His death is the destruction of the beauty and memory of his ancestors, the ruin of his native hearth; one cannot cut down the roots of a still blooming and living garden, for this punishment will certainly follow.
We can conclude that mistakes must be avoided, because their consequences can be tragic. And after making mistakes, you need to use it to your advantage, extract experience from it for the future and pass it on to others.
For Lopakhin (present), the cherry orchard is a source of income. “...The only remarkable thing about this garden is that it is very large. Cherries are born once every two years, and there’s nowhere to put that one. Nobody buys...” Ermolai looks at the garden from the point of view of enrichment. He busily suggests that Ranevskaya and Gaev divide the estate into summer cottages and cut down the garden.
Reading the work, we involuntarily ask ourselves questions: is it possible to save the garden? Who is to blame for the death of the garden? Is there no bright future? The author himself gives the answer to the first question: it is possible. The whole tragedy lies in the fact that the owners of the garden are not capable, due to their character, of saving and continuing the garden to bloom and smell fragrant. There is only one answer to the question of guilt: everyone is guilty.
...Isn’t there any bright future?..
This question is already asked by the author to the readers, which is why I will answer this question. A bright future is always a huge job. These are not beautiful speeches, not the presentation of an ephemeral future, but rather perseverance and solving serious problems. This is the ability to bear responsibility, the ability to respect the traditions and customs of ancestors. The ability to fight for what is dear to you.
The play “The Cherry Orchard” shows the unforgivable mistakes of the heroes. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov gives us the opportunity to analyze so that we, young readers, have experience. This is a deplorable mistake among our heroes, but the emergence of comprehension and experience among readers in order to save a fragile future.
The second work for analysis I would like to take is Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin’s “Women’s Conversation”. Why did I choose this particular story? Probably because in the future I will become a mother. I will have to raise a little person into a Human.
Even now, looking at the world through children's eyes, I already understand what is good and what is bad. I see examples of parenting, or lack thereof. As a teenager, I must set an example for the younger ones.
But what I wrote earlier is the influence of parents, family. This is the influence of upbringing. The influence of observing traditions and, of course, respect. This is the work of my loved ones, which will not be in vain. Vika does not have the opportunity to recognize love and significance for her parents. “Vika ended up in the village with her grandmother in the middle of winter not of her own free will. At the age of sixteen I had to have an abortion. I got in touch with the company, and the company got in trouble. She dropped out of school, started disappearing from home, started spinning, spinning... until they grabbed her, snatched her from the carousel, already baited, already screaming on guard.”
“In the village not of my own free will…” it’s insulting, unpleasant. It's a shame for Vika. Sixteen years old is still a child in need of parental attention. If there is no attention from parents, then the child will look for this attention on the side. And no one will explain to the child whether it is good to become another link in a company in which there is only “gotcha.” It’s unpleasant to understand that Vika was exiled to her grandmother. “...and then my father harnessed his old Niva, and, until I came to my senses, to my grandmother for deportation, for re-education.” Problems committed not so much by the child as by the parents. They didn't notice, they didn't explain! It’s true, it’s easier to send Vika to her grandmother so that she won’t be ashamed of her child. Let all responsibility for what happened fall on Natalya’s strong shoulders.
For me, the story “Women’s Conversation” first of all shows what kind of parents you should never be. Shows all the irresponsibility and carelessness. It is scary that Rasputin, looking through the prism of time, described what is still happening. Many modern teenagers lead a wild lifestyle, although some are not even fourteen.
I hope that the experience learned from Vicky’s family will not become the basis for building her own life. I hope that she will become a loving mother, and then a sensitive grandmother.
And the last, final question I will ask myself: is there a connection between experience and mistakes?
“Experience is the son of difficult mistakes” (A.S. Pushkin) We should not be afraid to make mistakes, because they strengthen us. By analyzing them, we become smarter, morally stronger... or, more simply put, we gain wisdom.
Maria Dorozhkina
Answer DeleteEvery person sets goals for himself. We spend our entire lives trying to achieve these goals. It can be difficult and people endure these difficulties in different ways; some, if it doesn’t work out, immediately give up everything and give up, while others set new goals for themselves and achieve them, taking into account their past mistakes and possibly the mistakes and experiences of other people. It seems to me that in some part the meaning of life is achieving your goals, that you cannot give up and you need to go to the end, taking into account the mistakes of your own and others. Experience and mistakes are present in many works, I will take two works, the first is Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”.
I think that it is necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past in order to prevent the same mistakes again. Experience is very important and at least “learn from mistakes.” I don’t think it’s right to make mistakes that someone has already made, since you can avoid it and figure out how to do it so as not to commit the same thing that our ancestors did. Writers in their stories are trying to convey to us that experience is built on mistakes, and so that we gain experience without making the same mistakes.
“There are no mistakes; the events that invade our lives, whatever they may be, are necessary for us to learn what we need to learn.” Richard Bach
We often make mistakes in certain situations, whether they are minor or serious, but how often do we notice this? Is it important to notice them so as not to step on the same rake? Perhaps each of us has thought about what would have happened if he had acted differently, is it important that he stumbled, will he learn a lesson? After all, our mistakes are an integral part of our experience, life path and our future. It's one thing to make mistakes, but trying to correct your mistakes is a completely different matter.
In A.P. Chekhov’s story “The Man in a Case,” the Greek language teacher Belikov appears before us as an outcast from society and a lost soul with a wasted life. Caseiness, closedness, all those missed moments and even your own happiness - a wedding. The boundaries that he created for himself were his “cage” and the mistake he made, the “cage” in which he locked himself. Fearing “that something might happen,” he did not even notice how quickly his life, full of loneliness, fear and paranoia, passed.
In A.P. Chekhov's play "The Cherry Orchard" this is a play in the light for today. In it, the author reveals to us all the poetry and intensity of lordly life. The image of a cherry orchard is a symbol of the passing of noble life. It was not for nothing that Chekhov connected this work with the cherry orchard; through this connection we can feel a certain generational conflict. On the one hand, people like Lopakhin, who are incapable of feeling beauty, for them this garden is only a means of obtaining material benefits. On the other hand, Ranevskaya is a type of truly noble lifestyle, for whom this garden is a source of memories of childhood, hot youth, a connection with generations, something more than just a garden. In this work, the author tries to convey to us that moral qualities are much more valuable than the love of money, or dreams of an ephemeral future.
Another example can be taken from I. A. Bunin’s story “Easy Breathing.” Where the author showed an example of the tragic mistake that fifteen-year-old gymnasium student Olga Meshcherskaya made. Her short life reminds the author of the life of a butterfly - short and easy. The story uses an antithesis between the life of Olga and the head of the gymnasium. The author compares the lives of these people, which are rich in every day, full of happiness and childishness of Olya Meshcherskaya, and the long, but boring life of the head of the gymnasium, who envies Olya’s happiness and well-being. However, Olya made a tragic mistake; through her inaction and frivolity, she lost her innocence with her father’s friend and brother of the head of the gymnasium, Alexei Malyutin. Unable to find justification or peace for herself, she forced the officer to kill her. In this work, I was struck by the insignificance of Milutin’s soul and the complete lack of masculine morality, she is just a girl whom he had to protect and guide on the right path, because she is the daughter of your friend
Well, the last work that I would like to take is “Antonov Apples”, where the author warns us not to make one mistake - forget about our connection with generations, about our homeland, about our past. The author conveys that atmosphere of old Russia, life in abundance, landscape sketches and musical gospel. Prosperity and homeliness of village life, symbols of the Russian hearth. The smell of rye straw, tar, the aroma of fallen leaves, mushroom dampness and linden flowers.
The authors are trying to convey that life without mistakes is impossible, the more mistakes you realize and try to correct, the more wisdom and life experience you will accumulate, we must remember and honor Russian traditions, take care of natural monuments and the memory of past generations.
But the future generation does not inspire optimism in Chekhov at all. “The Eternal Student” Petya Trofimov. The hero has an inherent desire for a wonderful future, but everyone can learn to speak beautifully, but Trofimov is unable to back up his words with actions. The cherry orchard is not interesting to him, and that’s not the worst thing. What is more frightening is that he is imposing his views on the still “pure” Anya. The author's attitude towards such a person is unambiguous - “klutz”.
This wastefulness and inability to accept and solve the problem of the past generation led to the loss of the key to beauty and memories, and on the other hand, the obstinacy and perseverance of the present generation led to the loss of an amazing garden, to the departure of the entire noble era, because Lopakhin, in fact, cut down the root, then what this era was based on. The author warns us, because with the change of generation, the wonderful feeling of seeing beauty weakens, and then disappears altogether. The degradation of the soul occurs, people begin to value material values, and less and less is something elegant and beautiful, less and less is the value of our ancestors, grandfathers and fathers.
Another wonderful work is “Antonov Apples” by I.A. Bunina. The writer talks about peasant and noble life and in every possible way fills his “fragrant story” with various ways of conveying that atmosphere, those unique smells, sounds, colors. The narration comes from the perspective of Bunin himself. The author shows and reveals our Motherland in all its colors and manifestations.
The prosperity of peasant society was demonstrated to the reader in many aspects. The village of Vyselki is excellent proof of this. Those old men and women who lived for a very long time were white and tall, like a harrier. That atmosphere of the hearth that reigned in peasant houses, with a warming samovar and a black stove. This is a demonstration of the contentment and wealth of the peasants. People appreciated and enjoyed life, the unique smells and sounds of nature. And to match the old people there were houses built by their grandfathers, brick, durable, for centuries. But what about that man who poured apples and who ate them so juicy, with a bang, dashingly, one after another, and then at night he would lie carefree, gloriously on the cart, look into the starry sky, feel the unforgettable smell of tar in the fresh air and, Perhaps he will fall asleep with a smile on his face.
The author warns us, because with the change of generation, the wonderful feeling of seeing beauty weakens, and then disappears altogether. The degradation of the soul occurs, people begin to value material values, and less and less is something elegant and beautiful, less and less the value of our ancestors, grandfathers and fathers. Bunin teaches us to love our Motherland, in this work he shows all the indescribable beauty of our Fatherland. And for him it is important that, through the prism of time, the memory of a bygone culture does not dissipate, but is preserved." Seryozha, this is a wonderful essay! It reveals your good knowledge of the text. BUT!!! The essay would have failed the exam, because there is no problem, CLEARLY formulated, there is NO CONCLUSION, clearly formulated!!! I specifically highlighted those parts of the essay. because this is where the “grain” is. The question in the topic is “why?” So write it! It is necessary.... to save... learn to appreciate ... don't lose... don't turn into...
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Introduction: The book is an invaluable source of wisdom from unique writers. Warning and warning us, the modern and future generation, through the mistakes of their heroes, was one of the main messages of their work. Mistakes are common to absolutely all people on earth. Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone tries to analyze their mistakes and extract the “grain” from them, but thanks to this understanding of their own mistakes, the path to a happy life opens.
Conclusion: In conclusion, I would like to note that the modern generation needs to appreciate the works of writers. By reading works, a thoughtful reader draws and accumulates the necessary experience, acquires wisdom, over time the store of knowledge about life grows, and the reader must pass on the accumulated experience to others. The English scientist Coleridge calls such readers “diamonds” because they are actually very rare. But it is precisely thanks to this approach that society will learn from the mistakes of the past and reap the fruits from the mistakes of the past. People will make fewer mistakes, and more wise people will appear in society. And wisdom is the key to a happy life.
DeleteNoble life was significantly different from peasant life; serfdom was still felt, despite its abolition. When entering Anna Gerasimovna’s estate, first of all, you can hear various smells. They are not felt, but heard, that is, recognized by sensation, an amazing quality. The smells of an old mahogany medal, dried linden blossom, which has been lying on the windows since June... It’s hard for the reader to believe this, a truly poetic nature is capable of this! The wealth and prosperity of the nobles is manifested at least in their dinner, an amazing dinner: all pink boiled ham with peas, stuffed chicken, turkey, marinades and red, strong and sweet-sweet kvass. But estate life is becoming desolate, cozy noble nests are falling apart, and estates like Anna Gerasimovna’s are becoming fewer and fewer.
But in the estate of Arseny Semenych the situation is completely different. Crazy scene: the greyhound climbs onto the table and begins to devour the remains of the hare, and suddenly the owner of the estate comes out of the office and fires a shot at his pet, playing with his eyes, with sparkling eyes, with excitement. And then, in a silk shirt, velvet trousers and long boots, which is direct proof of wealth and prosperity, he goes hunting. And hunting is the place where you give free rein to your emotions, you are overcome by excitement, passion and you feel almost united with the horse. You return all wet and trembling from tension, and on the way back you smell the smells of the forest: mushroom dampness, rotten leaves and wet wood. The smells are everlasting...
Bunin teaches us to love our Motherland; in this work he shows all the indescribable beauty of our Fatherland. And for him it is important that, through the prism of time, the memory of a bygone culture does not dissipate, but is preserved and remembered for a long time. The old world is gone forever, and only the subtle smell of Antonov apples remains.
In conclusion, I would like to note that these works are not the only options for demonstrating that culture, that life of the past generation; there are other creations of writers. Generations change, and only memory remains. Through such stories, the reader learns to remember, honor and love his homeland in all its manifestations. And the future is built on the mistakes of the past.
Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past? I think many people are pondering this question. Every person makes mistakes, a person cannot live life without making a mistake. But we must learn to think about the mistake and not make it in later life. As the common people say: “You need to learn from mistakes.” Every person should learn from both their own and others' mistakes.
In conclusion, I want to say that a person can feel very bad because of a mistake he has made, he can think about committing suicide, but this is not an option. Every person is simply obliged to understand what he did wrong or someone did wrong, so that in the future he does not repeat these mistakes.
Finally. Seryozha, complete the introduction, since the answer “why?” is not formulated. In this regard, the conclusion needs to be strengthened. And the volume is not maintained (at least 350 words). In this form, the essay (even if it is an exam) will fail. Please find time and finish it. Please...
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Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past? I think many people are pondering this question. Every person makes mistakes, a person cannot live life without making a mistake. But we must learn to think about the mistake and not make it in later life. As the common people say: “You need to learn from mistakes.” Every person should learn from both their own and others' mistakes. After all, if a person does not learn to think about all the mistakes he has made, then in the future he will, as they say, “step on a rake” and will constantly make them. But because of mistakes, every person can lose everything, from the most important to the most unnecessary. You always need to think ahead, think about the consequences, but if a mistake is made, you need to analyze it and never make it again.
For example, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in his play “The Cherry Orchard” describes the image of an orchard - a symbol of the passing of noble life. The author is trying to tell that the memory of the past generation is important. Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna tried to preserve the memory of the past generation, the memory of her family - the cherry orchard. And only when the garden was gone, she realized that with the cherry orchard all the memories of her family and her past had gone.
Also, A.P. Chekhov describes a mistake in the story “The Man in a Case.” This mistake is expressed in the fact that Belikov, the main character of the story, closes himself off from society. It’s like he’s in a case, an outcast from society. His closedness does not allow him to find happiness in life. And thus, the hero lives his lonely life, in which there is no happiness.
Another work that can be cited as an example is “Antonov Apples” written by I.A. Bunin. The author, on his own behalf, describes all the beauty of nature: smells, sounds, colors. However, Olga Meshcherskaya makes a tragic mistake. The girl of fifteen was a frivolous girl flying in the clouds, who did not think she was losing her virginity with her father’s friend.
There is another novel in which the author describes the hero's mistake. But the hero understands in time and corrects his mistake. This is Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. Andrei Bolkonsky makes a mistake in that he misunderstands the values of life. He dreams only of fame, thinks only of himself. But at one fine moment, on the field of Austerlitz, his idol Napoleon Bonaparte becomes nothing to him. The voice is no longer great, but like the “buzzing of a fly.” This was a turning point in the prince’s life; he nevertheless realized the main values in life. He realized the mistake.
In conclusion, I would like to say that a person may feel very bad because of a mistake he has made, he may think about committing suicide, but this is not an option. Every person is simply obliged to understand what he did wrong or someone did wrong, so that in the future he does not repeat these mistakes. The world is built in such a way that no matter how much we want, no matter what we do, mistakes will always be made, we just need to come to terms with it. But there will be fewer of them if you think through your actions in advance.
Seryozha, read what he wrote: “Another work that can be cited as an example is “Antonov Apples” written by I.A. Bunin. The author, on his own behalf, describes all the beauty of nature: smells, sounds, colors. However, he makes a tragic mistake Olga Meshcherskaya. A fifteen-year-old girl was a frivolous girl flying in the clouds, a girl who did not think she was losing her virginity with her father's friend" - THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT(!) WORKS AND, BUNINA: "ANTONOV APPLES", WHERE IT'S ABOUT SMELLS, SOUNDS, AND " BREATHING EASY" ABOUT OLya MESHCHERSKAYA!!! Does it work out like one for you? There is no transition in the reasoning, and one gets the impression that it’s a mess in the head. Why? Because the sentence begins with the connecting word "however". VERY poor work. There is no complete conclusion, only faint outlines. The conclusion according to Chekhov is that you should not cut down the garden - this is the destruction of the memory of your ancestors, the beauty of the world. This will lead to internal devastation of a person. Here's the conclusion. Bolkonsky's mistakes are an experience of rethinking oneself. And the opportunity to change. here is the conclusion. etc etc... 3 ------
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Many people say that the past should be forgotten and everything that happened should be left there: “they say, what happened, happened” or “why remember”... BUT! They are wrong! in previous centuries, centuries, a large number of different types of figures made enormous contributions to the life and existence of the country. Do you think they were right? Of course, they made mistakes, but they learned from their own mistakes, changed something, took action, and everything worked out for them. The question arises: since this was in the past, can we forget about it, or what to do with all this? NO! Thanks to various types of mistakes and actions in the past, we now have a present and a future. (Perhaps it is not what we would like the present to be, but it exists, and that is exactly what it is, because much is left behind. The so-called experience of past years.) We must remember and respect the traditions of past years, because this is our History.
Through the prism of time, most writers, and they seem to foresee that little will change over time: the problems of the past will remain similar to the present, in their works they try to teach the reader to think deeper, analyze the text and what is hidden under it. All this is in order to avoid similar situations and gain life experience without passing it through your own life. What errors are hidden in several of the works I have read and analyzed?
The first work I would like to start with is the play by A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". You can find quite a few different problems in it, but I’ll focus on two: breaking the connection between a generation and a person’s life path. The image of a cherry orchard symbolizes the noble era. You cannot cut down the roots of a still blooming and beautiful garden, for this there will certainly be retribution - for unconsciousness and betrayal of your ancestors. A garden is a tiny subject of memory of the life of a past generation. You may think: “I’ve found something to be upset about. This garden has surrendered to you,” etc. What would happen if instead of this garden they razed a city, a village to the ground?? According to the author, cutting down the cherry orchard means the collapse of the homeland of the nobles. For the main character of the play, Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya, this garden was not only a garden of beauty, but also memories: childhood, home, youth. Heroes like Lyubov Andreevna have a pure and bright soul, generosity and mercy... Lyubov Andreevna had wealth, a family, a happy life, and a cherry orchard... But at one moment she lost everything. The husband died, the son drowned, two daughters remained. She fell in love with a man with whom she was clearly unhappy, because knowing that he had used her, she would return to him in France again: “And what is there to hide or remain silent about, I love him, that’s clear. I love, I love... This is a stone on my neck, I’m going to the bottom with it, but I love this stone and I can’t live without it.” Also, she carelessly squandered all her fortune “she had nothing left, nothing...” “yesterday there was a lot of money, but today there is very little. My poor Varya, out of savings, feeds everyone milk soup, and I spend so senselessly...” Her mistake was that she did not know how, and she had no desire, to solve pressing problems, to stop spending, she did not know how to manage money, she did not know how to EARN them. The garden needed care, but there was no money for it, as a result of which the reckoning came: the cherry orchard was sold and cut down. As you know, it is necessary to manage money correctly, otherwise you can lose everything to the last penny.
"Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?"
“Man learns from mistakes” - I think this proverb is familiar to everyone. But few of us have thought about how much content and how much life wisdom is in this proverb? After all, this is really very true. Unfortunately, we are designed in such a way that until we see everything ourselves, until we find ourselves in a difficult situation, we will almost never draw the right conclusions for ourselves. Therefore, when making a mistake, you need to draw conclusions for yourself, but you can’t be wrong in everything, so you need to pay attention to the mistakes of others and draw conclusions based on their mistakes. Experience and mistakes are present in many works, I will take two works, the first is Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”.
The Cherry Orchard is a symbol of noble Russia. The final scene when the sound of the ax “sounds” symbolizes the collapse of the nobles’ nests, the departure of Russia’s nobles. For Ranevskaya, the sound of the ax is like the finale of her whole life, since this garden was dear to her, it was her life. But the cherry orchard is also a beautiful creation of nature that people should preserve, but they could not do this. The garden is the experience of previous generations and Lopakhin destroyed it, for which he will have to pay back. The image of a cherry orchard involuntarily connects the past with the present.
Antonov Apples is a work by Bunin, in which the story is similar to that of Chekhov. The cherry orchard and the sound of an ax in Chekhov, and Antonov’s apples and the smell of apples in Bunin. The author with this work wanted to tell us about the need to connect times and generations, to preserve the memory of a bygone culture. All the beauty of the work is replaced by greed and thirst for profit.
These two works are very similar in content, but at the same time very different. And if in our lives we learn to correctly use works, proverbs, and folk wisdom. Then we will learn not only from our own, but also from other people’s mistakes, but at the same time we will live with our own mind, and not rely on the mind of others, everything in our life will be better, and we will easily overcome all life’s obstacles.
This is a rewritten essay.
ANASTASIA KALMUTSKAYA! PART 1.
An essay on the topic “Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?”
Mistakes are an integral part of the life of any person. No matter how prudent, attentive, and painstaking he may be, everyone makes various mistakes. This could be something like an accidentally broken mug or a misspoken word at a very important meeting. It would seem, why does such a thing as an “error” exist? It only brings people trouble and makes them feel stupid and uncomfortable. But! mistakes teach us. They teach life, they teach who to be and how to act, they teach everything. Another thing is how each person individually perceives these lessons...
So, what about me? You can learn from mistakes both from your own experience and from watching other people. I think it is important to be able to combine both the experience of your life and the experience of observing others, because there are a great many people in the world, and judging only from the perspective of your actions is very stupid. Another person could have acted completely differently, right? Therefore, I try to look at different situations from different angles, so that from these mistakes I gain a diverse experience.
In fact, there is another way to gain experience based on mistakes made. Literature. Eternal teacher of Man. Books convey the knowledge and experience of their authors through tens and even centuries, so that we, yes, we, each of us, go through that experience in a couple of hours of reading, while the writer gained it throughout his entire life. Why? And so that in the future people do not repeat the mistakes of the past, so that people finally begin to learn and not forget this knowledge.
To better reveal the meaning of these words, let us turn to our Teacher.
The first work that I would like to take is Anton Pavlovich Chekhov’s play “The Cherry Orchard”. Here all the events unfold around and about the Ranevskys’ cherry orchard. This cherry orchard is a family treasure, a storehouse of memories from childhood, youth and adulthood, a treasury of memory, experience of past years. What will a different attitude towards this garden lead to?..
ANASTASIA KALMUTSKAYA! PART 2.
If, as a rule, in works of fiction we more often encounter two conflicting generations or a gap between one on “two fronts,” then in this one the reader observes as many as three completely different generations. The representative of the first is Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna. She is a noblewoman of a bygone landowner era; by nature she is incredibly kind, merciful, but no less noble, but very wasteful, a little stupid and completely frivolous in relation to pressing problems. She represents the past. Second - Lopakhin Ermolai Alekseevich. He is very active, energetic, hard-working and enterprising, but also understanding and sincere. He represents the present. And third - Anya Ranevskaya and Pyotr Sergeevich Trofimov. These young people are dreamy, sincere, look into the future with optimism and hope and think about pressing matters, while... they do absolutely nothing to implement anything. They represent the future. A future that has no future.
Just as the ideals of these people are different, so is their attitude towards the garden. For Ranevskaya, no matter what, it is the same cherry orchard, a garden planted for the sake of cherries, a beautiful tree that blooms unforgettably and beautifully, which is written about above. For Trofimov, this garden is already cherry, that is, it is planted for cherries, berries, for their collection and, probably, further sale, a garden for money, a garden for material wealth. As for Anya and Petya... The garden means nothing to them. They, especially the “eternal student,” can endlessly talk beautifully about the purpose of the garden, its fate, its meaning... but they don’t really care whether anything happens to the garden or not, they just want to leave here as soon as possible. After all, “all of Russia is our garden,” right? You can just leave every time you get tired of the new place or are on the verge of destruction, the fate of the garden is completely indifferent to the future...
The garden is a memory, the experience of past years. The past is valuable to them. The present is trying to be used for the sake of money or, to be more precise, destroyed. But the future doesn't care.
ANASTASIA KALMUTSKAYA! PART 3.
At the end, the cherry orchard is cut down. The sound of an ax is heard like thunder... Thus, the reader concludes that memory is an irreplaceable wealth, the apple of the eye, without which emptiness awaits a person, country, and world.
I would also like to consider “Antonov Apples” by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. This story is a story of images. Images of the Motherland, Fatherland, peasant and landowner life, between which there was almost no particular difference, images of wealth, spiritual and material, images of love and nature. The story is filled with warm and vivid memories of the main character, the memory of a happy peasant life! But we know from history courses that for the most part the peasants did not live in the best way, but it is here, precisely in the “Antonov Apples” that I see the real Russia. Happy, rich, hard-working, cheerful, bright and juicy, like a fresh, beautiful yellow apple. Only now... the story ends on very sad notes and the melancholy song of local men... After all, these images are just a memory, and it is far from a fact that the present is just as sincere, pure and bright. But what could happen to the present?.. Why is life not as joyful as it was before?.. This story at the end carries understatement and some sadness for what has already passed. But it is very important to remember this. It is very important to know and believe that not only the past can be beautiful, but that we ourselves can change the present for the better.
So, we come to the conclusion that it is necessary and important to remember the past, to remember the mistakes made, so as not to repeat them in the future and present. But... do people really know how to learn from their mistakes? Yes, it is necessary, but are people really capable of it? I asked myself this question after reading classical literature. Why? Because works written in the 19th-20th centuries reflect the problems of that time: immorality, greed, stupidity, selfishness, depreciation of love, laziness and many other vices, but the point is that after a hundred, two hundred, three hundred years... nothing has changed. The same problems confront society, people still succumb to the same sins, everything remains at the same level.
So, is humanity really capable of learning from its mistakes?..
An essay about
“Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?”
I would like to start my essay with a quote from Lawrence Peter: “To avoid mistakes you need to gain experience, to gain experience you need to make mistakes.” You can't live life without making mistakes. Each person lives life differently. All people have different characters, a certain upbringing, different education, different living conditions, and sometimes what seems like a big mistake to one person is completely normal for another. That is why everyone learns from their own mistakes. It’s bad when you do something without thinking, relying only on the feelings overwhelming you at the moment. In such situations, you often make mistakes that you will later regret.
We must, of course, listen to the advice of adults, read books, analyze the actions of literary heroes, draw conclusions and try to learn from the mistakes of others, but alas, we learn most convincingly and most painfully from our own mistakes. It’s good if something can be corrected, but sometimes our actions lead to serious, irreversible consequences. No matter what happens to me, I try to think through it, weigh the pros and cons, and then just make decisions. There is a saying: “He who does nothing makes no mistakes.” I don't agree with this, because idleness is already a mistake. To confirm my words, I would like to turn to A.P. Chekhov’s work “The Cherry Orchard”. Ranevskaya’s behavior seems strange to me: what is so dear to her is dying. “I love this house, I don’t understand my life without the cherry orchard, and if you really have to sell, then sell me along with the garden...” But instead of doing something to save the estate, she indulges in sentimental memories and drinks coffee , gives away his last money to crooks, cries, but doesn’t want and can’t do anything.
The second work to which I want to turn is the story of I.A. Bunin "Antonov apples". After reading it, I felt how the author was sad about the old times. He really enjoyed visiting the village in the fall. With what delight he describes everything he sees around him. The author notices the beauty of the world around us, and we, the readers, learn from his example to appreciate and protect nature, to cherish simple human communication.
What conclusion can be drawn from all of the above? We all make mistakes in life. A thinking person, as a rule, learns not to repeat his mistakes, but a fool will step on the same rake over and over again. As we go through life's challenges, we become smarter, more experienced, and grow as individuals.
Silin Evgeniy 11 “B” class
Answer DeleteZamyatina Anastasia! Part 1!
"Experience and mistakes." Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?
Each of us makes mistakes. I... often make mistakes without regretting them, without reproaching myself, without crying into my pillow, although sometimes I feel sad. When you lie down at night, sleepless, look at the ceiling and remember everything that was once done. At such moments you think how good everything would be if I had acted differently, without making these stupid, thoughtless mistakes. But you can’t get anything back, you get what you got - and this is called experience.
The tragic end of the girl was destined at the beginning, because the author began the work from the end, showing Olino a place in the cemetery. The girl involuntarily lost her virginity with her father’s friend, the brother of the head of the gymnasium, a 56-year-old man. And now she had no other choice but to die... With ordinary ease, she framed the Cossack, plebeian-looking officer, forcing him to shoot her.
He who has never made a mistake has never lived. Through the prism of time, most writers through their works try to teach the reader to think deeper, analyze the text and what is hidden under it. All this is in order to avoid similar situations and gain life experience without passing it through your own life. The writers seem to foresee that little will change over time: the problems of the past will remain similar to the present. What mistakes are hidden in some works?
The first work I would like to start with is the play by A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". You can find quite a few different problems in it, but I’ll focus on two: breaking the connection between a generation and a person’s life path. The image of a cherry orchard symbolizes the noble era. You cannot cut down the roots of a still blooming and beautiful garden, for this there will certainly be retribution - for unconsciousness and betrayal of your ancestors. A garden is a tiny subject of memory of the life of a past generation. You may think: “I’ve found something to be upset about. This garden has surrendered to you,” etc. What would happen if instead of this garden they razed a city, a village to the ground?? According to the author, cutting down the cherry orchard means the collapse of the homeland of the nobles. For the main character of the play, Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya, this garden was not only a garden of beauty, but also memories: childhood, home, youth.
The second problem of this work is the life path of a person. Heroes like Lyubov Andreevna have a pure and bright soul, generosity and mercy... Lyubov Andreevna had wealth, a family, a happy life, and a cherry orchard... But at one moment she lost everything. The husband died, the son drowned, two daughters remained. She fell in love with a man with whom she was clearly unhappy, because knowing that he had used her, she would return to him in France again: “And what is there to hide or remain silent about, I love him, that’s clear. I love, I love... This is a stone on my neck, I’m going to the bottom with it, but I love this stone and I can’t live without it...” Also, she carelessly squandered all her fortune, “she had nothing left, nothing. .”, “Yesterday there was a lot of money, but today there is very little. My poor Varya, to save money, feeds everyone milk soup, and I spend it so senselessly...” Her mistake was that she did not know how, and did not have the desire, to solve pressing problems. She couldn't stop spending, didn't know how to manage money, didn't know how to EARN it. The garden needed care, but there was no money for it, as a result of which the reckoning came: the cherry orchard was sold and cut down. As you know, it is necessary to manage money correctly, otherwise you can lose everything to the last penny.
After analyzing this story, we can change our attitude towards loved ones, preserve the memory of a passing and already departed culture. (“Antonov apples”) Therefore, it has become a tradition that the samovar is a symbol of the hearth and family comfort.
“this garden was not only a garden of beauty, but also memories: childhood, home, youth” “The Cherry Orchard”). I quoted from your essay, from the arguments. So maybe this is where the problem lies? The question is WHY in the topic!!! Well, formulate the problem and draw a conclusion!!! Or will you order me to redo it for you??? Read the recommendations to Nosikov S., who also completed the work, but did it mobile, and took the essay seriously. I get the impression that you are doing everything in a hurry. as if you don’t have time to deal with all sorts of nonsense like writing an essay... there are more important things to do... in that case, you’ll fail and... that’s it...
In fact, all people make mistakes, there are no exceptions. After all, each of us at least once failed some test at school because he decided that he would succeed without starting to prepare, or he offended the person most dear to him at that time, with whom communication grew into a huge quarrel, and thereby saying goodbye to him forever.
Errors can be trivial and large-scale, one-time and permanent, age-old and temporary. What mistakes have you made and from which have you learned invaluable experience? Which ones have you become familiar with in the present tense and which ones have carried over to you through the centuries? A person learns not only from his own mistakes, but also from those of others, and in many problems a person finds the answer in books. Namely, in classical, for the most part, literature.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov's play “The Cherry Orchard” shows us Russian lordly life. The characters in the play are especially interesting to the reader. All of them are connected with the cherry orchard growing near the house and each of them has their own vision. For each of the heroes this garden is something different. For example, Lopakhin saw this garden only as a means of extracting material profit, not seeing anything “light and beautiful” in it, unlike the other heroine. Ranevskaya... for her this garden was something more than just cherry bushes from which she could make a profit. No, this garden is her entire childhood, her entire past, all her mistakes and all her best memories. She loved this garden, loved the berries that grew there, and loved all her mistakes and memories that were lived with it. At the end of the play, the garden is cut down, “the sound of an ax is heard like thunder...”, and Ranevskaya’s entire past disappears with it...
In contrast to Ole, the author showed the head of the gymnasium where the main character studied. A boring, gray, young-looking lady with silver hair. All that happened in her long life was just knitting at her beautiful table in the beautiful office that Olya liked so much.
The tragic end of the girl was destined at the beginning, because the author began the work from the end, showing Olino a place in the cemetery. The girl involuntarily lost her virginity with her father’s friend, the brother of the head of the gymnasium, a 56-year-old man. And now she had no other choice but to die... She framed a Cossack, plebeian-looking officer, and he, in turn, shot her in a crowded place, without thinking about the consequences (it was all emotional).
This story is a warning story for each of us. He shows what not to do and what not to do. After all, there are mistakes in this world, for which, alas, you have to pay with your whole life.
In conclusion, I would like to say that I, yes, me too, make mistakes. And you, all of you, do them too. Without all these mistakes there is no life. Our mistakes are our experience, our wisdom, our knowledge and LIFE. Is it worth analyzing the mistakes of the past? I'm sure it's worth it! Having read, identified errors (and, most importantly, analyzed) from the works of literature and the lives of other people, we ourselves will not allow this and will not experience everything that they experienced.
He who has never made a mistake has never lived. The first work I would like to start with is the play by A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". You can find quite a few different problems in it, but I’ll focus on two: breaking the connection between a generation and a person’s life path. The image of a cherry orchard symbolizes the noble era. You cannot cut down the roots of a still blooming and beautiful garden, for this there will certainly be retribution - for unconsciousness and betrayal of your ancestors. A garden is a tiny subject of memory of the life of a past generation. You may think: “I’ve found something to be upset about. This garden has surrendered to you,” etc. What would happen if instead of this garden they razed a city, a village to the ground?? And for the main character of the play, Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya, this garden was not only a garden of beauty, but also memories: childhood, home, youth. According to the author, cutting down the cherry orchard means the collapse of the homeland of the nobles - a passing culture.
conclusion
Through the prism of time, most writers through their works try to teach the reader to avoid similar situations and gain life experience without passing it through their own life. The writers seem to foresee that little will change over time: the problems of the past will remain similar to the present. We learn not only from our mistakes, but also from the mistakes of other people, of another generation. It is necessary to analyze the past in order not to forget one’s homeland, the memory of a passing culture, and to avoid generational conflicts. It is necessary to analyze the past in order to follow the right path in life, trying not to step on the same rake.
Many successful people once made mistakes, and it seems to me that if it weren’t for these same mistakes, they would not have been successful. As Steve Jobs said, “There is no such thing as a successful person who has never stumbled or made a mistake. There are only successful people who made mistakes and then changed their plans based on those same mistakes.” Each of us made mistakes, and received a life lesson, from which each of us learned life experience for ourselves by analyzing the mistakes we made.
Many writers who touched on this topic, fortunately, deeply revealed it and tried to convey their life experience to us. For example, in the play by A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", the author is trying to convey to the current generation that we are obliged to preserve the monuments of past years. After all, it is in them that the history of our state, people and generation is reflected. By preserving historical monuments, we show our love for our Motherland. They help us maintain contact with our ancestors through time.
The main character of the play, Ranevskaya, tried with all her might to preserve the cherry orchard. For her it was more than just a garden; first of all, it was the memory of her family home, the memory of her family. The main mistake of the heroes of this work is the destruction of the garden. After reading this play, I realized how important memory is.
I.A. Bunin “Antonov apples”. “Treasured alleys of noble nests,” these words of Turgenev perfectly reflect the content of this work. The author recreates the world of a Russian estate. He is sad about the times gone by. Bunin conveys his feelings so realistically and intimately through sounds and smells. “The fragrant smell of straw, fallen leaves, mushroom dampness.” and of course the smell of Antonov apples, which become a symbol of Russian landowners. Everything was fine: contentment, homeliness, well-being. Estates were built reliably, landowners hunted in velvet pants, people wore clean white shirts, even the old people were “tall, big, white as a harrier.” But all this goes away over time, ruin comes, everything is no longer so wonderful. All that remains from the old world is the subtle smell of Antonov apples... Bunin is trying to convey to us that we need to maintain connections between times and generations, preserve the memory and culture of the old time, and also love our country as much as he does.
Every person, walking along the path of life, makes certain mistakes. It is human nature to make mistakes as soon as through miscalculations and mistakes he gains experience and becomes wiser.
So in the work of B. Vasiliev “And the dawns here are quiet.” Far from the front line, Sergeant Major Vaskov and five girls distract the German landing force until help arrives to preserve an important transport artery. They complete the task with honor. But having no military experience, they all die. The death of each of the girls is perceived as an irreparable mistake! Sergeant Major Vaskov, fighting, gaining military and life experience, understands what a monstrous injustice this is, the death of the girls: “Why is this so? After all, they don’t need to die, but give birth to children, because they are mothers!” And every detail in the story, starting with the wonderful landscapes, descriptions of the route, forests, roads, suggests that lessons must be learned from this experience so that the sacrifices are not in vain. These five girls and their foreman stand as an invisible monument standing in the middle of the Russian land, as if cast from thousands of similar destinies, exploits, pain and strength of the Russian people, reminding us that starting a war is a tragic mistake, and the experience of the defenders is priceless.
The main character of A. Bunin’s story, “the gentleman from San Francisco,” worked all his life, saved money, and increased his fortune. And so he achieved what he dreamed of and decided to rest. “Until this time, he did not live, but only existed, although very well, but still pinning all his hopes on the future.” But it turned out that life had already been lived, that he only had a few minutes left. The gentleman thought that he was just beginning his life, but it turned out that he had already finished it. The gentleman himself, having died in the hotel, of course, did not understand that his entire path was false, that his goals were erroneous. And the whole world around him is false. There is no true respect for others, no close relationship with his wife and daughter - all this is a myth, the result of the fact that he has money. But now he is floating below, in a tarred soda box, in the hold, and everyone above is also having fun. The author wants to show that such a path awaits everyone if he does not realize his mistakes and does not understand that he serves money and wealth.
Thus, life without mistakes is impossible; the more mistakes we realize and try to correct, the more wisdom and life experience we accumulate.
Life is a long road to perfection. Everyone goes through it on their own. This means that he grows up on his own, gets acquainted with the changes that occur inside a person, gets to know the world with its unpredictable course of history, like the movement of atmospheric masses. But humanity does not want to learn from the mistakes of previous generations, and stubbornly steps on the same rake again and again.
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Don” took a painfully long time to create. The tragic story of several generations of one family, caught in a whirlpool of terrible destructive events, gives an idea of the mistakes that lead to the collapse and death of almost all members of the Melekhov family. The explanatory dictionary gives the concept of the word error:
unintentional deviation from correct actions, actions, thoughts.
I think the key word in this definition is “unintentional.” No one wants to make mistakes on purpose, to spite everyone and everything. Most often, when a person makes a mistake, he is confident that he is right. This is what Grigory Melekhov does. Throughout the entire novel, he does everything somehow “out of his mind.” Against a reasonable, logical refusal of love for the married Aksinya, he achieves a reciprocal feeling:
He persistently, with brutal persistence, courted her.
When the father decides to marry his son to a girl from a wealthy family, without having any feelings for Natalya, only obeying the will of Pantelei Prokofich, Grigory makes another mistake. Returning to Aksinya, then abandoning her, returning to Natalya, Grigory rushes between two differently beloved women. The mistake ends in tragedy for both: one dies from an abortion, the other dies from a bullet. So it is in determining his path in the revolution: he seeks harmony, the highest truth, truth, but does not find them anywhere. And the transition from the Reds to the Cossacks, and then to the Whites, a new transition to the Reds also does not bring him freedom, justice, or harmony. “Blessed is he who visited our world in fatal moments,” F.I. Tyutchev once said. Gregory - a saint in a soldier's overcoat - a great warrior who so passionately desired peace, but did not find it, because such was his lot...
But the hero of the novel by A.S. Pushkin, Evgeny Onegin, acquired a wealth of experience in communicating with girls and women. “How early he could be a hypocrite, harbor hope, be jealous...” - and always achieve his goal. But experience played a cruel joke on him. Having met true love, he did not give in to the “sweet habit”; he did not want to lose “his hateful freedom.” And Tatyana married someone else. Onegin, not finding a modest village girl in a society lady, saw the light! The attempt to return Tatyana ends in failure for him. And he was so confident in himself, in the correctness of his actions, his choice.
No one is immune from mistakes. As we live our lives, we will make mistakes again and again. And when we gain experience, perhaps we will lose all interest in life. Everyone makes their own choice: deliberately commits another mistake or sits quietly in their refuge and calmly enjoys the experience...
Everyone is familiar with the Latin saying: “To err is human.” Indeed, on the path of life we are doomed to constantly stumble in order to gain the necessary experience. But people do not always learn lessons even from their own mistakes. Then what can we say about other people’s mistakes? Can they teach us anything?
It seems to me that this question cannot be answered unequivocally. On the one hand, the entire history of mankind is a chronicle of fatal mistakes, without looking back at which it is impossible to move forward. For example, international rules of war, prohibiting brutal methods of combat, were developed and refined after the bloodiest wars... The traffic rules we are accustomed to are also the result of road mistakes that claimed the lives of many people in the past. The development of transplantology, which saves thousands of people today, became possible only thanks to the persistence of doctors, as well as the courage of patients who died from complications of the first operations.
On the other hand, does humanity always take into account the mistakes of world history? Of course not. Endless wars and revolutions continue, xenophobia flourishes, despite the convincing lessons of history.
In the life of an individual, I think the situation is the same. Depending on our own level of development and life priorities, each of us either ignores the mistakes of others or takes them into account. Let us remember the nihilist Bazarov from the novel. Turgenev's hero denies authorities, world experience, art, and human feelings. He believes that it is necessary to destroy the social system to the ground, without taking into account the sad experience of the Great French Revolution. It turns out that Evgeniy is not able to learn a lesson from the mistakes of others. I.S. Turgenev warns readers about the results of neglecting universal human values. Despite his strength of character and outstanding mind, Bazarov dies because “nihilism” is a path to nowhere.
But the main character of A.I. Solzhenitsyn’s story “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” understands perfectly well that in order to save his life, he needs to learn from the mistakes of others. Seeing how quickly prisoners who “lower themselves” for the sake of an extra piece die, Shukhov strives to preserve human dignity. Ivan Denisovich, watching the beggar Fetyukov, whom everyone despises, notes to himself: “He won’t live out his term. He doesn’t know how to pose himself.”. What allows Shukhov to make such a bitter conclusion? Probably observing the mistakes of other camp inmates, like Fetyukov, who became “jackals.”
It turns out that the ability to learn from other people’s mistakes is not common to everyone and not in all life situations. It seems to me that when a person gets older and wiser, he begins to treat the negative experiences of other people with more attention. And younger people tend to develop by making their own mistakes.
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Life is a series of choices. A person does both the right things and often makes mistakes. But making mistakes does not mean failing. After all, only through mistakes does a person acquire the most priceless thing he has in life - experience.
Many writers in their works strive to show how, by making mistakes, heroes gain experience and become better. Thus, in the epic novel of the great Russian writer L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace” this is clearly seen in the example of Pierre Bezukhov.
At the beginning of the work, Pierre is a naive young man who is looking for the meaning of life and trying to decide on his future path in life. Drunkenness, debauchery and fun occupy his entire life.
As a result, this lifestyle brings him into conflict with Helen Kuragina. Against his own will, he marries her. Realizing that Helen only needs money, Pierre moves away from her. And already here you can see that Pierre is becoming more reasonable.
Pierre's search for the meaning of life leads him to the Monsoon brotherhood. But here too he is deceived. He sees that each member of society pursues only his own selfish goal, without thinking about others. And an inner emptiness sets in in Pierre’s life. He loses his purpose in life.
This state is replaced by a noble patriotic impulse. Pierre goes to war, but his heroic impulse ends with a sudden arrest and long months of captivity. One of the most important stages begins in Pierre's life. Deprived of his usual comfort, a well-fed life and freedom, Pierre does not feel unhappy. Platon Karataev teaches him to live a simple and understandable life. This test makes Pierre stronger, wiser and more experienced.
Freed from captivity, Pierre Bezukhov becomes a completely different person. Now we see a real man who understands people well and knows what he needs for a happy life. Thus, we see how, through trial and error, Pierre finds his meaning of existence.
Let us also turn to I. Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons”. The main character Evgeny Bazarov is a purposeful, independent person, he has a strong point of view, and there is no falsehood in him. By nature, he is a nihilist, a hater of poetry and literature, and believes that relationships between a woman and a man cannot exist, that all this is stupidity and nonsense. Bazarov loves work and exact sciences, he is sociable with the people and sees the future of the country in them. And he hasn’t visited his parents for a long time, although he understands that this hurts them.
All of Bazarov's theories and beliefs fail. Evgeny falls in love with Odintsova. Cynicism is replaced by a deeper understanding of human relationships, and he loses his previously unshakable self-confidence. Bazarov understands that he has fallen in love and can’t do anything about it, but he doesn’t want to accept it.
Odintsova rejects his love. Bazarov has neither friends nor like-minded people who can support him. And he goes home to his parents.
Evgeniy gains experience, but it is too late. His entire nihilistic theory collapses. And now, before his death, he is at home with his parents and Odintsova next to him. Evgeniy thinks about how much he loves them, and how deeply he was mistaken. But nothing can be fixed. And surrounded by his loved ones, Bazarov dies.
In conclusion, I want to say that experience and mistakes are inseparable from each other. To become a real person, a real person has to make mistakes. And the main thing is to be able to learn a lesson from this and not commit them in the future.