Bazarov's relationship with his parents is brief. How does Bazarov relate to his parents? Does he love them? Bazarov's attitude towards his parents
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In the relationships of Evgeny Bazarov with other heroes of the novel, his image is most clearly revealed. So, for example, in Bazarov’s relationship with his parents we see another facet of a person - a nihilist.
Bazarov’s father, Vasily Ivanovich Bazarov, tries to keep up with his son, although the father perfectly feels that there is a huge gap between them: “Of course, you, gentlemen, know better; where can we keep up with you? After all, you have come to replace us.”
Bazarov's mother, Arina Vlasevna, is a good-natured woman who loves her son with all her heart. But at the same time she is afraid of her son. Afraid of what he has become. Perhaps she realizes that Bazarov’s fate is tragic fate.
Evgeniy is bored with his parents in the village. He doesn't know what to talk to them about. He shares his thoughts and feelings with his closest friend Arkady: “It’s boring; I want to work, but I can’t do it here. I'll go back to your village. At least you can lock yourself in. And here my father is not a step away from me.” But in fact, Evgeny Bazarov loves his parents very much. Despite the fact that the life that Vasily Ivanovich and Arina Vlasevna lead seems deaf to the young man, he cannot help but love them. And when, being on his deathbed, Evgeny Bazarov completely opens up and has a sincere conversation with Anna Sergeevna Odintsova, he tells her about his parents: “After all, people like them cannot be found in your big world during the day.” Even before his death, he thinks about the fate of his family, about the people who love him with all their hearts.
Thus, it seems to me that Evgeny Bazarov very much loves and respects his parents, Vasily Ivanovich and Arina Vlasevna. He speaks of them with warmth, he cares about their happiness and does not want to harm them. However, the lack of spiritual kinship, nihilism, denial of all affection, and pride separate the young man from his elders. It is only at the very end that the young nihilist and his parents are finally reunited. Bazarov conducts his last days in the family circle.
Bazarov's behavior in his relationship with Odintsova is contradictory. Another contradiction of the main character of the novel is Bazarov’s attitude towards his parents. The latter were drawn by Turgenev with extraordinary sympathy.
Bazarov’s father, Vasily Ivanovich, is a retired regimental doctor, a commoner by birth, a “plebeian”, as he certifies himself. His words that he “felt Zhukovsky’s pulse” were filled with a sense of pride. And he directly participated in the campaigns of the Russian army, and “knew them firsthand” about the heroes of the past. He builds his life in accordance with the educational ideals of the past: he lives by his work, is interested in science and politics. An important step in his life was that “not without sensitive sacrifices, he put the peasants on rent and gave them his land for share.” He reaches out to the younger generation, like Arkady’s father, wants to understand the quests and claims of his son. But life moves forward so uncontrollably, the changes taking place in it are so abrupt, that some kind of blank wall grows between him and his son and a deep abyss opens. “Of course,” he turns to his young friends, “you, gentlemen, know better, where can we keep up with you? After all, you have come to replace us.” In many ways, Vasily Ivanovich still lives by old ideas. He often speaks in the language of the 18th century, using intricate phrases and words.
The hero’s mother, Arina Vlasyevna, was also shaped by the past era. She lives by old traditions and customs, she is, in the words of Turgenev, “a real Russian noblewoman of the past.” She is charming, especially in the moments when this kind woman fussily fusses to treat her beloved son, of whom she is so proud, but for whom she is so timidly worried.
Bazarov's attitude towards his parents is very uneven. On the one hand, he tries to suppress his filial feeling and is ashamed of its manifestations. More than once he speaks very harshly about his father and mother, considering love for them to be unnatural sentimentality. On the other hand, he shows great human tenderness towards the “old people”. He heads to Odintsova, but on the way he remembers those who are waiting for him at home, since it is his name day. And then he tries to cover up his feelings for his parents, casually throwing out the phrase: “Well, they’ll wait, what’s the importance.” But Bazarov is at home, on the eve of farewell to Odintsova. His behavior is again contradictory. He clearly does not want to fulfill his father’s request, which is so important for the old man. But here Odintsova touchingly and tenderly characterizes her parents: there is no need to dissuade the childishly simple-minded father of anything. “And caress your mother. After all, people like them cannot be found in your big world during the day.” In these contradictory judgments and feelings, Turgenev's hero reveals himself especially eloquently.
>Essays based on the work Fathers and Sons
Bazarov's attitude towards his parents
The novel by the Russian writer I. S. Turgenev “Fathers and Sons” was significant for its time. Written in the second half of the 19th century, it fully reflected the problems of the era and the conflict between the older and younger generations, which was relevant in all centuries. Prominent representatives of the older generation in it are Bazarov's parents - Vasily Ivanovich and Arina Vlasevna Bazarov. These are the only people who accepted their son for who he is, because they sincerely loved him.
Despite the fact that the author did not pay as much attention to them as to the Kirsanov family, we understand that these are people of the old school, brought up in accordance with strict rules and traditional dogmas. Vasily Ivanovich, like his son, is a doctor. In the eyes of others, he tries to seem progressive, but he is betrayed by his distrust of modern methods of medicine. Arina Vlasevna is a real Russian woman. She is illiterate and very pious. Overall, it makes a pleasant impression on the reader. The author notes that she should have been born two hundred years ago.
Both father and mother treat their son with reverence. They dote on him, despite his sharply liberal views. For them, it doesn’t matter whether Evgeniy is close or far away, the main thing is that everything is fine with him. Bazarov’s own attitude towards his parents can hardly be called love. Sometimes they openly irritate him. It cannot be said that he appreciates the parental warmth with which they diligently surrounded him. He is not pleased with their attempts to show joy in his presence. That’s why he calls himself a “nihilist” in order to deny all the rules that have developed in society.
Vasily Ivanovich and Arina Vlasevna know about their son’s views and his aversion to increased attention, so they try to hide their true feelings. Perhaps Bazarov himself loves his parents in his soul, but he does not know how to openly show any emotions. Take, for example, his attitude towards Anna Sergeevna, whom he seriously liked and with whom he was really in love. Eugene never told her the most important thing, but only deliberately drowned out his feelings. Only, when he was already dying, he wrote her a letter reminding her of his love and asking her to come.
As it became clear at the end of the work, all his reactions were ostentatious. He was an absolutely normal, loving and good person, just to stand out from the crowd, he chose such an extraordinary way. Moreover, in a letter to Odintsova, he did not forget to mention his old people, begging her to keep an eye on them. The following lines testify precisely to his love for his parents: “People like them cannot be found in your great world during the day.”
Youth is the time to acquire wisdom, old age is the time to apply it.
J.-J. Rousseau
Arkady Kirsanov, having spent a day at the Bazarovs' estate, asks his older teacher friend if he loves his parents, and receives a direct answer: “I love you, Arkady” (XXI). Bazarov is telling the truth. He feels sorry for his parents simply because “he never took an extra penny” (XXI). In terrible moments of his life, he thinks about them. So, before the duel with Pavel Petrovich, he sees his mother in a delirious dream, and before his death, understanding the state of his parents, he no longer hides his love for them. He constantly remembers his “old people”, for, driving around the *** province with Arkady, he always keeps in mind that the ultimate goal of his summer journey is his parents’ estate, where - he knows for sure - they are impatiently waiting for him: “No, we must go to my father's. (...)he is thirty miles from ***. I haven’t seen him for a long time, and neither has my mother; we need to amuse the old people. I like them well, especially my father: he’s very funny. I’m the only one they have” (XI). However, Arkady did not ask his question by chance. Bazarov’s relationship with his parents, when viewed from the outside, seems cold, even hostile: there is too little tenderness in these relationships.
In literary analyzes of Fathers and Sons, it is customary to blame the main character for neglect, and sometimes even contempt, for his parents. But how fair are these reproaches?
First reproach: Bazarov is in no hurry to go home, where, by the way, he hasn’t been for three years, but goes first to the Kirsanovs’ estate, then to provincial town, then to Odintsova’s estate. Having finally reached his parents’ estate, he stays in his home for only three days and leaves again. So Bazarov shows, to put it mildly, inattention to his elderly parents. But the same actions of the hero can be explained in another way. Poverty is the reason why the hero did not visit his parents for three years. It can be assumed that he simply did not have money for the long journey home or to summer holidays he earned (in the clinic, for example) funds for the next academic year- after all, he considers it unworthy to beg money from his parents.
Bazarov is a sociable, inquisitive and independent person by nature. Despite his poverty, he achieved respect among university students, as evidenced by his relationship with Arkady and reviews of Sitnikov (XII). Therefore, life in a secluded parental house seems boring to the young nihilist: here, except for Father Alexei, there is no one to talk to. And the anxious parental concerns about “feather feathers” and “beef” are difficult for his beloved Enyushenka. So he complains to Arkady: “It’s boring; I want to work, but I can’t do it here. (...) ...my father repeats to me: “My office is at your service - no one will disturb you”; and he himself is not a step away from me. Yes, and it’s a shame to somehow shut yourself out from him. Well, so does the mother. I hear her sigh behind the wall, and if you go out to her, there’s nothing to say to her” (XXI). Meanwhile, Bazarov will have a serious final exam at the university in a year, and he, unlike other heroes of the novel, intends not to rest, but to work hard all summer. Because of this, obviously, while still in St. Petersburg, he accepts the invitation of Arkady, his admirer and university friend, to stay in Maryino - this way Bazarov will ensure a calm, well-fed summer for himself and will not be a burden to his parents.
Second reproach: main character shows outright selfishness towards parents, not paying enough attention to them. However, we should not forget that the young nihilist comes to his parents immediately after a difficult explanation with Odintsova. Experiencing failure in love, he seeks solitude and some kind of distraction, so now he can’t bear to endure parental affection. He leaves for Maryino, where, as a guest, he has the right not to interfere in any “everyday squabbles” (XXII), and completely devotes himself to his work. Despite these considerations, the reproach of selfishness addressed to Bazarov is fair.
Which of the “children” in the novel behaves differently? In Odintsova’s house lives an old aunt, Princess X...ya, to whom “they did not pay attention, although they treated her respectfully” (XVI). Arkady, having returned with Bazarov to his father in Maryino, cannot forget the beautiful Odintsova: “...before he would have only shrugged his shoulders if someone had told him that he could get bored under the same roof with Bazarov, and under what other ! - under his parents’ roof, but he was definitely bored and wanted to get out” (XXII). The “rude son” Bazarov stayed with his parents for three days and became bored, the “tender son” Arkady, also yearning for love, stayed a little longer: “Ten days had not passed since his return to Maryino, when he again, under the pretext of studying the mechanism of Sunday schools , rode to the city, and from there to Nikolskoye” (ibid.). And today’s worthy “fathers,” when solving their own everyday problems, treated their parents very carelessly. Nikolai Petrovich Kirsanov recalls: “Once I quarreled with my deceased mother: she screamed, did not want to listen to me... I finally told her that you, they say, cannot understand me; We supposedly belong to two different generations. She was terribly offended...” (XI). Of course, the similar behavior of other heroes of the novel does not justify Bazarov, but it shows that in relation to their “ancestors,” respectable “children” are not much different from a determined nihilist. And in modern literary analyzes it is customary to praise them and set them up as an example to the main character.
Third reproach: Bazarov shows disrespect for his parents, because he does not see them as individuals. Lying under a haystack on his father’s estate, Bazarov reasons: “... they, my parents, that is, are busy and don’t worry about their own insignificance, it doesn’t stink to them...” (XXI). The image of the “little man”, so variously presented in Russian literature, completely refutes such views of Bazarov. Pushkin in the story " Stationmaster”, Gogol in the story “The Overcoat”, Turgenev himself in the story “The District Doctor”, etc. prove that " little man"only seems primitive, but if you look closely at him, he is a man with his own complex inner world, with deep feelings, high life principles.
Proving that his son’s opinion about the old Bazarovs is completely wrong, Turgenev cites facts that the nihilist knows, but for some reason does not consider significant. The younger Bazarov affectionately and ironically calls his father Vasily Ivanovich “a very funny old man” (XX), and meanwhile the elder Bazarov, being the son of a sexton, made it into the people thanks to his perseverance and abilities - he learned to be a doctor. The son himself admits that Vasily Ivanovich “was a strong Latinist in his time, and was awarded a silver medal for his composition” (XXI). The elder Bazarov has a completely heroic biography: he participated in Patriotic War 1812, “felt the pulse” of Field Marshal Wittgenstein, and the poet Zhukovsky, and the future Decembrists; for his services to the state (he actively fought the plague epidemic in Bessarabia) he received the Order of St. Vladimir (ibid.) and, consequently, the title of nobility for himself and future offspring. The younger Bazarov frivolously considers this achievement of his father a trifle, as if he does not understand that the rank of nobility greatly facilitates his own life in Russia.
In Arina Vlasyevna - his mother - Bazarov sees only a good housewife. During her life, she read one book - the French sentimental novel “Alexis, or the Cabin in the Woods,” so her student son does not know what to talk about with this simple-minded old woman. But Arkady is right, personal experience I understood what it was like to live without maternal care and affection: “You don’t know your mother, Evgeny. She’s not only a great woman, she’s very smart, really” (XXI). Bazarov has no idea that his busy mother is his father’s wise friend and comforter. When, after staying for three days, his son leaves, Vasily Ivanovich cries from resentment and loneliness, but Arina Vlasyevna finds words to support her husband in a desperate moment, although she is also bitter about her son’s neglect: “What to do, Vasya! The son is a cut off piece. (...) Only I will remain unchanged for you forever, just as you are for me” (ibid.).
Grandfather Vlasiy, a second major who participated in Suvorov’s Italian campaign, was not awarded Bazarov’s respect either. True, such disdain could appear in Bazarov, a democrat in spirit, in defiance of the noble admiration for a long pedigree. Only the second grandfather - Ivan Bazarov - escaped a critical showdown: in a dispute with Pavel Petrovich, the nihilist grandson proudly says about him: “My grandfather plowed the land” (X).
Fourth reproach: Bazarov is contemptuous and condescending towards life principles their parents, and these principles, by the way, stem from the philosophy of the ancient Greek Epicurus (341-270 BC), originally developed in the poetry of the Roman poet Horace (65-8 BC). Horace in his poems presented the philosophy of a poor but cultured man who seeks happiness in the “golden mean”, that is, in contentment with little, in mastery over passions, in calm and moderate enjoyment of the blessings of life. Moderation and peace, according to Horace, allow a person to maintain internal independence. It is easy to notice that the old Bazarovs live exactly like this: being content with little and not bowing to anyone. Arina Vlasyevna takes care of her husband, takes care of food and order in her house, and Vasily Ivanovich treats peasants and cultivates his garden, enjoying nature and reflecting on life: “In this place I like to philosophize, looking at the setting of the sun: it befits a hermit . And there, further away, I planted several trees that Horace loved” (XX), he tells Arkady.
Difference life philosophy“fathers” and “children” is manifested in the attitude towards the world - contemplative-conciliatory in Horatianism, active-offensive in nihilism: “Yes,” Bazarov began, “man is a strange creature. When you look from the side and from afar at the deaf life that the “fathers” lead here, it seems: what’s better? Eat, drink and know that you are acting in the most correct, most reasonable manner. But no: the melancholy will overcome. I want to mess with people, even scold them, and mess with them” (XXI).
The nihilist Bazarov is obviously more mature than his parents, thanks to his powerful intellect and intense inner life, but the parents, according to Turgenev, are wiser than their son, since they know how to live in harmony with the world. In a famous dispute with Pavel Petrovich, Bazarov declares: “... I will then be ready to agree with you when you present me with at least one resolution in our modern life, in the family or in society, that would not cause complete and merciless denial” (X) . And now life (and, according to Turgenev, it is richer and more diverse than any theory) brings the young nihilist face to face with such a “decree.” The family and family life of his own parents are worthy of respect and have the highest strength, so that even terrible blow- the death of his only son, the nihilist himself.
So, the relationships in the Bazarov family illustrate the conflict of successive generations, as eternal as the world. The old parents adore and are afraid of their highly learned and self-confident son. Before his arrival, Vasily Ivanovich even tore the order ribbon off his coat and sent away the boy who usually used a branch to ward off flies during lunch from the dining room. In the presence of their son, old people are embarrassed to say an awkward word (what if he doesn’t like it), to show their feelings (“... he doesn’t like it. He is the enemy of all outpourings” - XXI). Bazarov’s attitude towards his parents combines love and care (he doesn’t “extort” money from old people), alienation and hasty assessments.
Bazarov's dry and harsh attitude towards his parents may be a consequence of either an intolerant, selfish character, or youth. In the case of Bazarov, there is, rather, a second reason. After the self-confident nihilist said goodbye forever to his friend-student Arkady Kirsanov, caused trouble in Maryino (he wounded Pavel Petrovich in a duel), and most importantly, experienced true, but unrequited love, Bazarov came to his parents. Because there was nowhere else to go, and because here he was expected and loved, despite all his shortcomings and mistakes.
Now his attitude towards his parents becomes softer, and during a short fatal illness his restrained love for his father and mother is revealed. He does not complain of pain, so as not to frighten the old people, agrees to take communion for them, and asks Odintsova to console them after his death: “After all, people like them in (...) the big world cannot be found during the day” (XXVII ). At the end of the novel, the generational conflict in the Bazarov family is exhausted both in the moral and physical sense, and the last lines of the novel are perceived as a “hymn of parental love” (Herzen), all-forgiving and unchanging.
