"Hero of Our Time": "Taman", a summary

"Taman" - the first novel from the "Pechorin Diary",written allegedly by the main character of the work - Grigory Aleksandrovich Pechorin. She plays a rather important role in the plot and character’s fate, on the one hand, complementing the hero’s psychological portrait, revealing many of his important qualities and character traits, and on the other hand, helping to compare Pechorin with “natural” people living far from the clutches of civilization and secular conventions - "honest" smugglers.

So, "Taman", a summary.The name itself turns us to a small geographic point called Pechorin (again, most of the Caucasian heads of the novel wrote Lermontov on his face) a nasty little town where he was robbed and even nearly drowned.

Going by prescription to Pyatigorsk, Pechorinforced to stay in Taman, waiting for transport. The search for an apartment leads him to the city’s outskirts, where the hero encounters a strange boy: he is blind, which is clearly visible in his whitish eyes, and moves along steep winding paths cleverly and boldly, as if he sees everything perfectly. The blind man speaks rather stupidly, interfering with the Russian words with the Little Russian adverb, and, in general, makes a not very pleasant impression. All the novel "Taman", a brief content of it, in many respects resemble a detective work. The master of intrigue, Lermontov from the very beginning interests the reader and keeps him in suspense throughout the story.

And the adventures of Pechorin continue on.The hut, where he had to lodge, without an icon in the red corner, and, as the hero himself writes in his diary, is clearly a “unclean” place. But on the roof of the barn he sees a girl in a striped dress that sings a mysterious song. The Ondine is remarkably good-looking, and that is why Pechorin tries to make acquaintance with her. And the hero overhears a conversation between a blind man and a girl, more like a secret conversation between two accomplices.

Further "Taman", a summary of the story,are becoming more intriguing. Pechorin craves adventure, and here fate itself takes care that it is not boring. The hero tracks down secret paths that the boy and Ondine make their way to at the seashore at night. It turns out that they are smugglers, and are engaged in criminal fishing. On the one hand, Pechorin's curiosity is satisfied, on the other, he wants to get into the riddle to the end. He himself is no less courageous smugglers, an adventurous streak is in the character of the hero. And because he simply can not miss the chance to diversify at least some of his boring existence.

Of course, it is better to read the whole "Taman" - a shortcontent can not betray the plot fully. However, it is clear that the story will not end on a positive note. A smuggler girl almost drowned a young officer. A blind boy stole a box of money and a piece from him. But he also disturbed the peace of these people, who live by their own laws. As a result, Undine and Janko left those places, leaving the unfortunate blind man to beg and starve, as did his grandmother, a lonely old woman. Pechorin heard how the boy spoke with despair about his fate, and how indifferently and heartlessly the beautiful Ondine answered him, leaving behind him a pittance for services. And for us, for readers, this episode makes a painful impression. Yes, and Pechorin is no longer glad that I got involved in this adventure. We understand this by reading even a brief content - “Taman” ends with the sad conclusion of the hero that he fell to play the role of an ax in the hands of fate, destroying the destinies of those with whom his life is confronted. And a very accurate comparison of Pechorin with a lonely brig plowing the sea, is a brig that is set free in the wind and waves and wanders aimlessly on the horizon.

For Lermontov in general, the novel “Our heroof time ”,“ Taman ”, the brief content of which we recalled, in particular, is an important work that occupies a central place in the work. In it, the author tried to draw a portrait of his generation - people of the 30s-40s of the 19th century, smart, educated, talented, but never demanded by their country or era.

Having no life goals highaspirations and deep spiritual thoughts, such people as Pechorin, in vain spend their lives on trifles and, in the end, become “superfluous”, “selfish willy-nilly,” hated by themselves.