Всем писателям хочется создавать масштабные prose canvases, no one agrees in advance to discuss minor problems in his works. In other words, most writers crave for "greatness of purpose."
But sometimes it's hardest to write a story ora novel about the simplest, for example, about love (youthful or parental) so that it does not go, not trivial, but, on the contrary, was breathtaking. The story (including a brief summary) by Sholokhov “Alien Blood” suggests that our classics succeeded completely.
В фокусе внимания автора – дед Гаврила.He is always waiting for a miracle: the arrival of his son from the civil war of 1917. He does not believe that the son is lost in the fire of human slaughter. Neither does his wife believe in it. Parents are waiting for his son all the time and hope, at the same time preparing his wardrobe.
The grandfather's wife hopes for the miraculous salvation of her son, andthe old man himself, if he believes, it is only in the depths of his heart. Insomnia, which torments him every night, whispers something in a decrepit ear from time, but the grandfather does not have the strength to hear the voice of silence.
All life passes in constant expectationold men, while the colleague Peter (the son of elderly parents) Prokhor does not come home (to the village on Don). He informs them that Petro is now not on the ground, but under the ground. He is no more. One can imagine what began here: the old woman began to howl, and Gavrila's grandfather silently carried the blow, the main share of his experiences usually fell at night, as it happened this time. Of course, this is an emotional moment of the story (which also conveys a brief content) of Sholokhov's “Alien Blood”.
The times were hard. It was winter.The kolkhozs were visited by the envoys of the new government and took bread from the population under the auspices of the anti-crisis measure — surplus. It was for this reason that three young men appeared in the courtyard of the main character of the narrative and the chairman was with them, and they demanded that the grandfather give all that bread that he had. Grandfather for some time arguing with the envoys of the Soviet government. When the grandfather had already surrendered and sent his feet to the house and not only directed, but almost reached him, the rider, like a horseman with a rifle, rose from under the ground and shot the "troop soldiers" and the chairman.
God did not return the son of the old, but gave moreone. Some time passed after the incident, and Gavrila's grandfather decided to see how they were shot there. It's amazing, but one of them was still breathing. The grandfather faced a difficult choice: either let the surviving boy freeze (he was not more than 19 years old), or disregard ideological and moral differences (firstly, the grandfather was “white”, and secondly, the Soviet power killed his son) and save actually still a child.
Here is such a moral dilemma confrontshis hero in the cycle "Don Stories" Sholokhov. “Alien Blood” is extremely strong in this respect with well-described characters of characters.
Fatherly feelings (love) conquer hatred, andGavrila takes the wounded young man home. His act, he is very frightened wife. That thinks that the grandfather went mad and dragged the corpse into the house. The writing (and its brief content) of Sholokhov's “Alien Blood” is rather terrible in this moment, unless, of course, you know that the boy actually survived. The boy is saved.
Gavrila’s wife sat at the boy’s bed for a daythe night when she was tired, her grandfather replaced her. They treated the victims of the civil war echo as a kindred person. After some time, the guy came to himself and told the old men the details of his biography. His name is Nikolay. He is a convinced communist, he worked all his life in the factory, which is in the Urals. He is an orphan. There are sons of the regiment, and he was the son of the plant.
Grandpa Gavrila and his wife felt sorry for the boy, evendespite the fact that he was a communist, and convinced. And they offered him to stay with them, however, they said that Petro would now call him in honor of their deceased son. Nicholas agreed and to change the name, and the temporary stay with the elderly. “Newly-minded Petro” decided to stay with them until the autumn, until it got completely stronger.
After 3 months of his stay in the cabinold Nikolai came to himself, began to walk. Wounds hurt one hand, but he still helped with the housework. Parents could not get enough of their named son. In this moment, he gives some hope to the reader for a positive outcome of the Sholokhov story. “Alien blood”, however, further refutes these expectations.
It could not go on forever.The old life of Nicholas could not just disappear like snow in spring. One day, closer to autumn, the old people were reminded: Nikolai is not at all Petro, and he has his own tasks and obligations to society and to himself. I received a letter from the Ural colleagues of Nikolai. They called him back home, to his native workshops.
The young man after this letter lost peace and sleep. He suffered. I did not know what to do. He still had a conscience. He could not let the men out of the factory, but he could not leave the old men.
Grandpa Gavrila for the past time wounded greatlyattached to the boy, but he understood that he had to be let go. Nikolai must help his. My grandfather only hoped that at least one of his sons would still come back to him.
On such a sad note ends the workfrom the cycle "Don Stories". The work (can not hide it and a brief content) Sholokhov "Alien Blood" - a wonderful representative of this series of stories, united by one name.
