Story M.Gorky's “My companion”, a brief summary of the chapters of which we now offer to your attention, was written in 1894 and was first published in the Samara Newspaper. It consists of eight chapters, but we will combine them for greater readability.
This is how Maxim Gorky’s story “My companion” begins, the brief content of which we begin to set forth.
В одесской гавани рассказчик обратил внимание на a well-dressed oriental man who came there every day. The loader decided to meet him. While eating bread and watermelon, he drew attention to the hungry gleam of the eyes of a young man who was 19 years old, and offered him his simple food. He instantly greedily swallowed everything. Then Maxim, as the narrator was called, went and bought him meat and bread, which he quickly ate, as if fearing that they would take away his food. Then he thanked his breadwinner and said that he was the Georgian prince Shakro Ptadze (the real prototype is Tsulukidze). But he was robbed by his colleague, whom he began to search. Now he wants to get to Tiflis to his father, a wealthy landowner. The narrator promised to help him get to the house on foot. So they went from Odessa to Tiflis.
We continue to highlight the summary (“Mycompanion "- a fascinating story that is worth it to read it completely). When they walked about a hundred kilometers and reached Kherson, the narrator already knew Shakro well. It was an animal in human form: good-natured when it was full, and irritable, dissatisfied, wild and undeveloped - in other cases. He was sure that at the head of everything is power, which sets all the laws. Talking about Christ and mercy caused him boredom and misunderstanding.
Finally, they passed Perekop and rushed intoFeodosia to earn money in the port and get to Batumi. While they go through the Crimea, the narrator works all the time so that they have money for food, and the prince refuses to work, preferring to collect alms. This is how the story “My companion” continues, the summary of which we transmit. Narrator Maxim forgives his companion. Charcot thought Maxim was stupid because he works and feeds him, a slacker. He argued with arrogance and believed that he was superior to the narrator in everything. Near Alushta, they spent the night at the seaside, making a fire, and spent the night. The moon, the boundless sea enchanted the narrator.
At night, they steal a boat without oars at customs.Maxim rowing boards that lie in it. The wind increases, he can carry them into the sea. The boat rolls over. Clinging to the rope on its sides, they continue to sail to no one knows where. Fortunately for them, they are brought to the shore, but huge dogs run up to them, ready to tear them down.
Having gone from the shepherds, the narrator admires simplicitytheir noble behavior, and his companion suddenly begins to laugh. It turns out that if they had been brought to the authorities, the Georgians would have said to everyone that Maxim wanted to drown him, and they would not have sent him to prison. The narrator is struck by the cynicism of his companion, who does not understand the simplest morality. Then Shakro Ptadze steals five rubles from Maxim and drinks them up. Then, after working with the Circassians in the collection of corn, the Georgians steal from them pussy. Knowing the vindictiveness and cruelty of the Circassians, the narrator takes away the muslin from the Georgian during the fight and throws it on the road. Then, having reconciled, they continue their way to Tiflis.
The two martyrs finally reach the outskirtsTiflis They are waiting for darkness, because the prince is ashamed to appear in a ragged city where everyone, as he says, knows him. Finally, it got dark and lights started to light up in the houses. Shakro Ptadze takes the hood from Maxim to cover himself completely and asks his friend to wait at the horse tram. After that, he disappeared forever. So ends Maxim Gorky's story “My companion,” a brief summary of which we have transmitted. But the narrator was not offended by his companion, who accompanied him for four months. He often recalled him kindly and with laughter, because he saw the gulf between himself and the insignificant prince.
