A vampilov duck hunting presentation. Non-standard lesson of literature based on the play by A. Vampilov "Duck Hunt"

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Alexander Vampilov (1937 - 1972) playwright who played a significant role in modern theater

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A. Vampilov entered literature young and remained young in it. “I laugh at old age because I will never be old,” Vampilov wrote in his notebook. And so it happened: Vampilov died a few days before his 35th birthday. On August 17, 1972, at Baikal, the boat at full speed ran into a log and began to sink. The water, cooled down to five degrees by a recent storm, a heavy jacket ... He almost swam ... But his heart could not stand it a few meters from the shore ...

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His writing fate may have been predetermined: “Dear Tasya! - Vampilov's father addresses his wife in anticipation of his birth, - ... I'm sure everything will be fine. And probably there will be a robber-son, and I'm afraid that he would not be a writer, because in a dream I see writers. In a dream with Leo Tolstoy himself, I was looking for fractions, and they found ... "
August 19, 1937: “Well done, Tasya, after all she gave birth to a son. My hunch came true… son. No matter how he justifies the second ... I, you know, have prophetic dreams.

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Biography of Vampilov.
Alexander Valentinovich Vampilov was born in the village of Kutulik, Irkutsk Region, on August 19, 1937. His father, Valentin Nikitich Vampilov, a talented teacher, a bright, outstanding personality, was arrested shortly after the birth of his son on January 17, 1938, and on March 9 of the same year he was shot by the verdict of the “troika” of the Irkutsk regional department of the NKVD.

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The year of Vampilov's birth was the year of the 100th anniversary of the death of Pushkin, after whom he was named Alexander.

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Anastasia Prokopyevna has four children in her arms, the eldest of whom was seven years old. “After the death of my husband,” she says, “I stayed to work as a mathematics teacher in the same school in the village of Kutulik, where we started teaching together. For a long twenty-two years I lived with the children in the village, in a barrack-type log house. The house stood in the school yard - Sasha grew up there. Kutulik rightly considered his homeland ... "
From her, from her mother, a man of amazing kindness and purity, Sanya, as his relatives called him, adopted his best qualities. To this woman, who experienced so much, V. Rasputin dedicated the story "French Lessons", published on the anniversary of the death of a friend.

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in the homeland of the playwright.

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At school, he did not stand out among his comrades, of whom he always had a lot. He received an A in literature and did not get along with the German language. He was immediately fond of music, and sports, and a drama circle. He went on hiking trips for several days or simply went by boat or bicycle to a neighboring village with a drama circle or a football team, he loved to travel. Gathered stray dogs around the area and fed them. He played the guitar well and sang a little, was fond of classical music.

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In the autumn of 1965, Alexander Vampilov was recommended to the Writers' Union. During his literary work, A. Vampilov wrote about 70 stories, sketches, essays, articles and feuilletons. In 1965, A. Vampilov wrote the comedy "The Elder Son" (the first name was "Suburb"). In 1968, the playwright finished the play Duck Hunt. In early 1971, A. Vampilov completed work on the drama Last Summer in Chulimsk (the first title was Valentina).

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The first success of the playwright.

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With great difficulty, the plays of the young author made their way to the audience, brought him wide fame. But during his lifetime, Vampilov never saw any of his plays on the capital's stage. Vampilov writes mainly about the intelligentsia and draws attention to its problems. Has the intelligentsia retained its lofty destiny? Does it follow cultural traditions? What are its goals and ideals in the modern world? Does she still suffer from “eternal” questions? What is freedom for her?

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Death...
On August 17, 1972, two days before his 35th birthday, Vampilov and his friends went on vacation to Lake Baikal. When Alexander Vampilov's life was tragically cut short, an unfinished work lay on his desk - the vaudeville "Incomparable Nakonechnikov"... In 1987, the name of Alexander Vampilov was given to the Irkutsk Theater for Young Spectators. There is a memorial plaque on the theater building.

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Abstract of a literature lesson based on the play by Alexander Vampilov "Duck Hunt" for grade 11

“You need to write about what makes you unable to sleep at night…”

Municipal educational institution

"Secondary school No. 35"

Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo region.

Job title : teacher of Russian language and literature

Awards : Honorary Worker of General Education of Russia

Subject. A play by A.V. Vampilov "Duck hunting". Issues, main conflict, system of images.

Goals:

- to show the significance of Vampilov's dramaturgy for Russian literature;

Organize analytical work to comprehend the meaning of his unusual, deep work, try to feel the playwright's anxiety about something very important in our life, his pain for each of us.

Lesson type: combined.

Equipment:

1. Portrait of A.V. Vampilov;

2.Dictionary:

Degrade - gradually deteriorating, falling into decay.

Retrospection - reference to the past.

Intelligence - genuine education, culture.

Inquisitor - 1. Judge of the Inquisition - the investigative body of the Catholic Church. 2. A person who, with cold cruelty, extorts something from someone, a tormentor.

Christ : Man does not live by bread alone.

Grand Inquisitor : You were right about that. For the secret of human existence is not only to live, but in what to live for. Without a firm idea of what he should live for, a person will not agree to live and will sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even if there were bread around him.

F. Dostoevsky "The Brothers Karamazov"

During the classes:

1. Organizational moment. Message about the topic and purpose of the lesson.

2.Individual task. Pages of the biography of Alexander Vampilov.

Summary of the teacher:

In childhood, youth, the origins of A. Vampilov's creativity, his spiritual world. The plays of the playwright found their way to the reader with great difficulty. According to critics, the best play is Duck Hunt. Today we undertake to work not only on his best play, but also on the most difficult one, even for the critics. Very often Vampilov was accused of pessimism, slander, cruelty. I think that today you may also have disagreements in assessing the actions of the heroes, and if these disagreements are not expressed aloud, they will still be in your soul.

Homework:

Based on the questions that we wrote down, as well as on what we heard in the lesson, draw up a complex plan on the topic and prepare a detailed answer according to this plan.

Let's turn to the epigraph. We will try to answer the question why exactly these words from Dostoevsky's work were taken as an epigraph at the end of the lesson.

Working with text (questions for an analytical conversation are given in advance)

There is a lot of discussion about the "Duck Hunt". What do you think is the subject of the dispute? Which of the heroes, in your opinion, degraded completely? (V. Zilov)

Think, leaves in it something of hope for renewal? What is your opinion?

Critics are also divided. Some believe that he is businesslike, outstanding, he retained a human appearance. He is bored with life, but he is capable of renewal. Others believe that before us is a fallen man, his degradation is completed. But what attracts the playwright to such a life, such a fate?

So, we find ourselves in a provincial town, among the intelligentsia, young people about 30 years old, in the circle of friends and acquaintances of Viktor Zilov. Who are they? How intelligent do you think they are?

A) Sayapin - he owns the idea of a prank with a wreath and a telegram, although he later asks for forgiveness. But the very idea of just such a prank is terrible. He stops Zilov from committing suicide and involuntarily thinks about repairing the apartment if he gets it after the death of his "friend". Everyone shifts to Zilov when it turns out who is to blame for the dishonesty of the information. Naturally, he is not a friend of Zilov and, of course, not an intellectual.

B) Valeria, Sayapin's wife. What are her character traits? Is she intelligent?

Energetic, assertive, punchy, modern.

Why did she decide to "hit" her husband's boss? (for the sake of profit, she needs to get an apartment). Flattering.

Find the episode when she inspects Zilov's apartment at a housewarming party. Comment on this episode . Read only her remarks and draw a conclusion. (Minimum vocabulary, practicality that makes you uncomfortable)

C) Sash (stupid, cowardly, not averse to having fun in the absence of his wife)

D) Kuzanov is naive, does not understand life. Participant of the drawing of Zilov.

Remember what he says to Victor? Why does Vera call everyone “Aliki”? (Because they are all gray, with the same face. Namely “Aliki” - and that says it all.

Is it funny or sad looking at this habitat? Does she suit Zilova? What is the conflict in the work? Why did he decide to shoot himself?

At first, this life suited him, but gradually the question ripens in him: how and why to live? And if we raise this question, then the play is not everyday, but existential. Vampilov raises the problems of being.

We find Zilov the next day after he celebrates the beginning of the hunting season with friends, in the morning there is a scandal. And now what is he doing?

He spins back his life, remembering the events of the last 2 months. These memories fill almost the entire play. Zilov learns about his death from Dima, meets a boy with a wreath, begins to remember the past.

Why did the playwright need this technique called retrospection?

Firstly, human memory retains only the most important things in life, and secondly, in memories a person not only sees events, but also analyzes them, draws conclusions. Of course, subconsciously.

8. We turn to the episode when Zilov and Galina are waiting for guests at a housewarming party. Episode reading. Has happiness come to the Zilovs' house? But was it?

If she remembers a past life, it means that there was, it, this, happiness, there was this love.

9. Where did they lose her, do you think? (referring to remarks)

Her husband's frivolity, unfulfilled hopes, dreams, back-breaking work, when you feel everyday fatigue that does not pass. Hope for family happiness still trembles in Galina, but Zilov's on-duty “of course”, “mandatory”, “this is not a problem” almost muffle the flame of these hopes.

10 Housewarming scene. Let's try to comment on it. How much wished the owners? Is there a festive atmosphere here?

Nothing joyful, let alone festive. Talk about nothing, there is nothing to wish the new settlers, no one remembers good traditions.

In the memoirs there is one bitter scene about what Zilov loves. Let's read it and comment.

11. What is Zilov's second memory connected with? (signature under fake documents, father's letter, acquaintance with Irina).

13. Why is this just cold soul transformed when meeting Irina?

Integrity, gullibility, sincerity. He understands that such girls appear infrequently, she is a saint for him. But, you see, from the remarks we see that Irina looks like his wife in her youth, whom he essentially betrayed.

14. Analyze the last remark of Zilov in 1 action, when the wife

informs him that they will have a child.

15. We turn to the picture of the 2nd act. What can you say about Zilov from this episode? (He is writhing from his indecision, deceit. He essentially starts a gambling game with a once beloved person.)

16. Does Galina understand his falseness? (Of course, she understands that she is hurt and bitter. And yet he infects Galina with his memories)

Does Zilov understand the terrible meaning of what happened? To answer this question, let's turn to the remarks that define each memory.

17. We turn to the episode when Zilov says goodbye to Galina. Is Zilov sincere? Do you believe him? Why did Galina leave?

Teacher's word:

Hunting connects a person with nature, nature cleanses from fuss, from superficial, bad, i.e. every person in nature is morally cleansed. But hunting is both persecution and death. But Zilov's wife says that he has never even killed a small bird and, most likely, will not kill.

Then why is he waiting for hunting season? Your opinion.

The main thing for him, probably, is the desire to be alone with nature, to be himself, neither lie nor dodge. The paradox, probably, lies in the fact that Zilov is unlikely to be able to kill when hunting, but in life he hits without a miss: his wife, his unborn child, Irina, when he offered her as a commodity to friends, according to Faith, according to the father whom he betrayed.

The old truth: the evil you do will come back to you. Zilov received a telegram of condolences from friends. This is retribution for the evil done by Zilov.

18. What was the end result of the hero? Read the last note. How to interpret it? Does the author leave hope for the revival of Zilov?

Conclusion:

Let's turn to the first remark. Read how many times the author repeats the word “typical” What sign did the author give us, the readers, by repeating the same detail? What did you want to say?

Of course, about the typicality of this situation, about the typicality of the family, about what will happen here.

It has become typical that an intellectual turns out to be completely unintelligent when all moral guidelines are lost, when it is boring and there is nothing to live for. And if we see a slice of our life, aren't we scared?

Aren't we afraid that in each of us, to be honest with ourselves, there is at least a little bit of Zilov. But didn't the author tell us that we all, without exception, participate in the creation of the moral climate of life, and therefore, from everyone's demand?

Vampilov expressed himself with certainty: the environment is ourselves. We are put together. And if so, isn't it the environment each of us individually? Yes, it turns out that the environment is what each of us works, eats, drinks, what each of us likes and dislikes, what he believes in and what he doesn’t believe in, which means that everyone can ask himself with all severity: what is in my life, in my thoughts, in my actions there is something that reflects badly on other people

19. We turn to the epigraph. Why did we choose these particular words as an epigraph?

We are returning to “our circle”: without faith and love, without a spiritual principle that determines thoughts and actions, without understanding why we live and how we live, a person shrinks, “thinns” himself, loses the living thing in himself, although he remains alive sentences himself to death.

Let us repeat the phrase of Vampilov, so remembered by his friends: “You need to write about what makes you unable to sleep at night”

A play by A. Vampilov "Duck Hunt"

You need to write about what makes you not sleep at night ...

A.Vampilov

Fadeeva T.V.

MBOU gymnasium No. 3 named after. M.F. Pankova

Khabarovsk

“I think that after the death of the Vologda poet Nikolai Rubtsov, literary Russia had no more irreparable and absurd loss than the death of Alexander Vampilov. Both of them were young, talented, possessed an amazing gift to feel, understand and be able to express the most subtle and therefore unknown to many movements and desires of the human soul.

A. Vampilov : "I started the third tragicomedy, it seems to me that it will not only be my best, it seems to me that it will be a good play ..."
"Duck Hunt" was first published in 1970 in the anthology "Angara". Prior to this, Novy Mir tried to print the play, but the editorial board did not come to a unanimous decision. The official reason for the refusal was as follows: Novy Mir does not print plays.

Sayapin…- He owns the idea of drawing Zilov, the idea with a wreath and a telegram. - He comes to stop Zilov from committing suicide and involuntarily thinks about repairing the apartment in case he gets it after the death of his “friend”. - Everything shifts to Zilov when it turns out who is to blame for the unscrupulous information.

Valeria, Sayapin's wife- Energetic, assertive. The husband is delighted with her penetrating abilities. For the sake of profit, she is ready to hit on her husband's boss, to flatter rudely. - Here she walks around Zilov's new apartment, her voice is heard from different parts: “Cold, hot? Beauty! Gas? Beauty! .. So, so, so ... And here? Eighteen squares? Beauty! Balcony?.. South?.. North?.. Beauty. She is almost like Ellochka the cannibal: a minimum of vocabulary.

Where is the dramatic conflict, if not in the clash, the confrontation of the characters? What drives the play?

The conflict of the play lies in the hero himself, before whom the main question arose, the question of fate:

how and why to live? That is why Vampilov's play poses not domestic, but existential problems.

Why is retrospection used?

We learned that Zilov is looking forward to the hunt (“I can’t imagine how to live”), gets an apartment, that Vera is mortally tired of him, that he is jealous of Dima’s sharp eye and firm hand (“I would like that!”), Invites friends to a housewarming party .
It seems to be life, but somehow empty and even bitter.

Was Zilov happy?

"Galina. We'll live together here, right? Zilov. Certainly. Galina. Like at the very beginning. In the evenings we will read, talk... Shall we? Zilov. Necessarily".

Fragility and grace are noted by the author in Galina . “This quality,” we read in the remark, “which undoubtedly flourished in her youth, is now greatly drowned out by work, life with a frivolous husband, the burden of unfulfilled hopes.”

The on-duty Zilovsky “Of course”, “Definitely”, the phrases “I don’t mind”, “It’s not a problem” in response to the wife’s longing for a child almost muffle the spark of these hopes.

What does Zilov like?

"Valeria. That's what you love the most? .. Zilov. What I love... Let me think... Valeria. Well, a wife, that goes without saying… Galina. No, she hasn’t loved for a long time ... Valeria ( Zilov). Well, have you figured it out? Zilov. I can't imagine. Valeria. Here's the dumbass. Well, what do you love - really! Galina. He loves friends the most. Faith. Women ... Kuzanov. All nonsense. More than anything, Vitya loves work. Friendly laugh...... Sayapin unfolded the package. It contained items of hunting equipment ... Zilov ( accepting a gift). This - yes, this - was respected ... Yes, yes. You're right. Duck hunting is a thing."

What does this short scene add to our impressions of Zilov?

What is Zilov's second memory about?

Zilov comments on his father’s letter (“Let’s see what the old fool writes ... Well, well ... Oh, my God! He is dying again ... He will send such letters to all ends and lie, the dog, waiting”)

This is evidence of the deadening of the soul: heartlessness, cynicism, filial betrayal.

Does Zilov understand the terrible meaning of what happened?

Let's pay attention to the author's remarks that complete each of the memories.
First. Zilov drinks beer, sitting on the windowsill. Suddenly he gets up and throws the plush cat into the corner of the room. Second. Zilov rises. Walks around the room. At the wreath stops. For a moment stands in front of the wreath. "Zilov. Joke, bastards!” Third. Throwing his hands behind his head, lies on the couch.

Reality (wreath) and resurrected memory led Zilov into confusion, he suffers, feels lonely: “Dima? .. Frankly speaking, disgusting mood ... Do you know what they brought me? .. Wreath ... Friends! Are they friends?.. Tell me, old man, how do you feel about me?.. And I ... I will say so. After yesterday, I was left alone ... "

“Vampilov builds the characters of his heroes in such a way that the difference between courage and seriousness, pain and ridicule is irresistible.
The writer offers the character of a person in whose behavior enthusiasm and cynicism, sincerity and lies, the loftiness of impulse and the baseness of the act are merged into one.

Analysis of the scene - memories when Zilov says goodbye to the departing Galina. Is the hero sincere?

“It's my own fault, I know. I brought it to this myself ... I tortured you, but I swear to you, I myself got sick of such a life ... You're right, I don't care about anything, everything in the world. What is happening to me, I don’t know… I don’t know… Do I really have no heart? Yes, yes, I have nothing - only you, today I understood this, do you hear? - he turns to his wife, waiting for Irina at this time. And already to her, thinking that he is talking to Galina, he turns words full of feelings: “I will take you hunting ... Do you know what you will see there? ?! Oh!.. And the night? My God! Do you know how quiet it is? You are not there... No! You haven't been born yet. And there is nothing. And it wasn't. And it won't…”

Compare the interpretations of this scene in criticism.

“There is a temptation to interpret the image of duck hunting in Vampilov as something sublimely poetic. In fact - nature, silence, concentration of the soul ... But does the author leave Zilov here with hope for a revival? “Do you know how quiet it is? - explains the hero. - You're not there, do you understand? No. You haven't been born yet. And there is nothing. And it wasn't. And it won't." The explanation is murky. With these short phrases (“And there is nothing ... And there was not ... And there will not be ...”), as if nails are being driven in ... "

“... Vampilov in this monologue shows the sincere and deep repentance of the hero’s soul, and not just his next chatter, as those critics who from the threshold deny spiritual principles in him managed to perceive him ... (“You are not there ... You have not been born yet. And there is nothing ... And it won’t” - that is, there is no more of his former, there will be no other me) - this vow to improve, to be reborn, which he gives to his wife, is also a sign of “lack of spirituality”?

B. Sushkov

V. Lakshin

The meaning of the name. The motive of hunting in the play.

Hunting connects a person with nature, hunting is associated with delight from the beauty of sunrises and sunsets, from the smell of herbs and flowers, from the colors of the forest and the sky, from silence ... , fake, bad in ourselves - we are morally cleansed. But hunting is also a pursuit, persecution and death that the hunter bears, this is a permitted, permitted murder! And Galina, Zilov's wife, says that he has never killed even a small bird. He regrets that he is not able to kill, envies Dima's composure. So what is hunting for him? It's not a hobby, as Sash said.

On the hunt, Zilov is unlikely to be able to kill, but in life he hits his relatives and friends without a miss, not understanding the old truth that the evil you do will return to you a hundredfold.

Analysis of the final scene

“Crying or laughing, it is impossible to understand, but his body shudders for a long time as it happens with strong laughter or crying ... He rises, and we see his calm face. Whether he was crying or laughing - we will never understand by his face.
The author repeats this “cries or laughs” three times: the fate of the hero, as we imagine it, depends on the interpretation of these words, already beyond the play.

The protagonist of the play “Duck hunting” Zilov, in the view of many, personifies the 60-70s. The people of the Zilov generation are people who have lost their goal or have never seen it.

The tragedy of the hero of that era that he is incapable of action.

Chekhov's traditions in the play

The first author's remark: “A city apartment in a typical house… Ordinary furniture… You can see the last floor and the roof of a typical house through the window”? What sign is the author giving us here by repeating the same detail?

Vampilov: “Wednesday is ourselves. We are put together. And if so, isn't it the environment each of us individually? Yes, it turns out that the environment is how each of us works, eats, drinks, what each of us likes and dislikes, what he believes and what he doesn’t believe in, which means that everyone can ask himself with all severity: what Is there something in my life, in my thoughts, in my actions that reflects badly on other people?

The events of the play are everyday, everyday. The heroes of "Duck Hunt" have just fallen in love, quarreled, parted. Life in Vampilov's plays is an unstoppable, colorless, measured flow. But it is he who is the inexplicable source of spiritual dramas, broken destinies.

For more than 20 years, disputes about the "Duck Hunt" have not subsided. What do you think is the main subject of the dispute? That's right, Zilov. His assessments are contradictory, even polar. Some critics note in him talent, originality, human charm. Yes, he is bored with life, but he is able to be reborn. Something in it leaves hope for renewal. Are there supporters of this position in the class?

Others believe that before us is a fallen man, his degradation is completed. All the best in it is lost irretrievably. He does not know filial feelings, fatherly pride, respect for a woman, friendly affection. Who among you shares this view?

But was there something in him that was remarkable for the author, what was the reason for creating the play? How could such a life, fate, attract the playwright?

We will return to these questions by the end of the lesson, and therefore we will not require detailed answers. The whole is a difficult but fascinating search for the meaning of the unusual, deep work of A. Vampilov. The questions are designed to help us bring the reader closer to the writer: he, a young reader, a young man, should feel the playwright's anxiety about something very important in our life, his pain not only for Zilov, but for each of us. We kind of help the student to imagine himself in the place of the playwright, look into life through his eyes, see what he saw, and, being concerned (or horrified?), tell others about it.

So, we find ourselves in a provincial town, among the intelligentsia, young

People about 30 years old, in the circle of friends and acquaintances of Viktor Zilov. What are they? How much

Intelligent, according to our ideas?

He owns the idea of drawing Zilov, the idea with a wreath and a telegram.

He comes to stop Zilov from committing suicide and involuntarily thinks about repairing the apartment in case he gets it after the death of his "friend".

Everything shifts to Zilov when it turns out who is to blame for the unscrupulous information.

Valeria, his wife

Energetic, assertive. The husband is delighted with her penetrating abilities. For the sake of profit, she is ready to hit on her husband's boss, to flatter rudely.

Here she is walking around Zilov’s new apartment, her voice is heard from different parts: “Cold, hot? Beauty! Gas? Beauty!.. So, so, so And here? Eighteen squares? Beauty! Balcony?.. South?.. North?.. Beauty. She is almost like Ellochka the cannibal: a minimum of vocabulary.

Cowardly, but not averse to having fun in the absence of his wife.

He doesn't understand life or people. Naive.

Participates in the drawing of Zilov. He takes the gun from Zilov, asks, not understanding: “What are you missing? Young, healthy, you have a job, an apartment, your wife loves you. Live and rejoice. What else do you need?

Why are they all aliki for Vera? Because gray, on one face. It is aliki - and that says it all. And Vera, of course, is good, but so are Aliki

What feelings does this habitat cause: sadness, irritation, rejection - what? - the teacher leads the conversation. - She suits Zilova? What, then, is the dramatic conflict, if not in the clash, the confrontation of the characters? What drives the play?

The search for an answer leads to the conclusion that the conflict of the play lies in the hero himself, before whom the main question arose, the question of fate: how and why to live? That is why Vampilov's play poses not domestic, but existential problems.

We found Zilov the day after he was celebrating with friends

The opening of the hunting season, made a scandal, and now Continue that now. What

Is this “now” the most important thing for us, without which there would be no play?

This moment of the lesson is interesting because, it would seem, the formal search for the plot of the play, thanks to a personal appeal to students, turns into an understanding of what is happening with the hero and opens in each reader his vision of the moment that became the starting point in Zilovsky self-awareness.

Zilov began to unwind his life, recalled the events of the last two months. Memories fill almost the entire play.

He received a mourning wreath from friends in retaliation for yesterday's scandal. The joke is terrible, anyone will be stunned.

Being buried alive, even as a joke, is not funny at all. You will involuntarily think why they need it and why you deserve it.

Indeed, all these moments are important in life. But what is the cause and what is the effect? Let's check the course of events! Zilov learns about his death from Dima, meets a boy with a wreath, begins to remember the past. Such is the logic of the play, although the logic of real life is different: what the memories reflected preceded these events. Why did the playwright need this technique? What is the use of retrospection?

Both, as we find out, serve one thing: having seen the terrible symbol of death at the beginning of the play, we are anxiously waiting for its appearance to be explained. We will find this explanation in Zilov's memoirs, perceived as a hero's confession.

Before turning to the memories so significant for understanding the hero, let's mentally turn to ourselves. What do our memories usually reflect? Isn't it always very personal? They arise in connection with the fact that we are close, not indifferent. The memory is tenacious and holds, which was for us something very significant, intimate. What emerges in Zilov's memoirs? Is it possible to call a bright first memory? No, it is completely devoid of this property. We learned that Zilov is looking forward to the hunt (“I can’t imagine how to live”), gets an apartment, that Vera is mortally tired of him, that he is jealous of Dima’s sharp eye and firm hand (“I would like that!”), Invites friends to a housewarming party . It seems to be life, but somehow empty and even bitter. Why this impression?

Has happiness come to Zilov's new house? Where is it lost? When?

"Galina. We'll live together here, right?

Zilov. Certainly.

Galina. Like at the very beginning. In the evenings we will read, we will talk. Will we? Zilov. Necessarily".

So it was? Were there love and hope? Fragility and grace are noted by the author in Galina. “This quality,” we read in the remark, “which undoubtedly flourished in her youth, is now greatly drowned out by work, life with a frivolous husband, the burden of unfulfilled hopes.”

Are they still warm in Galina? Yes, but the on-duty Zilovsky “Of course”, “Definitely”, the phrases “I don’t mind”, “It’s not a problem” in response to the wife’s longing for a child almost muffle the spark of these hopes.

Maybe joyfully, festively at a housewarming party? No, and there is nothing to talk about, and there is nothing to wish the new settlers, and no one remembers good traditions.

Vera calls everyone aliks. Funny or sad? And Vera Zilov “sells” both Kushak and Kuzanov at the same time

Is there a scene in this memory that is filled with a lively, sincere feeling of the hero? Yes, when it comes to "what he loves"!

"Valeria. What do you love the most...

Zilov. What I love Let me think

Valeria. Well wife, it goes without saying

Galina. No, I don't love you for a long time

Valeria (Zilov). Well, have you figured it out?

Zilov. I can't imagine.

Valeria. Here's the dumbass. Well, what do you love - really!

Galina. He loves friends the most.

Faith. Women

Kuzanov. All nonsense. More than anything, Vitya loves work.

Friendly laugh-*

Sayapin unfolded the package. It contained the hunting equipment of Zilov ( accepting a gift). This is - yes, this - respected Yes. You're right. Duck hunting is a thing."

What does this short scene add to our impressions of Zilov? Did his joy soften our first impressions?

Have you noticed how the same melody, in the author's remarks,

From mourning is transformed into cheerful and cheerful? What song ends this

Memory? How do you think it relates to the author's intention?

What is Zilov's second memory about? It is associated with a signature under a fake document (“Nonsense. Slips Push - and the end is over”), a letter from his father and an acquaintance with Irina.

Does this just cold, dead soul transform when she meets Irina? -

Sincerity. And in Galina, as you remember, fragility. Don't these look similar to you?

Heroines? Then why does Zilov say to Sayapin about Irina: “Such girls come across