Portrait description of Ilyusha from the story Bezhin Meadow. Characteristics of Ilyusha and Pavel from the story "Bezhin and Meadow"

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Pavlusha in the story “Bezhin Meadow” by Turgenev Pavlusha is a peasant boy: “...They were just peasant children from neighboring villages who guarded the herd. Pavlusha’s age is about 12 years: “... Pavlusha looked no more than twelve years old. .." Pavlusha's appearance: "...The second boy, Pavlusha, had tousled, black hair, gray eyes, wide cheekbones, a pale, pockmarked face, a large but regular mouth, a huge whole head, as they say, the size of a beer kettle, the body is squat, awkward. The guy was unprepossessing - needless to say!..” “...His ugly face...” “... He couldn’t flaunt his clothes: they all consisted of a simple, fancy shirt and patched ports...” Pavlusha at night he guards a herd of horses together with other boys: Pavlusha with a horse. “Bezhin Meadow.” Illustration by A.F. Pakhomov “... Driving out the herd before the evening and bringing in the herd at dawn is a great holiday for peasant boys...”. ..There were five boys: Fedya, Pavlusha, Ilyusha, Kostya and Vanya..." Pavlusha is a nice boy: "...It's a pity, he was a nice guy!.." Pavlusha is a smart boy with a strong character: "... but still I liked him: he looked very smart and straight, and there was strength in his voice..." Pavlusha is an agile boy: "... the tramp of a galloping horse was heard; she stopped abruptly right next to the fire, and, clutching the mane, Pavlusha nimbly jumped off her..." Pavlusha is a brave, decisive boy: "...His ugly face, enlivened by fast driving, burned with bold daring and firm determination. Without a twig in his hand, at night, he, without hesitation at all, galloped alone towards the wolf..." "...Well, never mind, let him go! - Pavel said decisively..." Pavlusha speaks leisurely: "... Pavel continued in his leisurely voice, - like that. That's what they were waiting for us..." "...It's the heron screaming," Pavel calmly objected..." Pavlusha dies at a young age. He falls from his horse and is broken: "...I, unfortunately, I must add that in the same year Paul passed away. He did not drown: he was killed by falling from a horse...” This was a quotation description of Pavlusha and his image in the story “Bezhin Meadow” by Turgenev, a portrait, a description of the character and appearance of the hero.

Ilyusha in the story “Bezhin Meadow” by Turgenev Ilyusha is a simple peasant boy: “...They were just peasant children from neighboring villages who guarded the herd...” Ilyusha’s age is about 12 years: “...Both he and Pavlusha are he looked no more than twelve years old..." Appearance of Ilyusha: "...The face of the third, Ilyusha, was rather insignificant: hook-nosed, elongated, slightly blind, it expressed some kind of dull, painful solicitude; his compressed lips did not move, his eyebrows were knitted; did not separate - he seemed to be squinting in the fire. His yellow, almost white hair stuck out in sharp braids from under a low felt cap, which he pulled over his ears every now and then with both hands. He was wearing new bast shoes and a thick rope; twisted around his waist once, she carefully pulled together his neat black scroll..." "... still squinted intensely..." Ilyusha has a hoarse and weak voice: "... Ilyusha answered in a hoarse and weak voice, the sound of which could not be more consistent with the expression of his face..." Ilyusha and his brother work in a paper factory. Ilyusha is a “fox worker” at the factory. His duty is to iron and scrape the paper: “...Do you really go to the factory? - Of course, we do. My brother, Avdyushka and I are fox workers. - You see, we’re factory workers!..” Ilyusha works a lot at the factory : "... Nazarov, the overseer, forbade it; he said: “What, they say, should you guys go home? There’s a lot of work tomorrow, so you guys don’t go home.” Ilyusha knows well all the rural beliefs, signs and etc.: “...Ilyusha, who, as far as I could notice, knew all the rural beliefs better than others...” This was a quotation image of Ilyusha and his characterization in the story “Bezhin Meadow” by Turgenev, a portrait of Ilyusha, a description of character and appearance. See also: All materials on the story "Bezhin Meadow"

Ilyusha is one of a group of boys who met a hunter, lost in the forest, near a night fire. The village boys considered it a holiday to “go out at night.” In the evening before sunset they drove the horses out into the field, and early in the morning, at dawn, they brought them back. At the very beginning of the work, we only learn the name of this hero, then the writer describes the boy’s appearance. Thanks to very few remarks and actions, we can see the revelation of the strong character of this twelve-year-old “little man”.

- a twelve-year-old boy had a completely insignificant appearance, he had a hooked nose, a slightly elongated, blinded face, with an expression of some kind of dull, painful solicitude. The author constantly emphasizes poverty in the description of the clothes of this peasant boy. He was dressed in new bast shoes, a black scroll and a low felt cap. All clothes were very clean and looked neat.

This boy was distinguished from all his friends by his great skill in telling scary stories. His stories turned out to be very interesting and fascinating. He could tell his friends without interruption

there are a large number of them: about werewolves, and about the brownie, and about the merman, and about the dead, and about fortune telling, which takes place on parental Saturdays, and about the Antichrist named Trishka, and about a peasant with a goblin. He is able to capture the attention of the entire boyish group sitting with him by the night fire.

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Description of Ilyusha:

In all the boys' stories, supernatural forces take an active part in the person of the brownie, the goblin, the merman, the mermaid, werewolves, the dead appearing among the living, Grishka - the Antichrist. The children's stories are very bright and colorful, testifying to the richness of their imagination, the ability to convey their impressions, but at the same time they speak of the darkness of the children, that they are captive of wild superstition.

The main expert on beliefs is Ilyusha. Turgenev gave Ilyusha's stories a more detailed and colorful presentation. He conveys the most terrible stories: “He knew all the rural beliefs better than others.” The choice of Ilyusha’s beliefs corresponds to his character, in which Turgenev notes the features of extreme intimidation and moral depression: The face of the third, Ilyusha, was rather insignificant: hook-nosed, elongated, blind, it expressed a kind of dull, painful solicitude; his compressed lips did not move, his knitted eyebrows did not move apart - it was as if he was still squinting from the fire. His yellow, almost white hair stuck out in sharp braids from under a low felt cap, which he pulled down over his ears every now and then with both hands. He was wearing new bast shoes and onuchi; a thick rope, twisted three times around the waist, carefully tied his neat black scroll. Both he and Pavlusha looked no more than twelve years old..Critics noted in Ilyusha the disturbing expression of poverty that suppresses a person from an early age. The impression is that the boy lives in someone else's family. A rope instead of a belt, a hat that doesn’t fit his head, unkempt hair, concern beyond his age.

Analysis of Ilyusha’s story:

Ilyusha’s story about the brownie comes after the words: “Here he passed through our heads” - a detailed and vivid description is displayed in the margins of the manuscript: “The water suddenly makes a noise on the wheel, the wheel knocks, and spins. We were surprised about who lifted them, that the water began to flow, but the wheel soon stopped.” In the description of 1852, this description received an even more detailed form.

In the description of how the brownie went down the stairs, after Ilyusha’s words “And he goes down like that, as if he’s in no hurry,” a very picturesque detail is inserted: “The steps under him even groan.”

From the manuscript it is clear that Turgenev develops the story about the brownie in more detail, introduces the story about Ulyana

The reasons for superstitions are the lack of scientific knowledge and the inability to explain natural phenomena. And the deeper one is the social and political conditions that support the darkness of the peasants and their superstitions.

All the stories are similar - they are all about the supernatural, the boys do not doubt the existence of an evil force.

The two-dimensionality of the story - the fantastic “story” of the boys and the real story of the hunter.

Ilyusha's story (from the text):

At first they chattered about this and that, about tomorrow's work, about horses; but suddenly Fedya turned to Ilyusha and, as if resuming an interrupted conversation, asked him:

- Well, so what, you saw the brownie?

- No, I didn’t see him, and you can’t even see him,” Ilyusha answered in a hoarse and weak voice, the sound of which perfectly matched the expression of his face, “but I heard... And I’m not the only one.

- Where is he? - asked Pavlusha.

- In the old roller.

- Do you go to the factory?

- Well, let's go. My brother, Avdyushka and I are members of the fox workers.

- Look, factory made!..

- Well, how did you hear him? - asked Fedya.

- That's how. My brother Avdyushka and I had to do it, and with Fyodor Mikheevsky, and with Ivashka Kosy, and with the other Ivashka, from the Red Hills, and with Ivashka Sukhorukov, and there were other kids there; There were about ten of us guys - like the whole shift; but we had to spend the night in the roller, that is, it’s not that we had to, but Nazarov, the overseer, forbade it; says: “What, they say, do you guys have to trudge home; There’s a lot of work tomorrow, so you guys don’t go home.” So we stayed and lay all together, and Avdyushka began to say that, guys, how will the brownie come?.. And before he, Avdey, had time to speak, suddenly someone came over our heads; but we were lying at the bottom, and he came in at the top, near the wheel. We hear: he walks, the boards under him bend and crack; Now he passed through our heads; the water will suddenly make a noise and noise along the wheel; the wheel will knock, the wheel will start spinning; but the curtains at the palace were lowered. We marvel: who raised them, that the water began to flow; however, the wheel turned, turned, and remained. He went again to the door at the top and began to go down the stairs, and so obeyed, as if he was in no hurry; the steps under him even groan... Well, he came up to our door, waited, waited - the door suddenly flew open. We were alarmed, we looked - nothing... Suddenly, lo and behold, one vat had the shape it moved, rose, plunged, walked, walked in the air, as if someone was rinsing it, and then returned to its place. Then another vat's hook came off the nail and onto the nail again; then it was as if someone was going to the door and suddenly he started coughing and choking, like some kind of sheep, so loudly... We all fell in such a heap, crawling under each other... How scared we were about that time!

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is one of the galaxy of remarkable Russian writers of the 19th century who received worldwide recognition and the love of readers during his lifetime. In his works, he poetically described pictures of Russian nature, the beauty of human feelings. The work of Ivan Sergeevich is a complex world of human psychology. With the story “Bezhin Meadow,” the image of the child’s world and child psychology was first introduced into Russian literature. With the appearance of this story, the theme of the world of Russian peasants expanded.

History of creation

Peasant children are depicted by the writer with tenderness and love; he notes their rich spiritual world, ability to feel nature and its beauty. The writer awakened in readers love and respect for peasant children, and made them think about their future destinies. The story itself is part of a large cycle under the general title “Notes of a Hunter.” The cycle is notable for the fact that for the first time in Russian literature, types of Russian peasants were brought onto the stage, described with such sympathy and detail that Turgenev’s contemporaries considered that a new class had emerged that was worthy of literary description.

In 1843 I.S. Turgenev met the famous critic V.G. Belinsky, who inspired him to create “Notes of a Hunter.” In 1845, Ivan Sergeevich decided to devote himself entirely to literature. He spent the summer in the village, devoting all his free time to hunting and communicating with peasants and their children. Plans for creating the work were first announced in August September 1850. Then, notes containing plans for writing the story appeared on the draft manuscript. At the beginning of 1851, the story was written in St. Petersburg and in February it was published in the Sovremennik magazine.

Analysis of the work

Plot

The story is told from the perspective of the author, who loves to hunt. One day in July, while hunting for black grouse, he got lost and, walking towards the fire of a burning fire, came out into a huge meadow, which the locals called Bezhin. Five peasant boys were sitting near the fire. Having asked them for an overnight stay, the hunter lay down by the fire, watching the boys.

In the further narration, the author describes five heroes: Vanya, Kostya, Ilya, Pavlusha and Fyodor, their appearance, characters and stories of each of them. Turgenev was always partial to spiritual and emotionally gifted people, sincere and honest. These are the people he describes in his works. Most of them live hard lives, while they adhere to high moral principles and are very demanding of themselves and others.

Heroes and characteristics

With deep sympathy, the author describes five boys, each of whom has his own character, appearance, and characteristics. This is how the writer describes one of the five boys, Pavlusha. The boy is not very handsome, his face is wrong, but the author notices a strong character in his voice and look. His appearance speaks of the extreme poverty of the family, since all his clothes consisted of a simple shirt and patched trousers. It is he who is entrusted with monitoring the stew in the pot. He speaks knowledgeably about a fish splashing in the water and a star falling from the sky.

It is clear from his actions and speech that he is the most courageous of all the guys. This boy evokes the greatest sympathy not only from the author, but also from the reader. With one twig, unafraid, at night he galloped alone towards the wolf. Pavlusha knows all the animals and birds very well. He is brave and not afraid of acceptance. When he says that it seemed to him that the merman was calling him, the cowardly Ilyusha says that this is a bad omen. But Pavel answers him that he does not believe in omens, but believes in fate, from which you cannot escape anywhere. At the end of the story, the author informs the reader that Pavlusha died after falling from a horse.

Next comes Fedya, a boy of fourteen “with beautiful and delicate, slightly small features, curly blond hair, light eyes and a constant half-cheerful, half-absent-minded smile. He belonged, by all accounts, to a rich family and went to the field not out of necessity, but just for fun.” He is the oldest among the guys. He behaves importantly, according to the right of his elder. He speaks patronizingly, as if afraid of losing his dignity.

The third boy, Ilyusha, was completely different. Also a simple peasant boy. He looks no more than twelve years old. His insignificant, elongated, hook-nosed face had a constant expression of dull, painful solicitude. His lips were compressed and did not move, and his eyebrows were knitted, as if he was constantly squinting from the fire. The boy is neat. As Turgenev describes his appearance, “a rope carefully tied his neat black scroll.” He is only 12 years old, but he already works with his brother in a paper factory. We can conclude that he is a hardworking and responsible boy. Ilyusha, as the author noted, knew well all the popular beliefs, which Pavlik completely denied.

Kostya looked no more than 10 years old, his small, freckled face was pointed, like a squirrel’s, and his huge black eyes stood out on him. He was also poorly dressed, thin and short in stature. He spoke in a thin voice. The author's attention is drawn to his sad, thoughtful look. He is a slightly cowardly boy, but, nevertheless, he goes out with the boys every night to graze horses, sit by the night fire and listen to scary stories.

The most inconspicuous boy of all five is seven-year-old Vanya, who was lying near the fire, “quietly huddled under the angular matting, and only occasionally exposed his light brown curly head from under it.” He is the youngest of all, the writer does not give him a portrait description. But all his actions, admiring the night sky, admiring the stars, which he compares to bees, characterize him as an inquisitive, sensitive and very sincere person.

All the peasant children mentioned in the story are very close to nature, they literally live in unity with it. From early childhood, they already know what work is and independently learn about the world around them. This is facilitated by working at home and in the field, and during night trips. That is why Turgenev describes them with such love and reverent attention. These children are our future.

The writer's story does not belong only to the time of its creation, to the 19th century. This story is deeply modern and timely at all times. Today, more than ever, a return to nature is required, to the understanding that we must protect it and live with it in unity, as a beloved mother, but not a stepmother. Raise our children on work and respect for it, on respect for the working person. Then the world around us will change, become cleaner and more beautiful.

In the story by I.S. Turgenev's "Bezhin Meadow" we meet a hunter lost in the forest, on whose behalf the story is told. Closer to night, he found himself on Bezhin Meadow, where he met five boys from neighboring villages. Watching them and listening to their conversation, the hunter gives each of the guys a detailed description, noting their natural talent.

The image of Pavlusha in the story "Bezhin Meadow"

One of the boys met by the hunter in the valley was Pavlusha. This squat and clumsy guy of twelve years old, with a huge head, tousled black hair, gray eyes, a pale and pockmarked face, was kneeling by the fire and cooking “potatoes.” And although he was unprepossessing in appearance, Ivan Petrovich immediately liked him. He admires his “bold prowess and firm determination” when he headlong, without a weapon, rushed alone towards the wolf in the middle of the night and did not boast about it at all, and soon he went alone to the river to draw water, heard the voice of the dead man and showed no signs of fear. "What a nice boy!" - this is how the hunter assessed him.

The narrator also paid attention to Pavlusha’s talent: “he looked very smart and direct, and there was strength in his voice.” And only lastly did the author pay attention to the clothes, which consisted of ports and a simple shirt. Pavel remains calm and courageous, he is businesslike and decisive: after the terrible story that Kostya told, he was not afraid, but calmed the guys down and turned the conversation to another topic. Pavlusha himself, an intelligent and intelligent boy, only listens to stories about evil spirits, telling only a real incident that happened in his village during the “heavenly foresight”. Only his innate courage and strong character did not reward him with a long life. As the narrator notes, that same year Pavel died, he was killed by falling from a horse. "It's a pity, he was a nice guy!" - Turgenev finishes his story with sadness in his soul.

Characteristics of Fedya

The oldest of the guys is Fedya. He came from a wealthy family, and he went out to guard the herd for fun. Unlike the other boys, he was dressed in a calico shirt with a border, a brand new army jacket, wore his own boots, and also had a comb with him - a rare attribute among peasant children. Fedya was a slender boy, “with beautiful and delicate, slightly small features, curly blond hair and a constant half-cheerful, half-absent-minded smile.” Fedya lay like a lord, leaning on his elbow, showing his superiority with all his appearance. During the conversation, he behaves in a businesslike manner, asks questions, puts on airs, and patronizingly allows the boys to share amazing stories. He listens carefully to his friends, but with all his appearance he demonstrates that he has little faith in their stories. It is felt that he had a good education at home, and therefore he is not characterized by the naivety inherent in other children.

Description of Ilyusha from the story "Bezhin Meadow"

Ilyusha is a twelve-year-old boy with an insignificant appearance, a hook-nosed face, and an elongated, dim-sighted face, expressing “some kind of dull, painful solicitude.” The author emphasizes how poor this peasant boy looked: “He was wearing new bast shoes and onuchi; a thick rope, twisted three times around the waist, carefully pulled together his neat black scroll.” And he kept pulling his low felt cap, from under which sharp braids of yellow hair stuck out, over his ears with both hands.

Ilyusha differs from other village boys in his ability to retell scary stories in an interesting and exciting way. He told his friends 7 stories: about the brownie that happened to him and his comrades, about the werewolf, about the late master Ivan Ivanovich, about fortune telling on his parents' Saturday, about the Antichrist Trishka, about the peasant and the goblin, and about the merman.

Kostya

In the description of ten-year-old Kostya, the narrator notes the sad and thoughtful look with which he, drooping, looked somewhere into the distance. On his thin and freckled face, only “his large, black eyes, shining with a liquid brilliance, stood out; they seemed to want to say something, but he had no words.” Creepy stories about evil spirits make a strong impression on little Kostya. However, he also retells to his friends the story he heard from his father about the mermaid, about the voice from the butch, and also about the unfortunate Vasya, a boy from his village.

Vania

For the youngest of the children, Vanya, the author does not give a portrait description, noting only that the boy was only seven years old. He lay quietly under his matting, trying to sleep. Vanya is silent and timid, he is still too small to tell stories, but only looks at the night sky and admires the “stars of God” that look like bees.

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