A year after the end of the Great Patriotic War, Konstantin Paustovsky wrote the story "Telegram". By this time, the writer had gained fame not only at home, but also abroad. To some extent, the beginning of this work was given by stories from the cycle "Summer Days" and "Meshcherskaya Side". We offer a brief retelling and a small analysis of the story "Telegram".
Briefly is. In October, it is rainy and cold outside, because the main character named Katerina Petrovna is getting harder every day. Further, the author makes an excursion into her past and mentions that her father was an artist and built a house in a place called Zaborye.
A creative atmosphere reigned in the family, everyone talked about creativity, discussed works of art. Now Katerina is left alone: her father has died, and her only daughter lives far away in the city. She has no one to talk about her work with.
The neighbor's girl Manyushka became an assistant for Katerina Petrovna in the household. Also, the watchman Tikhon sometimes visited the main character. He was quite old, this is evidenced by the fact that Tikhon remembered how the house was built, and Katerina's father.
The main character thought about her daughter every day. She in the depths of her soul wished that Nastya would come. But… dreams remained dreams. And the daughter of her mother has not been writing letters at all lately either ... Only money transfers came from her.
Once (it was at the end of October) Katerina Petrovna heard a knock at the garden gate, went to look, hoping that it was her daughter. It turned out that the main character heard a knock. Katerina Petrovna returned to the house and began to write a letter to her daughter.
She wrote that she wanted to see her, that she wanted to hug, press her to her heart. The letter ended with the thought that the coming winter would be the last in this world for Katerina Petrovna.
Next, we are talking about Nastya herself. Paustovsky says that the girl is busy, she works in the Union of Artists as a clerk. Colleagues call the girl Solveig for her blond hair and big eyes, which, unfortunately, were almost always cold.
When Nastya received news from home, she had ambivalent feelings. On the one hand, she believed that if the mother writes, then everything is fine. On the other hand, the letters served as a silent reproach to the inattentive daughter. Having received another letter from her mother, the girl did not read it, because she was very busy at work. She just put it in her bag.
While organizing the exhibition, she came across a statue of Nikolai Gogol. The expression on his face seemed mocking and, at the same time, reproachful. Then Nastya decided to read the letter. When the daughter learned from the letter about the request to come, she remembered what a long way she had to overcome, and how her mother would cry. So she put the letter away for the time being.
Two weeks passed. The exhibition went off with a bang. At this time, a telegram was handed over to my daughter, where it was reported that only a few days remained for her mother. The telegram was from Tikhon. Nastya at first thought that they had made a mistake with the address. But a shadow of unease crossed her face. Someone asked her what happened. She tried not to focus on this fact. Again, the sculpture of Gogol caught the eye of the girl. But this time the classic looked accusingly.
The girl suddenly realized that it was her mother who was the closest and most loving person for her. Then she decided to go to her father's house. As luck would have it, there were no tickets at the railway ticket office, but after presenting the telegram, we still managed to buy a ticket for the next train.
At this time, things were very bad in Zaborye. It became increasingly difficult for Katerina Petrovna to breathe, and therefore to live. The neighbor's girl sat inseparably near the dying woman. Tikhon, in order to alleviate the suffering of the main character, himself writes a telegram on behalf of her daughter, as if she was going to her dying mother.
When he read the contents of the telegram to Katerina Petrovna, she said quietly: "Thank you." And then she closed her eyes and fell asleep, but as it turned out, she died.
The funeral was tomorrow. Many people gathered in the house to see the old woman on her last journey. On the way to the cemetery, the teacher joined the ceremony. She even kissed Katerina Petrovna's hand, because she was guilty before her own mother.
Two days have passed. Nastya comes to her native, but, alas, an empty house. She cries all night long, but her mother cannot be brought back with tears.
The girl left her home so that no one could see her. But no one was going to blame her for anything. Nastya did not leave the feeling that no one except her mother would relieve her of a heavy sense of guilt. Further, the author makes an excursion into the past of the main character and mentions that her father was an artist. That he built a house in a place called Zaborye.
Useful video: K. Paustovsky "Telegram" - summary
What a story
Paustovsky talks about the loneliness of old parents, whose children have forgotten their roots. This work can be considered an example of such a situation when children see their duty to their parents in the material support of the elderly. But it is worth remembering that it is important for parents in old age to see their children nearby, talk to them, cuddle them. It often happens in life that non-native people become closer than the closest ones.
Main characters:
- Anastasia is the daughter of the main character. She works and lives in Leningrad, does a lot for complete strangers, but she has no time for her own mother. She prefers to pay off her mother, she has no time even to go to visit her mother.
- Katerina Petrovna is an old woman. She lives alone in Zaborye. She is sad and sad. She is waiting for her daughter to come. But he does not wait, he dies next to strangers.
Paustovsky "Telegram" - is it a story or a story? According to the genre, the work of Konstantin Paustovsky is logically attributed to the story.
- there is one storyline;
- there are few heroes, and they are all connected with the development of the plot;
- the work is small.
In the modern world, reading books online is gaining momentum. The work of Paustovsky was no exception. "Telegram" can be read online.
Wikipedia contains a large article on the personality and work of Konstantin Paustovsky. It mentions the story "Telegram". It is about the plot and the history of the creation of the text.
In the school curriculum, the Telegram is included in the list of required reading texts. In addition, it is envisaged that the guys should memorize an excerpt from the work of Paustovsky.
Note! It is best to learn the passage that tells how Katerina Petrovna received transfers from her daughter, and then sorted through the papers. It allows students to get deeper into the main idea of the work.
Analysis
In the work of Konstantin Paustovsky "Telegram", two acute problems come to the fore, which have always been important: an indifferent attitude towards relatives and the problem of loneliness bordering on it.
If we analyze the story from the point of view of composition, then it can conditionally be divided into 3 parts:
- It tells about Katerina Petrovna, who lives in the town of Zaborye and is waiting for the arrival of her only daughter.
- Paustovsky talks about Nastya's life in Leningrad. She is so busy that she doesn't even have time to write a letter to her own mother.
- The reader is waiting for the expected outcome of events.
From the point of view of figurative and expressive means, the reader pays attention to significant details and symbols that help to correctly perceive the author's assessment of what is happening.
Katerina Petrovna never waits for her daughter, she dies next to strangers.
Paustovsky is rightly called the master of landscape. The story "Telegram" was no exception. Through landscape sketches, the author managed to convey the sad mood of the main character at the beginning of the work.
Note! In the finale, a landscape sketch again comes to the fore, filled with white light, but with a shade of gray. This is very symbolic, because the daughter of the heroine is callous in soul. And Paustovsky condemns her for this.
Firstly, the daughter did not have time for the funeral of the closest person - her mother. Or didn't want to? It happens quite often in life as well. Secondly, Nastya repents, but, as often happens in life, it's too late.
Useful video: "Telegram" - in 7 minutes!
Conclusion
If we turn to the symbolism of the name, then in Greek Anastasia means "resurrected." The heroine, perhaps, "resurrected" her soul, but only her own mother could help her in this. After all, mom will always and in any situation support and come to the rescue. Some people remember too late to visit their parents.
