Summary of the story crucian idealist. An essay based on the fairy tale by Saltykov-Shchedrin “Karas-idealist

Saltykov-Shchedrin is a writer who, with the help of his fiction, written in the fairy tale genre, raised such topics as the theme of power and the people. In his works, such truth-seekers very often appear, who believe in the inclination of cruel rulers to virtue, and as a result, they die. There is confirmation of this - the fairy tale Karas-idealist studied by us.

The crucian idealist on the brief gives us the opportunity to study Saltykov-Shchedrin's fairy tale. The plot introduces us to Karas, full of idealistic views. He is pure in soul and believes: evil will not rule the world, it is not the main force, as it drains life. Another thing is good. It creates the future.

Plunging into his ideological convictions, the hero completely forgets, forgets that he himself lives in a world of evil. But just Ruff, whom we also meet on the pages of a fairy tale, looks at life realistically and sees the real reality. He simply laughs at the beliefs of the hero, whose reasoning boiled down to the fact that fish should not eat fish. Ruff says that he does not know life. In a word, we see a dispute between a realist and an idealist. And here main character decides to show his philosophy in action by trying to reason with Pike by arguing with her. At the same time, he sees a pike for the first time. The hero told in a conversation with Pike about a life that is filled with happiness, about equality between all fish, about the laws prohibiting a pike from eating crucian carp. The meeting was held three times. The first time, Pike called the hero drunk, inviting him to sleep, the second time the crucian was bitten by a perch, and at the third meeting, it was accidentally eaten by a pike, which, in surprise at the word virtue, opened its mouth and sucked the hero.

Karas-idealist analysis

Analyzing the tale of Saltykov-Shchedrin, we see the interaction of higher and lower circles. The author here also touches on issues such as arrogance and intelligence.
The writer wrote his satirical tale in 1824. The idealist crucian added to a number of zoological works, where the author chooses a crucian as his hero, wanting to portray a socialist intellectual who cannot measure his strengths and actions with the reality that surrounded him.

The writer's tale begins and ends with a dispute. In the first part, the hero is arguing with a ruff, and at the end, the crucian is arguing with a pike. In the first case, an idealist and a skeptic are opposed, where one does not know life, and the second has already seen life and is familiar with its reality. In the second part of the work, a pike is involved in the dispute, which personifies power and crucian carp. And here we see that our idealist is far from reality.

Heroes of the fairy tale and their characteristics

Considering the work of Karas the idealist, we get acquainted with her heroes, and a detailed study of the work allows us to make heroes.

The main character of the tale is Karas. We see a hero with his own beliefs. He is smart, but very stubborn and overconfident. His politics is fine, because he wants to protect the rights of other fish. However, not knowing life, he does not understand that with his statements he invites trouble on himself. People like him would be crushed, and in any case destroyed. This is what happened in the writer's tale.

We also meet with the skeptic Yersh, who is touched by his opponent's idealism. He is familiar with life, knows its laws, but is a coward, therefore he tells the crucian not to open his mouth, and if he wants to say something, he must do it in a whisper.

Is it good to be an idealist? This question is posed by Saltykov-Shchedrin in his fairy tale "Karas the Idealist" from a practical standpoint. Philosophical idealism is not even considered by the Russian classic. So, without postponing things indefinitely, let's move on to the work "Karas-Idealist", summary which is presented in the article. Saltykov-Shchedrin wrote it in 1824.

Plot Features

"Karas-idealist" has no plot as such. It is built on the dialogue of crucian carp and ruff. Karas is well-read, smart with bookish wisdom, but does not know life at all, but this does not prevent him from being intoxicated with socialist ideas. He dreams that everyone will live in equality and brotherhood. Pikes will stop eating carp, and monks will stop eating fish soup.

Ruff listens to all this, only smirks and scolds his counterpart in every possible way. But at the same time, their conversations happen again and again. Ruff admits that even though the crucian is a dolt, you can’t talk to anyone in the river except him on such lofty topics. Therefore, the fish meet again and argue again. The crucian looks at everything through optimism, and the ruff criticizes the views of the crucian from the standpoint of common sense. And so, page after page, they pull the rope of dispute back and forth. Thus, it is clear that the specificity of the fairy tale "Karas the Idealist" is that there is no dynamics. All movement and tension are hidden in the dialogues of the ruff and crucian.

And now comes the crucial moment: now the crucian must convince the pike of the justice of his views. Direct food (crucian carp) is trying to convince its consumer (pike) that he needs to change his habits and switch to a different diet for the sake of the ideas of equality and brotherhood. It is not difficult to guess that everything ends with the pike eating carp. This happens as if by chance during the conversation, and all those present immediately ask the pike if the carp tasted good.

"Karas-idealist": a summary. Reasoning about social justice

During the conversation between crucian and ruff, many painful topics are touched upon both for Russia and for the whole world. For example, the question of Who among us has not dreamed of a society of equal opportunities, so the crucian also dreams, and the ruff pulls him up and says that, they say, all this is good, but pikes will never do this, because there will always be hierarchy. And while the oppressed will "sleep in mud", the top will enjoy life. Karas, on the other hand, is trying to convince the ruff that the pikes, as soon as they hear about the idea of social justice, will immediately turn into its faithful adherents. Ruff only scoffs (and not in vain). Saltykov-Shchedrin in the fairy tale "Karas-Idealist", a summary of which we are considering, described the problems. The thoughts expressed by Mikhail Evgrafovich 5 years before his death remain relevant for Russia in the 21st century.

On the isolation of idealists from life

An indicative point is the fact that the crucian absolutely does not know what he is talking about. Here, the author's criticism apparently comes under fire from the dreamers he knows, who want to rebuild life in Russia. For the crucian, the pike was a mythical character until he met her. He did not know anything about what the monks do with the caught crucians. The idealistic fish did not know how delicious its counterparts in sour cream are.

What is allowed for a youth is not for an adult. All people in their youth are idealists and dreamers, but when life picks up its whip, people's beliefs are tested, and only those who are most responsible survive. common sense. Such is the general morality that is endowed with the fairy tale of Saltykov-Shchedrin "Karas-idealist".

Socio-political interpretation

The dialogue between the characters is built in a very peculiar way: the poor crucian is tearing himself up, trying to prove something to the pike, and as soon as he stutters about virtue, the pike “accidentally” swallows him. In other words, you can talk to the authorities only if you are on your knees in a pleading position; it is fraught to communicate with them on an equal footing.

It is possible that Saltykov-Shchedrin was very impressed by the fate. Recall that Pyotr Yakovlevich allowed himself an attempt to criticize the social structure of Russia in the 19th century, and he was declared insane and ordered to conduct a medical examination.

True, with all this, the crucian is still an absurd figure, but the text of the work "Karas-Idealist" (the summary does not make it possible to cover all such moments in detail) voluntarily or involuntarily suggests such parallels.

Is it good to be an idealist?

The question is complex and ambiguous. If we put an equal sign between optimism, daydreaming and idealism, then faith in good and bright is necessary in order to grow up as a normal person. But as a person grows older, he must give up those aspirations and values that are morally obsolete and drag him down. At the same time, one should not think that moral opportunism follows from such a position. One way or another, the basic ones should be regulated. True, if you ask the author of the fairy tale, then Saltykov-Shchedrin himself (“Karas-idealist” confirms this idea) would tell the reader that he does not approve of either idealism or stupid optimism, divorced from the realities of life.

For whom was the fairy tale of the Russian classic written?

The work will not be understandable to schoolchildren, it is already written for adults. In general, it seems that when Saltykov-Shchedrin (“Karas the Idealist”) created his work, his convictions and views on Russian contemporary reality were already crystallized to the maximum. The classic generously added these "crystals" to his later works, and they acquired a unique parable-philosophical flavor.

Such is the analysis of the fairy tale "Karas idealist" by Saltykov-Shchedrin. Perhaps it is incomplete, perhaps something else could be extracted from this multidimensional and bottomless work of the Russian writer, but, as N.V. Gogol, "our man should be respected at least for trying."

He eats shells, justifying himself by the fact that "they climb into their mouths" and they have "not a soul, but steam." Having appeared before Pike with his speeches, for the first time he was released with the advice: "Go to sleep!" In the second, he was suspected of "sicilism" and pretty much bitten during interrogation by Okun, and the third time, Pike was so surprised at his exclamation: "Do you know what virtue is?" - that she opened her mouth and almost involuntarily swallowed her interlocutor.

The image of Karas grotesquely captures the features of modern liberalism to the writer. Ruff is also a character in this tale. He looks at the world with bitter sobriety, seeing strife and savagery everywhere.

Karas ironically over the reasoning, convicting him of complete ignorance of life and inconsistency (Karas is indignant at Pike, but eats shells himself). However, he admits that "after all, you can talk with him alone to your liking," and at times even slightly hesitates in his skepticism, until the tragic outcome of the "dispute" between Karas and Pike confirms his innocence.

M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin
Karas-idealist
Karas-idealist - the hero of the fairy tale of the same name. Living in a quiet backwater, he is sympathetic and cherishes dreams of the triumph of good over evil and even of the opportunity to reason with Pike (whom he has never seen) that she has no right to eat others. He eats shells, justifying himself by the fact that “they climb into their mouths” and they have “not a soul, but steam”. Having appeared before Pike with his speeches, for the first time he was released with the advice: “Go to sleep!” In the second, he was suspected of “sicilism” and was badly bitten during interrogation by Okun, and in the third

Since Pike was so surprised at his exclamation: “Do you know what virtue is?” - that she opened her mouth and almost involuntarily swallowed her interlocutor.
The image of Karas grotesquely captures the features of modern liberalism to the writer. Ruff is also a character in this tale. He looks at the world with bitter sobriety, seeing strife and savagery everywhere. Karas ironically over the reasoning, convicting him of complete ignorance of life and inconsistency (Karas is indignant at Pike, but eats shells himself). However, he admits that “after all, you can talk with him alone to your liking,” and at times even slightly hesitates in his skepticism, until the tragic outcome of the “dispute” between Karas and Pike confirms his innocence.

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Summary Karas-idealist Saltykov-Shchedrin

Karas-idealist

Karas-idealist - the hero of the fairy tale of the same name. Living in a quiet backwater, he is sympathetic and cherishes dreams of the triumph of good over evil, and even of the opportunity to reason with Pike (whom he has never seen) that she has no right to eat others. He eats shells, justifying himself by the fact that "they climb into their mouths" and they have "not a soul, but steam." Having appeared before Pike with his speeches, for the first time he was released with the advice: "Go to sleep!" In the second, he was suspected of "sicilism" and pretty much bitten during interrogation by Okun, and the third time, Pike was so surprised at his exclamation: "Do you know what virtue is?" - that she opened her mouth and almost involuntarily swallowed her interlocutor. "In the image of Karas, the features of modern liberalism are grotesquely captured by the writer. Ruff is also a character in this tale. He looks at the world with bitter sobriety, seeing strife and savagery everywhere.