Key Thoughts:
1. Morality consists of specific things: from certain feelings, properties, concepts.
2. “Mercy” is an outdated concept.
3. Mercy. What is it - not fashionable? No need?
4. Withdrawing mercy means depriving a person of one of the most important manifestations of morality.
5. It also disappeared from everyday life, “mercy to the fallen” was rendered hiding and risking.
6. A living feeling of compassion, guilt, repentance in the work of great and small writers of Russia grew and expanded, thus winning popular recognition and authority.
7. Literature had to live among closed, sealed doors, forbidden topics, safes.
8. It was impossible to tell about many tragedies, names, events.
9. It is necessary to call and call to the theme of mercy ... in order to treat the deafness of the soul.
Introduction:
Mercy. What is it - not fashionable? No need? D. Granin discusses this in his article.
Problem:
The author raises a very important problem: the problem of the loss of mercy.
A comment:
This problem is relevant, because mercy is one of the main qualities of a moral person. Today, mercy is becoming rarer, it has been replaced by cruelty and indifference. In his article, Granin writes that it is necessary to call people to mercy, "to treat the deafness of the soul", and proves this with such examples as: Pushkin and his "Peter the Great's Feast", "The Captain's Daughter", "Shot", "Station caretaker”, where Alexander Sergeevich “called for mercy to the fallen”; Gogol, Turgenev, Nekrasov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Korolenko, Chekhov and Leskov, whose work is permeated with Pushkin's testament of mercy to the fallen; "Mumu" I.S. Turgenev; as well as Sonechka Marmeladova, the heroine of the novel "Crime and Punishment" by F.M. Dostoevsky, and Katyusha Maslova, the heroine of the novel "Resurrection" by L.N. Tolstoy.
Author's position
:
“To withdraw mercy means to deprive a person of one of the most important manifestations of morality” - this is the thought that reflects the author's position.
My opinion:
I agree with D. Granin, because it is mercy that determines how spiritually developed a person is, and I think that everyone should try to cultivate this quality in themselves.
This idea is confirmed by my life and reading experience.
1 argument (life experience):
People are stingy with mercy even today. Instead of petting or feeding an animal forced to live on the street, it is either ignored or tried to hurt by throwing a stone or kicking it. How does this characterize us? We have forgotten how to take responsibility for those who are weaker than us, we have forgotten how to be kind. Last summer, the plaintive whining of puppies was heard all over my yard. At first, I didn’t understand what was happening, I thought that someone was hurting animals again: I looked out the windows, but I didn’t see anyone. Then, when I went outside, I tried to find the puppies by these plaintive sounds - they were found under the garage. I think there were three of them, at least that many I saw in the dark. There was no mother around, and for almost the whole summer, together with my mother, I fed them and carried a bowl of milk. Then they strangely disappeared, and no matter how we looked for them, we could not find them again. Maybe they went somewhere else... I would like to believe that they are still alive and that everything is all right with them. The saddest thing in this story is how many indifferent people live next to me ... After all, even if I, living on the fifth floor, heard them, then why didn’t anyone else hear them, and if I heard, why didn’t anyone help. At least the smallest. At least with your kindness...
Argument 2 (reader experience):
An example of a clear loss of mercy is the image of Chubaty, the hero of M. Sholokhov's epic novel The Quiet Flows the Don. Human life is worth nothing for him, for him a person is a “toadstool mushroom”, “filthy”, “evil”. That is why he kills, without any regret, a captive, surrendered Austrian, using a terrible Baklanovsky blow, which, not like a man, will be cut in half by a horse. And he lies to the Cossacks, saying that the Austrian tried to escape, so he killed him, without a twinge of conscience.
Conclusion:
Thus, mercy to the fallen to call - the upbringing of this feeling, the return to it, the call to it - is an urgent, hard-to-estimate necessity, and as R. Rolland said: “Goodo is not science, it is action.
Essay reasoning on the text
(1) When the war started, my sister was little and lived in an orphanage, which had an aquarium with fish.
(2) There were ten fish. (Z) This aquarium was brought from Moscow and placed in the girls' bedroom. (4) The fish were golden and very beautiful - pink transparent fins with blue veins on shiny moons and crescents.
(b) There were also ten girls. (b) The eldest, Inna, is already sixteen years old, and the youngest, Lyusenka, is only six. (7) All the girls, except for little Lusenka, were very busy girls. (8) And if they had free time, they fiddled with goldfish. (9) Of course, there were no bread crumbs, pieces of casein glue were sprinkled on the fish, water was changed for them, or simply admired through thick green glass. (10) But no one ever remembered little Lusenka.
(11) Nobody asked what she eats when she goes to bed. (12) For this there were educators.
(13) And suddenly the goldfish began to disappear. (14) There were at first nine, then eight. (15) Gnawed heads were found in the corner. (16) The girls stared in amazement at the golden moons and crescents in the aquarium, but the fish could not speak; they only swam up to the glass, moving their iridescent fins thoughtfully.
(17) And the girls decided to catch the thief. (18) They did not sleep all night and lay quietly. (19) When water splashed in the aquarium, the girls turned on the light and rushed to the noise. (20) Little Lusenka stood in front of them. (21) She pressed a wet fish to her stomach.
(22) - Yeah, gotcha, fish! one of the girls shouted loudly.
(23) And little Lusenka pressed the fish even more strongly. (24) Large drops of water flowed over the bluish skin, and all the girls froze, struck by a strange resemblance. (25) For the first time they saw Lyusenka like this, without clothes. (26) Silently, they looked at a thin, bloodless body. (27) The skin on Lusenka's hands was pinkish-transparent, with blue veins. (28) It was scary to look at her.
(29) When the eldest girl Inna ran to the night nanny and asked for at least a piece of bread, she grumbled:
(30) - Night Owls! (31) Again, is the goldfish gone?
(32) And Inna answered:
(33) - No, nanny, not gone. (34) Now it will not be lost ... (35) Now we will follow.
(According to A. Pristavkin)
Option 1
Mercy is the kindness of the heart, because it was not in vain that the word was formed from the words “sweet” and “heart”. It seems to me that the absence or presence of mercy largely determines a person's behavior.
In the story of A. Pristavkin, the girls who caught a baby with a fish near the aquarium showed real mercy. 112
They did not scold Lucy or punish her. The sight of this little girl startled them. She herself looked like transparent fish (proposition 24-28). The girls realized that only a terrible hunger forced Lyusenka to eat goldfish.
The piece of bread asked for by the girls in the middle of the night for Lyusenka makes one believe that they will grow up to be kind, caring people (suggestions 29-35).
Merciful people make this world better and kinder.
Option 2
Mercy is kindness, it is the ability to feel someone else's pain with the heart and ease it with deeds. At the heart of mercy are, in my opinion, sincere pity and true love for a person.
Were it not these feelings that destroyed the anger of the girls, the characters in A. Pristavkin's story, as soon as they saw the fish thief undressed (suggestions 25-28)? Pity for Lyusenka, so similar to the same transparent fish, made the girls' hearts tremble. And Inna's answer to the night nurse's question indicates that the baby will not be left without attention (suggestions 34, 35). I think that everyone will remember this lesson of compassion: both Lyusenka and the girls.
An example of mercy in our day is the behavior of people who respond to a request to donate blood for the sick. So did my grandfather, and many other people, when they became donors for the victims of the disaster in the subway.
I think mercy unites people, makes them better.
Option 3
Mercy is kindness combined with pity for someone, the desire to help. It is very important to be merciful in life, because mercy gives rise to a reciprocal feeling of love and gratitude.
One can imagine how the girls from A. Pristavkin's text felt when they watched goldfish disappear one after another from the aquarium. Imagine their amazement when they found the smallest girl, Lyusenka, at the crime scene. But the sight of the naked little girl left them speechless: Lyusenka herself looked like a bloodless fish (propositions 26-28). Pity for the child and kindness made the girls understand that this little girl needs to be looked after and fed. That is why Inna went to the kitchen in the middle of the night to ask for a piece of bread for Lucy (preposition 29-35).
I think that Lyusenka will never be evil, because she received an inoculation of mercy.
In the story of L.N. Tolstoy's "Prisoner of the Caucasus", the girl Dina also showed mercy to the captured officer Zhilin: seeing how he was suffering, she helped him escape.
Mercy can work miracles.
Option 4
Mercy is a complex concept that includes kindness, compassion, cordiality, the desire to take care of the weak, to protect him. I consider mercy one of the most important qualities of a person.
The girls from the orphanage, whom we learn about from the story of A. Pristavkin, showed mercy when they did not punish Lyusenka for eating fish. Her fragility, haggardness (propositions 26, 27) struck them. Therefore, they did not tell the night nanny about Lyusenka's theft, but asked her for some bread for the baby (preposition 29).
I can call my rhythmic gymnastics teacher Marina Yurievna merciful. She organized a shelter for stray dogs, attracted caring citizens for this. Volunteers help her find owners for the shelter's pets. I believe that its creation would not have been possible if it were not for the kindness of all those who participated and are participating in this work.
Mercy makes even the weakest person strong.
Option 5
By mercy, I mean the ability to sympathize with another person. This concept includes pity and the desire to help someone who is in trouble or in a difficult situation.
The story that we get acquainted with in the story of A. Pristavkin, of course, is about mercy. The pupils of the orphanage did not notice the smallest of them, Lyusenka, they did not care about her (preposition 11). When the girls caught her with a fish in their hand, they could severely punish the baby for stealing. But they didn't. Lyusenka's helplessness aroused mercy in them. After all, she herself resembled a thin fish (proposition 24), which she wanted to protect. Therefore, Inna rushed for bread for the baby (preposition 29).
Many merciful people live in Russia. On television, viewers are regularly thanked for helping to raise money for children for expensive treatment or for the whole world not leaving a region affected by a natural cataclysm in trouble.
Mercy brings people together, and that's wonderful!
Option 6
I think that mercy is humanity, compassion, compassion, kindness. Mercy is only tested by a person's actions.
Let us turn to the text of A. Pristavkin for an example. When it turned out that Lyusenka was stealing fish from the aquarium, the reader saw her through the eyes of girls. “Looking at her was scary” (proposition 28), “slender, bloodless body” (proposition 26), transparent skin (proposition 27). Lyusenka's exhaustion made the girls immediately forgive her theft, and in this they showed real mercy!
There are also many examples of true mercy in our life. Everyone knows the charitable foundations of Chulpan Khamatova and Natalia Vodianova. I think it was mercy that pushed these people to the decision to use their fame for a good cause. The result of their activities is thousands of saved lives throughout the country and dozens of playgrounds in different regions of Russia.
The more mercy there is in our life, the less grief and suffering there will be.
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Compassion is an active helper
But what about those who do not see, do not hear, do not feel when it hurts and feels bad for another? An outsider, as they consider everyone except themselves, and, perhaps, their family, to which, however, they are also often indifferent.
How to help both those who suffer from indifference and those who are indifferent themselves?
From childhood to educate - first of all, oneself - so as to respond to someone else's misfortune and rush to help those who are in trouble. And neither in life, nor in pedagogy, nor in art should we regard sympathy as a demagnetizing sensitivity, sentimentality alien to us.
Sympathy is a great human ability and need, a blessing and a duty. People who are endowed with such an ability or who anxiously feel its lack in themselves, people who have cultivated the talent of kindness in themselves, those who know how to turn sympathy into assistance, live more difficultly than those who are insensitive. And more restless. But their conscience is clear. They usually have good kids. They are generally respected by those around them. But even if this rule is violated and those around them do not understand and the children deceive their hopes, they will not retreat from their moral position.
The unfeeling seem to be fine. They are de endowed with armor that protects them from unnecessary worries and unnecessary worries. But it only seems to them, they are not endowed, but deprived. Sooner or later - as it comes around, it will respond!
I recently had the good fortune to meet the wise old doctor. He often appears in his department on weekends and holidays, not out of emergency, but out of spiritual need. He talks with patients not only about their illness, but also on difficult life topics. He knows how to instill hope and vigor in them. Long-term observations showed him that a person who never sympathized with anyone, did not empathize with anyone's suffering, finding himself in front of his own misfortune, is not ready for it. Pitiful and helpless he meets such a test. Selfishness, callousness, indifference, heartlessness cruelly avenge themselves. Blind fear. Loneliness. Belated remorse.
I say this and remember how many times I heard not words of support, but objections. Often irritated. Sometimes angry. The characteristic train of thought of the objectors is as follows: “So you say, more often - here you are trying to prove: the weak, the old, the sick, the disabled, children, parents must be loved and respected, they must be helped. Why are you blind, don't you see how many disabled people are alcoholics? Do you know how boring many old people are? How bothersome are many sick people? How wicked are many children?” That's right, there are drinking disabled people, and boring old people, and annoying patients, and bad children, and even bad parents. And of course, it would be much better for everyone if the disabled (and not only the disabled) did not drink, the sick did not suffer or suffered in silence, the talkative old people and excessively frisky children were silent ... And yet, parents and children need to be loved and respected, small, weak, sick, old, helpless to help. There were no excuses for this, no. And it can't be. Nobody can cancel these immutable truths.
One of the most important human feelings is empathy. And let it not remain just sympathy, but become an action. Assistance. The one who needs him, who feels bad, although he is silent, needs to come to his aid, without waiting for a call. There is no radio receiver stronger and more sensitive than the human soul. If it is tuned to a wave of high humanity.
(S. Lvov)
Essay on text
“Compassion is the ability to see one's own misfortunes in others,” F. La Rochefoucauld once remarked. The same opinion is shared by the author of this text. The main problem posed by S. Lvov in this passage is the problem of compassion, the problem of helping one's neighbor.
This problem has been and remains "eternal" throughout the history of mankind. That is why the author wants to draw the attention of readers to it, awakening not only their minds, but also their hearts.
S. Lvov is sincerely concerned about people's indifference to the troubles of their neighbor, insensitivity, anger. According to the writer, compassion is not only a duty, but also a blessing. People endowed with the talent of kindness, life is not easy, restless. But their conscience is clear, their children grow up to be good people, and finally, they can find the necessary strength in themselves to survive their own misfortune. People who are indifferent and selfish are unable to survive the trials that have befallen them. “Egoism, callousness, indifference, heartlessness cruelly avenge themselves. Blind fear. Loneliness. Belated repentance,” the writer notes. The feeling of compassion is, according to S. Lvov, a necessary component of the human soul. Indifference and insensitivity cannot be justified by any "sober" arguments; they all sound immoral in the mouths of cold, pragmatic people. Therefore, at the end of his text, the writer remarks: “One of the most important human feelings is sympathy. And let it not remain just sympathy, but become an action. Assistance. To those who need it, who feel bad... There is no radio receiver stronger and more sensitive than the human soul. If it is tuned to a wave of high humanity.
This journalistic text is very emotional and expressive. The author uses a variety of tropes and rhetorical figures: epithets (“talkative old people”, “frisky children”), phraseological units (“their hopes will be deceived”), a proverb (“as it comes around, it will respond”), a rhetorical question (“How to help those who suffers from indifference, and to those who are indifferent themselves?").
I fully share the position of S. Lvov. Compassion is a necessary component of our attitude towards life and people. Without it, our life is empty, meaningless. The problem of the lack of kindness and sympathy is posed in the story of A.P. Chekhov "Tosca". The driver Jonah, who survived the death of his son, has no one to go to with his grief. As a result, he tells the horse about everything. People remain indifferent to it.
F.M. also calls us to compassion. Dostoevsky in his story "The Boy at Christ's Tree". In this story, we are presented with the sad story of a little boy who came to St. Petersburg with his mother from a small town. His mother suddenly died, and the child was left alone on the eve of Christmas. He wandered alone around the city, hungry, poorly dressed, but everyone remained indifferent to his fate. City dwellers had fun at Christmas trees. As a result, the child died, freezing in one of the doorways. If there is no love and compassion in the world, children will inevitably suffer. But children are our future, this is the best thing that exists in us and the world.
Thus, the author solves this problem from the point of view of absolute moral values. Compassion and sympathy are as necessary to a person as water or air. Therefore, you need to cultivate the talent of kindness in yourself.
There are often conflicts at school. It seems impossible to avoid them. But this does not mean that the war never ends at school. The conflict can be resolved.
Composition on the topic: Mom often tells me about her post-war childhood, but for some reason I especially like this story ... (option 35)
Mercy is what makes a human being truly human. O. Longurashvili devotes his story to the problem of showing mercy in difficult times.
Composition on the topic: Only weak people, constantly in need of compensation for their insufficiency, usually weave intrigues ... (option 30)
What is a strong person? Is it enough to be a "muscled" in order to be considered truly strong? And what is true weakness?
Composition on the topic: They say that a talented person is talented in everything ... (option 29)
Much tragedy has befallen our country. The peoples of Russia had to go through numerous trials and come out of them exhausted, but hardened.
Composition on the topic: The highest that a person can achieve is wisdom ... (option 28)
We live in the information age. Each of us simply bathes in it, like a fish in water. But after all, an informed person does not necessarily deserve the definition of “knowing”, and “knowing” is not necessarily wise.
Composition on the topic: In the speech of the hero of Dostoevsky Alyosha Karamazov there were words that I had not paid attention to before ... (option 27)
Childhood is a wonderful time, memories of which remain with us for a lifetime. The cloudless happiness that so often embraces a child can become a kind of spiritual outlet that helps us endure difficulties and not lose heart.
Composition on the topic: Lepestina brushes away transparent tears, I want to feel sorry for her, but the tone does not allow this ... (option 34)
In the post-war period, it was clear why millions of children remained orphans. But now, in peaceful and prosperous years, children should not grow up in orphanages.
Composition on the topic: I spent the whole day looking for shelter in a dead city ... (option 33)
Life is short. Music gives hope for the best, instills dreams in a person, inspires him. She has a huge impact on people. It is this problem that Konstantin Paustovsky raises.
Composition - USE reasoning on the topic The meeting happened unexpectedly. Two Germans, talking peacefully, went to Pluzhnikov
Assignment to the composition of the exam. Option 14:
Questions for essay 15.1, 15.2, 15.3: How do you understand the meaning of the phrase: The meeting happened unexpectedly. Two Germans, talking peacefully, went out to Pluzhnikov? Formulate and comment on your definition. Write an essay-reasoning on the topic The meeting happened unexpectedly. Two Germans, talking peacefully, went to Pluzhnikov
Arguing your thesis, give 2 (two) examples-arguments and answers that confirm your reasoning: give one example-argument from the text you read, and the second from your life experience.
Essay or composition must be at least 70 words. If the essay is a paraphrase or a complete rewrite of the source text without any comments, then such work is evaluated by zero points. Write an essay carefully, legible handwriting.
Sample and example of a short essay No. 1 on the topic: The meeting happened unexpectedly. Two Germans, talking peacefully, went out to Pluzhnikov. How to write a mini essay with a plan
Is it possible to show compassion to a captured enemy? Who is capable of such compassion? These and other questions arise after reading the text of B. L. Vasiliev. In the text, the author poses the problem of compassion for the captured enemy. The writer tells about the young lieutenant Nikolai Pluzhnikov and the girl Mirra, who suddenly ran into two Germans.
According to the laws of war, the enemy must be destroyed. Nikolay kills the first, but due to problems with the shutter, he does not have time to kill the second. The German kneels down, although he could have fired several shots himself, and asks to be spared. He explains that he ended up here, in the Brest Fortress, against his will, that he is a worker, not a soldier. The German takes out photographs of the family, children. Nikolai couldn't shoot. “... He did not shoot this German after all for himself. For my conscience, which wanted to remain clean. Despite everything". The issue that the author raises made me think deeply about whether compassion should be shown to a captured enemy.
The position of the author is hidden, but understandable. A person cannot but show compassion for a captured enemy, especially when he is young and not yet hardened and embittered. A man remains a man even in war. I share the position of the author. We know how this story will end after reading B.L. Vasiliev’s story “He was not on the lists.” The next day the German, who was spared, will bring others. The entrance to the basement will be bombarded with grenades. Aunt Christya will be burned alive. Of course, Mirra and Nikolai will learn a cruel lesson: pity for the enemy led to the terrible death of their man. War is always inhumane.
And the main quality of a person is mercy and compassion. I will try to prove this by referring to fiction. In A.S. Pushkin’s story “The Captain’s Daughter”, the main character Pyotr Grinev feels sincere compassion for Emelyan Pugachev during the execution. He sees in him not an enemy, but a person who is confused, who in his own way tried to fight the lawlessness and cruelty of the authorities, who was betrayed by his own. For his family, Pugachev will always remain a murderer, on his orders they will kill the commandant of the Belogorsk fortress and his wife, the parents of Masha Mironova, and a savior when he spares Peter twice and releases Masha.
Being on different sides, the enemies show compassion for each other, a sincere desire to help. In Leo Tolstoy's story "Prisoner of the Caucasus" Zhilin, a Russian officer, is captured by the Tatars. To get out of captivity, the girl Dina, the daughter of the Tatar chieftain, helps him escape. Zhilin and Dina became friends. He made several clay dolls for her, and she brought him milk and roast lamb. Dina helped Zhilin escape because she took pity on him, thanked him for his kindness in her own way.
Dina showed compassion for the captive man, who was in mortal danger, because she was sure that Zhilin was a good person. Thus, I proved that a person remains a person even in war, in captivity, in the most inhuman conditions. Compassion for a captured enemy is a manifestation of humanity. Desire to help, mercy, kindness.
Sample and example of a short essay No. 2 on the topic: The meeting happened unexpectedly. Two Germans, talking peacefully, went out to Pluzhnikov. Arguments from the literature. Text problem
Why don't veterans like to talk about the war? Why do they prefer not to remember how they killed the enemy? Perhaps because war forces a person to make an unacceptable choice for him. Remain human or suppress the human. It was necessary to kill, of course, the enemy, but then the person too. These questions and answers arise in me after reading the text of B. L. Vasiliev.
In his text, the author raises the problem of the manifestation of humanity in war. He talks about a chance meeting between Pluzhnikov and Mirra with two Germans. "The meeting happened unexpectedly." According to the laws of war, having reacted with lightning speed to danger, Pluzhnikov killed one German, and then the unexpected happened: “the cartridge warped when fed.” While Nikolai fiddled with the shutter, the German could have killed him, "but instead he fell to his knees." Pluzhnikov did not fire. Seeing the girl, the German began to beg for mercy, showing his calloused hands, trying to explain that he was here against his will, that he was a worker.
He took out photographs of his children. The lieutenant understood that he must kill the enemy. He led him to kill. But when the German, anticipating death, collapsed to the ground and, crouching, froze, Pluzhnikov could not shoot. “... He did not shoot this German after all for himself. For my conscience, which wanted to remain clean. Despite everything". The issue that the author raises made me think deeply about whether it is necessary to show humanity to the enemy. The position of the author is hidden, but understandable: even in war, a person remains a person. He shows sympathy, pity for the enemy. The enemy also has a family, children, a home.
War does not change humanity. Compassion, mercy for the enemy can be shown by a real person. I agree with the position of the author. Humanity is one of our best qualities. I read the story of B.L. Vasiliev “I was not on the lists” and I know the continuation of this story. Pluzhnikov and Mirra, returning to the basement, did not tell anyone about the meeting with the Germans, it was their secret. The next day, the Germans threw grenades into the basement, and the one they had regretted the day before brought them.
Aunt Christya burned to death. They knew they were responsible for her death. The manifestation of humanity led to disaster. War dictates its own inhumane rules, but even in war a man remains a man. In Leo Tolstoy's epic novel "War and Peace" we often meet with the manifestation of humanity towards the enemy. I'll try to prove it. Denisov's detachment captured a French drummer, still quite a boy. Petya, out of curiosity, was impatient to talk to him. Denisov approved. Petya and the Frenchman immediately found a common language, there was no language barrier. Petya wanted to help the prisoner at least somehow: he gives warm clothes, treats him with raisins.
He does not see him as an enemy. This episode reveals all the spiritual beauty of the hero, which distinguished all the Rostovs, because they lived with feelings. Nikolai Rostov meets in the first battle face to face with the enemy. He struck first, the Frenchman fell off his horse. Rostov was very close. He saw not an enemy, but a beautiful, young face, on which there was fear and a distinct desire to live. He saw before him a man who, like him, loved this life: music, poetry, literature. He thought that in a peaceful life they could well be friends. This discovery amazed the hero. Nicholas was glad that he had not killed the young Frenchman.
This episode once again emphasizes the anti-human essence of war, when a person is forced to be inhuman. Thus, I proved that war does not cancel the manifestations of humanity: the ability to sympathize, pity ... But, unfortunately, war dictates its own rules, forcing a person to be ruthless to the enemy on the battlefield. War leaves no choice, dividing people into friends and enemies. Therefore, L.N. Tolstoy is right when he says that even a bad peace is better than war. You don't need to forget about it.
Sample and example of a short essay No. 3 on the topic: The meeting happened unexpectedly. Two Germans, talking peacefully, went out to Pluzhnikov. Arguments from the literature. Text problem
In the most desperate and difficult times, each person reveals himself to the fullest. War is an event that affects the character and worldview of each of its participants. In the text given to us, B.L. Vasiliev. Describing one of the wartime periods, the author of the text introduces us to a situation in which one of the characters had to make a serious moral choice. The meeting between the Pluzhnikovs and the German "occurred unexpectedly", and just as unexpectedly came to its logical conclusion: one of them was supposed to die, and now the German was on his knees and shouting something pitiful, "choking and swallowing words."
There was something about family, children and mercy in this cry, the writer emphasizes that the German "did not want to fight, of course, he wandered into these terrible ruins not by his own desire," the Soviet soldier also understood this. He was to commit murder, and at that time there was no question of pity for the Germans - however, B.L. Vasiliev leads us to the idea that there are exceptions to everything, especially when a soldier strives to maintain the purity of his conscience no matter what.
The writer’s thought is clear to me: he believes that even in the most terrible war times, one who has a clear conscience and who realizes the value of human life is able to spare a captured enemy and show compassion and mercy to him. It is difficult to disagree with B.L. Vasiliev, because he knows firsthand how important it was to remain human during the Great Patriotic War. I also believe that for a soldier, for his moral and mental health, it is very important, despite physical exhaustion and anger, to be able to preserve humanity and mercy in himself, because not every German could deserve the most brutal retribution.
In the story of V.A. Zakrutkina "The Mother of Man" the main character carries her humanity and mercy through all the trials. She, feeling a burning hatred for the Nazis who killed her family, having met a German boy on her way, denies herself revenge. Hearing the boy's cry, Mary was filled with pity for the child, and, thanks to her humanism and kindness of the heart, left him alive. The hero of the story M.A. Sholokhov "The Fate of Man" lost all his relatives in the war. He was forced to go through many trials, but even being tired and embittered, Andrei Sokolov found a place in his heart for love and mercy.
Having met a little boy, left alone on the street by the will of fate, our soldier takes him under his control, thus giving the boy a chance for a happy life. About how hard it is to remain a man during the war, more than a dozen books have been written. Each of those soldiers who fought for our future experienced a number of upheavals that modern man cannot even fully comprehend. However, most of all it is written about those who, even in that inhumanity and dirt, managed to save themselves, their pure thoughts and a good heart.
The original text in the full version for the composition of the exam
(1) The meeting happened unexpectedly. (2) Two Germans, speaking peacefully, went out to Pluzhnikov from behind the surviving wall. (Z) The carbines hung over their shoulders, but even if they held them in their hands, Pluzhnikov would have managed to shoot first. (4) He has already developed a lightning-fast reaction in himself, and only she has saved him so far.
(5) And the second German was saved by an accident that could cost Pluzhnikov his life. (6) His machine gun fired a short burst, the first German collapsed on the bricks, and the cartridge warped when serving. (7) While Pluzhnikov frantically pulled the bolt, the second German could have finished him off or run away a long time ago, but instead he fell to his knees. (8) And dutifully waited for Pluzhnikov to knock out the stuck cartridge.
- (9) Comm, - said Pluzhnikov, indicating with a machine gun where he should have gone.
(10) They ran across the yard, made their way into the dungeons, and the German was the first to climb into the dimly lit casemate. (11) And here he suddenly stopped, seeing a girl at a long wooden table.
- (14) I don’t understand anything, - Pluzhnikov said in confusion. - (15) Rumbles.
- (16) He is a worker, - Mirra realized, - you see, he shows his hands?
- (17) Things, - Pluzhnikov drawled, puzzled. - (18) Maybe he is guarding our prisoners?
(19) Mirra translated the question. (20) The German listened, often nodding, and burst into a long tirade as soon as she was silent.
- (21) The prisoners are guarded by others, - the girl translated not very confidently. - (22) They are ordered to guard the entrances and exits of the fortress. (23) They are the guard team. (24) He is a real German, and the Austrians from the forty-fifth division, fellow countrymen of the Fuhrer himself, stormed the fortress. (25) And he is a worker, mobilized in April ...
(26) The German again chattered something, waved his hands. (27) Then he suddenly solemnly shook his finger at Mirra and slowly, importantly, took out a black bag glued from automobile rubber from his pocket. (28) He pulled out four photographs from the bag and put them on the table.
- (29) Children, - Mirra sighed. - (30) He shows his children.
(31) Pluzhnikov got up, took the machine gun:
(32) The German, staggering, stood at the table and slowly walked towards the hole.
(33) They both knew what lay ahead of them. (34) The German wandered, dragging his legs heavily, with shaking hands, raking everything and raking the skirts of his crumpled uniform. (35) His back suddenly began to sweat, a dark spot crawled across his uniform.
(36) And Pluzhnikov was to kill him. (37) Take it upstairs and point-blank shy away from the machine gun into this suddenly sweaty stooped back. (38) A back that covered three children. (39) Of course, this German did not want to fight, of course, it was not with his own desire that he wandered into these terrible ruins, smelling of smoke, soot and human rot. (40) Of course not. (41) Pluzhnikov understood all this and, realizing, mercilessly drove forward.
- (42) Schnel! (43) Schnell!
(44) The German took a step, his legs gave way, and he fell to his knees. (45) Pluzhnikov poked him with the muzzle of a machine gun, the German gently rolled onto his side and, crouching, froze ...
(46) Mirra stood in the dungeon, looked at the already invisible hole in the darkness and waited in horror for a shot. (47) But there were still no shots and there were no ...
(48) It rustled in the hole, and Pluzhnikov jumped down from above and immediately felt that she was standing nearby.
- (49) naesh, it turns out I can't shoot a person.
(50) Cool hands felt his head, pulled him towards him. (51) He felt her cheek with his cheek: she was wet with tears.
- (52) I was afraid. (53) I was afraid that you would shoot this old man. - (54) She suddenly hugged him tightly, kissed him hastily several times. - (55) Thank you, thank you, thank you. (56) Did you do it for me?
(57) He wanted to say that he really did it for her, but did not say, because he did not shoot this German after all for himself. (58) For his conscience, which wanted to remain clean. (59) No matter what.
