The problem of revolution civil war in Russia was very important for Pasternak in understanding the fate and future of Russia. The writer believed that after the most difficult events in the history of the country, a spiritual awakening of society would certainly begin: “If God wills and I’m not mistaken, Russia will soon have bright life, exciting new Age».
The writer was looking forward to this time, with which all his dreams and hopes were connected. And the first step towards spiritual awakening was one of his best works, Doctor Zhivago.
The novel was started in December 1945. Pasternak felt a certain inner obligation to his native land, so he sought to create a novel about Russia, about its tragedy.
The realization that his creation will be a kind of guarantee of immortality, that there is no way to retreat, is most clearly expressed in the poem "Hamlet", included in the collection of works by Yuri Zhivago:
The hum is quiet. I went out to the stage.
Leaning against the door frame
What will happen in my lifetime.
In my opinion, Pasternak (like Pushkin, Lermontov and many other poets and writers) sees the proclamation of truth and truth as the main goal of creativity. However, this path is very difficult and sometimes cruel.
Once, Pasternak himself said the following about his novel: “This thing will be an expression of my views on art, on the Gospel, on a person’s life in history, and on many other things ...”. This novel became a kind of revelation of the author. Indeed, in Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak gives his assessment human life. He is especially concerned about the theme of faith in God and Christian motives: “The atmosphere of the thing is my Christianity, in its breadth a little different than Quaker and Tolstoy, coming from other sides of the Gospel in addition to moral ones.”
So what is Pasternak's understanding of Christianity? This question can be answered, in my opinion, if we turn to the scene taking place by the bed dying Anna Ivanovna Gromeko. Yuri Zhivago says that "the words of Christ about the living and the dead were always understood differently."
According to young man, the resurrection is already in our birth. However, people do not notice this and perceive life as a series of suffering. The most important, true thing is that "a person in other people is the soul of a person." In my opinion, one cannot but agree with this. The memory becomes amazing strength, which makes everyone immortal, alive in those around them: “... this is what your consciousness breathed, ate, coexisted all your life. Your soul, your immortality, your life in others. And what? You were in others, and you will remain in others.
Thus, we can say that for Pasternak, the actions of a person are important, because only they will remain in memory. And the rest is perishable, has little value.
Although the attitude towards death in the work is also special. Yuri Zhivago claims that death simply does not exist, there is only immortal life. Such a position, in my opinion, is optimistic and has a basis, since Pasternak himself was also sure of the impossibility of death. It is important to note that initially the writer wanted to call his novel "There is no death." But in that case main idea artwork would be too transparent. It must be only this argument that made the author refuse such a name. But this idea is very clearly seen in the novel.
Despite physical death main character yet found the "elixir of eternal life." They become creativity and actions that remain in the memory of people.
Yes, of course, Pasternak believes in some kind of predestination and divine power, which at some moments guides a person. However, in the era revolutionary events Civil war, for most people, faith in God has receded into the background. The writer understands this, but still tries to convey to people the value of striving for the beautiful, the real as a manifestation of God.
It is also important to note that Pasternak's Christianity is inevitably connected with nature. Thus, Jesus is represented as "a shepherd man in a flock of sheep at sunset." Flowers are escorted to the other world of the protagonist, because they are “the kingdom of plants - the closest neighbor to the kingdom of death. In the greenery of the earth is the concentration of the secrets of transformation and the mysteries of life.
Thus, in his perception of Christianity, Pasternak, on the one hand, confirms the basic laws of being, and on the other hand, introduces new corrections that can also be considered true. Moreover, he transfers his worldview to the plot of the novel, once again proving that death does not exist, but there is eternal life. And the content of this life depends on the actions that people perform, on their kindness, sensitivity and spiritual strength.
Pasternak in the novel does not impose Christian dogmas on others, he overestimates them. The writer gives a new explanation of faith, Christ, love, truth, believing that each of us, our deeds are the force that together gives the concept of "God". The author expressed his point of view in the novel "Doctor Zhivago"
The problem of revolution and civil war in Russia was very important for Pasternak in understanding the fate and future of Russia. The writer believed that after the most difficult events in the history of the country, a spiritual awakening of society would certainly begin: “If God wills and I’m not mistaken, Russia will soon have a bright life, an exciting new century.”
The writer was looking forward to this time, with which all his dreams and hopes were connected. And the first step towards spiritual awakening was one of his best works, Doctor Zhivago.
The novel was started in December 1945. Pasternak felt a certain inner obligation to his native land, so he sought to create a novel about Russia, about its tragedy.
The realization that his creation will be a kind of guarantee of immortality, that there is no way to retreat, is most clearly expressed in the poem "Hamlet", included in the collection of works by Yuri Zhivago:
The hum is quiet. I went out to the stage.
Leaning against the door frame
What will happen in my lifetime.
In my opinion, Pasternak (like Pushkin, Lermontov and many other poets and writers) sees the proclamation of truth and truth as the main goal of creativity. However, this path is very difficult and sometimes cruel.
Once, Pasternak himself said the following about his novel: “This thing will be an expression of my views on art, on the Gospel, on a person’s life in history, and on many other things ...”. This novel has become a kind of revelation of the author. Indeed, in Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak gives his own assessment of human life. He is especially concerned about the theme of faith in God and Christian motives: “The atmosphere of the thing is my Christianity, in its breadth a little different than Quaker and Tolstoy, coming from other sides of the Gospel in addition to moral ones.”
So what is Pasternak's understanding of Christianity? This question can be answered, in my opinion, if we turn to the scene taking place at the bedside of the dying Anna Ivanovna Gromeko. Yuri Zhivago says that "the words of Christ about the living and the dead were always understood differently."
According to the young man, the resurrection is already in our birth. However, people do not notice this and perceive life as a series of suffering. The most important, true thing is that "a person in other people is the soul of a person." In my opinion, one cannot but agree with this. Memory becomes that amazing force that makes everyone immortal, alive in those around them: “... this is what your consciousness breathed, ate, coexisted all your life. Your soul, your immortality, your life in others. And what? You were in others, and you will remain in others.
Thus, we can say that for Pasternak, the actions of a person are important, because only they will remain in memory. And the rest is perishable, has little value.
Although the attitude towards death in the work is also special. Yuri Zhivago claims that death simply does not exist, there is only eternal life. Such a position, in my opinion, is optimistic and has a basis, since Pasternak himself was also sure of the impossibility of death. It is important to note that initially the writer wanted to call his novel "There is no death." But in this case, the main idea of the work would be too transparent. It must be only this argument that made the author refuse such a name. But this idea is very clearly seen in the novel.
Despite physical death, the protagonist still found the "elixir of eternal life." They become creativity and actions that remain in the memory of people.
Yes, of course, Pasternak believes in some kind of predestination and divine power, which at some moments guides a person. However, in the era of the revolutionary events of the civil war, for most people, faith in God faded into the background. The writer understands this, but still tries to convey to people the value of striving for the beautiful, the real as a manifestation of God.
It is also important to note that Pasternak's Christianity is inevitably connected with nature. Thus, Jesus is represented as "a shepherd man in a flock of sheep at sunset." Flowers escort the protagonist to another world, because they are “the kingdom of plants - the closest neighbor to the kingdom of death. In the greenery of the earth is the concentration of the secrets of transformation and the mysteries of life.
Thus, in his perception of Christianity, Pasternak, on the one hand, confirms the basic laws of being, and on the other hand, introduces new corrections that can also be considered true. Moreover, he transfers his worldview to the plot of the novel, once again proving that death does not exist, but there is eternal life. And the content of this life depends on the actions that people perform, on their kindness, sensitivity and spiritual strength.
Pasternak in the novel does not impose Christian dogmas on others, he overestimates them. The writer gives a new explanation of faith, Christ, love, truth, believing that each of us, our deeds are the force that together gives the concept of "God". The author expressed his point of view in the novel "Doctor Zhivago"
The ideological and thematic content of the novel is largely due to the way the author himself characterizes his idea in 1946 in a letter to his sister O. M. Freidenberg: “I started writing a big novel in prose. In fact, this is my first real job. I want to give in it historical image Russia for the last forty-five years, and at the same time, all aspects of its plot, heavy, sad and elaborated ... this thing will be an expression of my views on art, the Gospel, on the life of a person in history and much more. Thus, "Doctor Zhivago" was conceived as "the novel of the century" and as the author's most complete and objective lyrical statement "about time and about himself." “... I want to speak out on the topics of life and time to the end and in clarity, as it is given to me ...”, Pasternak wrote about working on the novel. For him, this is not just the result of life and work, but a concentrated expression of the whole complex of philosophical, religious, ethical ideas, a look at his own destiny and the paths of world history and culture.
One of the main themes of the novel is reflections on the history of Russia, its past, present and future in the context of world history. Pasternak is characterized by a concept close to Tolstoy's about the course historical process, which he trusts to express to Yuri Zhivago: “He again thought that he imagines history, what is called the course of history, in a completely different way, as is customary, and it is drawn to him like the vegetable kingdom. ... No one makes history, it is not visible, just as it is impossible to see how the grass grows. That is why so often in the novel the living, constantly resurgent nature is the personification of Russia and the entire history of mankind. It is not for nothing that the heroes of the novel, Yuri Zhivago and Lara, who are closest to the author, feel nature so subtly, are so close to it, as if dissolved in the natural beginning. The main ideological and thematic nodes of the novel represent the conjugation of man and nature. That is why natural images, motifs, similes are so important in his ideological and artistic system: “... past in clouds of hot dust, reared by the sun, like lime, Russia flew ...”.
The whole novel permeates and cements the multi-valued image of a blizzard, a snowstorm, a storm. Firstly, it is a cleansing storm of revolution, a symbol similar to Blok’s from the poem “The Twelve” (a symbolic picture of a person falling on a newspaper page with the first decrees Soviet power November snow). Secondly, it is an outburst of feelings beyond the control of reason, sweeping over the heroes like a snow blizzard. And, finally, this image is associated with an equally sudden impulse of creativity that captured Yuri Zhivago and defined him. further way. It's through the veil winter blizzard he sees from the street a circle of a candle burning in the house where Lara is talking with her future husband Antipov. Then Yuri for the first time hears the words, probably the most famous of the poems that complete the novel: "The candle was burning on the table, the candle was burning ...". This is how a poet is born, who with his work redeemed not only his life, suffering, love, but also tied together the broken ends of Russian culture and history, restoring the “connection of times”.
The entire artistic canvas of the novel is permeated with similar figurative and thematic threads, which gives it a special integrity and organicity. So at the beginning of the novel, the image of a storm appears, which recognized the ten-year-old Yura: “A blizzard was raging in the yard, the air was smoking with snow. One might think that the storm had noticed Yura and, realizing how scary she was, was enjoying the impression she made on him. She whistled and howled and tried her best to get Yurino's attention. And in the finale, it is as if the same storm gathers a thunderous “black-lilac cloud”, which catches up with the tram carrying Yury Andreevich, exhausted from the heat, out of breath, on his last journey.
It is in these last minutes of his life that the thought again comes to him about a certain “principle of relativity in the worldly stadium”, according to which there are completely unexpected, at first glance, rapprochements, meetings, intersections of people, destinies, times and spaces. This idea is heard more than once in the novel, characterizing not only its main constructive principle, but the most important idea for the author of the conjugation of all life phenomena. This also applies to the interpenetration of the human and natural principles noted above, and to that paradoxical connection between the fates of the numerous heroes of the novel, which often seemed to readers and critics something unnatural and far-fetched. Moreover, this is another important theme of the novel about the connection of a single Russian culture, which, it would seem, was cut off forever under the blows of revolutionary cataclysms. The novel itself is an artistic fusion of various styles that embody all the leading traditions of Russian culture. This is a kind of “generalized portrait of Russian culture of the 19th century. beginning of the 20th century". From this point of view, the circle of reading the heroes of the novel is indicative: “Demons” by Dostoevsky, “War and Peace” by Tolstoy, “Eugene Onegin” by Pushkin and much more, which makes up the “golden fund” of Russian culture. The heroes talk about it, argue, think about it, and at the same time, the problem that is so important for the author becomes clearer and clearer: what happens when the richest culture of the people, containing its most powerful spiritual potential, collides with the militant “anti-culturalism”, lack of spirituality, after the accomplished revolutionary onny breakage of age-old traditions that filled, it would seem, the entire national cultural and historical space. In this monstrous battle, it becomes obvious what in fact from the cultural and historical heritage of Russia can be destroyed, destroyed, distorted, and what is eternal and indestructible, despite all revolutions and wars. At the same time, Pasternak does not give a “portrait” of Russian culture in isolation, but fits it into the global cultural space. Not only Russian, but also foreign literature is reflected in the pages of the novel (Dickens and Stendhal are read in Zhivago's house), various philosophical systems, political events that different heroes give various interpretations in accordance with own position. But they all emphasize the idea of continuity and fusion. This is how Antipov-Strelnikov, who has completely gone into the revolutionary struggle, argues in a conversation with Zhivago: “... All this nineteenth century with all its revolutions in Paris, several generations of Russian emigration, starting with Herzen, all planned regicides ... the whole working-class movement of the world, all of Marxism in the parliaments and universities of Europe ... Lenin absorbed all this and expressed himself in a generalized way, in order to fall on the old as personified retribution for everything he had done.
Beside him rose indelibly huge image Russia, before the eyes of the whole world, a suddenly flaming candle of redemption for all the poverty and hardships of mankind. Despite the differences in their attitude to the coup, the heroes of the novel, like the author himself, recognize the inevitability of what is happening. "What a great surgery!" - exclaims Yuri Zhivago, who did not recognize the new life and did not fit into it. For all his disagreement with the new system, leveling and destroying the personality, he sees something artistically brilliant in the revolution itself. “This is unprecedented, this is a miracle of history, this revelation is gasped into the very thick of the ongoing everyday life, without attention to its course. This is just ingenious.” It is obvious that the author trusts the hero to express his thoughts about unintentionality. historical development and therefore, despite all the horrors of the revolution, it is perceived as a given, an inevitability that draws a person, like a grain of sand, into the whirlpool of events. For Pasternak, wars, revolutions, tsars, Robespierres are the "fermentation yeast" of history. Fanatics like Antipov-Strelnikov, who make revolutions that in a few hours and days break the entire old order of life, are “geniuses of self-restraint” in the name of the “great idea” they recognize. But what follows after this?
“For decades, centuries, the spirit of limitation, leading to revolution, has been worshiped as a shrine.” This is one of the most important things for Pasteur-nak. dire consequences revolution for Russia. As a result, the kingdom of mediocrity has been established, which rejects, persecutes, destroys everything truly alive and creative. That is why people like Dudorov and Gordon were able to adapt and settle in the new life, but there was no free place, creative personality like Yuri Zhivago. “The stereotyping of what Dudorov said and felt especially touched Gordon. ... Innocent's virtuous speeches were in the spirit of the times. But it was the regularity, the transparency of their hypocrisy that blew up Yuri Andreevich. A non-free person always idealizes his bondage. Yuri Andreevich could not stand the political mysticism of the Soviet intelligentsia, what was its highest achievement or, as they would say then, the spiritual interpretation of the era. It turns out that the revolution kills not only by its rigidity ("if the enemy does not surrender, he is destroyed"), but in itself contradicts life, rejects it. “... In our time, microscopic forms of cardiac hemorrhages have become very frequent,” Dr. Zhivago notes with medical accuracy. “…This is a disease of modern times. I think her reasons are of a moral order. From the vast majority of us, they demand constant, system-built crookedness. It is impossible, without consequences for health, to manifest oneself every day contrary to what one feels; crucify yourself in front of what you don’t like, rejoice in what brings you misfortune. material from the site
So the theme of Russia, its history and culture, reflections on the laws of the historical process are inextricably linked in the novel with its main theme. philosophical theme- life, death and immortality. In the prose part of the novel, it is most clearly expressed in the thoughts of the protagonist's uncle, Nikolai Nikolaevich Vedenyapin, "who was cut short at the priest's own request." He asserts: “…man does not live in nature, but in history…in the present understanding it was founded by Christ…the Gospel is its substantiation,” and asks the question: “What is history? This is the establishment of centuries-old works on the consistent solution of death and its future overcoming. What is necessary for gaining immortality? “This is, firstly, love for one’s neighbor, this supreme view living energy ... and then these are the main components modern man without which he is unthinkable, namely the idea of a free person and the idea of life as a sacrifice. So the main ideological and thematic lines of the novel close up and go to his main theme- life, death and immortality of a person in the Christian understanding. For Pasternak, the appearance of Christ is the beginning of the true history of mankind: “Only after Him did life begin in the offspring, and a person dies not on the street under a fence, but in his own history, in the midst of work dedicated to overcoming death, dies, he himself dedicated to this topic. According to the author, after the advent of Christ, the history of mankind begins to be projected into eternity. The model of personality in the novel is Christ: with his coming, as Pasternak writes, “nations and gods ceased” and “man began.” It is not for nothing that Pasternak's image of Christ is "emphasized human, deliberately provincial", because thanks to this, each person gains hope for immortality. This is “... a carpenter man, a plowman man, a shepherd man in a herd of sheep at sunset, a man who does not sound a bit proud, a man gratefully spread over all the lullabies of mothers and over all art galleries peace." The ideological center of the novel is the idea of resurrection and immortality, which manifests itself in a sense of personality commensurate with the world. Indicative in this respect are the reflections of Yuri Zhivago: “There is no death. Death is not our part. But you said: talent is another matter, it is ours, it is open to us. And talent, in the highest, broadest sense, is the gift of life.” This is how the idea of immortality is realized in the novel in the fate of Zhivago: after his death, the memory of him remained in the hearts of people close to him, his poems remained, which complete the entire book. "Poems by Yuri Zhivago" for the novel is a kind of catharsis, a breakthrough into immortality after a difficult plot, this breakthrough into eternity. That is why there are so many of these verses that are directly related to Christian themes, motifs and images: "On the Passionate", "Christmas Star", "Miracle", "Magdalene", "Gethsemane Garden". It is in this series that one of the most significant “eternal images” for Russian literature appears - Hamlet, and with it the problem moral choice, set in the novel as fundamental for each of the characters, goes to the universal level. The thought of the complexity and responsibility of choice, of its possible consequences, about the human right to shed blood, which runs through the entire novel, is projected onto the fate of its author and appeals to readers. So "Poems by Yuri Zhivago" are not only ideologically and thematically connected with the main lines of the work, but also complete their development at a new level of artistic generalization.
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The problem of revolution and civil war in Russia was very important for Pasternak in understanding the fate and future of Russia. The writer believed that after the most difficult events in the history of the country, a spiritual awakening of society would certainly begin: “If God wills and I’m not mistaken, Russia will soon have a bright life, an exciting new century.” The writer was looking forward to this time, with which all his dreams and hopes were connected. And the first step towards spiritual awakening was one of his best works, Doctor Zhivago. The novel was started in December 1945. Pasternak felt a certain inner obligation to his native land, so he sought to create a novel about Russia, about its tragedy. The realization that his creation will be a kind of guarantee of immortality, that there is no way to retreat, is most clearly expressed in the poem "Hamlet", included in the collection of works by Yuri Zhivago: The rumble has subsided. I went out to the stage. Leaning against the door frame, I catch in the distant echo What will happen in my lifetime. In my opinion, Pasternak (like Pushkin, Lermontov and many other poets and writers) sees the proclamation of truth and truth as the main goal of creativity. However, this path is very difficult and sometimes cruel. Once, Pasternak himself said the following about his novel: “This thing will be an expression of my views on art, on the Gospel, on a person’s life in history, and on many other things ...”. This novel has become a kind of revelation of the author. Indeed, in Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak gives his own assessment of human life. He is especially concerned about the theme of faith in God and Christian motives: “The atmosphere of the thing is my Christianity, in its breadth a little different than Quaker and Tolstoy, coming from other sides of the Gospel in addition to moral ones.” So what is Pasternak's understanding of Christianity? This question can be answered, in my opinion, if we turn to the scene taking place at the bedside of the dying Anna Ivanovna Gromeko. Yuri Zhivago says that "the words of Christ about the living and the dead were always understood differently." According to the young man, the resurrection is already in our birth. However, people do not notice this and perceive life as a series of suffering. The most important, true thing is that "a person in other people is the soul of a person." In my opinion, one cannot but agree with this. Memory becomes that amazing force that makes everyone immortal, alive in those around them: “... this is what your consciousness breathed, ate, coexisted all your life. Your soul, your immortality, your life in others. And what? You were in others, and you will remain in others. Thus, we can say that for Pasternak, the actions of a person are important, because only they will remain in memory. And the rest is perishable, has little value. Although the attitude towards death in the work is also special. Yuri Zhivago claims that death simply does not exist, there is only eternal life. Such a position, in my opinion, is optimistic and has a basis, since Pasternak himself was also sure of the impossibility of death. It is important to note that initially the writer wanted to call his novel "There is no death." But in this case, the main idea of the work would be too transparent. It must be only this argument that made the author refuse such a name. But this idea is very clearly seen in the novel. Despite physical death, the protagonist still found the "elixir of eternal life." They become creativity and actions that remain in the memory of people. Yes, of course, Pasternak believes in some kind of predestination and divine power, which at some moments guides a person. However, in the era of the revolutionary events of the civil war, for most people, faith in God faded into the background. The writer understands this, but still tries to convey to people the value of striving for the beautiful, the real as a manifestation of God. It is also important to note that Pasternak's Christianity is inevitably connected with nature. Thus, Jesus is represented as "a shepherd man in a flock of sheep at sunset." Flowers escort the protagonist to another world, because they are “the kingdom of plants - the closest neighbor to the kingdom of death. In the greenery of the earth is the concentration of the secrets of transformation and the mysteries of life. Thus, in his perception of Christianity, Pasternak, on the one hand, confirms the basic laws of being, and on the other hand, introduces new corrections that can also be considered true. Moreover, he transfers his worldview to the plot of the novel, once again proving that death does not exist, but there is eternal life. And the content of this life depends on the actions that people perform, on their kindness, sensitivity and spiritual strength. Pasternak in the novel does not impose Christian dogmas on others, he overestimates them. The writer gives a new explanation of faith, Christ, love, truth, believing that each of us, our deeds are the force that together gives the concept of "God". The author expressed his point of view in the novel "Doctor Zhivago"
What Christian motifs are present in Pasternak's novel "Doctor Zhivago"?
The problem of revolution and civil war in Russia was very important for Pasternak in understanding the fate and future of Russia. The writer believed that after the most difficult events in the history of the country, a spiritual awakening of society would certainly begin: “If God wills and I’m not mistaken, Russia will soon have a bright life, an exciting new century.”
The writer was looking forward to this time, with which all his dreams and hopes were connected. And the first step towards spiritual awakening was one of his best works, Doctor Zhivago.
The novel was started in December 1945. Pasternak felt a certain inner obligation to his native land, so he sought to create a novel about Russia, about its tragedy.
The realization that his creation will be a kind of guarantee of immortality, that there is no way to retreat, is most clearly expressed in the poem "Hamlet", included in the collection of works by Yuri Zhivago:
The hum is quiet. I went out to the stage.
Leaning against the door frame
What will happen in my lifetime.
In my opinion, Pasternak (like Pushkin, Lermontov and many other poets and writers) sees the proclamation of truth and truth as the main goal of creativity. However, this path is very difficult and sometimes cruel.
Once, Pasternak himself said the following about his novel: “This thing will be an expression of my views on art, on the Gospel, on a person’s life in history, and on many other things ...”. This novel has become a kind of revelation of the author. Indeed, in Doctor Zhivago, Pasternak gives his own assessment of human life. He is especially concerned about the theme of faith in God and Christian motives: “The atmosphere of the thing is my Christianity, in its breadth a little different than Quaker and Tolstoy, coming from other sides of the Gospel in addition to moral ones.”
So what is Pasternak's understanding of Christianity? This question can be answered, in my opinion, if we turn to the scene taking place at the bedside of the dying Anna Ivanovna Gromeko. Yuri Zhivago says that "the words of Christ about the living and the dead were always understood differently."
According to the young man, the resurrection is already in our birth. However, people do not notice this and perceive life as a series of suffering. The most important, true thing is that "a person in other people is the soul of a person." In my opinion, one cannot but agree with this. Memory becomes that amazing force that makes everyone immortal, alive in those around them: “... this is what your consciousness breathed, ate, coexisted all your life. Your soul, your immortality, your life in others. And what? You were in others, and you will remain in others.
Thus, we can say that for Pasternak, the actions of a person are important, because only they will remain in memory. And the rest is perishable, has little value.
Although the attitude towards death in the work is also special. Yuri Zhivago claims that death simply does not exist, there is only eternal life. Such a position, in my opinion, is optimistic and has a basis, since Pasternak himself was also sure of the impossibility of death. It is important to note that initially the writer wanted to call his novel "There is no death." But in this case, the main idea of the work would be too transparent. It must be only this argument that made the author refuse such a name. But this idea is very clearly seen in the novel.
Despite physical death, the protagonist still found the "elixir of eternal life." They become creativity and actions that remain in the memory of people.
Yes, of course, Pasternak believes in some kind of predestination and divine power, which at some moments guides a person. However, in the era of the revolutionary events of the civil war, for most people, faith in God faded into the background. The writer understands this, but still tries to convey to people the value of striving for the beautiful, the real as a manifestation of God.
It is also important to note that Pasternak's Christianity is inevitably connected with nature. Thus, Jesus is represented as "a shepherd man in a flock of sheep at sunset." Flowers are escorted to the other world of the protagonist, because they are “the kingdom of plants - the closest neighbor to the kingdom of death. In the greenery of the earth is the concentration of the secrets of transformation and the mysteries of life.
Thus, in his perception of Christianity, Pasternak, on the one hand, confirms the basic laws of being, and on the other hand, introduces new corrections that can also be considered true. Moreover, he transfers his worldview to the plot of the novel, once again proving that death does not exist, but there is eternal life. And the content of this life depends on the actions that people perform, on their kindness, sensitivity and spiritual strength.
Pasternak in the novel does not impose Christian dogmas on others, he overestimates them. The writer gives a new explanation of faith, Christ, love, truth, believing that each of us, our deeds are the force that together gives the concept of "God". The author expressed his point of view in the novel "Doctor Zhivago"
