Strogonova I.V.
Mikhailovskaya secondary school
Mamlyut district
The desire for luxury, eating away at the soul of man,
Here's the problem he's thinking about
S. Soloveichik.
Does luxury really corrode the human soul? This is an eternal question that worries people at all times of the existence of mankind. The people say "Money is evil" ... In our 21st century, this topic is becoming especially topical.
I agree with the opinion of S. Soloveichik and believe that in fact money ruins a person's soul. And there is irrefutable evidence for this opinion both from the life of the people around us and from fiction. Nowadays, people are divided into rich and poor. And this difference is especially felt.
Rich people live for profit, they forget about simple human joys, most of them create families of convenience. And the main priority for them is again money. Rich parents endow their "children" with all the best. Such children do not know the value of money, they spend senselessly and litter with it. And why should they try to buy anything, because they already have everything: expensive cars, apartments furnished according to the latest design. The question arises, what to do? And then these kids begin to "rage with fat." Such children are called "Majors". They start acting out: they can knock down a pedestrian and not provide him with medical assistance, they can break the law, they start using drugs.
And if they achieved everything with their own labor, then they would not have enough time for all sorts of nonsense. They would be happy with every penny earned with their own hands. We tried to study well, knowing that your parents did not have extra money, that besides you, the family still has a brother and sister. Build trust in the family.
I would like to give an example from a feature film based on the story of A.P. Chekhov "Anna on the Neck". Anna, who loves her family, having married a decrepit rich old man for convenience, forgets about her brothers and father, whom she used to love very much. And luxury corroded her soul, making it windy, callous.
What a pity that in search of a luxurious life, people began to forget about simple human values, such as love, friendship, honor and dignity.
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This work is on topic. The author, following the genre, uses the possibilities of an essay - an opinion. The author explains his position by putting forward the position “luxury corrodes the soul of a person”. There is logic in the essay: the author leads from the general to the particular. Micro topics are highlighted in paragraphs.
The structure of the essay is observed (introduction, thesis, 2 arguments, conclusion).
The essay uses artistic and visual means (the epithets of trusting relationships, the metaphor rages with fat, the personification of luxury corrodes a person).
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My contemporary... What is he like?
Kokosh E. A.,
KSU "School-gymnasium named after E.A. Buketov",
Sergeevka, Shal akyn district
We live in a huge and wonderful world. In it, wealth coexists with poverty, hunger - with satiety, the latest technological achievements of mankind - with the simplicity of an ordinary village.
But what should my contemporary, a contemporary of the 21st century, look like in such a peculiar world?
I believe that my contemporary is extremely unemotional and tries in every possible way to hide his feelings. In our age, every display of feeling is weakness. No wonder Elchin Safarli said: “Modern people hide embarrassment under waterproof foundation creams, and shame spots under the chocolate tan of a solarium.” For me, the most shocking thing is what most often hides good and leading to light feelings: tenderness, love, embarrassment, sometimes even shame.
My contemporary puts material values above spiritual ones.
I notice how the priorities of the youth of the 21st century are changing. Viktor Pelevin rightly remarked: “We believe that an engineer is a lower caste. And the heroes of our time are people with an apartment in London.” In our century, the importance of money in human life is simply terrifyingly exalted. People put their whole life only to increase their material wealth, while sacrificing both family and health. In my opinion, putting some pieces of paper above moral values is low and selfish.
But perhaps the most acute problem of the new century and modern youth remains the lack of simple human communication. Modern technologies, of course, help a lot and make communication simple, but it becomes cold, metallic ... "The soul leaves, technology comes," Sergey Bezrukov expressed his opinion on this matter. Indeed, in our indifferent age, spiritual communication with a living person is very lacking. And no matter how technology is praised, it will never replace gatherings by the fire with songs to the guitar, long spiritual conversations in the kitchen, or meeting the dawn with your loved one.
I would like to end with the lines of my poem:
And thoughts swirl in my head
They rage, even drive with a broom ...
But I do not want to drive them, to be afraid,
It means that you are alive.
Dear readers, let the contemporary of the 21st century be a little closed and self-serving, but I ask: give us a chance. All these manifestations of character are due to the throwing of the soul. We have not really decided and are looking for ourselves in any manifestations of life. Don't judge us harshly, just point us in the right direction.
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This work is on topic. In the introductory part, the problem is defined: how should my contemporary, a contemporary of the 21st century, look like in such a peculiar world? The theses are formulated in accordance with the problem chosen by the student: “my contemporary is extremely unemotional and tries in every possible way to hide his feelings”, “my contemporary puts material values above spiritual ones”, “the most acute problem of the new century and modern youth is the lack of simple human communication”.
The essay has an internal logic, micro-topics are highlighted in paragraphs. Arguing his point of view, the author refers to the statements of Elchin Safarli, Viktor Pelevin, Sergei Bezrukov and the facts of modern life. The position of the author can be called individual, original. There are interesting connections, unexpected turns. Thoughts are quite individual, they differ in brightness, which is provided by compositional means, stylistic figures, paths: cold, metallic communication, throwing of the soul, feelings leading to the light of an indifferent century ... This essay is distinguished by emotionality, immediacy, openness, liveliness of speech. There are comments on speech culture: “for me, the most shocking thing is ...”, “in our century they simply terrifyingly elevate”.
The number of points (9 points) corresponds to the mark "excellent".
There are no spelling, punctuation, grammatical errors in the essay; in the Russian language, the number of points is 10, which corresponds to the “excellent” rating.
This statement is connected with the problem of social inequality. It touches on a field of very important science, such as sociology. We all know that social inequality refers to the conditions under which social groups, strata, classes have unequal life opportunities to meet needs. A need is a need for something. By this phrase, I mean that rich people consider themselves superior to others and forget about moral qualities, such as generosity, generosity and sincerity.
In an attempt to earn more and more money, they often forget about the true goals in life. Having material well-being, a person no longer knows what to spend it on and begins to come up with different ways, not thinking about the fact that perhaps someone does not even have enough for bread. And a person with a small income, poverty can lead to shamelessness. Such people can easily go for murder, theft or theft.
I agree with the opinion of the author, since rich people, in the pursuit of money, in the end, can be left without everything, lose what they have. And the poor can go to extremes and start making money illegally. Let's prove it with examples.
For example, in Theodore Dreiser's The Financier, Frank Cowperwood becomes a successful businessman-entrepreneur, through dishonest stock speculation, he gets the opportunity to start his own business. No barriers could stop him. Rising to the top of wealth and power, the hero did not feel remorse. But fate had its own way. Cowperwood loses everything he has earned in good faith and his own life. Money ruined the hero. In pursuit of wealth, he never received the most important thing in life - happiness.
And Francois Villon was born into a very poor family. As an adult, he wrote poetry, but it did not bring him any income. Wandering in Paris, he was completely left without money. Villon became a criminal and joined a gang of thieves. First they robbed churches, and then they robbed Navarre College. In November 1462 he was arrested and sentenced to the gallows. The calamity of this person has led to suffering and shamelessness.
So it is in the modern world. Wealthy people spend money on cars, apartments, travel, experiment on their bodies and have surgeries. Although we could give this money to those who really need it, the low-income or people who are sick and need an expensive operation. And the poor, for example, lumpen people who have sunk to the "bottom", go to theft, because they see no other way to get money. Although they could get a good education and go to work. Each person chooses his own path.
Updated: 2018-02-20
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Luxury, like a pestilence, beware. It greatly relaxes the Christian soul, it is alien to kidnap, to offend people, and from giving alms, which is required from a Christian, teaches to hold the hand. Luxury, like a womb, does not know satiety, and like an abyss, it devours all good things ... Taco luxury devours everything and relaxes the mind. Beware of luxury. Nature is content with little: lust and luxury need much (5:158-159).
How many temptations, sins and iniquities there are in such meetings and festivities cannot be calculated. How many words and deeds there, so many sins; how many people, so many criminals. God and His holy angels depart far from here. There is a place for the devil and his evil aggel, who rejoice with those who rejoice and rejoice over their destruction. For this sake, their death does not sleep, when they are soon not felt. They forgot God and His righteous judgment; “God will be confessed, but His deeds will be rejected” () (5:368).
Luxury turns into poverty in eternal life
Reign, reign here in peace when you want; rejoice and console yourself with your luxuries, go to visit each other, feast, banquet and perform your dances! Somehow you will rejoice and dance there! .. We read in the Holy Gospel that “a certain man was rich, and dressed in purple and fine linen, having fun all day long.” But ... after death, a terrible change took place on him; according to his luxuries he went into fiery torment; and for expensive wines he asks for a drop of water: and it is not given to him: he hears the answer: “child! remember that thou hast taken thy goodness in thy belly" () (4:120).
Luxury cannot be satisfied with anything
Lust and luxury desire and seek much; the state itself does not suffice for it; she can never get enough, as if the fever lurking in the heart can not be quenched, no matter how much the patient drinks, she cannot. Know therefore both lust and natural need, and act according to the demand of nature, and not according to the desire of lust (4:247).
We see that the womb is insatiable, it always requires food and food: it cannot be without that. Satisfied today; the next day, and the third, and more again requires food. Tacos are a luxury. Luxury is like a womb that devours everything. And luxury is whimsical, and can never be satisfied with anything (4:398).
Luxury is the suggestion of the devil for destruction
Satan, the enemy of human souls, presents whimsical and luxurious thoughts to a person, and in those confuses him: how to have fun, do this and that, console yourself with this and that, go to visit and receive guests, and so on. The adversary is plotting this so that a person will have this world for his fatherland and a paradise of fun, but forget about the future bliss, and so would perish; so it would be more convenient for every untruth and insult of poor people, which luxury teaches, and it would be more convenient, having become entangled in all the evil ones, perished. This is his cunning and his plan! A strong and real rod of the devil is a luxury that the Christian soul catches and drags with it to eternal death (4:399-400).
Luxury, like a fire, consumes SOULS and, like an ulcer, infects
Every evil multiplies with luxury, and devours human souls only like a fire that, starting in one house, burns the whole city or village, or like a pestilence that, starting in one person, infects and kills many who are nearby. We see this all-pernicious plague in our homeland, which infected not the bodies, but the souls of Christians (4:119),
Vanity and charm are fickle, but always changing. Look at the hustle! One built such and such mansions, one began to wear such and such clothes, one put such and such mirrors in his house, one began to ride in such and such a carriage, to deliver such and such a meal, to servants to have such and in such attire, and so on. The other sees it and imitates it; everyone sees it, and they do what one does. So it spreads everywhere and luxury multiplies, and from hour to hour it increases more and more (4:118-119).
Luxury makes a man blind and insane
O blindness of corrupt and impenitent hearts! Is it in this sad and troubled time to have fun? Oh, how sin increases and piety diminishes! These people do it like those senseless sailors whose ship is broken and they are dancing; or like those helpless citizens whose city is on fire, and they are banqueting. The fatherland groans from troubles and misfortunes; young men are impoverished; the treasury is exhausted from the war; only the elders and the youths remain and the babies; and it comes to us; everywhere mothers, fathers, wives, brothers and others mourn and weep over their fallen in battle and in danger of death: but these are the same parties having fun, like not the sons of the fatherland, and rejoice with our enemies about our troubles surrounding us! .. Oh luxury, luxury! how you blind, madden and harden people's hearts! (5:368).
The addiction to luxury quenches faith (4:166, see, 152).
Luxury has done a lot of harm in history
We read in stories that many cities and states perished from luxury. Luxury devours everything and every good, like a womb or like an abyss, and makes people and the strongest powerless and weakens, and makes them objectionable to battle. Joy happens to neighboring enemies, when in a state opposite to them, luxury multiplies. Woe to that country and state in which luxury has multiplied! For with luxury, every evil multiplies there. From which the righteous wrath of God hangs over that. There is nothing else to expect from there but destruction (4:400).
Where there is iniquity, there is no God
Know this also, that there is no God there, where the joy and gladness of this world is, when people rejoice in wealth, honor, glory, luxury, when they rejoice, feast, mend laughter, dance, drink, sing unworthy of Christians, shout and produce other obscene gaiety. God departs from such people, as if offended by their lawlessness; but the evil spirit of this world comes there, as if the deeds pleasing to him are done there (3:296).
Before death, people are more and more furious (5:368).
Luxury in food is a sin (3:243, see, 678).
Luxury and MAGNITY are opposite sisters,
but both destroy the soul
Luxury and stinginess are nasty sisters, but both deadly infect human hearts. One squanders, the other keeps and teaches wealth, but both to human destruction; one relaxes, the other binds a person, but both that and the other mortify his soul (2:162).
Luxury in times of distress is help to the enemies of the state
Our brethren are falling from bullets, cores and swords in war; and they are in constant fear and sadness: and we are madly having fun here! It was necessary to help them against the enemy, but instead of that, by festivities, drunkenness and other sins, we sharpen a foreign sword on them, and so we fight against ourselves! .. (5:368).
Luxury pushes to crime
Luxury requires a man to live extensively. And for that, not a little amount is needed. What is luxury up to? Where to get thu? no ready. It is necessary for a luxurious person to do all kinds of lies. The ruler needs to collect from subordinates; the landowner to impose excessive dues on his peasants, or to force them to work for him more than a day in a week; to a merchant a cheap thing for an expensive one to sell, to lie, and to deceive the bathers; to hold another bribe for a mercenary; not to give salaries to another, from a certain sovereign, to his subordinates; another must turn to theft, embezzlement and all kinds of unrighteousness. Luxury is the cause of this and every evil! From this we see that many live in poverty and lack, many do not have houses, daily food and clothing. All this comes from luxury! Luxury teaches people to offend and expose (4:399).
Reasoning about eternity banishes thoughts of luxury
The relationship of the individual and the team
Each of us must be a well-formed individual, have our own views, tastes, preferences. Otherwise, a person, as a person, simply will not exist.
Let us recall one of the founders of scientific sociology M. Weber and his work "Understanding Sociology". In it, the author, reflecting on the problems of social behavior and socialization of the individual, says that it is necessary for the individual to realize his potential, sometimes without reacting to public opinion.
You have to fight for life!
The one who does not fight for life, does not adapt to the conditions of the environment, he dies. You always have to fight for your life, not retreat before enemies, difficulties, illnesses.
Let's remember A. Platonov's fairy tale "The Unknown Flower". This is a work about a flower that grew among stones and clay. He worked hard, overcame a lot of obstacles to light up a living light. And all because the flower really wanted to live! In his fairy tale, Andrei Platonov claims that one must work hard in order to live and not die, to shine with a bright fire and call others to oneself with a silent voice of the joy of life.
But if flowers and plants are fighting for life so much, then people simply have to be an example in the battle for every minute they live. Let us recall the hero of D. London's story "Love of Life", wandering around Alaska in search of gold. The guy sprained his leg, and his partner Bill leaves him: after all, the weak cannot stand in the battle for life. But the character of D. London still survived! At first, he believed that Bill was waiting for him at the cache of gold. And this hope helped him to go, overcoming the terrible pain in his leg, hunger, cold and fear of loneliness. But what was the disappointment of the hero when he saw that the cache was empty! Bill betrayed him a second time, taking all the supplies and dooming him to certain death. And then the man decided that he would reach at any cost, that he would survive, despite Bill's betrayal. The hero gathers all his will and courage into a fist and fights for his life. He catches partridges with his bare hands, eats the roots of plants, defends himself from hungry wolves and crawls, crawls, crawls ... And he will be saved! He will win!
How important it is for a person to find their calling
The more people find their calling, the more of them will know happiness in work. The main thing is to find your calling. A person will do this - and work will become his joy. To love your work, to know and to treat it with enthusiasm - this is the vocation, after which Recognition comes to the master.
Joyful work is a great happiness for a person, his family, and a benefit to society.
Mark Twain has an interesting story. It tells about the life of people in paradise. It turns out that in the “other” world there are no angels, no saints, no divine idleness, and people live the same working life as on sinful earth. Paradise differs from earth in only one thing: there everyone does business according to his calling! A person who accidentally becomes a teacher becomes an excellent accountant in heaven. A bad writer finds inspiration in the profession of a turner.
How to resist meanness and meanness
Baseness and meanness are synonymous words denoting morally low, dishonorable acts of a person. As long as humanity exists, unfortunately, they rule over people for as long. Philosophers, writers and poets have pondered and are pondering over this moral problem.
Y. Bondarev in the story "Beauty" portrays a self-confident, selfish guy. It was this selfishness that made the hero behave so meanly and meanly at a disco in relation to an ugly, confused girl. But it was not the meanness of the handsome man that attracted the attention of the writer, but the behavior of the girl who was able to resist the meanness and meanness of the guy and put him in his place.
The heroine of V. G. Astafiev's story "Lyudochka" acted even worse. Not having the moral strength to resist the baseness and meanness of Strekocha, who broke her life, she hanged herself ...
I think tears, screams, swearing, suicide will not solve the problem of fighting baseness and meanness. Exit one. If the girl, who was humiliated in the same way as Bondarev's heroine, does not have the strength to repulse the impudent one, then we, her friends, her peers, must help her in this!
What actions do we consider heroic?
A hero is not a supernatural phenomenon, but an ordinary person who is exceptional in only one thing: she is capable of performing at the right moment such an act that is vital for people.
L. N. Tolstoy, depicting in his novel "War and Peace" such heroes as B. Drubetskoy, A. Berg, classifies them, participants in the battle, as false heroes. Adolf Berg did not kill anyone during the battle, did not lead the soldiers on the offensive with a banner in his hands. But he was wounded, and the next day he showed everyone his bandaged hand. That's all "heroism" for you ...
What kind of person can we call limited?
In our time, it is impossible to find a sage who would know everything, as it was in the time of Aristotle, Archimedes, Leonardo da Vinci, because the volume of human knowledge has grown immeasurably. So everyone these days can be called a "limited" person? Yes. But one is limited by knowledge of a topic that interests only him, while the other, “not armed with a whole arsenal of accurate knowledge,” will have a broad and clear idea of the outside world. "Limited person" is the one who closed himself in the study of only one kind of science, not noticing anything but it. ignoring everything except the topic that interests you, a person limits himself in many ways.
Let us take for example the well-known literary heroes of the 19th century, the characters of the novels by I. A. Goncharov and I. S. Turgenev. Which of them could be called a limited person: Ilya Oblomov or Evgeny Bazarov? Of course, the majority will name Oblomov. But I believe that Bazarov was truly "limited". He was only interested in his science, medicine, but preached nihilism. Neither painting nor poetry interested Turgenev's hero! But Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, a well-known sloth, actually knew a lot and could support any topic in a conversation. Now judge which of them is more limited!
Thus, I can conclude that each person, deeply studying the topic chosen by him in life, should not focus only on it, but be interested in other issues of the outside world.
Can a person sacrifice himself for another person?
A person can sacrifice his talent and health for the success and happiness of a loved one. People, especially relatives, must sacrifice for each other.
Let us recall the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment" and its heroine, the great altar Sonya Marmeladova. How much the young woman endured, how many sleepless nights she spent in tears so that her beloved, Rodion Raskolnikov, repented, embarked on the path of moral purification.
But isn't Max's sacrificial act, the hero of Irina Kuramshina's story "Filial Duty"? The young man, for the sake of saving, curing his mother's cancer, donates his kidney ... With what optimism Max shouts to his mother, shocked by his act, that he wants her to babysit his children ...
Thus, we can conclude that a person is able to sacrifice his talent and health for the sake of the happiness of another person ...
The problem of luxury corroding the human soul
The moral question posed in the text is one of the eternal ones in literature. Even the Bible said that “the love of money is the root of all evil”, which allows you to live in luxury. This problem has become especially topical in our days, when hundreds of people living in luxury are opposed to thousands living in poverty.
The rich, in my opinion, are unhappy: luxury did not help them either in choosing a loved one (and more often it interfered), or in finding a life's work, did not give them simple human peace. Wealth kills the soul. Rich people are very rarely happy.
I recall the words of Augustine the Blessed, a Christian writer, philosopher, theologian, one of the fathers of the church: “You are blinded by the gold that glitters in the house of the rich; you certainly see what they have, but you do not see what they lack.”
As another example, I would like to cite A.P. Chekhov’s story “Anna on the Neck”, showing how a kind, charming girl, having married an old man and plunged into luxury, changed, became callous, dry, forgot about her once beloved brothers and father.
Thus, I can conclude that the thirst for gold dries up the hearts, they close up for compassion, do not heed the voice of friendship, break even blood ties.
The impact of money on human life
1. Money determines the value of a person, his significance in society. I will cite the words of Alexander Herzen that "now without money, not only respect, but also self-respect cannot be counted on." Following him, I argue that only material wealth makes a person a person in the eyes of others. And how emotionally he talks about money, considering it music, the poetry of modernity...
The position of the publicist is not difficult to understand: in our time, money solves "all social and personal problems, all life is built around them."
It is difficult to disagree with the opinion of the author. Indeed, why not support his point of view, if both radio and television extol wealth and prosperity, and no one is interested in a person's personality. I think that this is the negative impact of money. Writers and publicists warned about this more than once.
Recall what was said about the power of gold in the work of A. S. Pushkin "The Miserly Knight": maddened by wealth, the Baron lost his human face, imagining himself "omnipotent". Money gave rise to greed, pride and evil in him. Here it is, the influence of money on a person!
Thus, I can conclude that money, having become the only value in society, can have a negative impact on a person's life.
The desire for luxury, which eats away at the soul of a person, is the problem that S. Soloveichik reflects on.
The moral question posed in the text is one of the eternal ones in literature. Even the Bible said that “the love of money is the root of all evil”, which allows you to live in luxury. This problem has become especially topical in our days, when hundreds of people living in luxury are opposed to thousands living in poverty.
The author of the text, paying much attention to the argument about how the poor envy the life of the rich, takes just a few lines to the story of the life of the latter. They, in his opinion, are unhappy: luxury did not help them either in choosing a loved one (and more often interfered), or in finding a life's work, did not give simple human peace. Wealth, the author believes, "kills the soul."
I share the point of view of S. Soloveichik: rich people are very rarely happy.
I recall the words of Augustine the Blessed, a Christian writer, philosopher, theologian, one of the fathers of the church: “You are blinded by the gold that glitters in the house of the rich; you certainly see what they have, but you do not see what they lack.”
As another example, I would like to cite A.P. Chekhov’s story “Anna on the Neck”, showing how a kind, charming girl, having married an old man and plunged into luxury, changed, became callous, dry, forgot about her once beloved brothers and father.
We are all born in the bosom of our beautiful world and live our lives in it. Accordingly, the materiality of nature universal to them directly penetrates into our souls and is deposited in them.
People also have a direct connection with nature, but to a lesser extent. The more people are educated and separated from it by the benefits of civilization, the less they are dependent on the processes taking place in it.
Thus, I can conclude that the thirst for gold dries up the hearts, they close up for compassion, do not heed the voice of friendship, break even blood ties.
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How can the beauty of nature affect a person?
Respect and love for nature. This is what we are taught from birth. Each person has their own perception of nature. For one it is just a living environment, at the same time for another it is an opportunity to acquire harmony and inspiration, a source of energy.
How does nature affect man? Does it cause a special state in people? Why? Many authors in their works turn to nature to reveal the inner world of the characters.
Nature is a special harmonious world that manifests and shows all the real feelings and emotions of a person. That is why this moment is in the center of attention of the author of the text proposed to me, the famous Russian writer G.N. Troepolsky. He raises an important problem of the relationship between man and nature. It probably affects all of us to a greater or lesser extent. After all, we are all part of nature and find peace of mind in it.
Images of Russian nature inspired many great writers. A.S. Pushkin repeated more than once that autumn is his favorite season. He found true beauty and charm in the modest autumn nature. It is in autumn that special inspiration comes to him. It was the most productive period in the writer's work, because it was in the autumn that many of the best Pushkin's works were written, such as The Bronze Horseman, Little Tragedies, Demons. Many descriptions of nature can also be found in the novel "Eugene Onegin", written by the author in the most creative period of his life, Boldin autumn. His favorite heroine Tatyana Larina feels an endless closeness to nature. Trees, streams, flowers are her friends, whom she trusts with all secrets. Before leaving for Moscow, Tatyana says goodbye to the image of nature:
"Sorry, peaceful valleys,
And you, familiar mountain peaks,
And you, familiar forests;
I'm sorry, heavenly beauty,
Sorry, cheerful nature;
Nature reveals Tatyana, makes her sensual and sincere, endows her with a rich spiritual world.
This problem was also raised by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy in the work "War and Peace". Wounded near Austerlitz, Prince Andrei observes the "high sky" above him. And the military feat, and the ongoing battle nearby, and the pain from a serious wound - everything recedes into the background in the mind of the hero.
Indeed, nature is a source of strength and inspiration. The beauty of nature develops in a person a feeling of love for his native land. Nature makes each person nobler, better, purer and more merciful. And fiction, recreating nature in a word, brings up in a person a sense of careful attitude towards it.
I can conclude that the beauty of nature significantly affects the mood and way of thinking of a person. Learning to see its beauty in every day, immersing yourself in it at least for a moment is worth a lot.
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82. My contemporary ... What is he like?
My contemporary is, first of all, diverse. One cannot find ideals of goodness in him, and he cannot avoid mistakes. What problems cannot be solved by modern man? And if he decides, he makes many mistakes. Many people, sometimes without knowing it, limit their freedom - and this is their main mistake. Because everything that is more precious than any words, any concepts and views is life and freedom. My contemporary cannot solve all problems without making a single mistake, he is not perfect, but he is interested in the future and the contemporary is forced to take risks.
The man of the present generation must constantly develop. It is worth one person to stop and the whole society will begin to degrade. Nikolenka Irteniev in the work of Leo Tolstoy "Youth" writes "Rules of Life". He tries to make a moral leap, but he fails and Nikolenka forgets about these rules. However, having made a big mistake in his life, he returns to them again, as he realizes the importance of moral development in the life of a young man.
Of course, earlier ideals were different. Yes, they were taken seriously. But in our time there are many of their values. And, let a few contemporaries try to observe them in spite of everything. Now young people behave more freely. Although, is it? Is it true that young people used to be better? I think no. It's just that all the good things in life are remembered better. And it most likely fits that description.
So who is he? The main difference in the life of a modern person is the awareness of the importance of spiritual qualities. Namely, this quality he conveys in his appearance. It doesn't matter that they are all different.
My contemporary is, first of all, a person. It is individual and does not stand still. The soul of a contemporary is constantly striving for development. The young man of today is individual. He does not strive to imitate anyone, but first of all he wants to show his "I".
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To be human on earth.
You were born human
but you have to be human.
The real person expresses
yourself in beliefs and feelings,
will and aspirations, in relation to people
and to oneself, in the ability to love and
hate...
V. V. Sukhomlinsky
We are all people of the Earth. Each of us is capable of thinking and feeling, loving and hating, believing and lying. If God created Man by giving him life, then man became the creator of his life. And how many people, so many different lives, destinies. And a person's life is so short that you need to live it as best as possible, brighter, more interesting. If you shut yourself up in yourself, in your feelings, and the worst thing is that you live only for yourself, renouncing worldly fuss, not hearing people, forgetting about love and kindness, then you are an unfortunate person who lived and did not know life. You never need to give in to peace. Man is not born for this. Life is a game of passions and contradictions. And the one who manages to lead the game will always achieve the goal. Man is born to "burn". Yes, to burn in the fire of ideas, calling others to real life. Unfortunate is the man who hates life. And the one who is free and gives this freedom to people is beautiful. “To live for people” is not a slogan, it is a goal that should become, if not for everyone, but for the majority, the meaning of life. "Do not feel sorry for yourself - this is the proudest, most beautiful wisdom on earth." (M. Gorky) I admire the life of great people. The names of the classics of world literature, artists, actors, singers not only went down in history, but also left their “mark” on the Earth, like a falling star, which, leaving behind a luminous trail, gives admiration and mystery to people. V. G. Belinsky wrote: “The spectacle of the life of a great man is always a beautiful sight: it elevates the soul ... excites activity.” I and my generation are still ahead. Quite a bit, and we will enter a new, unfamiliar life. Of course, everyone will go their own way, but we must not forget that the Earth is one, common, but taking care of it is the concern of all mankind. Everyone must start with themselves. What did he do for people? What "footprints" did he leave on earth? For a real person, the ability to subordinate the will to reason is important. Only such people will go through all the trials, and only they will save the Earth. According to P. S. Makarenko, “great will is not only the ability to wish for something and achieve, but the ability to force oneself and give up something when necessary”, one must strive to live beautifully and violently. To love people, to be kind and sympathetic, courageous and noble, to love mother and motherland. These truths are enduring at all times. We are all taught this, but not everyone becomes a real person. You have to be able to appreciate life. Everyone lives on Earth once, and for that life will be long, who will rise above all prejudices, understand its meaning, and his deeds will not be forgotten by people. It is impossible not to remember the words of A.P. Chekhov: “Life is given once, and you want to live it cheerfully, meaningfully, beautifully. I want to play a prominent, independent, noble role, I want to make history...” Everyone would like to live like this, but it depends on the person himself.
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The eternal dispute between good and evil.
Ever since childhood, reading bedtime stories, we have already heard about the confrontation between good and evil. In a variety of fairy tales, legends and stories, there has always been good and evil. And no matter how evil fought and tried to win, good always won. We grew up, children's fairy tales began to be replaced by more adult stories, but there was always a place for confrontation between something good and something bad. But with each year of growing up, good less and less prevailed over evil. And, perhaps, this is due to the fact that children's fairy tales were written with kindness, and there was more goodness for children, or, it is quite likely that the world began to change in such a way that evil is more and more taking the first positions.
It would seem that the world is getting better. New technologies are invented, new processes are developed, development tends to rise, but with that, humanity disappears somewhere. People become somehow insensitive, indifferent, rude. They do not notice much difference between good and evil. Many people live by the principle that what is necessary for me is good, and everything else is bad and, in general, does not concern me. Of course, there are also kind, caring, sincere people. But there are too few of them and they are simply lost among meanness, betrayal and evil. Confrontation, of course, exists and will always continue, but the good is gradually beginning to lose its positions.
If goodness lived in every person, and he could draw a line between good and bad things, then the chances of winning would be much greater. But sometimes one gets the impression that people do not want to understand the difference between good and evil. They are either satisfied with everything, or they do not want to do anything, no matter what is worse. But that's the worst thing - doing nothing. Idleness is the first stage over the loss of that good and humane thing that you have. You always need to do something, move forward and strive to change something. Only then is victory over oneself and evil in the whole world possible.
