The role of art in human life (arguments) (USE in Russian). II

In this selection, we have described the main problems encountered in the texts for preparing for the Unified State Examination in the Russian language. The arguments below the problem statement headings are taken from well-known works and demonstrate each problematic aspect. You can download all these examples from the literature in table format (link at the end of the article).

1. In your play "Woe from Wit" A.S. Griboyedov showed a soulless world, mired in material values ​​and empty entertainment. This is the world of Famus society. Its representatives are against education, against books and sciences. Famusov himself says: “I would like to take away all the books, but burn them.” In this stuffy swamp, turned away from culture and truth, it is impossible for an enlightened person, Chatsky, who is rooting for the fate of Russia, for its future.
2. M. Bitter in his play At the bottom”showed a world devoid of spirituality. Quarrels, misunderstandings, disputes reign in the rooming house. Heroes are really at the bottom of life. There is no place for culture in their everyday life: they are not interested in books, paintings, theaters and museums. Only the young girl Nastya reads in the rooming house, and she reads romance novels, which, artistically, lose a lot. The Actor often quotes lines from famous plays, as he himself used to perform on stage, and this emphasizes the gulf between the Actor himself and real art. The heroes of the play are cut off from culture, so their life is like a series of successive gray days.
3. In the play by D. Fonvizin "Undergrowth" landlords are ignorant townsfolk, obsessed with greed and gluttony. Mrs. Prostakova is rude to her husband and servants, is rude and oppresses everyone who is below her in social status. This noble woman is alien to culture, but she tries to impose it on her son in time with fashion trends. However, nothing comes of it, because by her example she teaches Mitrofan to be a stupid, limited and ill-mannered person who does not have to humiliate people. In the finale, the hero openly tells his mother to leave him alone, refusing to console her.
4. In the poem "Dead Souls" by N. V. Gogol the landlords, the backbone of Russia, appear to readers as vile and vicious people without a hint of spirituality and enlightenment. For example, Manilov only pretends that he is a cultured person, but the book on his desk is covered with dust. The box is not at all shy about its narrow outlook, openly demonstrating utter stupidity. Sobakevich focuses only on material values, spiritual ones are not important to him. And the same Chichikov does not care about his enlightenment, he is only concerned about enrichment. This is how the writer portrayed the world of high society, the world of people who, by right of class, were given power. This is the tragedy of the work.

The influence of art on man

1. One of the brightest books, where a work of art occupies a significant place, is a novel. Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The portrait painted by Basil Hallward truly changes the life of not only the artist himself, who falls in love with his creation, but also the life of the young model, Dorian Gray himself. The picture becomes a reflection of the hero's soul: all the actions that Dorian performs immediately distort the image in the portrait. In the end, when the hero clearly sees what his inner essence has become, he can no longer continue to live in peace. In this work, art becomes a magical force that reveals to a person his own inner world, answering eternal questions.
2. In the essay "Straightened" G.I. Uspensky touches upon the theme of the influence of art on man. The first part of the narrative in the work is connected with the Venus de Milo, the second is connected with Tyapushkin, a modest village teacher, the ups and downs of his life and the radical change that occurred in him after the memory of Venus. The central image is the image of Venus de Milo, a stone riddle. The meaning of this image is the personification of the spiritual beauty of man. This is the embodiment of the eternal value of art, which shakes the personality and straightens it. The memory of her allows the hero to find the strength to stay in the village and do a lot for ignorant people.
3. In the work of I. S. Turgenev "Faust" the heroine never read fiction, although she was already in adulthood. Upon learning of this, her friend decided to read aloud to her the famous play by Goethe about how a medieval doctor was looking for the meaning of life. Under the influence of what she heard, the woman changed a lot. She realized that she lived wrong, found love and surrendered to feelings that she did not understand before. This is how a work of art can awaken a person from sleep.
4. In the novel by F. M. Dostoevsky "Poor people" the main character lived in ignorance all his life until he met Varenka Dobroselova, who began to develop him by sending books. Prior to this, Makar had only read shoddy works with no deep meaning, so his personality did not develop. He put up with the insignificant and empty routine of his existence. But the literature of Pushkin and Gogol changed him: he became an actively thinking person who even learned to write letters better under the influence of such masters of the word.

True and false art

1. Richard Aldington in the novel "Death of a Hero" in the images of Shobb, Bobb and Tobb, the legislators of fashionable literary theories of modernism, showed the problem of false culture. These people are busy with empty talk, not real art. Each of them comes forward with his own point of view, considers himself unique, but, in essence, all their theories are one and the same empty talk. It is no coincidence that the names of these heroes are similar, like twin brothers.
2. In the novel " Master and Margarita "M.A. Bulgakov showed the life of literary Moscow in the 30s. The editor-in-chief of MASSOLIT Berlioz is a chameleon man, he adapts to any external conditions, any power, system. His literary house works by order of the rulers, there are no muses for a long time and there is no art, real and sincere. Therefore, a truly talented novel is rejected by editors and not recognized by readers. The authorities said that there is no God, which means that literature says the same thing. However, culture, which is stamped to order, is only propaganda, which has nothing to do with art.
3. In the story of N. V. Gogol "Portrait" the artist traded true skill for the recognition of the crowd. Chartkov found the money hidden in the purchased painting, but it only inflated his ambition and greed, and over time his needs only grew. He began to work only to order, became a fashionable painter, but he had to forget about true art, there was no room left for inspiration in his soul. He realized his wretchedness only when he saw the work of a master of his craft, what once he could become. Since then, he has been buying up and destroying genuine masterpieces, finally losing his mind and ability to create. Unfortunately, the line between true and false art is very thin and easy to overlook.

The role of culture in society

1. He showed the problem of removal from spiritual culture in post-war times in his novel "Three Comrades" by E.M. Remarque. This topic is not given a central place, but one episode reveals the problem of a society that is mired in material concerns and has forgotten about spirituality. So, when Robert and Patricia walk through the streets of the city, they run into an art gallery. And the author, through the mouth of Robert, tells us that people stopped coming here a long time ago in order to enjoy art. Here are those who hide from the rain or heat. Spiritual culture has faded into the background in a world where hunger, unemployment, and death reign. People in the post-war period are trying to survive, and in their world, culture has lost its value, like human life. Having lost the value of the spiritual aspects of being, they went berserk. In particular, a friend of the protagonist, Lenz, dies from the antics of a rabid crowd. In a society without moral and cultural guidelines, there is no place for peace, so war easily arises in it.
2. Ray Bradbury in the novel "451 degrees Fahrenheit" showed the world of people who refused books. Anyone who tries to preserve these most valuable pantry cultures of mankind is severely punished. And in this world of the future, there are many people who have put up with or even support the general trend of destroying books. Thus, they themselves distanced themselves from culture. The author shows his characters as empty, meaningless townsfolk, fixated on the TV screen. They talk about nothing, do nothing. They just exist without even feeling or thinking. That is why the role of art and culture is very important in the modern world. Without them, he will become impoverished and lose everything that we value so much: individuality, freedom, love and other non-material values ​​of the individual.

Culture of behavior

1. In the comedy Undergrowth "D.I. Fonvizin shows the world of ignorant nobles. This is Prostakova, and her brother Skotinin, and the main undergrowth of the Mitrofan family. These people in their every movement, word show lack of culture. The vocabulary of Prostakova and Skotinin is rude. Mitrofan is a real lazy person, accustomed to everyone running after him and fulfilling his every whim. People who are trying to teach Mitrofan something are not needed either by Prostakova or by the undergrowth himself. However, such an approach to life does not lead the heroes to anything good: in the person of Starodum, retribution comes to them, putting everything in its place. So sooner or later ignorance will still fall under its own weight.
2. M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin in a fairy tale "Wild Landlord" showed the highest degree of lack of culture, when it is no longer possible to distinguish a person from a beast. Previously, the landowner lived on everything ready thanks to the peasants. He himself did not bother himself with work or education. But time has passed. Reform. The peasants are gone. Thus, the external gloss of the nobleman was removed. His true nature begins to emerge. He grows hair, begins to walk on all fours, stops speaking articulately. So, without labor, culture and enlightenment, a person turned into an animal-like creature.

USE composition:

Have you ever thought about the effect of the books you read on you? How can they change you? How can they help? The role of the book as a work of one of the branches of art is truly great. The well-known publicist E. Vinokurov raises the problem of the influence of art on the worldview of a person in his text.

The fact that since ancient times a person has felt the influence of art objects is evidenced by rock paintings, with the help of which ancient people tried to leave information about themselves to future generations, used art as a way to convey feelings, moods, and thoughts to fellow tribesmen.

The author of the text proposed to me considers this problem on the example of the great Russian poet. From the first lines of the text, Vinokurov analyzes the role of Sergei Yesenin's work in the life of a Russian person. The author notes the simplicity and accessibility of Yesenin's poems, notes their spiritual depth.

The first sentence of the text fully conveys the position of the author: “It can be said with confidence that there are few poets in the world who, like Yesenin, are the soul of the nation and enjoy the boundless love of the people.” The author is confident in Yesenin as a brilliant, great poet who wrote only what he feels, only the truth. Using the metaphors "artist of intuition", "naked conscience of the nation", Vinokurov explains the uniqueness of the poet's influence.

It is impossible not to agree with Vinokurov's position. And from my point of view, art influences a person's perception of the world. We all have times in our lives when we feel empty, frustrated, alone, and I am no exception. At such moments, I like to listen to the works of the contemporary composer Ludovico Einaudi. They help me push away everything bad from myself, discover the strength to admire the world.

A similar way out of life's impasse for the heroine of the novel F.M. Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" is the gospel. I was amazed that Sonya Marmeladova, finding herself in a difficult situation, was able to find support in the moral commandments indicated in the Holy Scriptures. After all, as soon as Sonya only remembers the story of the resurrection of Lazarus, she casts aside her insecurities and turns from a pitiful girl in need of help into one who is ready to provide this help.

No less interesting is the position of the famous American writer Ray Bradbury. In Fahrenheit 451, the owner of a house marked for burning by firefighters refuses to leave the house alone. The heroine chooses death by fire among her favorite books, so hated by society. This act clearly shows the influence of art on a person, its invaluable significance for everyone.

Analyzing this problem, we can conclude that art affects the life of society, helps a person to decide in this life, to understand what makes life worth living.

Text by E. Vinokurov

(1) It can be said with confidence that there are few poets in the world who, like Yesenin, are the soul of the nation and enjoy the boundless love of the people. (2) Yesenin is loved by different sections of society: young people and old people, workers and professors.

(3) How can one explain such a love of the Russian people for the work of Yesenin? (4) After all, this is a very complex poet, and there is no person who would fully understand him, there is not yet a critic who could explain and comment on all the richness of the content of Yesenin's poetry. (5) Its simplicity and accessibility sometimes seem to hide from the eyes those huge spiritual depths that are latently contained in it.

(6) Yesenin is a national thinker, and this, first of all, determines love for the poet. (7) Look how he thinks big and big, and he thinks about the most significant problems of the world that concern a person so much: about life and death, about the peasantry, about Russian history, about the fate of an individual and the whole people.

(8) Yesenin is a great artist of intuition, and this also determines the special attitude of the people towards the work of the poet. (9) Yesenin's thoughts are born along with an explosion of emotions - they are like blinding flashes, these are most often the deepest spiritual insights. (10) It was not for nothing that he suggested: "But in the eyes of my insights there is wondrous light." (11) With all his great intuition as an artist, he unmistakably guessed the truth, wrote only the truth, nothing but the truth, and therefore what he wrote sounds louder and louder every year.

(12) Yesenin is a singer of love. (13) This topic is also close to every person. (14) The poet chivalrously stood for a high spiritual understanding of love, for the utmost spirituality of feeling, did not reconcile with a compromise, demanded maximum love tension, maximum experience.

(15) A poet is a seismograph, a compass. (16) He conveys the fluctuations of the era, he is a philosopher, we use him to determine the paths of history, the strength of tremors. (17) It is only necessary that this seismograph be sensitive, the compass is accurate. (18) And Yesenin was an ideal tool in this sense - he was the naked conscience of the nation.

(According to E. Vinokurov)

Everyone is aware that medicine and education have a strong impact on us. We are directly dependent on these areas of life. But few people will admit the idea that art has an equally important influence. Nevertheless, it is so. It is difficult to overestimate the importance of art in our lives.

What is art?

There are many definitions in various dictionaries. Somewhere they write that art is an image (or the process of its creation), which expresses the artist's view of the world. Sometimes a person cannot express in words what he can draw.

In another interpretation, this is the process of creativity, the creation of something. Realization of the need to make the world a little more beautiful.

Art is also a way of knowing the world. For example, for a child who, drawing or singing songs, remembers new words.

On the other hand, it is a social process of human interaction with society and with himself. This concept is so ambiguous that it is impossible to say in which part of our life it is present and in which it is not. Consider the arguments: the influence of art on a person is noticeable in the spiritual sphere of our life. After all, it is under its influence that what we call morality and education is formed.

Types of art and its impact on human life

What's the first thing that comes to mind? Painting? Music? Ballet? All of these are arts, like photography, circus, arts and crafts, sculpture, architecture, stage and theatre. The list can still be expanded. Every decade, genres develop and new ones are added, as humanity does not stand still.

Here is one of the arguments: the influence of art on human life is expressed in love for fairy tales. One of the most influential species is literature. Reading surrounds us from childhood. When we are very little, mom reads fairy tales to us. The rules of behavior and the type of thinking are instilled in girls and boys on the example of fairy-tale heroines and heroes. In fairy tales we learn what is good and what is bad. At the end of such works there is a moral that teaches us how to act.

At school and university, we read the obligatory works of classical authors, which already contain more complex thoughts. Here the characters make us think and ask ourselves questions. Each direction in art pursues its own goals, they are very diverse.

Functions of Art: Additional Arguments

The influence of art on a person is extensive, it has various functions and purposes. One of the main goals is educational.The same moral at the end of the story. The aesthetic function is obvious: works of art are beautiful and develop taste. Close to this hedonistic function - to bring pleasure. Some literary works often have a prognostic function, remember the Strugatsky brothers and their science fiction novels. Another very important function is compensatory. From the word "compensation", when artistic reality replaces the main one for us. This often refers to emotional trauma or life difficulties. When we turn on our favorite music to forget, or go to the cinema to escape from unpleasant thoughts.

Or another argument - the influence of art on a person through music. Hearing a symbolic song for himself, someone can decide on an important act. If we move away from academic significance, then the influence of art on human life is very great. It gives inspiration. When a person at the exhibition saw a beautiful picture, he came home and started painting.

Consider another argument: the influence of art on a person can be seen in how actively hand-made is developing. People not only imbued with a sense of beauty, but are also ready to create masterpieces with their own hands. Various areas of body art and tattoos - the desire to create a work of art on your skin.

Art around us

Has anyone thought while decorating their apartment and thinking through the design that at the moment you can notice the influence of art on you? Creating furniture or accessories is part of arts and crafts. Color matching, harmonious shapes and space ergonomics are exactly what designers are studying. Or another example: you are in the store, choosing a dress, gave preference to the one that is correctly tailored and thought out by the fashion designer. At the same time, fashion houses are not modest, trying to influence your choice with bright commercials.Video is also part of the art. That is, watching advertising, we are also under its influence. This is also an argument, the influence of genuine art on a person, however, is revealed in higher spheres. Let's consider them.

The influence of art on a person: arguments from literature

Literature influences us endlessly. Let us recall how in Leo Tolstoy's brilliant work "War and Peace" Natasha Rostova sang for her brother and healed him of despair.

Another elegant example of how painting can save a life was described by O. Henry in the story "The Last Leaf". The sick girl decided that she would die when the last ivy leaf fell outside the window. She did not wait until her last day, as the leaflet was painted for her on the wall by an artist.

Another example of the influence of art on a person (arguments from the literature are very revealing) is the main character of Ray Bradbury's "Smile", who saves the painting with Mona Lisa, believing in its great significance. Bradbury wrote a lot about the power of creativity, he argued that only by reading books, a person will become educated.

The image of a child with a book in his hands haunts many artists, in particular, there are several wonderful paintings under the same name "Boy with a book."

Right Influence

Like any impact, art can also be negative and positive. Some modern works are depressing, do not carry great aestheticism. Not all films are good. We need to be especially careful about content that affects our children. The right selection of things around us, music, movies and even clothes will provide us with a good mood and instill the right taste.

Many authors talk about art, because this is their vocation. Therefore, problems associated with creativity often appear in texts for preparing for the Unified State Examination in the Russian language. We have collected the most popular of them, selecting literary arguments for each problem.

1. Petrus the hero story by V. Korolenko "The Blind Musician", since childhood he is sensitive to the world of sounds, because for him this is the only opportunity to feel the world (he was born blind). For Petrus, art is an outlet, a way of self-expression. The hero listens to the play of the groom Joachim on the pipe, and soon he himself begins to play the piano. He had to go through many trials to achieve recognition. Petrus does not just play, he feels the music, conveys life and people's aspirations in it.
2. Jacob the hero story by A.P. Chekhov "Rothschild Violin" treats art indifferently, seeing in it only work. But he feels the power of art when he is overwhelmed by longing for a life lived in vain. Then Yakov comes out with such a mournful and heartfelt melody that he cries. The hero dies, and gives his violin and music to the Jew Rothschild, whom he constantly attacked during his lifetime. And the composition continues to live.

The influence of art on human life

1. Nina, the heroine of the play by A.P. Chekhov "The Seagull", passionate about theater, dreams of becoming an actress. But her parents are categorically against such a career for their daughter. Nina goes against the family, leaves home, plays a lot, but badly, "with howls." However, after suffering tragedies: a break with her beloved, the death of a child, the heroine decides to change her life, goes to the province, feeling the ability to play in a completely new way. Art for Nina is her whole life, with its joys and tragedies.
2. Nikolai Rostov, the hero, lost a large sum of money at cards. He came home in a terrible state: where to find so much money, how to say about the loss to a poor family? But when the young man heard the singing of sister Natasha, it captured him and delivered him from the oppressive state, because all these cards, money, cheaters - all this comes and goes. And art is eternal, it remains forever.

Understanding the value of art

1. Natasha Rostova, heroine epic novel by L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace", has an amazing musical flair. She not only sings herself, but also hears true art in the music of others. The girl starts dancing to a folk tune, because she is overwhelmed with delight from the wonderful world of sound. Natasha sees the whole world in music, she draws closer to the people in their understanding. It is this sensitivity that makes Rostova the author's favorite heroine.
2. Vasily Terkin, the hero of the poem of the same name by A. Tvardovsky, in the chapter "Accordion" plays this instrument. From the sounds of music, it seemed to become warmer in the cold winter, breathed home, native places. And the pain in the frostbitten fingers was no longer felt, and the legs began to dance on their own. The music dispersed painful thoughts, in this short episode the fighters rested from the tragic military events, at least for a moment they forgot, pushing fear and fatigue away. That is why the accordion was presented to Terkin, he warmed the hearts of people with a song.

Interaction of form and content in art

1. A. Mikhailov in the book "Mayakovsky" describes the biography of the great poet. The famous futurist was constantly criticized for various reasons for the form of his works, as if not seeing the true scale of their content. Torn lines, neologisms, a yellow jacket as the basis for outrageous performances - all this is not so important, the main thing is the meaning and the problems raised. Vladimir Mayakovsky was a futurist, but, unlike other colleagues in the shop, he did not close himself in this form, which is why he became a classic.
2. Salieri, the hero of the tragedy A.S. Pushkin "Mozart and Salieri" mastered to perfection the craft of a musician, the “algebra of art”. However, he was not a genius, unlike Mozart, because he envied, believed that Mozart was behaving inappropriately. For the latter, the main content is: you can create anywhere and anytime, the main thing is what happens, and there are no rules and frameworks. Because of envy, Salieri poisoned his lucky colleague, but he never learned the secrets of his perfection.

Interaction of art and power

1. Master, hero novel by M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita" wrote a brilliant novel. However, this novel did not ideologically correspond to the state course, as it included biblical motifs. Critics began to poison the Master's novel, and he himself ended up in some kind of dark dungeons, about which the author is silent. All these sufferings led the hero to a lunatic asylum, from which he left only thanks to the intercession of his beloved Margarita before Satan. Thus, in our country, the authorities have repeatedly strove to subordinate art to their will and impose their interests on the creators.
2. A. Akhmatova in the poem "Requiem" tells truthfully about the Stalinist repressions: thousands of arrested people who are not guilty of anything, their mothers and wives, who stand in prison queues, waiting for at least some information about their loved ones. According to Anna Andreevna, her duty as a poet is to reflect these tragic events. She believes that if a monument is ever erected to her, then this must be done here, where she stood for a long seventeen months, waiting for news from her son and the right to hand him the “transfer”. Even after the debunking of the cult of Stalin, when the “thaw” began in the USSR, her truthful cry about the fate of thousands of repressed compatriots was never published. It was published only abroad, and the poetess had to make excuses that it was not her initiative, because for such creativity she was threatened with serious consequences. It is enough that in 1946 she was publicly insulted by the official A. A. Zhdanov at the congress of writers, calling her "enraged mistress." Since then, Akhmatova was no longer published, even poems that were far from politics were considered harmful by party leaders. Thus, Anna Andreevna survived attacks, bullying and even family drama, paying for her honest position in art.

• Music can help a person feel the beauty, relive the moments of the past
• The power of art can change a person's life
• The paintings of a truly talented artist reflect not only the appearance, but also the soul of a person.
• In difficult situations, music inspires a person, gives him vitality.
• Music can convey to people thoughts that cannot be expressed in words.
• Unfortunately, art can push a person to spiritual degradation.

Arguments

L.N. Tolstoy "War and Peace". Nikolai Rostov, who lost a huge amount of money for his family in cards, is in a dejected, depressed state. He does not know what to do, how to confess everything to his parents. Already at home, he hears the beautiful singing of Natasha Rostova. The emotions caused by the music and singing of the sister overwhelm the soul of the hero. Nikolai Rostov realizes that there is nothing more important in life than all this. The power of art helps him overcome fear and confess everything to his father.

L.N. Tolstoy "Albert". In the work, we learn the story of a poor violinist with an outstanding talent. Once at the ball, the young man begins to play. With his music, he touches the hearts of people so much that he immediately ceases to seem poor and ugly to them. Listeners seem to relive the best moments of their lives, return to what is lost forever. Music influences Delesov so strongly that tears begin to flow down the man's cheeks: thanks to music, he is transported to his youth, remembers the first kiss.

K.G. Paustovsky "The Old Chef". Before dying, the blind old cook asks his daughter Maria to go outside and call any person to confess the dying. Maria does this: she sees a stranger on the street and conveys her father's request. The old cook admits to the young man that he has committed only one sin in his life: he stole a golden saucer from the service of the Countess Thun in order to help his sick wife Martha. The desire of the dying man was simple: to see his wife again as she was in her youth. The stranger begins to play the harpsichord. The power of music has such a strong influence on the old man that he sees moments from the past as if they were real. The young man who gave him these moments turns out to be Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a great musician.

K.G. Paustovsky "Basket with fir cones". In the forests of Bergen, the great composer Edvard Grieg meets Dagny Pedersen, the daughter of a local forester. Communication with the girl prompts the composer to write music for Dagny. Knowing that a child cannot appreciate the beauty of classical works, Edvard Grieg promises to make a present for Dagny in ten years, when she turns eighteen. The composer is true to his word: ten years later, Dagny Pedersen unexpectedly hears a piece of music dedicated to her. Music causes a storm of emotions: she sees her forest, hears the sound of the sea, the shepherd's horn, the whistle of birds. Dagny cries tears of gratitude. Edvard Grieg discovered for her the beauty of what a person should really live.

N.V. Gogol "Portrait". The young artist Chartkov quite by accident acquires a mysterious portrait with his last money. The main feature of this portrait is incredibly expressive eyes that seem alive. An unusual picture haunts everyone who sees it: it seems to everyone that the eyes are following him. Later it turns out that the portrait was painted by a very talented artist at the request of the usurer, whose life story is striking in its mystery. He did his best to convey these eyes, but then he realized that these were the eyes of the devil himself.

O. Wilde “Portrait of Dorian Gray”. The portrait of the young handsome Dorian Gray painted by Basil Hallward is the artist's best work. The young man himself is delighted with his beauty. Lord Henry Wotton tells him that this is not forever, because all people grow old. In his feelings, the young man wishes that this very portrait would grow old instead of him. Later it becomes clear that the wish comes true: any act committed by Dorian Gray is reflected in his portrait, and he himself remains the same. A young man begins to commit inhuman, immoral acts, and this does not affect him in any way. Dorian Gray does not change at all: by the age of forty he looks the same as in his youth. We see that a magnificent picture, instead of a beneficial influence, destroys the personality.

A.T. Tvardovsky "Vasily Terkin". Music can warm the soul of a person even in difficult times of war. Vasily Terkin, the hero of the work, plays the harmonica of the murdered commander. From music people become warmer, they go to music like fire, start dancing. This allows them to forget about hardships, difficulties, misfortunes at least for a while. The comrades of the slain commander give the accordion to Terkin so that he will continue to amuse his infantry.

V. Korolenko "The Blind Musician". For the hero of the work, the musician Petrus, music has become the true meaning of life. Blind from birth, he was very sensitive to sounds. When Petrus was a child, he was attracted to the melody of a pipe. The boy began to reach for music and later became a pianist. He soon became famous, his talent was much talked about.

A.P. Chekhov "Rothschild's Violin". People tried to avoid Yakov Matveevich, a gloomy and rude person. But a melody accidentally found touched his soul: for the first time, Yakov Matveyevich felt ashamed for offending people. The hero finally realized that without malice and hatred, the world around him would be simply beautiful.