Krylov's fable "The Pike and the Cat." Path to yourself

Krylov's works are inexhaustible. Each time, touching them, the reader stumbles upon some other, new meaning. Krylov's fable "The Pike and the Cat" is not an exception and conceals in itself many more various interpretations, we will try to extract one of them.

Plot

Pike for unknown reasons wanted to change the work: she decided to hunt for mice. Naturally, the sea predator turned to the main specialist in this matter - Kot Vaska. The murderer handled the pike's request with understanding, but how a decent and conscientious beast tried to dissuade the kum from this affair. He said that she did not know much about catching mice. And in general, why is she all this? Pike said contemptuously: "What do I need a mouse for?" I've caught it easily. " The cat gave up, understood that it is useless to argue.

And he took the fish for a hunt in the barn. He, of course, everything went like clockwork, and the mouse fish almost did not eat. That's what the story of Krylov's "The Pike and the Cat" tells about.

Morality

Morality comes down to the famous Latin proverb, which, of course, we will quote here in Russian: "To each his own." Nothing good ever comes out of the fact that people begin to engage in their own business. For example, the shoemaker starts cooking borsch, and the cook - to repair shoes. Krylov's fable "The Pike and the Cat" teaches simple truths.

True, in justification people can say that they are not born with a predetermined natural attitude, that is, one can not say by looking at a person, to which he is fit, because man is the "stepchild of nature". It is almost not determined by archaic instincts, if compared with animals, and nature has not given him anything to quickly and effortlessly adapt to the environment.

Whether it's animals, birds, fish, insects. With them, everything is clear. You will never force a lion to feed on worms or swim in the sea, as fish does. About our smaller brothers, nature took care much better than about us, miserable. But let us not lose heart, but let us hurry to learn what the modern people can teach us, Krylov's fable "The Pike and the Cat."

Cult of the "creative person"

Finding your calling in life is good, it is necessary and it is inevitable when a person is young. It's bad when such kind of research is delayed to 40 or 50 years. But now in the modern world there is another pressing problem: people are being imposed the cult of a "creative person". Now everyone imagines himself a creator. Others are making good money on self-esteem, but the sad thing is that the whole rattling of the Russian "show-biz" distracts a person from really important and necessary affairs. Instead of reading something worthwhile or watching, people "stick" to the screens and watch how their fellows get their three minutes of glory. Everyone staring at the TV-box and seeing how the last suddenly become the first, thinks: "But I can do it as well."

What is the harm from such thinking?

Here you can not answer unequivocally. If a person has abilities, then, of course, he must follow his dream. The only problem is that it is not possible to tell before the experience if these very capabilities or not exist. And imagine that a man tried, he did not succeed, but he insists and exploits his ambitions, wanders through different TV programs, and so all his life. As a result, it is wasting itself, and, perhaps, an excellent chauffeur or carpenter died in it. Then, it seems, the harm is obvious from the cult of the "creative person", is not it?

"Cat and pike" (fable) teaches you not to pay attention to external noise, to what is fashionable or correct, but to look for a way to yourself.