Lyudmila Kulikova, "Have seen": a short summary, an analysis of the story

Do sons and daughters have to take care of their parents? Or do they give this to their children? These questions were answered in her small work by Lyudmila Kulikova. "Svidelis," the summary of which is presented in this article, is a touching story about the fate of a mother who suffered such unbearable mental pain that it became easier for her to believe in the death of her son than in his betrayal.

Sons of ingratitude

An extremely complex topic was revealed in the work of small prose writer Liudmyla Kulikova. "Svidelis" - a brief summary of a profound topic on the ingratitude of children, which Pushkin also touched on in his story "The Stationmaster", and Dostoevsky in the novel "The Insulted and the Injured". Young people often fling out of the parent's nest, fly away into a new life swiftly, without looking back. They are urged by an irresistible desire not to repeat the fate of unhappy mothers and fathers, a sad and bleak picture of why the house and ordinary human egoism. Ahead - a different existence. It has its own joys and difficulties. And behind - a disgusted house, in which it is sustained all in gray tones, and the time seemed to stop. The future of its inhabitants there. So why confuse the past with the present, if one can simply forget, expel from the memory the image of a person who is somewhere far away, perhaps, languishing and suffering in agonizing expectation? And it's even easier to convince yourself that no one is waiting and everything is forgotten.

The image of abandoned parents in Russian literature

By volume is a rather small work, which created L. Kulikova. "Have seen", the summary of which is set out below, is, nevertheless, the story of a lifetime. Comparing the story of the modern author with the works of representatives of Russian classical literature, one can find that little has changed in the last two hundred years. Still there are ungrateful children. And so do the old people, whose life after the loss of their beloved son or daughter can not continue.

The story, which is covered in this article, is included in the school curriculum today. This allows modern adolescents to understand the profound problems of fathers and children against the backdrop of today's realities. The shape of a person and what surrounds him varies with time. Human feelings and vices remain unchanged. Therefore, we can safely say that the problem of ingratitude of children is best revealed in the following works:

• AS Pushkin "Stationmaster."
• F. M. Dostoyevsky "The Insulted and the Injured".
• L. N. Kulikova "See You".

Summary and character image

The protagonist of the story is Tolik. Surname - Titov. The author does not give him a fuller name, perhaps because this person does not have a mature worldview, characteristic of his age. And maybe, the fact is that he was and remains Tolik, who is somewhere far away waiting for a loving mother.

Actions in the story begin to unfold in the new cozy apartment of the protagonist. Tolik became the owner of a separate housing, which means that his dream came true. After all, he strived for all his conscious life. And now, on the occasion of the housewarming, his wife baked a pie, and at the festive table the whole family gathered.

It should be said that the hero Kulikova - a character with valuable positive qualities. He is an ideal family man, a man who lives for his wife and children. For twenty-four years he has worked tirelessly. The new spacious apartment is a consequence of his long years of hard work. The story "Meet" is a short fragment from the life of a hardworking person, the father of the family. But this hero is a contradictory personality. How could he not for so long a period not remember the woman who gave him life? But only during a family dinner in a new spacious apartment, he suddenly remembers about his mother. Family happiness, which reigns in the Titovs' house, was unexpectedly overshadowed by the comparison: "As in my mother's childhood". But it is this idea that prompts the hero after many years to finally visit his native home.

Memories

Suddenly Tolik begins to recall the mother's letters, which he received back in the army and tore immediately into small pieces. He thinks that he has not seen her for almost a quarter of a century, and has not written for more than ten years. Tolik goes to his native village to see the woman who gave birth to him. But when they meet, she does not dare to call her mother, and she refuses to believe that he is her son. My mother lived waiting too long. Over the years, she was tired of crying and resigned to the fact that her son no longer exists. It turned out that for the mother's heart, the son's betrayal was intolerable.

Tolia did not understand anything. After visiting his mother, he left his home forever, "cutting off a wide slice of life bread and throwing it on the road." These events depict in his story "Meet" Kulikov. Analysis of the work, however, suggests that the story is unfinished. True torment of conscience in Tolik is yet to come. To reveal the inner world of the protagonist and the reason for his so heartless attitude to the mother can be, after considering the artistic techniques that Kulikov uses in his story "Meet".

Analysis of the image of the Titov house

In the new apartment Toliku all gives pleasure. And the smell in it is pleasant, and some confidence in the future is in the air. He was so tired of wandering around the rented apartments that the happiness of buying their own homes could not overshadow even the long-lasting tedious preparations for the move. And now he feels so strong confidence in the future that it seems to him that he is almost immortal. It's not for nothing that he worked so hard all these years. He still managed to "stake out a place on the globe."

The image of a cheerful and kind-hearted person was created in this work by Lyudmila Kulikova. "Meet" is a story that begins with a description of the picture of ideal family happiness. But only at first glance may seem memories of the mother accidental. Tolik, probably all these years, hid his thoughts about her far, at the very bottom of his soul. He had too many worries and other troubles in his life. He had to build his own nest, provide the future for his sons, take care of his beloved wife. But only the goal was achieved - and, like a worm in a perfect apple, the thoughts of the mother were awakened. The events that span just a few days were reflected in this work by Lyudmila Kulikova. "Meet" - this is a short piece of history of a lifetime. A sad story about the expectation of the mother, which was forgotten by her son because of everyday problems, the desire to "postpone an extra penny." A sharp contrast to the new house creates an image of a neglected hut, which draws Kulikov.

"Seen": the theme of the house

The village in which the mother lives is depicted in gray, bleak colors. Houses decayed and grew into the ground. Around there is despair and desolation. The hut itself is not illuminated, the situation in it is unsatisfactory. The story "Witness" is built on an antithesis. On the one hand - a life-affirming picture of the family life of the Titovs. On the other - a lifeless atmosphere reigning in the hut. This opposition is based on the idea, which was put into the work of Lyudmila Kulikova. "Svidelis," whose characters are described extremely sparingly, is a work of art in which "the houses" and the situation in them "speak". It is the image of the house that reveals the inner world of her mistress.

The image of Olga Gerasimovna

Mother did not recognize him. But in the last sentence, which concludes the story "See" Kulikova, it becomes clear that the heroine of this work did not forget anything. Long years of waiting killed her. She no longer waited for her son, and to see him alive and unharmed meant to be convinced of his betrayal. Although "see" is a word that does not apply to it, as it lost sight.

The image of the mother seemed completely different to Tolik: a short old woman with unseeing eyes and burnt fingers. Was it really the woman whose letters he had so often received in the army and whose messages always ended in an uncomplicated quote, "Tole's Son from Olya's Mom"?

Mother's letters

They extremely irritated him. Extensive letters from a loving mother to him were uninteresting, and he tore them immediately after reading. It was much more pleasant to read messages from young girls. Subject, at all times relevant, raised in the story "See" Kulikova. The problematic of this work lies in the complex mutual relations of parents and children. However, the difficulties can be of a different nature. Between the mother and her son there are often disagreements about a particular issue. Children often tire of excessive care, which one of the modern Russian authors once called "the terror of love." But the hero Kulikova did not experience excessive custody and did not suffer from the opinion imposed by the mother. He was simply ashamed of her. The reason for this low feeling can reveal further analysis of the work.

Fatherlessness

In one of the letters the mother tells Tolik about the death of his father. He does not remember this man at all. Tolia grew up without fatherhood. When, after visiting his mother, he tries to convince her that he is her beloved son Tolya, then he remembers one of his friends, who was also supposedly the son of a single mother. The mention of a childhood friend who was just such a fatherless is one of the few that comes to the mind of the prodigal son. And this is not accidental.

Growing up without a father is not easy. And it's especially difficult when life goes on in a small village where everyone knows everything about each other. The absence of a father for a boy does not pass without a trace. Some teenagers in an incomplete family grow up earlier than their peers, taking care of the mother. Others, on the contrary, tend to forget by all means the insulting word "fatherlessness", to escape from it, to hide. To somewhere far to create a full-fledged right family. This was Tolik. He wanted so much to have his own house and to experience the true joy of family happiness, which, without thinking, struck out of memory everything that was connected with childhood, and above all - his mother.

Blindness

What is the meaning of the title of the story Kulikova? Have you seen ... The heroine of this work repeatedly pronounces this word. She talks about the desire to "see" her son in a letter to him. And she pronounces the phrase "Here we meet" after he leaves her for the last time.

She wanted to see her son. But since this desire was unattainable for her, she lost her sight. Mother's blindness in the story is of symbolic significance. As soon as Olga Gerasimovna's hope "to see" her son, she lost her need to see. Her vision was no longer necessary.

Failure to Repent

In the night that he spent at Tolik's mother's house, he did not close his eyes. He remembered all about the years past. About how difficult it was to make money for a wife's coat, trips to the sea, a new apartment. This Tolik wanted to tell Olga Gerasimovna, in order to justify herself in her eyes. But could not. She persistently did not recognize him as a son. But even if he had told her about the difficulties that he had overcome all these years, she would hardly have understood him. A man who for most of his life did not find time to see his mother, there is no justification.

Other heroes

Quite a bit the author told about other characters. They are the wife and four sons of Tolia. Yes, there is nothing to say about them, as they are part of a happy solar picture of family happiness. For the sake of them, the hero of the story lived and worked for the last twenty-four years, as he was sincerely convinced. In fact, he betrayed his mother because of his own selfishness and weakness.

Back to New Life

Tolik again left his mother. Her face seemed sad in the last moment. The main character of this story goes, throwing aside everything that connects him with his home. He will never see his mother, but he will remember about it more than once. Over the years, everyday life will become insignificant. And the pain in the heart about the forgotten mother in the meantime will be getting worse. However, "to see" him, alas, there will be no one else.

In the style of psychological prose, she created the story "Kulikova" "See". This genre presupposes the study and analysis of the human soul by the example of one or two heroes. In this work you can read the fate of all the abandoned mothers and the spiritual torment of the sons who betrayed them.