The novel by IA Goncharov "Oblomov." Characteristics of Stolz

Characteristics of Stolz - one of the main characters of the famous novel by Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov "Oblomov" - can be perceived ambiguously. This man is the bearer of a new raznochinsky mentality for Russia. Probably, the classic wanted to create in his image a domestic analog of the image of Jane Eyre.

The Origin of Stolz

Andrei Ivanovich Stolz is the son of a clerk. His father Ivan Bogdanovich came to Russia from Germany. He tried to find a job in Switzerland before that . In Russia, he managed to manage the farm, where he carefully and skillfully managed the estate, kept records. The son was brought up fairly harshly. He worked with him from a young age, was a "personal driver" - he ruled a spring trolley when his father traveled to the city, to the fields, to the factory, to the merchants. Senior Stoltz encouraged his son when he fought with the boys. Teaching science in the village of Verhlevo for the children of the landowners, gave a thorough primary education and his Andryusha. Stolz's mother was Russian, so the native language for him was Russian, and by faith he was Orthodox.

Of course, the comparative characteristics of Stolz and Oblomov, who can not organize their lives, will clearly not be in favor of the latter.

Career

The young German brilliantly graduated from the institute. I made a career in the service. Goncharov tells it in fragments, with snatches of other people's phrases. In particular, we learn about the rank of Andrei Stolz from the phrase that he "overpassed the courtier". Turning to the table of ranks, we find that the "court counselor" is the chairman of the court, according to the rank is equal to the lieutenant-colonel. Thus, Andrew Stoltz is a lawyer by profession and earned a colonel pension. This tells us the novel "Oblomov." The characteristic of Stolz shows the predominance of a business vein in his character.

After retirement, a thirty-year-old man took up commercial activities in a trading company. And here he had good prospects for a career. The work was entrusted to him by responsible missions related to business trips to Europe and the development of new projects of the company. Business characteristics of Stolz, given the novel, is thorough and promising. 40 thousand rubles of father's capital for a couple of years of work in the trading company, he had already managed to invest and turn into 300 thousand rubles. For him, the prospect of making a million fortune is real.

Close people

The spirit of comradeship and cooperation is inherent in Stolz. He spends time and energy to wrest his friend Oblomov from the web of laziness, trying to arrange his life by acquainting him with a wonderful girl Olga Ilyinskaya. Only when Oblomov refused to continue acquaintance with her, Stoltz, who considered that Olga was behind the treasure, started courting her. Scammers, who tried to completely ruin the carefree Ilya Ilich Oblomov, had to deal with him in the end - tough, insightful. He also pronounces the word, which has become a common name - "Oblomovism". After the illness and death of Ilya Ilyich Stoltsi's wife takes on the education of his son Andryusha.

Conclusions in the image of Stolz

At the same time, it should be recognized that the author's characteristic of Stolz is the only flaw in the plot of the novel, as Goncharov himself confirmed. According to the plan, Andrei Ivanovich should have turned out to be the ideal man of the future, organically combining with his father's genes pragmatism, and inheritance from his mother - artistic taste, aristocratism. In reality, however, the type of the emerging bourgeoisie in Russia has emerged: active, purposeful, not able to dream. Critical to it, Chekhov reacted, agreeing with the negative characteristic that flashed in the novel - "a purgatory beast." Anton Pavlovich dethroned in the press Stolz as a man of the future, with him was agreed and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Dobrolyubov. It is obvious that Stolz's Goncharov's characteristic went too far with rationality and adherence to rational thinking. These qualities of a normal, living person should not be hypertrophied to such an extent.