“It’s not my loss, it’s his gain…. Sports psychology: injury – a tragedy or a reason to think

Gambling affects your psyche. They can make you very happy and rich, but they can also turn you into an addicted, depressed gambler. It's not just about wasting a lot of money, but also about how the player behaves next. How to avoid causing new troubles after a big loss? After all, most players immediately after a defeat try to win back, then lose even larger sums, get into debt, sell property, and quarrel with family and friends because of this.

Is losing the end?

If you are thinking how you can easily forget about a big loss in a casino and not torment yourself with heavy thoughts, then you are at the right way. Visit honest online casinos and play carefully, controlling yourself - then everything will be fine.

First of all, you should know that even professional player loses in 30-40% of cases. This percentage for a beginner or amateur is eighty percent. Terry Watanabe's loss was two hundred million dollars, Kerry Parker's debt to the casino was $50 million, and Omar Siddiq was sentenced to one hundred and forty years for a debt of more than one hundred and sixty-seven million dollars that he could not repay. Do you still think that your loss is the worst misfortune in life? I don't think so. A terminal illness, the loss of a loved one, or imprisonment is much worse. Therefore, treat the game in a casino with composure, do not get into trouble and do not blame yourself if you lose.

Little secrets on how to forget about a big loss in a casino

Every player comes to the casino with the dream of winning a couple of thousand dollars, getting rich, and forgetting about financial problems. Even if you started playing just for fun, deep down in your heart you still dream of making money quickly, don’t you? Many gamblers rely on Casino X games to help them get rich. But where you can win, you can also lose. And what to do if you lose a large amount? How not to bite your elbows and forget about it? Sullenness, depression, anger at oneself, guilt and an attempt to find solutions - all this accompanies a player after a major loss.

You can get rid of problems associated with gambling addiction in this way:

1. When you play, you need to determine how much money you can safely lose. Once this amount is lost, leave the casino. Then you will not blame yourself too much and you will not be eager to return this amount at any cost, because otherwise your standard of living may change greatly. Never bet money you borrowed. You risk simply falling into a debt hole, from which it will be very difficult to get out later.
2. Relax. This is just a game. Yes, you are playing for money, but it is only a game. Don't take this too seriously.
3. Don't tell anyone about your loss, not even your family or best friends. Their condolences or reproaches will only increase your feelings of loss and guilt, and the jokes and gloating of those who are happy about your failure will only encourage you to get even. Your emotions will not help you win, but only lose even more.
4. Immediately after a loss you need to get a lot positive emotions, so try to make your life rich. It could be anything: good film, an exciting book, karaoke with friends, or vice versa, a very busy schedule at work. The best options are activities that will give you an adrenaline rush, such as skydiving, go-kart racing, or watching fights. After all, many people go to the casino specifically for adrenaline.

Should I see a psychotherapist?

After an unwanted large loss, the player will have a depressed mood, possibly poor appetite, headache, how to recover the loss. In the West, this is considered a reason to go to a psychotherapist, have a session and get rid of bad thoughts and depression. In Russia, unfortunately, this is not accepted. I have seen many players who, after the first major loss, took out debt, squandered this money, destroyed their families and turned into gambling addicts. They needed the help of psychotherapists to get rid of gambling addiction.

If you go to a casino consciously, understand that you can lose, limit yourself in bets, and do not go into debt for new bets, then you are an adequate independent person. Are you okay. But if your legs carry you to the casino against your will, then you are a gambler. It will be very difficult for you to deal with this on your own. Here, the help of a psychotherapist would be appropriate. To read an article about how to get rid of gambling addiction, click the button.

We decided to start a new section, in which once a week psychologist-consultant Konstantin Karakutsa will answer questions that concern us. The first issue is dedicated to a problem in the field of male psychology - how to survive the loss of your favorite team. The season in most championships has already begun or is about to begin, so we believe that our material will be very useful.

How to survive the defeat of your favorite football team?

The answer is simple. Get drunk on beer with friends. Go look for fans of the other team to punch them in the face. Return home “on the horns” and make a scandal there for your loved one? Wake up in the morning, go to work or school and spend the whole day there telling everyone about what a failure you experienced yesterday and how angry you are at the whole world. Is this a familiar picture? Well, now jokes aside, let's try to think about this topic more seriously.

Why is it so hard to cope with defeat? Well in to a greater extent it is associated with the process of identification, namely, identifying oneself with a group. When a person deeply sympathizes with someone football team, he can seem to dissolve in what is happening to his favorites. There is no more Vasya from the fifth floor, who studies economics and plays the guitar. None of this matters. Now the attention is occupied by what is happening on the field. And a goal scored against “our” goal is perceived as a personal defeat. This goal was not scored hundreds and thousands of kilometers away. No. This goal was scored here, in my kitchen, against my goal. And I’m ready to bite my elbows in frustration that I missed this goal.

This identification with your favorite team can be enhanced when you are directly at the stadium or watching a football broadcast in a sports bar with a large number of other fans. In this case, special group processes begin that are very difficult to resist. You may be overwhelmed by waves of feelings and emotions. This is precisely why people gather in such places. But it’s one thing when the team wins and the whole crowd is infected with feelings of wild fun and euphoria. It's another matter when losses happen. That's how it goes. Either everyone will complain to each other and seek consolation from their neighbor, looking for those responsible for the defeat, or, in a fit of collective rioting, they will begin to take out their frustration on the first person who comes to hand.

This goal was not scored hundreds and thousands of kilometers away.
No. This goal was scored here, in my kitchen, against my goal.
And I’m ready to bite my elbows in frustration that I missed this goal.

A little about aggression. Often violence is a consequence of powerlessness. When a person is faced with something that he cannot influence, or when he feels driven into a corner, a beast can awaken in him, which is ready to tear and throw, destroying everything in its path. So, returning to the topic of losing. If our favorite team loses, we are unable to do anything about it, and this can lead to a feeling of powerlessness in our souls. It becomes more intense the more you become one with the team you support. Here you can offer two options for helping yourself to survive such a defeat.

Firstly, you can try to bring yourself back to earth. You need to remember who you are, why and why. For example, it might look like this: “Yes, they lost, but my life doesn’t end because of it. Actually, I have a lot more in life, I have school (work), where I can achieve success and feel satisfaction. I have a loved one (and if not, then there is the opportunity and desire to meet him). I have many other tasks in life that are facing me now (buy a car, an apartment, go on a trip, etc.). All this requires strength from me, and by solving these problems, I can feel like a winner in my life.” The idea here is simple - to help yourself return to your own life without getting stuck in virtual world, with which you are not directly associated.

And the second option is precisely to find this connection with the world of the game, the world of football. What is meant? For example, the team lost, and you feel frustrated and don’t know what to do with yourself, your strength and energy. It’s useful to ask yourself a couple of simple questions: how can I personally help my team now, what can I do for them?

The answers to these questions may vary. It all depends on your capabilities and creative imagination. For example, you could maintain and develop a fan club where you live; could organize some events or promotions on the Internet that would somehow help your team; or, for example, you could donate ten good and expensive balls to a football section located near you (in order to support Russian football and its development in the future). There can be many options. When you focus your energy on a specific action and strive to do something to ensure that your team wins in the future, it can bring you satisfaction, giving you the feeling that you, although not as much, still influence the outcome. Agree, this is better than doing nothing, but just getting angry or suffering from defeat.

Instructions

Naturally, success in a particular endeavor is much more preferable than failure, but even mistakes and defeats can bring certain benefits if you look at the situation from the right angle. However, before you begin to analyze and comprehend unsuccessful events, you should first overcome the emotional crisis that almost always accompanies a sudden loss.

First of all, you need to try to convince yourself that only a very limited number of defeats are so-called irreversible events, the outcome of which can never be changed. Most likely, your case will not fall into this category, which means there is no point in talking about a final loss.

The next step is to deal with feelings of resentment and injustice. There are several ways to accept the status quo without trying to blame for your troubles. higher power. For example, one might hold an optimistic view that everyone will eventually be punished or rewarded according to their actions. This approach is often characteristic of religions, since it allows their followers to tolerate manifestations of injustice in their lives.

More harsh option outlook on life is an approach that asserts that expecting the highest justice is simply stupid, therefore it is necessary to accept the fact that the world is unfair and cruel, and build your life without counting on gifts from fate. Of course, this point of view is more pessimistic, but it allows you to get rid of unnecessary illusions and perceive defeats as one of the integral components of life.

Of course, every failure causes certain negative emotions, but you need to learn to deal with them as quickly as possible. The fact is that many defeats at a certain stage can still be turned into victories if you act reasonably and quickly enough. This is why reflection is far from the best response to failure. A good option may become the ability to “push” experiences into the background, at least for a while. This will allow you not only to quickly respond to an unpleasant situation, but will also reduce the intensity of your emotions by the time you can afford them.

One of the most effective ways coping with failure can be about planning for the future. We are not talking about ephemeral dreams, we need to make constructive plans. You don’t have to plan out your life for years in advance: a weekly to-do list will be much more useful. This approach will help you not fall into depression, and will also take away the energy that you would spend on worries.

After all, if you can't do anything about a losing situation, you can try to learn from it. This should not be done immediately after the defeat, but after some time, when the emotions have subsided and you are capable of analytical thinking. It is quite possible that you will see the chain of reasons that led to your loss, and also find better options for similar situations in the future.

A person cannot win all the time. Each of us loses from time to time, but some hold on with dignity, others become despondent, complain and become disappointed in themselves. Of course, the one who controls himself in any circumstances is right, but what does it mean to “survive defeat with dignity”? How should you behave? I consider these questions to be the most relevant for my generation, because we will soon set out on a long independent voyage, so we need to immediately take the right course. Reefs and storms await everyone, which means we must learn to cope with them and respond to them.

Who can teach this important skill? Of course classic literature, examples from which we will analyze to find out the answer to the question posed. I remember Goncharov’s novel “Oblomov”. The main character lost the battle for a woman's heart to his to the best friend Stoltz. Olga sympathized with Ilya Ilyich, but soon realized that, due to her temperament and hobbies, would be better suited Andrey. Oblomov tried to overcome himself, change and accept a way of life alien to his nature. However, against nature, human will ultimately turns out to be powerless: everything returns to normal. The hero understands this and does not interfere with the happy union that made him unhappy. He resigned himself to fate, sincerely rejoicing for his friends. Ilya Ilyich did not withdraw into himself and did not plot secret intrigues against Stolz, but still built his own life the way he wanted. He married an economic and kind woman, surrendered to his idleness and remained in physical and mental peace until the end of his days. In my opinion, such a delicate reaction and complete absence of destructive ambitions is a worthy defeat, because the loser did not seek pity or revenge: he resigned himself for the sake of general harmony.

As a second example, I would like to cite Hemingway’s work “The Old Man and the Sea.” The main character caught a huge and valuable catch - a swordfish of gigantic size. But he was old and weak, swam too far and could not bring anything back except the skeleton of a sea creature. Along the way, she was gnawed by sharks, almost killing the old man himself. Santiago fought desperately, but what could he do against dangerous predators? Perhaps, the power of the great human spirit, which turned out to be undefeated. Yes, they laughed at his defeat, but many admitted that, despite old age, a skilled fisherman and worthy of respect fellow villager. The old man himself did not kill himself and did not regret, did not boast and did not lie. His reaction was calm and balanced. He equally indifferently listened to praise and condolences, because he suffered defeat only formally, turning it in his favor. Therefore, a worthy loss in the village was considered a victory.

Thus, to survive defeat with dignity means to respond to failure in a balanced manner and, if possible, overcome it. problematic situation without humiliating your dignity with complaints. You also need to be able to forgive victory over yourself, since it is not a person’s fault that he turned out to be better or more capable. It is necessary to take into account not only your ambitions, but also the feelings of other people, so that your triumph does not turn into a tragedy for them. To lose with dignity is already half to win.

Official comment:
Direction allows you to reflect on victory and defeat in different aspects: socio-historical, moral-philosophical,
psychological. Reasoning can be associated both with external conflict events in the life of a person, country, world, and with a person’s internal struggle with himself, its causes and results.

IN literary works the ambiguity and relativity of the concepts of “victory” and “defeat” are often shown in different historical conditions and life situations.

Aphorisms and sayings famous people:
Greatest Victory- victory over oneself.
Cicero
The possibility that we may be defeated in battle should not stop us from fighting for a cause that we believe is just.
A.Lincoln
Man was not created to suffer defeat... Man can be destroyed, but he cannot be defeated.
E. Hemingway
Be proud only of the victories you have won over yourself.
Tungsten

Socio-historical aspect
Here we will talk about external conflict social groups, states, about military actions and political struggle.
Peru A. de Saint-Exupéry comes up with a paradoxical, at first glance, statement: “Victory weakens the people - defeat awakens new forces in them...”. We find confirmation of the correctness of this idea in Russian literature.
"The Tale of Igor's Campaign" - famous monument literature Ancient Rus'. The plot is based on the unsuccessful campaign of the Russian princes against the Polovtsians, organized by the Novgorod-Seversk prince Igor Svyatoslavich in 1185. main idea- the idea of ​​the unity of the Russian land. Princely civil strife, weakening the Russian land and leading to the ruin of its enemies, makes the author bitterly sadden and lament; victory over his enemies fills his soul with ardent delight. However, this work is about defeat, not victory. ancient Russian literature, because it is defeat that contributes to rethinking previous behavior and gaining a new view of the world and oneself. That is, defeat stimulates Russian soldiers to victories and exploits.
The author of the Lay addresses all the Russian princes in turn, as if calling them to account and demandingly reminding them of their duty to their homeland. He calls on them to defend the Russian land, to “block the gates of the field” with their sharp arrows. And therefore, although the author writes about defeat, there is not a shadow of despondency in the Lay. The “Word” is as laconic and terse as Igor’s addresses to his squad. This is the call before battle. The whole poem seems to be addressed to the future, permeated with concern for this future. A poem about victory would be a poem of triumph and joy. Victory is the end of the battle, but defeat for the author of the Lay is only the beginning of the battle. The battle with the steppe enemy is not over yet. Defeat should unite the Russians. The author of the Lay does not call for a feast of triumph, but for a feast of battle. D.S. writes about this in the article “The Tale of the Campaign of Igor Svyatoslavich.” Likhachev.
The “Lay” ends joyfully - with Igor’s return to the Russian land and the singing of his glory upon entering Kiev. So, despite the fact that the Lay is dedicated to the defeat of Igor, it is full of confidence in the power of the Russians, full of faith in the glorious future of the Russian land, in victory over the enemy.
The history of mankind consists of victories and defeats in wars. In the novel "War and Peace" L.N. Tolstoy describes the participation of Russia and Austria in the war against Napoleon. Drawing the events of 1805-1807, Tolstoy shows that this war was imposed on the people. Russian soldiers, being far from their homeland, do not understand the purpose of this war and do not want to waste their lives senselessly. Kutuzov understands better than many that this campaign is unnecessary for Russia. He sees the indifference of the allies, the desire of Austria to fight with the wrong hands. Kutuzov protects his troops in every possible way and delays their advance to the borders of France. This is explained not by distrust of the military skill and heroism of the Russians, but by the desire to protect them from senseless slaughter. When the battle turned out to be inevitable, the Russian soldiers showed their always readiness to help the allies and take the main blow. For example, a detachment of four thousand under the command of Bagration near the village of Shengraben held back the onslaught of an enemy “eight times” outnumbered. This made it possible for the main forces to advance. The unit of officer Timokhin showed miracles of heroism. It not only did not retreat, but struck back, which saved the flanking units of the army. The real hero of the Battle of Shengraben turned out to be the courageous, decisive, but modest captain Tushin before his superiors. So, thanks in large part to Russian troops The battle of Schöngraben was won, and this gave strength and inspiration to the sovereigns of Russia and Austria. Blinded by victories, occupied mainly with narcissism, holding military parades and balls, these two men led their armies to defeat at Austerlitz. So it turned out that one of the reasons for the defeat of the Russian troops under the skies of Austerlitz was the victory at Schöngraben, which did not allow an objective assessment of the balance of forces.
The entire senselessness of the campaign is shown by the writer in the preparation of the top generals for the battle of Austerlitz. So, the military council before Battle of Austerlitz resembles not advice, but an exhibition of vanities, all disputes were conducted not with the goal of achieving a better and correct solution, but, as Tolstoy writes, “... it was obvious that the goal... of the objections was primarily the desire to make General Weyrother feel so self-confidently , as to schoolchildren who read his disposition, that he was dealing not only with fools, but with people who could teach him in military affairs.”
But still main reason we see the victories and defeats of the Russian troops in the confrontation with Napoleon when comparing Austerlitz and Borodin. Speaking with Pierre about the upcoming Battle of Borodino, Andrei Bolkonsky recalls the reason for the defeat at Austerlitz: “The battle is won by the one who firmly decided to win it. Why did we lose the battle at Austerlitz?.. We told ourselves very early that we lost the battle - and we lost ". And we said this because we had no need to fight: we wanted to leave the battlefield as quickly as possible. “We lost, so run!” So ​​we ran. If we had not said this before the evening, God knows what would have happened. And tomorrow We won't say that." L. Tolstoy shows a significant difference between the two campaigns: 1805-1807 and 1812. The fate of Russia was decided on the Borodino field. Here the Russian people had no desire to save themselves, no indifference to what was happening. Here, as Lermontov said, “we promised to die, and we kept the oath of allegiance in the Battle of Borodino.”
Another opportunity to speculate on how victory in one battle can turn into defeat in a war is provided by the outcome of the Battle of Borodino, in which Russian troops gain a moral victory over the French. The moral defeat of Napoleon's troops near Moscow was the beginning of the defeat of his army.
The Civil War turned out to be such a significant event in the history of Russia that it could not help but be reflected in fiction. The basis for graduates’ reasoning can be "Don Stories", " Quiet Don» M.A. Sholokhov.
When one country goes to war with another, terrible events: hatred and the desire to protect themselves forces people to kill their own kind, women and the elderly are left alone, children grow up orphans, cultural and material values, cities are being destroyed. But the warring parties have a goal - to defeat the enemy at any cost. And any war has a result - victory or defeat. Victory is sweet and immediately justifies all losses, defeat is tragic and sad, but it is Starting point for some other life. But "in civil war every victory is defeat" (Lucian).
Life story central character M. Sholokhov's epic novel "Quiet Don" by Grigory Melekhov, which reflected the dramatic destinies of the Don Cossacks, confirms this idea. War cripples from the inside and destroys all the most precious things that people have. It forces the heroes to take a fresh look at the problems of duty and justice, to look for the truth and not find it in any of the warring camps. Once among the Reds, Gregory sees the same cruelty, intransigence, and thirst for the blood of his enemies as the Whites. Melekhov rushes between the two warring sides. Everywhere he encounters violence and cruelty, which he cannot accept, and therefore cannot take one side. The result is logical: “Like a steppe scorched by fires, Gregory’s life became black...”.

Moral, philosophical and psychological aspects
Victory is not only about success in battle. To win, according to the dictionary of synonyms, is to overcome, overcome, overcome. And often not so much the enemy as yourself. Let us consider a number of works from this point of view.
A.S. Griboyedov "Woe from Wit". The conflict of the play represents the unity of two principles: public and personal. Being an honest, noble, progressive-minded, freedom-loving person, main character Chatsky opposes Famus society. He condemns the inhumanity of serfdom, recalling “Nestor of the noble scoundrels,” who exchanged his faithful servants for three greyhounds; he is disgusted by the lack of freedom of thought in noble society: “And who in Moscow hasn’t had their mouths shut at lunches, dinners and dances?” He does not recognize veneration and sycophancy: “For those who need it, they are arrogant, they lie in the dust, and for those who are higher, they wove flattery like lace.” Chatsky is full of sincere patriotism: “Will we ever be resurrected from the foreign power of fashion? So that our smart, cheerful people, even by language, do not consider us to be Germans.” He strives to serve the “cause” and not individuals; he “would be glad to serve, but it’s sickening to be served.” Society is offended and, in defense, declares Chatsky crazy. His drama is aggravated by a feeling of ardent, but unrequited love to Famusov's daughter Sophia. Chatsky makes no attempt to understand Sophia; it is difficult for him to understand why Sophia does not love him, because his love for her speeds up “every beat of his heart,” although “to him the whole world seemed like dust and vanity.” Chatsky can be justified by his blindness by passion: his “mind and heart are not in harmony.” Psychological conflict turns into a social conflict. Society unanimously comes to the conclusion: “crazy in everything...”. Society is not afraid of a madman. Chatsky decides to “search the world where there is a corner for an offended feeling.”
I.A. Goncharov assessed the ending of the play this way: “Chatsky is broken by the number old power, inflicting on her in turn death blow quality of new power." Chatsky does not give up his ideals, he only frees himself from illusions. Chatsky’s stay in Famusov’s house shook the inviolability of foundations Famusov society. Sophia says: “I’m ashamed of myself, the walls!”
Therefore, Chatsky’s defeat is only a temporary defeat and only his personal drama. On a social scale, “the victory of the Chatskys is inevitable.” The “past century” will be replaced by the “present century”, and the views of the hero of Griboyedov’s comedy will win.
A.N. Ostrovsky "Thunderstorm". Graduates may ponder the question of whether Katherine's death is a victory or a defeat. It is difficult to give a definite answer to this question. Too many reasons led to the terrible ending. The playwright sees the tragedy of Katerina’s situation in the fact that she comes into conflict not only with Kalinovsky family morals, but also with herself. The straightforwardness of Ostrovsky's heroine is one of the sources of her tragedy. Katerina is pure in soul - lies and debauchery are alien and disgusting to her. She understands that, having fallen in love with Boris, she violated moral law. “Oh, Varya,” she complains, “sin is on my mind! How much I, poor thing, cried, no matter what I did to myself! I can't escape this sin. Can't go anywhere. It's not good, it's terrible sin“Varenka, why do I love someone else?” Throughout the play there is a painful struggle in Katerina’s consciousness between the understanding of her wrongness, her sinfulness and the vague, but increasingly powerful feeling of her right to human life. But the play ends with Katerina’s moral victory over the dark forces that torment her. She atones for her guilt immensely, and escapes from bondage and humiliation the only way, which opened up to her. Her decision to die, rather than remain a slave, expresses, according to Dobrolyubov, “the need of the emerging movement of Russian life.” And this decision comes to Katerina along with internal self-justification. She dies because she considers death the only worthy outcome, the only opportunity to preserve that highest thing that lived in her. The idea that Katerina’s death is in fact a moral victory, a triumph of the real Russian soul over the forces of the “dark kingdom” of the Dikikhs and Kabanovs, is also strengthened by the reaction to her death of the other characters in the play. For example, Tikhon, Katerina’s husband, for the first time in his life expressed his own opinion, for the first time decided to protest against the stifling foundations of his family, entering (even if only for a moment) into the fight against “ dark kingdom" “You ruined her, you, you...” he exclaims, turning to his mother, before whom he trembled all his life.
I.S. Turgenev "Fathers and Sons". The writer shows in his novel the struggle between the worldviews of two political directions. The plot of the novel is based on the contrast between the views of Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov and Evgeny Bazarov, who are prominent representatives two generations who cannot find mutual understanding. Disagreements on various issues have always existed between youth and elders. So here, the representative of the younger generation Evgeny Vasilyevich Bazarov cannot, and does not want to understand the “fathers”, their life credo, principles. He is convinced that their views on the world, on life, on relationships between people are hopelessly outdated. “Yes, I will spoil them... After all, this is all pride, lionish habits, foppishness...” In his opinion, the main purpose of life is to work, to produce something material. That is why Bazarov disrespects art and sciences that do not have a practical basis. He believes that it is much more useful to deny what, from his point of view, deserves denial, than to watch indifferently from the outside, not daring to do anything. “At the present time, the most useful thing is denial - we deny,” says Bazarov. And Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov is sure that there are things that cannot be doubted (“Aristocracy... liberalism, progress, principles... art..."). He values ​​habits and traditions more and does not want to notice the changes taking place in society.
Bazarov is a tragic figure. It cannot be said that he defeats Kirsanov in an argument. Even when Pavel Petrovich is ready to admit defeat, Bazarov suddenly loses faith in his teaching and doubts his personal need for society. “Does Russia need me? No, apparently I don’t,” he reflects.
Of course, most of all a person manifests himself not in conversations, but in deeds and in his life. Therefore, Turgenev seems to lead his heroes through various trials. And the strongest of them is the test of love. After all, it is in love that a person’s soul reveals itself fully and sincerely.
And then Bazarov’s hot and passionate nature swept away all his theories. He fell in love with a woman whom he valued highly. “In conversations with Anna Sergeevna, he expressed his indifferent contempt for everything romantic even more than before, and when left alone, he was indignantly aware of the romanticism in himself.” The hero is experiencing severe mental discord. “... Something... took possession of him, which he never allowed, which he always mocked, which outraged all his pride.” Anna Sergeevna Odintsova rejected him. But Bazarov found the strength to accept defeat with honor, without losing his dignity.
So, did the nihilist Bazarov win or lose? It seems that Bazarov is defeated in the test of love. Firstly, his feelings and he himself are rejected. Secondly, he falls into the power of aspects of life that he himself denies, loses ground under his feet, and begins to doubt his views on life. His life position turns out to be a pose in which, however, he sincerely believed. Bazarov begins to lose the meaning of life, and soon loses life itself. But this is also a victory: love forced Bazarov to look at himself and the world differently, he begins to understand that in no way does life want to fit into a nihilistic scheme.
And Anna Sergeevna formally remains among the winners. She was able to cope with her feelings, which strengthened her self-confidence. In the future, she will find a good home for her sister, and she herself will marry successfully. But will she be happy?
F.M. Dostoevsky "Crime and Punishment"."Crime and Punishment" is ideological novel, in which non-human theory collides with human feelings. Dostoevsky, a great expert on human psychology, a sensitive and attentive artist, tried to understand modern reality, to determine the extent of the influence on a person of the ideas of revolutionary reorganization of life and individualistic theories popular at that time. Entering into polemics with democrats and socialists, the writer sought to show in his novel how the delusion of fragile minds leads to murder, shedding of blood, maiming and breaking young lives.
Raskolnikov's ideas were generated by abnormal, humiliating living conditions. In addition, the post-reform disruption destroyed the age-old foundations of society, depriving human individuality of connection with ancient cultural traditions society, historical memory. Raskolnikov sees violations of universal moral norms at every step. It is impossible to feed a family with honest work, so the petty official Marmeladov finally becomes an alcoholic, and his daughter Sonechka is forced to sell herself, because otherwise her family will die of starvation. If unbearable living conditions push a person to violate moral principles, which means that these principles are nonsense, that is, they can be ignored. Raskolnikov comes to approximately this conclusion when a theory is born in his fevered brain, according to which he divides all of humanity into two unequal parts. On the one hand, this strong personalities, “super-humans” like Mohammed and Napoleon, and on the other hand, a gray, faceless and submissive crowd, which the hero rewards with contemptuous names - “trembling creature” and “anthill”.
The correctness of any theory must be confirmed by practice. And Rodion Raskolnikov conceives and carries out a murder, removing the moral prohibition from himself. His life after the murder turns into real hell. A painful suspicion develops in Rodion, which gradually turns into a feeling of loneliness and isolation from everyone. The writer finds a surprisingly accurate expression characterizing internal state Raskolnikov: it was “as if he had cut himself off from everyone and everything with scissors.” The hero is disappointed in himself, believing that he did not pass the test of being a ruler, which means, alas, he belongs to the “trembling creatures.”
Surprisingly, Raskolnikov himself would not want to be the winner now. After all, to win means to die morally, to remain with your spiritual chaos forever, to lose faith in people, yourself and life. Raskolnikov's defeat became his victory - a victory over himself, over his theory, over the Devil, who took possession of his soul, but failed to forever displace God in it.
M.A. Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita". This novel is too complex and multifaceted; the writer touched on many topics and problems in it. One of them is the problem of the struggle between good and evil. In The Master and Margarita, the two main forces of good and evil, which, according to Bulgakov, should be in balance on Earth, are embodied in the images of Yeshua Ha-Notsri from Yershalaim and Woland - Satan in human form. Apparently, Bulgakov, in order to show that good and evil exist outside of time and that people have lived according to their laws for thousands of years, placed Yeshua at the beginning of modern times, in the fictional masterpiece of the Master, and Woland, as the arbiter of cruel justice, in Moscow in the 30s. XX century. The latter came to Earth to restore harmony where it had been broken in favor of evil, which included lies, stupidity, hypocrisy and, finally, betrayal, which filled Moscow. Good and evil in this world are surprisingly closely intertwined, especially in human souls. When Woland, in a scene in a variety show, tests the audience for cruelty and deprives the entertainer of his head, and compassionate women demand to put her in her place, the great magician says: “Well... they are people like people... Well, frivolous... well, well... and mercy sometimes knocks on their hearts... ordinary people... - and loudly orders: “Put on your head.” And then we see people fighting over the ducats that fell on their heads.
The novel “The Master and Margarita” is about man’s responsibility for good and evil that is committed on earth, for own choice life paths leading to truth and freedom or to slavery, betrayal and inhumanity. It is about all-conquering love and creativity, elevating the soul to the heights of true humanity.
The author wanted to proclaim: the victory of evil over good cannot become end result social and moral confrontation. This, according to Bulgakov, is not accepted by human nature itself, and the entire course of civilization should not allow it.
Of course, the range of works that reveal thematic direction“Victory and Defeat” is much broader. The main thing is to see the principle, to understand that victory and defeat are relative concepts.
Wrote about this R. Bach in the book "Bridge Over Eternity": “The important thing is not whether we lose in the game, but what matters is how we lose and how we will change because of it, what new things we will learn for ourselves, how we can apply it in other games. In a strange way, defeat turns out to be victory."