Do you need to be true to your dream?
To the question: Which works of Russian literature contain the problem of unfulfilled dreams? (thanks in advance) given by the author Mamma Mia the best answer is the collapse of dreams - a problem that no author has thought about. I. A. Bunin, talking about a hunchback who was invited to a love date for the first time in his life, does not skimp on color, describing the man’s state in anticipation of a wonderful meeting. When this moment comes, everything in the hunchback’s soul will become numb and collapse: the hunchback will come towards the unfortunate man! Bunin doesn’t say a word about what he thinks. He just puts a dash before the word “hunchback.” This seemingly wordless sign contains everything that the hunchback feels: the collapse of a dream, the overthrow of an ideal... (I. Bunin’s story “The Hunchback”) How I sympathize with the unfortunate hunchback and even more so with the unfortunate hunchback! What was it like for her to see shock, disappointment and, perhaps, contempt on the man’s face... This is where all her dreams really came crashing down! Similar feelings were experienced by the hunchback Quasemodu, the hero of V. Hugo’s novel “Notre-Dame de Paris,” when his love was rejected by the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda. All hopes for happiness collapsed in an instant! Nadezhda, the heroine of I. A. Bunin’s story “Dark Alleys,” was not a hunchback, but a beauty. And what a collapse of dreams I experienced, I wanted to “kill myself out of resentment” when Nikolai Alekseevich “very heartlessly” abandoned her...
Answer from intricacy[guru]
Anna Karenina did not become happy, no matter how much she tried. Nina Zarechnaya is an unhappy girl. Poor Lisa - an unhappy girl - did not achieve her dream of being happy.
Answer from compound[guru]
Alexander Bashlachev
I’m thirsty, but the water in the wells is frozen.
Black, black holes, you can't get drunk from them.
We got stuck in the sand, then slid down a blade of ice.
Then the mittens also lost consciousness.
We built a castle, but we built a toilet.
There was an error in the project, but, as always, we know better.
Let this night sew me a purple uniform.
I will become the Guardian of the Time of Gathering Stones.
I see black holes.
Cold light.
Black holes...
We are no more.
Nice guys, but not on the same path with them.
There is no point in walking if the main thing is not to fall.
I know that I can never find
All things that could probably be easily stolen.
But from an early age I have not been able to stand in line.
The sun blinds me when I look at the flag.
And I'm tired of holding out mine to you
An open hand to shake a fist again.
I see black holes.
Cold light.
Black holes...
Look, what's left of us are black holes...
We are no more.
There are only black holes, black holes.
I watch the bridge arc burn again.
The last wolves are running away from me to Tambov.
I wanted to save the new paints for the canvas,
And he painted rows of border posts with them.
Someone else's steps, the sound of hooves or the creaking of wheels -
Nothing will disturb the territory of silence.
From now on, any question addressed to me
I will regard it as a declaration of war.
I see black holes.
Cold light.
Black holes...
Look, what's left of us are black holes...
We are no more.
There are only black holes, black holes.
- A.S. Pushkin - novel in verse "Eugene Onegin". In the novel “Eugene Onegin”, in the persons of Lensky and Onegin, the poet presents us with two types of people: a romantic-idealist and a realist-skeptic. These heroes have polar perceptions of the world and opposing views on life. Onegin is satiated, life ^ soberly evaluates people, the situation, life experience weighs on him, sometimes not giving him the opportunity to understand his own soul. Lensky, on the contrary, is young, devoid of burdensome life experience, and also a poet, a dreamer, that is, he is inclined to idealize the world. Perhaps that is why they eventually converge in a bloody duel, the outcome of which is the death of Lensky. As critics noted, the author understood that such a person “had nothing to do in Russia, and killed him by the hand of Onegin” (Herzen). Thus, Pushkin’s dream could not withstand contact with reality.
A.M. Gorky - play "At the Bottom". The problem of confrontation between dreams and reality is the central problem of A.M.’s play. Gorky "At the Bottom". The hero who brings dreams into the lives of those around him is Luke in the play. The image of Luke in the play is ambiguous and dual. He is a subtle psychologist, smart, observant, and has vast life experience. The hero’s ideological position is revealed by Luke’s story about two robbers and his parable about the “righteous land.” Luke's ideological opponents are Bubnov, Baron and Satin. However, if Bubnov and Baron are cynical realists, then Satin sincerely believes in man, in his spirit and inner strength. What is the influence of Luke’s “sermons” on the fate of the night shelters? He contributes to the emergence of hope in the lives of the characters (Anna promises to find the desired peace after death, he talks to the Actor about a free hospital for alcoholics, to Vaska Ash - about the opportunity to start a new life in Siberia, supports Natasha’s romantic love story). And the characters themselves change at the end of the play. Critics noted the atmosphere of humanity and general enthusiasm that reigns in the shelter. Kleshch is generous and kind to people, Baron thinks about life for the first time, Bubnov treats everyone, and the sound of a song unites people. But everything was ruined by the death of the Actor. And this is already a tragic collision of dreams and reality. Others also fail to make their dreams come true. Vaska Pepel goes to Siberia for hard labor, Nastya, who believes in romantic love, catches the Baron in a lie, Anna dies. However, does the author hold Luke alone responsible for what is happening? What is the author's position in the play? Let us note the author’s critical view of the social structure of Russian society, the presence of internal conflicts among the heroes (fear of life, weak will, laziness of the soul, fear of change). The author does not openly support either the position of Luke or the position of Satin. He poses one of the eternal questions in the play, calling on the viewer to think and make his own assessment. Of course, Gorky the realist stands for human courage and faith in one’s own strength. However, Gorky the romantic highly valued man's ability to dream. That is why critics wrote that the image of Luke was more successful for the writer than the image of Satin (V. Khodasevich). Critics also noted a certain “kinship” between these characters. At the end of the play, it is Satin who protects Luka. Thus, the heroes of A.M. Gorky's works reflect the duality and contradictory nature of the writer himself. The author himself leaves this question open.
A. Green - extravaganza “Scarlet Sails”. A dream come true is the basis of A. Green's plot. The little girl Assol holds in her hands a toy - a boat with scarlet sails, and for Green it becomes a symbol of fulfilled hopes, happiness, and the victory of good over evil. The world in which the girl lives is cruel and gloomy, she is surrounded by ordinary people, and there is no place for dreams in their lives. Children don’t want to play with Assol, they tease her, adults consider her a village fool, an eccentric, and make fun of her. And the girl leaves the rough, gray reality. The storyteller Egle predicts that she will meet a prince sailing on a sailboat with scarlet sails, and she sincerely believes in it. In the finale, Captain Gray, having fallen in love with the girl, gives her her childhood dream - a sailboat with scarlet sails. And then he will say wonderful words: “I understood one simple truth. It’s about doing so-called miracles with your own hands.”
Original text
Most often, a person is looking for his dream, but it also happens that a dream finds a person. Like a disease, like the flu virus. It seems that Kolka Velin never looked at the sky with bated breath, and the voices of birds soaring in the blue heights did not make his heart tremble. He was an ordinary student, moderately diligent and diligent, went to school without much enthusiasm, was quieter than water in class, loved to fish...
Everything changed in one day. He suddenly decided that he would become a pilot.
In a remote, remote village, where the nearest station is more than a hundred kilometers away, where any trip becomes a whole journey, this very thought seemed madness. The life path of every person here was smooth and straight: after school, boys received a license to drive a tractor and became machine operators, and the bravest ones completed driving courses and worked as drivers in the village. Traveling on the ground is the destiny of man. And then fly on an airplane! They looked at Kolka as an eccentric, and the father hoped that the absurd idea would somehow disappear from his son’s head by itself. You never know what we want in our youth! Life is a cruel thing, it will put everything in its place and indifferently, like a painter, will paint over with gray paint our ardent dreams drawn in our youth. But Kolka did not give up. He dreamed of silver wings carrying him over the wet snow of clouds, and thick elastic air, clean and cold, like spring water, filled his lungs.
After the graduation party, he went to the station, bought a ticket to Orenburg and took the night train to enter the flight school. Kolka woke up early in the morning from horror. Horror, like a boa constrictor, squeezed his numb body with cold rings and dug its toothy mouth into his very chest. Kolka went down from the top shelf, looked out the window, and he became even more scared. Trees protruding from the semi-darkness stretched crooked hands to the glass, narrow lanes, like gray steppe vipers, crawled through the bushes, and from the sky, filled to the brim with shreds of tattered clouds, darkness flowed down to the ground in purple-black paint. Where am I going? What will I do there alone? Kolka imagined that he would now be dropped off and he would find himself in the boundless emptiness of an uninhabited planet...
Arriving at the station, he bought a return ticket that same day and returned home two days later. Everyone reacted calmly to his return, without mockery, but also without sympathy. I feel a little sorry for the money spent on tickets, but I went, looked, checked myself, calmed down, and will now throw all nonsense out of my head and become a normal person. These are the laws of life: everything that flies up sooner or later returns to the ground. A stone, a bird, a dream—everything comes back...
Kolka got a job at the forestry enterprise, got married, is now raising two daughters, and goes fishing on weekends. Sitting on the bank of a muddy river, he looks at jet planes flying silently in the sky and immediately determines: here is a MiG, and there is a Su. His heart groans from aching pain, he wants to jump higher and at least once take a sip of that freshness that the sky generously feeds the birds. But there are fishermen sitting nearby, and he timidly hides his excited gaze, puts the worm on the hook, and then waits patiently for it to start biting.
(According to S. Mizerov)
Composition
In this text, S. Mizerov talks about how the choice of life path is born.
Does the environment influence a person's choice of life path? What prevents him from staying true to his dream?
S. Mizerov believes that the influence of everyday traditions and habits often forces a person to change his dream and does not allow him to fully realize his abilities. The hero of the story, Kolka Velin, could not overcome the feeling of fear of the new, he betrayed his dream and became like everyone else.
It is difficult to disagree with the author of the text. Often a person gets lost in the face of difficulties. And he, in my opinion, should not just want something, but strive to realize his dream. And then the realized dream will make his life fuller, more interesting.
The hero of the story by B. Polevoy, pilot Alexey Meresyev (aka Alexey Maresyev in life), left without legs, dreamed of flying. How much he had to suffer to get back at the helm of the plane!
Maria from V. Zakrutkin’s story “Mother of Man”, in incredibly difficult conditions, dreaming of surviving and preserving an unborn child as a memory of the past, was able to overcome her fear and give life to a new person.
You don’t need to give up, lose your composure, but you need to believe in your strength, in your dream, and then your heart won’t groan from “aching pain.”
Let's try to figure it out. A dream is a desire for something specific, for which a person begins to act. Sets goals for himself to make his dream come true. Everyone has dreams. More often we dream about something real and concrete, sometimes about something difficult to achieve. Some dreams are easy to turn into reality, others are never destined to come true. The main thing is that a person must dream. Otherwise, he will have nowhere to strive. But the dream must also be correct. I’ll try to prove this by turning to fiction: Leo Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace.”
Pierre Bezukhov, one of the main characters of the work, dreams of being useful to people and the state.
This dream leads him to the Freemasons, he tries to improve the lives of his peasants: he builds schools, hospitals (albeit not entirely successfully), makes an attempt to kill Napoleon and even... finds himself in the center of the Battle of Borodino. What if he didn’t have such a dream? He would have drowned in family squabbles with the immoral Helen, in the pleasures of secular society. The dream of being useful leads him through life, making him stronger and wiser.
What does Helen Bezukhova dream of? About wealth and fame in high society. And she also achieves a lot. She is considered not only the most beautiful woman, but also the smartest. Only Pierre knows that behind the external shine there is emptiness. Helen's salon becomes the most fashionable.
But she can't stop. She needs more and more money and fame. She forgets about morality. There is a war going on, and Bezukhova is changing her faith and doesn’t know who to choose from among the suitors. Such a dream leads the heroine to death.
Thus, it is imperative to dream. It is the dream that makes us act and leads us through life. But dreams are different. Don’t dream only about something for yourself, something material. These are dangerous dreams that can turn your life into an eternal pursuit of the unattainable. In this pursuit you will lose more than you gain. Learn to think not only about yourself. The main thing is to dream. And turn your dreams into reality. Everything depends only on us.
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Reality is
1.Objectivelyexistingphenomenon, reality, fact. ThisNotdream, Areality.
2. Allexisting, T. e. material world AndAllhisperfectproducts. criterionR. objects, processes, events, facts, propertiesAndT. d. issocieties. practice .
Synonyms : materiality, possibility, feasibility, givenness, reality, achievability, truth, concreteness, materiality, matter, presence, nature, feasibility, tangibility, evidence, authenticity, objectivity, reality, materiality, fact, factuality, reality
Antonyms : unreality, fantasy, science fiction
Main aspects of the topic
1. The relationship between dreams and reality (the connection between these concepts, the differences between concepts). Internal and external conflicts that arise when dreams collide with reality.
2. Dream, its role and function in a person’s life (mobilizing, demobilizing, etc.):
A mobilizing dream, forcing a person and society to move forward;
A dream that lifts a person above reality;
The dream is beautiful, inactive, demobilizing;
A dream that takes you into the world of dreams, saving you from unbearable reality;
Life without a dream, a high goal in a pragmatic world.
3. Types of dreams: unattainable dream, “small” dream, great dream, etc.
4. Dream - desire - goal - fantasy. Similarities and differences between these concepts.
5. Types of dreamers and realists in literature. How do a person’s dreams characterize them?
6. Dream in utopia, dystopia, fantasy. Dystopia as a genre that describes the consequences of realizing the dream of an ideal world.
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A DREAM is an image created by the imagination of something valuable and desirable, but currently inaccessible. In psychology, a dream is often interpreted as a typeimagination , facing the sphere of the desired distant future.
The category “dream” is closely related to the categories “imagination, desire and value " From category "target “A dream is distinguished by a separation from reality: the object of a dream can be, in principle, an inaccessible object of desire, the unattainability of which is recognized by the dreamer and which, due to this, is not a guideline for human activity.
From concepts such as "wish " or "need ", a dream is distinguished, firstly, by the obligatory participation of the imagination in creating the image of the desired and, secondly, by the high value of the desired. The concept of “dream”, as a rule, is applied in relation to the most valuable objects of desire for a given person or community, due to which this concept becomes close to the conceptideal .
The most important characteristic property of a dream is the unattainability of what is desired at the moment, and sometimes at all. It is this feature that makes this word synonymous with words such asdream, vision, ghost . The unattainability of dreams prompts the widespread use in advertising and propaganda of such expressions as “dream come true", "dream come true ", etc., which are inherently paradoxical.
The high value of a dream allows it to be used as a measure of an individual or collective worldview: a dream can be used to judge an individual or a community, since the dream embodies their life values. This property of dreams gives rise to stereotypical ideas about dreams that are characteristic of different communities: the “American Dream” is about rapid material success, the “Russian Dream” is about a miracle, etc. The embodiment of stereotypical dreams in works of literature leads to the creation of a genreutopias, and also facing the futurescience fiction .
Lack of dreams, inability to dream, is usually associated withpracticality, whose strength is a good, albeit superficial, knowledge of the surrounding reality, and whose weakness is the lack of the ability to set long-term goals. Traditionally, the dream is considered the most importantfactor motivating cognitive and creative activity . In this regard, the dream is considered as the first stage of the cycle of human activity, the final stage of which should be a scientific discovery, business venture, etc. At the same time the dream can play a rolepsychological tool for escapism . Thus, depending on the volitional properties of the individual, the same dream can play bothmobilizing , sodemobilizing function.
Reality , on the one hand, this is an objectively existing reality. It is important for a person to distinguish between what is reality and what is a fictional world. Most life goals begin to turn into tangible things only thanks to a person’s imagination and dreams. But sometimes people can lose the connection between material objects and fictional ones. This phenomenon is calleddistorted or subjective reality. Sometimes reality can be unbearable for a person, and then he looks for a way out of the existing situation: from the struggle to change the surrounding reality in accordance with his dreams and ideas to escaping from difficult reality into the world of illusions and fantasies. The way a person exists in objective reality and his relationship to it largely characterizes the personality.
A.S. Pushkin "Eugene Onegin". A dream can be perceived as an image of an ideal future and an ideal “I”. But at the same time, it is necessary to distinguish the line between dream and reality; the dream must be consistent with reality. We find this idea of a dream in A.S. Pushkin in the novel “Eugene Onegin”.
The poet replaces the idealized idea of a dream that existed in early poems with a more rational one. The main dreamer in the poem is Tatyana Larina, a lover of secular novels:
She liked novels early on;
They replaced everything for her;
She fell in love with deceptions
And Richardson and Russo.
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Now with what attention she pays
Reads a sweet novel
With such living charm
Drinks seductive deception!
Happy power of dreams
Animated creatures
Lover of Julia Volmar,
Malek-Adele and de Linard,
And Werther, the rebellious martyr,
And the incomparable Grandison,
Which brings us to sleep, -
Everything for the tender dreamer
They have clothed themselves in a single image,
Merged into one Onegin.
Tatyana Larina dreamed of true, great love. But the heroine sees the line between dreams and reality, which does not lead her to a sad end, but allows her to live on, having experienced disappointment in her feelings.
A. Green - extravaganza “Scarlet Sails”. A dream come true is the basis of A. Green’s plot. The little girl Assol holds in her hands a toy - a boat with scarlet sails, and for Green it becomes a symbol of fulfilled hopes, happiness, and the victory of good over evil. The world in which the girl lives is cruel and gloomy, she is surrounded by ordinary people, and there is no place for dreams in their lives. Children don’t want to play with Assol, they tease her, adults consider her a village fool, an eccentric, and make fun of her. And the girl leaves the rough, gray reality. The storyteller Egle predicts that she will meet a prince sailing on a sailboat with scarlet sails, and she sincerely believes in it. In the finale, Captain Gray, having fallen in love with the girl, gives her her childhood dream - a sailboat with scarlet sails. And then he will say wonderful words: “I understood one simple truth. It’s about doing so-called miracles with your own hands.”
M. Gorky “At the Bottom”. The heroes of the work are inhabitants of a city shelter who find themselves at the bottom of their lives for various reasons. The characters for the most part are people broken by circumstances who have lost their moral guidelines. At the same time, every inhabitant of the “bottom” lives a dream that has nothing to do with reality. For example, young Nastya dreams of pure love, and the book “Fatal Love” helps her maintain hope in the harsh reality. The Drunken Actor once shone on stage long ago; audiences knew him as Sverchkov-Zadunaisky. Now he only has a nickname, reminiscent of his former life. His dream is to go to a hospital, and then to go on stage again. Vaska Pepel dreams of starting a new life with Natasha in distant Siberia. But, alas, the dreams of the night shelters are not destined to come true. Any inhabitant of the shelter wishes for a better life, but does nothing to correct the situation. It is much easier to listen to the comforting words of the wanderer Luke, instilling hope for the realization of fantasies. His ideology lies in the phrase: “What you believe in is what it is.” But a dream that is not supported by action is destructive.
The parable about the righteous land that Luke told the night shelters helps to understand the author’s position: “I knew one man who believed in the righteous land. He was poor, his life was bad... and when it was so difficult for him that he could even lie down and die, he did not lose his spirit, and everything happened, he just grinned and said: “Nothing! I'll be patient! A few more, I’ll wait... and then I’ll give up this whole life and go to the righteous land...” The end of this story is tragic. A man who believed in a “righteous land” dies when he learns from an exiled scientist that there is no such place on the map. The meaning of this story, according to Luke, is that the man died because that exiled scientist did not have compassion on his neighbor in time. If he had lied that there was a “righteous land,” the person would have continued to live in peace, otherwise... But the author himself thinks differently.
Gorky opposes comforting illusions. After all, if delusion has gone, then life, therefore, has gone with it. This is confirmed by the fate of the Actor, who hanged himself, deprived of Luke’s comforting stories. Thus, even the brightest innermost dreams, if inactive, are forever doomed to remain so, since the cruel reality is much stronger...
N.V. Gogol "Dead Souls". Gogol's Manilov from the poem "Dead Souls" is a "big dreamer". The essence of Manilov's character is complete idleness. Lying on the sofa, he indulges in dreams, fruitless and fantastic, which he will never be able to fulfill, since any work, any activity is alien to him. He indulges in his his favorite and only “thing”: thinking about the “well-being of a friendly life”, about how “nice it would be to live with a friend on the banks of some river.” His peasants live in poverty, the house is in disarray, and he dreams of how nice it would be to build a stone bridge across the pond or an underground passage from the house... His dreams take him further and further from reality.
N.M. Karamzin “Poor Liza” In Karamzin's story "Poor Liza" the problem of dreams and reality is posed very acutely. Let's start with the fact that the writer himself, in his dreams, wanted to unite a poor peasant woman with a representative of an aristocratic society. The world of dreams and the world of reality collide in the space of the story. Erast dreams of idyllic love, sincerely wanting to forget class conventions. But reality destroys these intentions. Political, psychological, financial, social - what kind of circumstances do not interfere with the relationship of lovers! Even one of them would be enough for Erast’s dreams to crumble like a house of cards, so unsteady and fragile are his moral foundations. Lisa's fate was predetermined from the very moment when she believed that the fairy tale about Cinderella could become a reality in her and Erast's case. Until this moment, she tried to look at the situation soberly, but the desire to become a wife for her beloved made her vulnerable. Following her dream, she lost her head, and it ended in tragedy.
N.V. Gogol “Nevsky Prospekt” N.V. Gogol’s story “Nevsky Prospekt” explores the conflict between dreams and reality using the example of two heroes: Pirogov and Piskarev. Lieutenant Pirogov is not prone to daydreaming; all his desires are easily achievable and fulfillable. His concepts of the world do not include ideals and the desire for perfection. Therefore, failure to choose a woman for entertainment does not lead to any tragic experience: not one, but the other - in principle, it does not matter to him. Piskarev is a completely different matter. Real life is detrimental to his subtle nature; he wants to live in an ideal world, which he himself invented in his dreams. On Nevsky Prospect he met a girl who seemed to him a model of perfection and beauty. When she turned out to be a vulgar “street butterfly,” Piskarev could not survive it, since rough reality was not for him. Nevsky Prospekt is a mirage, a deception - “everything is not what it seems.” And people in this deceptive world are not able to see things in their true light. This comes from the fact that some cannot rise above their animal state and exist only in reality, while others are in the clouds and do not want to descend to the sinful earth.
I.S. Turgenev “The Noble Nest” The novel “The Noble Nest” by I.S. Turgenev is based on the story of the unhappy love of Fyodor Lavretsky and Lisa Kalitina. The dream of a happy life together was shattered by the whim of Varvara Pavlovna. Before meeting Lisa, Lavretsky was married to Varvara, a stupid woman, but with acumen. She sees her husband only as a money bag and is not going to give up on him. Lavretsky married her very young, dreaming of an ideal; the beautiful Varvara seemed to him an angel. The reality turned out to be so cruel that he became disillusioned with women. The meeting with Lisa seemed like a gift of fate to him, this girl turned out to be so pure and noble. Love for her revived him to life, and her loss deprived him of hope for happiness. But he humbly accepted this test, deciding to suffer and endure, to plow the land and live by his labors. And Lisa went to the monastery. “The Noble Nest” is a symbol that contains a dream of happiness and a wonderful life, but this dream cannot come true while people like Varvara Pavlovna are in charge in real life.
L.N. Tolstoy “After the Ball” In the story “After the Ball,” Leo Tolstoy talks about how dreams are destroyed when faced with cruel reality. Ivan Vasilyevich, the narrator of the work, recalls the days of his youth, when he was young and full of happy hopes. He was in love and danced with his chosen one at the governor's ball all night. He lost only one dance to another - Varenka's father, for whom he felt the same enthusiastic feeling of love as for his daughter. The whole world seemed joyful and happy to the lover. Until the morning came after the ball. The narrator could not fall asleep and went for a walk, during which he saw a monstrous action - an inhumane execution of a fugitive Tatar, which was led by Varenka’s father. So reality destroyed dreams of happiness - the young man could not marry a girl whose father was capable of participating in such a monstrous business. The voluntary renunciation of a dream is explained by the fact that one cannot enjoy happiness when at the same time someone is being tortured and tormented.
In the storyA. P. Chekhov “Ionych” the hero dreams of his realization in the profession. He wants to make a big contribution to the development of medicine, wants to help people and bring good to this world. But Dmitry finds himself in a remote province, where his sincere impulses towards the light are drowned out by the impenetrable darkness of philistinism and vulgarity. The entire environment of the young doctor drags him into a swamp of monotony and boredom. Here no one strives for anything, no one craves anything. Everything is going as usual. And Startsev betrays his dream, becoming an ordinary, fat, middle-aged man. He is rude and grumbling, serving annoying patients, whom he views solely as a source of income. Now he just wants to sit in the club and gamble. Using his example, we understand that betrayal of one’s ideals and dreams promises complete spiritual degradation.
Not all dreams are destined to come true, and this is the norm. This thesis is proven by A.P. Chekhov in the book “Ionych”. Katerina dreams of becoming a virtuoso pianist, but can she do it? Hardly. Not all people are given true talent. But the heroine does not understand this, boasting of her ability to drum on the keys. She even rejects Dmitry's proposal, leaves her father's house and spends several years in the capital, trying to learn to be a pianist. So what's the end result? Youth fades, beauty fades, and dreams turn into painful stings of ambition. The girl returns home with nothing, vaguely aware of her own mediocrity. Was it worth rejecting the young man? No. But the past cannot be returned, and Katerina tries in vain to remind Dmitry of her old feelings. Thus, not all dreams can be realized by a person, and he must accept this fact courageously and calmly, directing his efforts in another, more suitable direction.
In the playA. N. Ostrovsky “Thunderstorm” the main character dreams of a happy and free life. But the marriage did not live up to her hopes: the husband found himself under the iron heel of his mother, who reproached every day of the young family’s existence. If the son could still escape for a while to a tavern or on business, then his wife took upon herself the full burden of the relationship with her mother-in-law. Reality cruelly deceived the expectations of a sublime and romantic girl. She thought that all families, like her parents, lived in harmony and understanding. But her dream of love is not destined to come true even outside Kabanikha’s house. Boris was another disappointment. His love did not extend beyond his uncle's ban. As a result, from the collision of reality with the world of dreams, the heroine loses the strength to live and kills herself. Thus, the conflict between reality and dreams can lead to tragedy.
Dreams come true, but not by themselves. Something needs to be done for this. But often people do not understand simple truths, and A. N. Ostrovsky described such an example in the drama “The Thunderstorm.” Tikhon loves his wife and dreams of living with her in the harmony of the family hearth, but the hero’s mother constantly pesters the young people with her eternal desire to control everything. It would seem that this problem can be corrected, but Tikhon is a weak-willed and apathetic person to whom any task seems an unbearable burden. He is afraid of his mother, although he has already become a grown man. As a result, he drags along the burden of a difficult life, not trying to realize his desires. This was enough to drive unfortunate Katerina to suicide. In the finale, the hero mourns his wife and reproaches his mother for the collapse of all his hopes. But he alone is to blame.
In the novelI. A. Goncharova “Oblomov” the hero gets bogged down in fantasies all his life, hiding from reality in a warm robe on his favorite sofa. He practically never leaves the house, but he often thinks about going out and doing something. Ilya Ilyich only brushes aside all the demands of reality (theft in Oblomovka, the need to leave the apartment, etc.), trying at any cost to transfer worries about business to someone else. Therefore, Oblomov is always surrounded by scammers who benefit from their friend’s continuous escape from reality, where they shamelessly rob him. Ilya Ilyich's daydreaming leads him to a dead end. Living his days in illusions, he has forgotten how to do anything, so he loses his beloved Olga, squanders the rest of his inheritance and leaves his son an orphan without a fortune. Oblomov dies in the prime of his life from his way of life, although no, from his way of thinking, because it is he who brings a man to complete physical and spiritual degradation. Thus, excessive daydreaming threatens a person with irreparable and serious consequences.
Our dreams do not always lead us down the right path. Sometimes they entangle us in the depths of labyrinths, from where it is difficult to get back. Therefore, it is necessary in time to distinguish our true desires from false and imposed ideas about what we want. In I. A. Goncharov’s novel “Oblomov” there is just such an example. Olga Ilyinskaya imagined herself to be the savior of Ilya Ilyich and began to stubbornly remake him. She did not spare his habits, did not take his opinion into account, and did not love him as he was in real life. She saw in front of her only an illusion that she dreamed of making. Therefore, their relationship did not work out, and the heroine herself found herself in a stupid position. She, young and beautiful, almost herself proposed to the lazy fat man, who avoided such conversations in every possible way. Then the woman realized that she had been living in illusions and had invented love for herself. Olga, fortunately, found a more suitable husband and said goodbye to false desires that could have made her unhappy if they had come true. Thus, not all dreams lead us to a happy future.
F. M. Dostoevsky in his work "Crime and Punishment" described a very dangerous dreamer who should be careful about what he wishes for. Rodion Raskolnikov sought to restore social justice and distribute the surplus of rich people to the poor. To do this, he chose the first victim - the moneylender Alena Ivanovna. This old woman shrouded dozens of honest but poor families in debt networks. The hero kills her, and at the same time takes the life of her sister, who witnessed the massacre. But the fulfillment of his dream turns into the collapse of all his bright hopes. The stolen money did not help anyone, but only destroyed the peace of mind of the murderer and thief. Thus, some desires really should be feared, since in reality they can only be embodied in ugliness and sinfulness.
Reality is sometimes unable to desecrate a dream, as the author of the book “Crime and Punishment”, F. M. Dostoevsky, proves to us. Sonya Marmeladova dreamed of guiding Rodion on the righteous path of atonement for sin. Therefore, the girl undertakes a moral feat: she goes to hard labor after her beloved. The harsh realities of prison life did not break the sublime soul. The heroine adapted to the cruel order and supported many prisoners with her care. Everyone loved her. Even the cold heart of proud Rodion melted. As a result, Sonya's wish came true: her chosen one renounced the inhuman theories. Thus, even the most seemingly unrealizable dream can break into reality and not be defiled by it if a person passionately believes in what he is doing.
In the work"War and Peace" L.N. Tolstoy depicts different types of dreams:
1. A magical dream of the miraculous. This is exactly Natasha Rostova’s dream - to learn to fly. Natasha represents the image of a person free from stereotypes and public opinion. She is free to dream, including about things that will never come true.
2. A down-to-earth dream. Thus, Princess Marya dreams of a woman’s happiness: a loving husband, a strong family: “In the thought of marriage, Princess Marya dreamed of family happiness, of children, but her main, strongest and hidden dream was earthly love.”
3. A lofty dream, a dream of service. Andrei Bolkonsky dreams of heroism and glory. Perhaps the defining feature of Prince Andrei is his consciousness in all his aspirations. He always wanted to take an “active part in life.” In his soul he dreamed of the glory of Napoleon. Bolkonsky sincerely dreamed of a feat that other people would notice and appreciate. He considered Napoleon, to whom Toulon had brought glory, his idol. Prince Andrey sought approval and recognition. Under Austerlitz, Bolkonsky understands that he can get everything or nothing. Prince Andrei dreams of accomplishing a feat. A unique opportunity opens up before him. The hero already imagines how he runs with the banner and saves the entire army. The day of battle arrives. The dream becomes reality. Andrei Bolkonsky sees chaos and panic in the troops. He takes the banner and leads the army. But his unexpected injury interrupts his ambitious plans. The eternal, endless sky appears before the prince in all its grandeur. In comparison, earthly battles seem meaningless and insignificant. The hero felt the immensity of the universe in comparison with personal interests. A spiritual turning point occurs in the soul of Prince Andrei. He returns to Bald Mountains as a different person. Prince Andrei wants to change the life of the country and participates in Speransky’s reforms. His dreams are always active, creative, guided by the desire to serve people.
4. Pierre Bezukhov also dreams of being useful and finding his purpose. Over time, the heroes’ dreams transform and “grow up” with them, but one thing remains unchanged - the sublimity of their desires.
Quotes and sayings
The only reality is Life! Richard Bach
Blessed is he who sometimes lives in the future; Blessed is he who lives in a dream. — Alexander Nikolaevich Radishchev
Reality is like a powerful slap in the face... Daniel Keyes.
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. — Eleanor Roosevelt
In grief, in misfortune, they console themselves with dreams. (Alexander Humboldt)
There is a side to a dream that is better than reality; in reality there is a better side than the dream. Complete happiness would be a combination of both. (Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy)
Reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein
Reality is like the weather - no one can change it except itself. Feng Jicai.
And I dreamed that what I considered reality was a dream, and a dream was reality. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.
We all dream of some magical rose garden that lies beyond the horizon, instead of enjoying the roses that bloom right outside our window. (Dale Carnegie)
Dreams compare favorably with reality due to the luxury of non-fulfillment. G. E. Malkin.
Everything that a person can imagine in his imagination, others can bring to life. (Jules Verne)
You can judge a person much more accurately by his dreams than by his thoughts. (Victor Hugo)
Dream big, small dreams don't set your heart on fire.Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Dreams will not come true on their own.Paulo Coelho
It's a shame when your dreams come true for others!Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Only the world of dreams is eternal.Valery Bryusov
Dreams make up half of reality.Joseph Joubert
