A mistake that ruined the whole story. Be smarter

As they say, “Man learns from mistakes.” This proverb is known to everyone. But there is also another well-known proverb - “A smart person learns from the mistakes of others, and a stupid person learns from his own.” Writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries left us a rich cultural heritage. From their works, from the mistakes and experiences of their heroes, we can learn important things that will help us in the future, having knowledge, not to commit unnecessary actions.
Every person strives in his life for happiness at the family hearth and spends his entire life looking for his “soul mate.” But it often happens that feelings are deceptive, not mutual, not constant, and a person becomes unhappy. Writers, perfectly understanding the problem of unhappy love, have written a large number of works that reveal various facets of love, true love. One of the writers who explored this topic was Ivan Bunin. The collection of stories “Dark Alleys” contains stories whose stories are vital and relevant for consideration by modern people. My favorite story was “Easy Breathing.” It reveals a feeling like nascent love. At first glance, it may seem that Olya Meshcherskaya is an arrogant and proud girl who, at fifteen years old, wants to appear older and therefore goes to bed with her father’s friend. The boss wants to reason with her, prove to her that she is still a girl and should dress and behave accordingly.
But that's not really the case. How can Olya, whom the younger classes love, be arrogant and arrogant? You can’t fool children, they see the sincerity of Olya and her behavior. But what about the rumors that she is flighty, that she is in love with a high school student and is unfaithful with him? But these are just rumors spread by girls who are jealous of Olya’s grace and natural beauty. The behavior of the head of the gymnasium is similar. She lived a long but gray life in which there were no joys or happiness. She now looks youthful, has silver hair, and loves to knit. She is contrasted with Olya’s eventful life and bright, joyful moments. Also the antithesis is the natural beauty of Meshcherskaya and the “youthfulness” of the boss. Because of this, a conflict flares up between them. The boss wants Olya to remove her “feminine” hairstyle and behave more dignified. But Olya feels that her life will be bright, that there will definitely be happy, true love in her life. She does not answer the boss rudely, but behaves gracefully, in an aristocratic manner. Olya does not notice this female envy and does not wish anything bad for the boss.
Olya Meshcherskaya’s love was just beginning, but never had time to open up due to her death. For myself, I learned the following lesson: it is necessary to develop love in yourself and show it in life, but be careful not to cross the line that will lead to sad consequences.

Another writer who explored the theme of love is Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. I would like to consider his work “The Cherry Orchard”. Here I can divide all the characters into three categories: Ranevskaya, Lopakhin and Olya and Petya. Ranevskaya personifies Russia's noble aristocratic past in the play: She can enjoy the beauty of the garden and not think about whether it brings her benefits or not. She is characterized by such qualities as mercy, nobility, spiritual generosity, generosity and kindness. She still loves her chosen one, who betrayed her once. For her, the cherry orchard is a home, memory, connection with generations, memories from childhood. Ranevskaya does not care about the material side of life (she is wasteful and does not know how to conduct business and make decisions on pressing problems). Ranevskaya is characterized by sensitivity and spirituality. From her example I can learn mercy and spiritual beauty.
Lopakhin, who personifies modern Russia in the work, is characterized by a love of money. He works in a bank and tries to find a source of profit in everything. He is practical, hard-working and energetic, achieves his goals. However, the love of money has not ruined his human feelings: he is sincere, grateful, and understanding. He has a gentle soul. For him, the garden is no longer a cherry tree, but a cherry tree, a source of profit, not aesthetic pleasure, a means for obtaining material gain, and not a symbol of memory and connection with generations. From his example, I can learn to develop spiritual qualities first, and not the love of money, which can easily ruin the human element in people.
Anya and Petya personify the future of Russia, which frightens the reader. They talk a lot, but are not carried away by anything, they strive for an ephemeral future, shining but barren, and a wonderful life. They easily let go of what they don't need (in their opinion). They are not at all worried about the fate of the garden or anything. They can confidently be called Ivans, who do not remember their kinship. From their example, I can learn to appreciate the monuments of the past and preserve the connection between generations. I can also learn that if you strive for a bright future, then you need to make efforts, and not engage in chatter.
As you can see, from the works of writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries we can learn many useful lessons in life and gain experience that in the future will protect us from mistakes that could deprive us of joy and happiness in life.

Each of us makes mistakes and learns a life lesson, and often a person regrets and tries to correct what happened, but, alas, it is impossible to turn back time. To avoid them in the future, you need to learn to analyze them. In many works of world fiction, the classics touch on this topic.
In Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev’s work “Fathers and Sons,” Evgeny Bazarov is by nature a nihilist, a person with completely unusual views for people, who denies all the values ​​of society. He refutes all the thoughts of the people around him, including his family and the Kirsanov family. Repeatedly, Evgeny Bazarov noted his beliefs, firmly believing in them and not taking into account anyone’s words: “a decent chemist is twenty times more useful than any poet,” “nature is nothing...Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and a person is a worker in it.” This was the only thing his life path was built on. But is everything the hero thinks true? This is his experience and mistakes. At the end of the work, everything that Bazarov believed in, that he was strongly convinced of, all his life views, is refuted by himself.
Another striking example is the hero from Ivan Antonovich Bunin’s story “The Gentleman from San Francisco.” At the center of the story is a gentleman from San Francisco, who decided to reward himself for his long work. At 58 years old, the old man decided to start a new life: “He hoped to enjoy the sun of Southern Italy and the ancient monuments.” He spent all his time only on work, pushing aside many important parts of life, leading with the most valuable thing - money. He enjoyed drinking chocolate, wine, taking baths, reading newspapers every day. So, he made a mistake and paid for it with his own life. As a result, equipped with wealth and gold, the gentleman dies in the hotel, in the worst, smallest and dampest room. The thirst to satiate and satisfy one’s needs, the desire to rest after the past years and start life over again, turns out to be a tragic end for the hero.
Thus, the authors, through their heroes, show us, future generations, experience and mistakes, and we, the readers, should be grateful for the wisdom and examples that the writer sets before us. After reading these works, you should pay attention to the outcome of the heroes’ lives and follow the right path. But, of course, personal life lessons have a much better impact on us. As the well-known proverb says: “You learn from mistakes.”
Mikheev Alexander

Part 1 - Timur Osipov
Essay on the topic “Experience and mistakes”
People make mistakes, that's our nature. A smart person is not the one who does not make mistakes, but the one who learns from his mistakes. Mistakes are what help us move on, taking into account all past circumstances, developing more and more each time, accumulating more and more experience and knowledge.
Fortunately, many writers have touched on this topic in their works, revealing it deeply and sharing their experience with us. For example, let's look at the story of I.A. Bunin “Antonov apples”. “Treasured alleys of noble nests,” these words of Turgenev perfectly reflect the content of this work. The author recreates the world of a Russian estate in his head. He is sad about the times gone by. Bunin conveys his feelings so realistically and intimately through sounds and smells that this story can be called “fragrant.” “The fragrant smell of straw, fallen leaves, mushroom dampness” and of course the smell of Antonov apples, which become a symbol of Russian landowners. Everything was good in those days, contentment, homeliness, prosperity. Estates were built reliably and forever, landowners hunted in velvet pants, people walked in clean white shirts, indestructible boots with horseshoes, even the old people were “tall, big, white as a harrier.” But all this fades over time, ruin comes, everything is no longer so wonderful. All that remains from the old world is the subtle smell of Antonov apples... Bunin is trying to convey to us that we need to maintain connections between times and generations, preserve the memory and culture of the old time, and also love our country as much as he does.

Part 2 - Timur Osipov
I would also like to touch on A.P. Chekhov’s work “The Cherry Orchard”. It also talks about the life of a landowner. The characters can be divided into 3 categories. The older generation is the Ranevskys. They are people of a passing noble era. They are characterized by mercy, generosity, subtlety of soul, as well as wastefulness, narrow-mindedness, inability and unwillingness to solve pressing problems. The attitude of the characters towards the cherry orchard shows the problem of the entire work. For the Ranevskys, this is heritage, the origins of childhood, beauty, happiness, connection with the past. Next comes the generation of the present, which is represented by Lopakhin, a practical, enterprising, energetic and hard-working person. He sees the garden as a source of income; for him it is more like Cherry than Cherry. And finally, the last group, the generation of the future - Petya and Anya. They tend to strive for a bright future, but their dreams are mostly fruitless, words for words, about everything and nothing. For the Ranevskys, the garden is all of Russia, and for them, all of Russia is a garden. This shows the very etherealness of their dreams. These are the differences between the three generations, and again, why are they so great? Why is there so much disagreement? Why does the cherry orchard have to die? His death is the destruction of the beauty and memory of his ancestors, the ruin of his native hearth; one cannot cut down the roots of a still blooming and living garden, for this punishment will certainly follow.
We can conclude that mistakes must be avoided, because their consequences can be tragic. And after making mistakes, you need to use it to your advantage, extract experience from it for the future and pass it on to others.

For Lopakhin (present), the cherry orchard is a source of income. “...The only remarkable thing about this garden is that it is very large. Cherries are born once every two years, and there’s nowhere to put that one. Nobody buys...” Ermolai looks at the garden from the point of view of enrichment. He busily suggests that Ranevskaya and Gaev divide the estate into summer cottages and cut down the garden.
Reading the work, we involuntarily ask ourselves questions: is it possible to save the garden? Who is to blame for the death of the garden? Is there no bright future? The author himself gives the answer to the first question: it is possible. The whole tragedy lies in the fact that the owners of the garden are not capable, due to their character, of saving and continuing the garden to bloom and smell fragrant. There is only one answer to the question of guilt: everyone is guilty.
...Isn’t there any bright future?..
This question is already asked by the author to the readers, which is why I will answer this question. A bright future is always a huge job. These are not beautiful speeches, not the presentation of an ephemeral future, but rather perseverance and solving serious problems. This is the ability to bear responsibility, the ability to respect the traditions and customs of ancestors. The ability to fight for what is dear to you.
The play “The Cherry Orchard” shows the unforgivable mistakes of the heroes. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov gives us the opportunity to analyze so that we, young readers, have experience. This is a deplorable mistake among our heroes, but the emergence of comprehension and experience among readers in order to save a fragile future.
The second work for analysis I would like to take is Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin’s “Women’s Conversation”. Why did I choose this particular story? Probably because in the future I will become a mother. I will have to raise a little person into a Human.
Even now, looking at the world through children's eyes, I already understand what is good and what is bad. I see examples of parenting, or lack thereof. As a teenager, I must set an example for the younger ones.
But what I wrote earlier is the influence of parents, family. This is the influence of upbringing. The influence of observing traditions and, of course, respect. This is the work of my loved ones, which will not be in vain. Vika does not have the opportunity to recognize love and significance for her parents. “Vika ended up in the village with her grandmother in the middle of winter not of her own free will. At the age of sixteen I had to have an abortion. I got in touch with the company, and the company got in trouble. She dropped out of school, started disappearing from home, started spinning, spinning... until they grabbed her, snatched her from the carousel, already baited, already screaming on guard.”
“In the village not of my own free will…” it’s insulting, unpleasant. It's a shame for Vika. Sixteen years old is still a child in need of parental attention. If there is no attention from parents, then the child will look for this attention on the side. And no one will explain to the child whether it is good to become another link in a company in which there is only “gotcha.” It’s unpleasant to understand that Vika was exiled to her grandmother. “...and then my father harnessed his old Niva, and, until I came to my senses, to my grandmother for deportation, for re-education.” Problems committed not so much by the child as by the parents. They didn't notice, they didn't explain! It’s true, it’s easier to send Vika to her grandmother so that she won’t be ashamed of her child. Let all responsibility for what happened fall on Natalya’s strong shoulders.
For me, the story “Women’s Conversation” first of all shows what kind of parents you should never be. Shows all the irresponsibility and carelessness. It is scary that Rasputin, looking through the prism of time, described what is still happening. Many modern teenagers lead a wild lifestyle, although some are not even fourteen.
I hope that the experience learned from Vicky’s family will not become the basis for building her own life. I hope that she will become a loving mother, and then a sensitive grandmother.
And the last, final question I will ask myself: is there a connection between experience and mistakes?
“Experience is the son of difficult mistakes” (A.S. Pushkin) We should not be afraid to make mistakes, because they strengthen us. By analyzing them, we become smarter, morally stronger... or, more simply put, we gain wisdom.

Maria Dorozhkina

Every person sets goals for himself. We spend our entire lives trying to achieve these goals. It can be difficult and people endure these difficulties in different ways; some, if it doesn’t work out, immediately give up everything and give up, while others set new goals for themselves and achieve them, taking into account their past mistakes and possibly the mistakes and experiences of other people. It seems to me that in some part the meaning of life is achieving your goals, that you cannot give up and you need to go to the end, taking into account the mistakes of your own and others. Experience and mistakes are present in many works, I will take two works, the first is Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”.

I think that it is necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past in order to prevent the same mistakes again. Experience is very important and at least “learn from mistakes.” I don’t think it’s right to make mistakes that someone has already made, since you can avoid it and figure out how to do it so as not to commit the same thing that our ancestors did. Writers in their stories are trying to convey to us that experience is built on mistakes, and so that we gain experience without making the same mistakes.

But the future generation does not inspire optimism in Chekhov at all. “The Eternal Student” Petya Trofimov. The hero has an inherent desire for a wonderful future, but everyone can learn to speak beautifully, but Trofimov is unable to back up his words with actions. The cherry orchard is not interesting to him, and that’s not the worst thing. What is more frightening is that he is imposing his views on the still “pure” Anya. The author's attitude towards such a person is unambiguous - “klutz”.

This wastefulness and inability to accept and solve the problem of the past generation led to the loss of the key to beauty and memories, and on the other hand, the obstinacy and perseverance of the present generation led to the loss of an amazing garden, to the departure of the entire noble era, because Lopakhin, in fact, cut down the root, then what this era was based on. The author warns us, because with the change of generation, the wonderful feeling of seeing beauty weakens, and then completely disappears. The degradation of the soul occurs, people begin to value material values, and less and less is something elegant and beautiful, less and less is the value of our ancestors, grandfathers and fathers.

Another wonderful work is “Antonov Apples” by I.A. Bunina. The writer talks about peasant and noble life and in every possible way fills his “fragrant story” with various ways of conveying that atmosphere, those unique smells, sounds, colors. The narration comes from the perspective of Bunin himself. The author shows and reveals our Motherland in all its colors and manifestations.

The prosperity of peasant society was demonstrated to the reader in many aspects. The village of Vyselki is excellent proof of this. Those old men and women who lived for a very long time were white and tall, like a harrier. That atmosphere of the hearth that reigned in peasant houses, with a warming samovar and a black stove. This is a demonstration of the contentment and wealth of the peasants. People appreciated and enjoyed life, the unique smells and sounds of nature. And to match the old people there were houses built by their grandfathers, brick, durable, for centuries. But what about that man who poured apples and who ate them so juicy, with a bang, dashingly, one after another, and then at night he would lie carefree, gloriously on the cart, look at the starry sky, feel the unforgettable smell of tar in the fresh air and, Perhaps he will fall asleep with a smile on his face.

Rewritten introduction and conclusion.

Introduction: The book is an invaluable source of wisdom from unique writers. Warning and warning us, the modern and future generation, through the mistakes of their heroes, was one of the main messages of their work. Mistakes are common to absolutely all people on earth. Everyone makes mistakes, but not everyone tries to analyze their mistakes and extract the “grain” from them, but thanks to this understanding of their own mistakes, the path to a happy life opens.

Conclusion: In conclusion, I would like to note that the modern generation needs to appreciate the works of writers. By reading works, a thoughtful reader draws and accumulates the necessary experience, acquires wisdom, over time the store of knowledge about life grows, and the reader must pass on the accumulated experience to others. The English scientist Coleridge calls such readers “diamonds” because they are actually very rare. But it is precisely thanks to this approach that society will learn from the mistakes of the past and reap the fruits from the mistakes of the past. People will make fewer mistakes, and more wise people will appear in society. And wisdom is the key to a happy life.

Noble life was significantly different from peasant life; serfdom was still felt, despite its abolition. When entering Anna Gerasimovna’s estate, first of all, you can hear various smells. They are not felt, but heard, that is, recognized by sensation, an amazing quality. The smells of an old mahogany medal, dried linden blossom, which has been lying on the windows since June... It’s hard for the reader to believe this, a truly poetic nature is capable of this! The wealth and prosperity of the nobles is manifested at least in their dinner, an amazing dinner: all pink boiled ham with peas, stuffed chicken, turkey, marinades and red, strong and sweet-sweet kvass. But estate life is becoming desolate, cozy noble nests are falling apart, and estates like Anna Gerasimovna’s are becoming fewer and fewer.

But in the estate of Arseny Semenych the situation is completely different. Crazy scene: the greyhound climbs onto the table and begins to devour the remains of the hare, and suddenly the owner of the estate comes out of the office and fires a shot at his pet, playing with his eyes, with sparkling eyes, with excitement. And then, in a silk shirt, velvet trousers and long boots, which is direct proof of wealth and prosperity, he goes hunting. And hunting is the place where you give free rein to your emotions, you are overcome by excitement, passion and you feel almost united with the horse. You return all wet and trembling from tension, and on the way back you smell the smells of the forest: mushroom dampness, rotten leaves and wet wood. The smells are everlasting...

Bunin teaches us to love our Motherland; in this work he shows all the indescribable beauty of our Fatherland. And for him it is important that, through the prism of time, the memory of a bygone culture does not dissipate, but is preserved and remembered for a long time. The old world is gone forever, and only the subtle smell of Antonov apples remains.

In conclusion, I would like to note that these works are not the only options for demonstrating that culture, that life of the past generation; there are other creations of writers. Generations change, and only memory remains. Through such stories, the reader learns to remember, honor and love his homeland in all its manifestations. And the future is built on the mistakes of the past.

Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past? I think many people are pondering this question. Every person makes mistakes, a person cannot live life without making a mistake. But we must learn to think about the mistake and not make it in later life. As the common people say: “You need to learn from mistakes.” Every person should learn from both their own and others' mistakes.


In conclusion, I want to say that a person can feel very bad because of a mistake he has made, he can think about committing suicide, but this is not an option. Every person is simply obliged to understand what he did wrong or someone did wrong, so that in the future he does not repeat these mistakes.

An essay on the topic “Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?”
Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past? I think many people are pondering this question. Every person makes mistakes, a person cannot live life without making a mistake. But we must learn to think about the mistake and not make it in later life. As the common people say: “You need to learn from mistakes.” Every person should learn from both their own and others' mistakes. After all, if a person does not learn to think about all the mistakes he has made, then in the future he will, as they say, “step on a rake” and will constantly make them. But because of mistakes, every person can lose everything, from the most important to the most unnecessary. You always need to think ahead, think about the consequences, but if a mistake is made, you need to analyze it and never make it again.
For example, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in his play “The Cherry Orchard” describes the image of an orchard - a symbol of the passing of noble life. The author is trying to tell that the memory of the past generation is important. Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna tried to preserve the memory of the past generation, the memory of her family - the cherry orchard. And only when the garden was gone, she realized that with the cherry orchard all the memories of her family and her past had gone.
Also, A.P. Chekhov describes a mistake in the story “The Man in a Case.” This mistake is expressed in the fact that Belikov, the main character of the story, closes himself off from society. It’s like he’s in a case, an outcast from society. His closedness does not allow him to find happiness in life. And thus, the hero lives his lonely life, in which there is no happiness.
Another work that can be cited as an example is “Antonov Apples” written by I.A. Bunin. The author, on his own behalf, describes all the beauty of nature: smells, sounds, colors. However, Olga Meshcherskaya makes a tragic mistake. The girl of fifteen was a frivolous girl flying in the clouds, who did not think she was losing her virginity with her father’s friend.
There is another novel in which the author describes the hero's mistake. But the hero understands in time and corrects his mistake. This is Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. Andrei Bolkonsky makes a mistake in that he misunderstands the values ​​of life. He dreams only of fame, thinks only of himself. But at one fine moment, on the field of Austerlitz, his idol Napoleon Bonaparte becomes nothing to him. The voice is no longer great, but like the “buzzing of a fly.” This was a turning point in the prince’s life; he nevertheless realized the main values ​​in life. He realized the mistake.
In conclusion, I would like to say that a person may feel very bad because of a mistake he has made, he may think about committing suicide, but this is not an option. Every person is simply obliged to understand what he did wrong or someone did wrong, so that in the future he does not repeat these mistakes. The world is built in such a way that no matter how much we want, no matter what we do, mistakes will always be made, we just need to come to terms with it. But there will be fewer of them if you think through your actions in advance.

Seryozha, read what he wrote: “Another work that can be cited as an example is “Antonov Apples” written by I.A. Bunin. The author, on his own behalf, describes all the beauty of nature: smells, sounds, colors. However, he makes a tragic mistake Olga Meshcherskaya. A fifteen-year-old girl was a frivolous girl flying in the clouds, a girl who did not think she was losing her virginity with her father's friend" - THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT(!) WORKS AND, BUNINA: "ANTONOV APPLES", WHERE IT'S ABOUT SMELLS, SOUNDS, AND " BREATHING EASY" ABOUT OLya MESHCHERSKAYA!!! Does it work out like one for you? There is no transition in the reasoning, and one gets the impression that it’s a mess in the head. Why? Because the sentence begins with the connecting word "however". VERY poor work. There is no complete conclusion, only faint outlines. The conclusion according to Chekhov is that you should not cut down the garden - this is the destruction of the memory of your ancestors, the beauty of the world. This will lead to internal devastation of a person. Here's the conclusion. Bolkonsky's mistakes are an experience of rethinking oneself. And the opportunity to change. here is the conclusion. etc etc... 3 ------

PART 1
Many people say that the past should be forgotten and everything that happened should be left there: “they say, what happened, happened” or “why remember”... BUT! They are wrong! in previous centuries, centuries, a large number of different types of figures made enormous contributions to the life and existence of the country. Do you think they were right? Of course, they made mistakes, but they learned from their own mistakes, changed something, took action, and everything worked out for them. The question arises: since this was in the past, can we forget about it, or what to do with all this? NO! Thanks to various types of mistakes and actions in the past, we now have a present and a future. (Perhaps it is not what we would like the present to be, but it exists, and that is exactly what it is, because much is left behind. The so-called experience of past years.) We must remember and respect the traditions of past years, because this is our History.
Through the prism of time, most writers, and they seem to foresee that little will change over time: the problems of the past will remain similar to the present, in their works they try to teach the reader to think deeper, analyze the text and what is hidden under it. All this is in order to avoid similar situations and gain life experience without passing it through your own life. What errors are hidden in several of the works I have read and analyzed?
The first work I would like to start with is the play by A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard". You can find quite a few different problems in it, but I’ll focus on two: breaking the connection between a generation and a person’s life path. The image of a cherry orchard symbolizes the noble era. You cannot cut down the roots of a still blooming and beautiful garden, for this there will certainly be retribution - for unconsciousness and betrayal of your ancestors. A garden is a tiny subject of memory of the life of a past generation. You may think: “I’ve found something to be upset about. This garden has surrendered to you,” etc. What would happen if instead of this garden they razed a city, a village to the ground?? According to the author, cutting down the cherry orchard means the collapse of the homeland of the nobles. For the main character of the play, Lyubov Andreevna Ranevskaya, this garden was not only a garden of beauty, but also memories: childhood, home, youth. Heroes like Lyubov Andreevna have a pure and bright soul, generosity and mercy... Lyubov Andreevna had wealth, a family, a happy life, and a cherry orchard... But at one moment she lost everything. The husband died, the son drowned, two daughters remained. She fell in love with a man with whom she was clearly unhappy, because knowing that he had used her, she would return to him in France again: “And what is there to hide or remain silent about, I love him, that’s clear. I love, I love... This is a stone on my neck, I’m going to the bottom with it, but I love this stone and I can’t live without it.” Also, she carelessly squandered all her fortune “she had nothing left, nothing...” “yesterday there was a lot of money, but today there is very little. My poor Varya, out of savings, feeds everyone milk soup, and I spend so senselessly...” Her mistake was that she did not know how, and she had no desire, to solve pressing problems, to stop spending, she did not know how to manage money, she did not know how to EARN them. The garden needed care, but there was no money for it, as a result of which the reckoning came: the cherry orchard was sold and cut down. As you know, it is necessary to manage money correctly, otherwise you can lose everything to the last penny.

"Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?"

“Man learns from mistakes” - I think this proverb is familiar to everyone. But few of us have thought about how much content and how much life wisdom is in this proverb? After all, this is really very true. Unfortunately, we are designed in such a way that until we see everything ourselves, until we find ourselves in a difficult situation, we will almost never draw the right conclusions for ourselves. Therefore, when making a mistake, you need to draw conclusions for yourself, but you can’t be wrong in everything, so you need to pay attention to the mistakes of others and draw conclusions based on their mistakes. Experience and mistakes are present in many works, I will take two works, the first is Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard”.
The Cherry Orchard is a symbol of noble Russia. The final scene when the sound of the ax “sounds” symbolizes the collapse of the nobles’ nests, the departure of Russia’s nobles. For Ranevskaya, the sound of the ax is like the finale of her whole life, since this garden was dear to her, it was her life. But the cherry orchard is also a beautiful creation of nature that people should preserve, but they could not do this. The garden is the experience of previous generations and Lopakhin destroyed it, for which he will have to pay back. The image of a cherry orchard involuntarily connects the past with the present.
Antonov Apples is a work by Bunin, in which the story is similar to that of Chekhov. The cherry orchard and the sound of an ax in Chekhov, and Antonov’s apples and the smell of apples in Bunin. The author with this work wanted to tell us about the need to connect times and generations, to preserve the memory of a bygone culture. All the beauty of the work is replaced by greed and thirst for profit.
These two works are very similar in content, but at the same time very different. And if in our lives we learn to correctly use works, proverbs, and folk wisdom. Then we will learn not only from our own, but also from other people’s mistakes, but at the same time we will live with our own mind, and not rely on the mind of others, everything in our life will be better, and we will easily overcome all life’s obstacles.

This is a rewritten essay.

ANASTASIA KALMUTSKAYA! PART 2.
If, as a rule, in works of fiction we more often encounter two conflicting generations or a gap between one on “two fronts,” then in this one the reader observes as many as three completely different generations. The representative of the first is Ranevskaya Lyubov Andreevna. She is a noblewoman of a bygone landowner era; by nature she is incredibly kind, merciful, but no less noble, but very wasteful, a little stupid and completely frivolous in relation to pressing problems. She represents the past. Second - Lopakhin Ermolai Alekseevich. He is very active, energetic, hard-working and enterprising, but also understanding and sincere. He represents the present. And third - Anya Ranevskaya and Pyotr Sergeevich Trofimov. These young people are dreamy, sincere, look into the future with optimism and hope and think about pressing matters, while... they do absolutely nothing to implement anything. They represent the future. A future that has no future.
Just as the ideals of these people are different, so is their attitude towards the garden. For Ranevskaya, no matter what, it is the same cherry orchard, a garden planted for the sake of cherries, a beautiful tree that blooms unforgettably and beautifully, which is written about above. For Trofimov, this garden is already cherry, that is, it is planted for cherries, berries, for their collection and, probably, further sale, a garden for money, a garden for material wealth. As for Anya and Petya... The garden means nothing to them. They, especially the “eternal student,” can endlessly talk beautifully about the purpose of the garden, its fate, its meaning... but they don’t really care whether anything happens to the garden or not, they just want to leave here as quickly as possible. After all, “all of Russia is our garden,” right? You can just leave every time you get tired of the new place or are on the verge of destruction, the fate of the garden is completely indifferent to the future...
The garden is a memory, the experience of past years. The past is valuable to them. The present is trying to be used for the sake of money or, to be more precise, destroyed. But the future doesn't care.

ANASTASIA KALMUTSKAYA! PART 3.
At the end, the cherry orchard is cut down. The sound of an ax is heard like thunder... Thus, the reader concludes that memory is an irreplaceable wealth, the apple of the eye, without which emptiness awaits a person, country, and world.
I would also like to consider “Antonov Apples” by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin. This story is a story of images. Images of the Motherland, Fatherland, peasant and landowner life, between which there was almost no particular difference, images of wealth, spiritual and material, images of love and nature. The story is filled with warm and vivid memories of the main character, the memory of a happy peasant life! But we know from history courses that for the most part the peasants did not live in the best way, but it is here, precisely in the “Antonov Apples” that I see the real Russia. Happy, rich, hard-working, cheerful, bright and juicy, like a fresh, beautiful yellow apple. Only now... the story ends on very sad notes and the melancholy song of local men... After all, these images are just a memory, and it is far from a fact that the present is just as sincere, pure and bright. But what could happen to the present?.. Why is life not as joyful as it was before?.. This story at the end carries understatement and some sadness for what has already passed. But it is very important to remember this. It is very important to know and believe that not only the past can be beautiful, but that we ourselves can change the present for the better.
So, we come to the conclusion that it is necessary and important to remember the past, to remember the mistakes made, so as not to repeat them in the future and present. But... do people really know how to learn from their mistakes? Yes, it is necessary, but are people really capable of it? I asked myself this question after reading classical literature. Why? Because works written in the 19th-20th centuries reflect the problems of that time: immorality, greed, stupidity, selfishness, depreciation of love, laziness and many other vices, but the point is that after a hundred, two hundred, three hundred years... nothing has changed. The same problems confront society, people still succumb to the same sins, everything remains at the same level.
So, is humanity really capable of learning from its mistakes?..

An essay about
“Why is it necessary to analyze the mistakes of the past?”

I would like to start my essay with a quote from Lawrence Peter: “To avoid mistakes you need to gain experience, to gain experience you need to make mistakes.” You can't live life without making mistakes. Each person lives life differently. All people have different characters, a certain upbringing, different education, different living conditions, and sometimes what seems like a big mistake to one person is completely normal for another. That is why everyone learns from their own mistakes. It’s bad when you do something without thinking, relying only on the feelings overwhelming you at the moment. In such situations, you often make mistakes that you will later regret.
We must, of course, listen to the advice of adults, read books, analyze the actions of literary heroes, draw conclusions and try to learn from the mistakes of others, but alas, we learn most convincingly and most painfully from our own mistakes. It’s good if something can be corrected, but sometimes our actions lead to serious, irreversible consequences. No matter what happens to me, I try to think through it, weigh the pros and cons, and then just make decisions. There is a saying: “He who does nothing makes no mistakes.” I don't agree with this, because idleness is already a mistake. To confirm my words, I would like to turn to A.P. Chekhov’s work “The Cherry Orchard”. Ranevskaya’s behavior seems strange to me: what is so dear to her is dying. “I love this house, I don’t understand my life without the cherry orchard, and if you really have to sell, then sell me along with the garden...” But instead of doing something to save the estate, she indulges in sentimental memories and drinks coffee , gives away his last money to crooks, cries, but doesn’t want and can’t do anything.
The second work to which I want to turn is the story of I.A. Bunin "Antonov apples". After reading it, I felt how the author was sad about the old times. He really enjoyed visiting the village in the fall. With what delight he describes everything he sees around him. The author notices the beauty of the world around us, and we, the readers, learn from his example to appreciate and protect nature, to cherish simple human communication.
What conclusion can be drawn from all of the above? We all make mistakes in life. A thinking person, as a rule, learns not to repeat his mistakes, but a fool will step on the same rake over and over again. As we go through life's challenges, we become smarter, more experienced, and grow as individuals.

Silin Evgeniy 11 “B” class

conclusion
Through the prism of time, most writers through their works try to teach the reader to avoid similar situations and gain life experience without passing it through their own life. The writers seem to foresee that little will change over time: the problems of the past will remain similar to the present. We learn not only from our mistakes, but also from the mistakes of other people, of another generation. It is necessary to analyze the past in order not to forget one’s homeland, the memory of a passing culture, and to avoid generational conflicts. It is necessary to analyze the past in order to follow the right path in life, trying not to step on the same rake.

Many successful people once made mistakes, and it seems to me that if it weren’t for these same mistakes, they would not have been successful. As Steve Jobs said, “There is no such thing as a successful person who has never stumbled or made a mistake. There are only successful people who made mistakes and then changed their plans based on those same mistakes.” Each of us made mistakes, and received a life lesson, from which each of us learned life experience for ourselves by analyzing the mistakes we made.
Many writers who touched on this topic, fortunately, deeply revealed it and tried to convey their life experience to us. For example, in the play by A.P. Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", the author is trying to convey to the current generation that we are obliged to preserve the monuments of past years. After all, it is in them that the history of our state, people and generation is reflected. By preserving historical monuments, we show our love for our Motherland. They help us maintain contact with our ancestors through time.
The main character of the play, Ranevskaya, tried with all her might to preserve the cherry orchard. For her it was more than just a garden; first of all, it was the memory of her family nest, the memory of her family. The main mistake of the heroes of this work is the destruction of the garden. After reading this play, I realized how important memory is.
I.A. Bunin “Antonov apples”. “Treasured alleys of noble nests,” these words of Turgenev perfectly reflect the content of this work. The author recreates the world of a Russian estate. He is sad about the times gone by. Bunin conveys his feelings so realistically and intimately through sounds and smells. “The fragrant smell of straw, fallen leaves, mushroom dampness.” and of course the smell of Antonov apples, which become a symbol of Russian landowners. Everything was fine: contentment, homeliness, well-being. Estates were built reliably, landowners hunted in velvet pants, people wore clean white shirts, even the old people were “tall, big, white as a harrier.” But all this goes away over time, ruin comes, everything is no longer so wonderful. All that remains from the old world is the subtle smell of Antonov apples... Bunin is trying to convey to us that we need to maintain connections between times and generations, preserve the memory and culture of the old time, and also love our country as much as he does.
Every person, walking along the path of life, makes certain mistakes. It is human nature to make mistakes as soon as through miscalculations and mistakes he gains experience and becomes wiser.
So in the work of B. Vasiliev “And the dawns here are quiet.” Far from the front line, Sergeant Major Vaskov and five girls distract the German landing force until help arrives to preserve an important transport artery. They complete the task with honor. But having no military experience, they all die. The death of each of the girls is perceived as an irreparable mistake! Sergeant Major Vaskov, fighting, gaining military and life experience, understands what a monstrous injustice this is, the death of the girls: “Why is this so? After all, they don’t need to die, but give birth to children, because they are mothers!” And every detail in the story, starting with the wonderful landscapes, descriptions of the route, forests, roads, suggests that lessons must be learned from this experience so that the sacrifices are not in vain. These five girls and their foreman stand as an invisible monument standing in the middle of the Russian land, as if cast from thousands of similar destinies, exploits, pain and strength of the Russian people, reminding us that starting a war is a tragic mistake, and the experience of the defenders is priceless.
The main character of A. Bunin’s story, “the gentleman from San Francisco,” worked all his life, saved money, and increased his fortune. And so he achieved what he dreamed of and decided to rest. “Until this time, he did not live, but only existed, although very well, but still pinning all his hopes on the future.” But it turned out that life had already been lived, that he only had a few minutes left. The gentleman thought that he was just beginning his life, but it turned out that he had already finished it. The gentleman himself, having died in the hotel, of course, did not understand that his entire path was false, that his goals were erroneous. And the whole world around him is false. There is no true respect for others, no close relationship with his wife and daughter - all this is a myth, the result of the fact that he has money. But now he is floating below, in a tarred soda box, in the hold, and everyone above is also having fun. The author wants to show that such a path awaits everyone if he does not realize his mistakes and does not understand that he serves money and wealth.
Thus, life without mistakes is impossible; the more mistakes we realize and try to correct, the more wisdom and life experience we accumulate.