There are problems in the speech of Dostoevsky's hero. Collection of ideal social studies essays

How do you understand the meaning of the word HAPPINESS? Formulate
and comment on your definition. Write an essay-discussion on the topic "What is happiness", taking the definition you gave as a thesis. When arguing your thesis, give 2 (two) examples-arguments that confirm your reasoning: one example- give an argument from the text you read, and second – from your life experience. The essay must be at least 70 words. If the essay is a paraphrase or a complete rewrite original text without any comments, such work is scored zero points. Write an essay carefully, legible handwriting.

Text for essay:

(1) As a child, I hated matinees because my father came to our kindergarten. (2) He sat on a chair near the Christmas tree, played his button accordion for a long time, trying to find the right melody, and our teacher sternly told him: “Valery Petrovich, move up!” (3) All the guys looked at my father and choked with laughter. (4) He was small, plump, began to go bald early, and although he never drank, for some reason his nose was always beet red, like a clown’s. (5) Children, when they wanted to say about someone that he was funny and ugly, said this: “He looks like Ksyushka’s dad!”

(6) And I, first in kindergarten and then at school, bore the heavy cross of my father’s absurdity. (7) Everything would be fine (you never know what kind of fathers anyone has!), but I didn’t understand why he, an ordinary mechanic, came to our matinees with his stupid accordion. (8) I would play at home and not disgrace either myself or my daughter! (9) Often getting confused, he yelped thinly, like a woman, and at him round face a guilty smile appeared. (10) I was ready to fall through the ground from shame and behaved emphatically coldly, showing with my appearance that this ridiculous man with a red nose had nothing to do with me.

(11) I was in third grade when I caught a bad cold. (12) I started getting otitis media. (13) I screamed in pain and hit my head with my palms. (14) Mom called ambulance and at night we went to the district hospital. (15) On the way, we got into a terrible snowstorm, the car got stuck, and the driver, shrilly, like a woman, began to shout that now we would all freeze. (16) He screamed shrilly, almost cried, and I thought that his ears probably hurt too. (17) Father asked how long was left to the regional center. (18) But the driver, covering his face with his hands, kept repeating: “What a fool I am!” (19) Father thought and quietly said to mother: “We will need all the courage!” (20) I remembered these words for the rest of my life, although wild pain swirled around me like a snowflake in a snowstorm. (21) He opened the car door and went out into the roaring night. (22) The door slammed behind him, and it seemed to me as if a huge monster, clanging its jaws, swallowed my father. (23) The car was rocked by gusts of wind, snow fell with a rustling sound on the frost-covered windows. (24) I cried, my mother kissed me with cold lips, the young nurse looked doomedly into the impenetrable darkness, and the driver shook his head in exhaustion.

(25) I don’t know how much time passed, but suddenly the night lit up bright light headlights, and the long shadow of some giant fell on my face. (26) I closed my eyes and saw my father through my eyelashes. (27) He took me in his arms and pressed me to him. (28) In a whisper, he told his mother that he had reached the regional center, raised everyone to their feet and returned with an all-terrain vehicle.

(29) I dozed in his arms and through my sleep I heard him coughing. (30) They didn’t attach any importance to this then. (31) And for a long time afterwards he suffered from double pneumonia. (32) This night changed my understanding of my father.

(33)…My children are perplexed why, when decorating the Christmas tree, I always cry. (34) From the darkness of the past, my father comes to me, he sits under the tree and puts his head on the button accordion, as if he secretly wants to see his daughter among the dressed-up crowd of children and smile cheerfully at her. (35) I look at his face shining with happiness and also want to smile at him, but instead I start crying.

(According to N. Aksyonova)*

* Aksenova Nina –modern children's poet and prose writer.

Finished essay 15.3 “What is happiness?”

What is happiness? Have you ever thought about this question? After all, each person has his own understanding of happiness: for some it is to have a well-paid job, for others it is to have a family and healthy children. Happiness is a state of a person’s soul in which he feels satisfied with life. I will prove this with examples.

In the above excerpt from Nina Aksenova’s text, the heroine’s father is happy (sentences 34-35). For him, real happiness was coming to his beloved daughter’s matinees, looking at her, smiling at her.

In life, happiness is different for everyone. For example, my older sister is madly in love with cats. We have three cats in our house! But this is not enough for her, she manages to help the animal shelter in every possible way: she buys food, necessary medicines, helps to place little kittens, and sometimes native home grown-up cats purchase. She is happy when animals find owners.
Thus, happiness is the highest satisfaction in life. Every person is happy in his own way.

(46 words) Akaki Akakievich from Gogol’s story “The Overcoat” becomes happy when he finally acquires a new coat. A new overcoat is almost the only thing he so sincerely desired. Therefore, the hero feels like a full-fledged member of society at the moment when his dream comes true. An ordinary overcoat brought Bashmachkin great happiness.
(43 words) Happy character we will also find it in Pushkin’s novel “Eugene Onegin”. This is the poet Vladimir Lensky. He put his whole soul into his poems, and doing what he loves, especially creativity, makes a person happy. Moreover, he was inspired mutual love, in which he saw the ideal.
(43 words) Remembering the ending of Pushkin’s poem “Ruslana and Lyudmila,” the reader understands that love that has passed through obstacles is happiness. Despite all the difficulties and obstacles that stand in the way of the lovers, the heroes find each other. Not only are they happy, but so are we when we get a happy ending.
(44 words) Cinderella from the fairy tale of the same name by Charles Perrault endured ridicule and remained on the sidelines while her sisters bathed in luxury. But the heroine was lucky enough to meet Fairy Godmother who organized her fateful meeting at the ball. A poor girl and the prince gets married, and the lovers remain happy for the rest of their lives.
(52 words) Happiness means having a loved one nearby, and it’s not always a person. In Turgenev's story "Mumu", the mute Gerasim becomes happy only when he is with him. faithful dog named Mumu. The silent hero is forced to get rid of the animal by order of the lady, and parting with the animal makes him unhappy, because it was the dog that brought joy to Gerasim.
(54 words) Sometimes one element is missing for happiness, like the characters in Volkov’s fairy tale “The Wizard Emerald City" Goodwin fulfills the Scarecrow's deepest wishes by giving him brains, Tin Woodman, who received the heart, and the Cowardly Lion, who wished for courage. At the end of the fairy tale, it turns out that the only thing the heroes lacked was self-confidence, but having received what they wanted, they became happy.
(56 words) Everyone has their own happiness. If we recall James Barrie's fairy tale "Peter Pan", we will see that main character enjoys childhood. A boy who does not want to grow up lives on the island of Neverland, which is visited by other characters - the girl Wendy Darling and her brothers. The heroes return home, and Peter Pan prefers eternal childhood, because that is how he feels happy.
(50 words) Since childhood, we believe that a happy ending awaits honest, smart and decent characters. This is what happens in Fonvizin’s comedy “The Minor.” The prudent, virtuous Sophia finds her happiness when officer Milon saves her from Prostakova. Lovers find each other, and negative heroes only they can take the path to long-awaited happiness.
(55 words) Heroes who are ambiguous and frightening in their appearance, such as Victor Frankenstein’s monster from Mary Shelley’s novel, also want happiness. The scientist's monster is unhappy because of his loneliness, so he asks Victor to create a bride for him. But the scientist understands the consequences this threatens the world and refuses. Left without a single attempt to find happiness in the world, the monster becomes a cruel killer.
(53 words) Happiness is fulfillment cherished desires. Everything I wanted younger son the miller from Charles Perrault's fairy tale "Puss in Boots", he achieved thanks to the unusual puss in boots, which the hero inherited from his father. An enterprising partner helps the character gain a title, the respect of a king, a castle, wealth and the love of a beautiful princess. The initially upset hero becomes happy, fulfilling his dreams.