"Squirrel" - fable of Krylov: plot, morality and modernity

When we study at school, we rarely think about the fact that in the fables of IA Krylov there is not only everyday but certain philosophical wisdom hidden. In order that this truth does not escape from the present generation of schoolchildren, we have worked to write this article. It is dedicated to the product of the "Squirrel" (fable) of Krylov.

Plot

The village is a holiday. On this occasion, people are presented wonderfully wonderful - a squirrel in a wheel, she runs tirelessly all day. For this same miracle observed thrush, and since they speak the squirrel in the same language, he asked her what she was doing and what she was doing. The squirrel replied with an important air that she was serving as a messenger with the great master. And every day she has so much to do, that she does not even have time to eat and drink. "It can be seen," thought the thrush, "you run and run, but everything is in the same place." And with these words he flew from the scene.

Morality

Usually morality is presented to the reader by Krylov right here, in the poem. In our case, according to the author, the product accurately hits those businessmen who create a kind of turbulent activity before themselves and others, but there is no practical sense in their movements, and they are very similar to the squirrel in the wheel. This is the moral of Krylov's fable "The Squirrel".

Is the morality of the fable today?

In general, I must say that the fable as a literary form, like a genre, is equal to the parable or fairy tale, it grows slower than all. And all because morality, together with the mockery, mounted inside it, is directed at eternal human vices. If we specifically analyze the work of Krylov's "Squirrel" (fable), we will see that it is not very important what meaning the author himself put in the composition. It is much more important that it demonstrates in itself. The fable pursues the excessive self-conceit of a man about himself and his work.

Now, when all the people in Russia, whatever they are doing, call themselves managers, the moral of the work "Belka" (Krylov's fable) becomes extremely topical. And it's not even that people of ordinary professions - the seller or cleaner - have nothing to respect themselves, not at all. "All professions are important, all professions are needed." The problem is that this gives rise to false self-conceit, which in the end hurts most of all to the person who suffers them.

How dangerous is the exaggeration of one's own value?

First of all, it closes the way for people to develop both in their personal and professional ways. The main thing is not what a person has achieved, but what he thinks about it. Of course, in this sense everything is individual, and everyone has their own capabilities and tops, but a person must always squeeze out the maximum of his potential from himself. And he is obliged to do it not for someone, but first of all for himself, for there is nothing more sad in life than wasted talent or unrealized opportunities. It is to this conclusion that brings us an analysis of the work "Belka" (fable of Krylov). Ivan Andreevich insists also on the fact that people should not be particularly conceited and spend time in vain.