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The dispute between Bazarov and Kirsanov: who is right?
The dispute between Bazarov and Kirsanov Pavel Petrovich is a significant component of the plot of Turgenev's novel "Fathers and Sons."
Brief characteristics of the characters
We note the paradox of the novel: a characteristic dominance of the position of the representative of the younger generation is characteristic of his plot-forming confrontation. And this, in spite of the fact that the landlord Turgenev himself ought to be attributed to the bourgeois liberals!
The dispute between Bazarov and Pavel Kirsanov is shown by the classic as an ideological confrontation between two non-ideal people - types taken directly from Russian reality.
The first - a native of a poor, intelligent family, has an obvious creative potential, but it has not yet taken place as a man, as the head of the family. It still has a lot of superficial, leaving in the mature years.
The second - a hereditary aristocrat who never made a career in service, devastated by a hopeless love for the secular lioness Princess R, - represents a type of such a biorobot, aimlessly sybarit.
Differences in appearance
Even describing the appearance of these characters, the author used the antithesis. Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov is a 43-year-old man, of medium height, looking seven years younger than his age. He lives for his own pleasure and is aristocratically well-groomed. He follows his appearance: he is always clean-shaven, with well-groomed hands, in lacquer shoes. His trousers are always ironed, and the collars are of exceptional freshness.
With age, Kirsanov was not flabby, he retained elegance and ease of movement, youthful thinness and smartness. Pleasant appearance and manners of behavior distinguish him, however, in closer acquaintance, the spiritual emptiness of an aristocrat, superficiality, coldness towards others is striking.
Evgeny Vasilyevich Bazarov is a young man of high stature with irregular features of an oblong face. With narrow cheekbones, his forehead is disproportionately wide. Green eyes look mockingly and cleverly, the nose is sharpened downwards.
Dressed man tasteless, in baggy suits. He has long hair of sand color, appearance is colorless and is not remembered. However, talking to people, Bazarov is transformed, it is filled with energy, attracting others to him.
The dispute between the new and the old
Their dispute can only be resolved by time and real facts. These characters are so different and intolerant to each other that they can not come to their own accord and have a logical statement.
They are both charismatic and selfish. It is characteristic that the dispute between Bazarov and Kirsanov Pavel results in a duel, which, fortunately, ends comically. Let's try to judge these disputants. This is not at all difficult, because we have the opportunity to look at the subject of their disagreements, relying on historical experience. What do the representatives of the generation of children and the follower of the views of the fathers whip themselves to hoarseness: Bazarov and Kirsanov? The table of disputes, drawn up by us on sections, will help to present this conflict of opinions visually.
The subject of the dispute: which public position is most relevant to Russia?
Kirsanov preaches a superficial aristocratic view of the existing way of society, but, by and large, he is absolutely indifferent to progress. It suits the completely existing way of life. He himself for some reason relates to liberals, although he does not express any liberal ideas. This is a typical retired aristocrat officer, at leisure engaged in demagoguery about his progressiveness. As a person he is empty, gray and mediocre, although he tries to impress the modern man. | Yesterday's medical student is a convinced nihilist. The existing way of life does not suit him at all. For him, not a decree like noblemen-sybarites, and downtrodden, disenfranchised peasants. According to Eugene, a new Russia should be built, discarding traditions and foundations of both the first and the second, despising feelings, treating nature as a workshop. In his opinion, the revolution corresponds to progress. Because only by changing the state, you can change his people. The ideological disputes between Bazarov and Kirsanov convincingly demonstrate the rightness of the former. Is that why the author of the novel is on his side? |
The subject of the dispute: how to treat the peasantry?
Pavel Petrovich always talks about the people very beautifully and respectfully. Sometimes, purely in a lordly way, he provides the peasants with penniless material assistance. However, it does so not from the heart, but, rather, for the force. In reality, however, Kirsanov shuns the peasants. He does not even tolerate their smell, and when communicating, he brings a bottle of cologne to his nose. The Yards also feel the gap separating them from the master. For them, he is a foreigner. | The attitude towards the people of Bazarov is distorted by a radical theory: he looks down on ordinary people, accepting sloppy statements. However, his inner mentality is akin to the peasant one. Although Eugene is rude and sarcastic towards domestic workers, they are understood and respected. |
The subject of the dispute: attitude towards God and religion
The lines of the dispute between Kirsanov and Bazarov about God are ephemeral - this is a confrontation between the insincerely believing and the theologian. The first, of course, loses. Pavel Petrovich is true to himself in matters of freedom of conscience . It is a continuous imitation. His faith in God is overlooked. By initiating a duel, he not only shows his pride, but also encroaches on the murder of his neighbor (First Commandment). What more can I say? | Bazarov is an atheist. He considers reason the main driving force of the universe. Arithmetic and chemistry for him are not only more important than poetry and art, but also commensurate with them. This, of course, is a delusion. However, Eugene so vehemently believed in him, his position is so emotional that in this dispute Kirsanov wins. |
Dispute about the right life position
The principles of Pavel Petrovich's life boil down to the external side of aristocracy. For him it means being dressed with a needle, showing courtesy in communication. He reads the English press, follows the British style. The inner side of aristocracy is a genetic connection with the Motherland, which Pushkin, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Tereshchenko, Stolypin possessed. However, this is too difficult for Kirsanov. | The life principle of Bazarov (although he denies the existence of such), perhaps, still there. We dare to formulate it. Most likely it is "to be, not to appear"! It is alien to the sybarity of the nobility. He is constantly busy with work, while believing that the best reward for a person is the tangible, tangible results of his work. |
The dispute about the usefulness of art
The aesthetic level of Pavel Petrovich, obviously, is at the level of the primary classes of the gymnasium. Nevertheless, he manifests snobbery, declaring his love for art, looking up at the sky in a picturesque way. However, his eyes are empty. The dispute between Kirsanov and Bazarov (the table reflects this) ends with the victory of the latter's erroneous views. Pavel Petrovich, indifferent to the high manifestation of the human spirit, to argue that "beauty will save the world" can not. | Evgeni Bazarov is a convinced nihilist and materialist. Speaking modern language, he "trolls" representatives of art, even Pushkin. Readers are encouraged only by his naivety, because he really does not know the genius of creativity. |
The dispute about love and attitude towards a woman
Pavel Kirsanov, judging by his speeches, is a true gentleman and the last romanticist. He always respects and passionately talks about the ladies. However, his biography shows only the brilliant love adventures in his youth. Having met the same as Princess R herself, the hunter after the passions, he does not recognize the consumer interest in himself in it, and his personal life suffers a fiasco. Kirsanov for the sake of his ego is only able to indicate his attitude towards the woman (a duel because of Fenechka), but he can not fall in love with this internally devastated person. | Young Eugene Vasilyevich, who has heard enough of the nihilist nonsense, first declares his detachment from feelings, love, etc. However, this is nothing more than childishness. His love for Anna Sergeevna Odintsov still awakens a deep feeling in him. Present, indecent, natural nobility is manifested in him, when he, while dying, is forgiven and explained in love by Odintsov. The dispute between Kirsanov and Bazarov (the table visually compares the internal nature of the opponents) was lost by both. True, with a slight correction. Let's make it clear: love of a woman is not a panacea for a man, it is only a magnifying glass for his shortcomings or virtues. Bazarov's love raised her morally, Kirsanova also destroyed her. |
Conclusion
Bazarov and Kirsanov show diametrically opposite views. Table of disputes, grouped by section, this clearly demonstrates. Why does Turgenev show such a confrontation in such detail? Yes, because it is a panorama of the ideological clash of political forces within Russia: old, decaying, obsolete and new, imperfect, but dynamic.
At the same time, it is necessary to recognize the depth of the mind of a classic who chose precisely these topics of disputes between Bazarov and Kirsanov. After all, if we try to extrapolate them to our modern society, we will also receive diametrically different interpretations from representatives of different strata of the population. The debate of generations will last forever.
In conclusion, we summarize: the health of every society depends on the balance of opinions, on the ability to find a compromise and the correct way of development. Speaking figuratively, unfinished, "hovering in the air" dispute Bazarov and Kirsanov, heated with time, grew into a revolutionary situation. How sad that the classics do not hear on time!
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