Many people know the writer, director, actor Vasily Makarovich Shukshin. In 1970, he wrote a short story. Vasily Shukshin called it “Cut off”. The summary will help the reader quickly get acquainted with the plot of the work, learn about the characters of the story. There are both positive characters and negative ones.
The story begins with how her son Konstantin Ivanovich came to the village of his mother Agafye Zhuravleva. He arrived not alone, but with his wife and daughter. This is the beginning the writer came up with in his story. Why did Shukshin call his work “Cut”? The main characters will help answer this question.
Gleb Kapustin
The reader has already been introduced to the main characters of the story. But it would be incomplete without mentioning Gleb Kapustin. No wonder on the day of the arrival of Konstantin Ivanovich and his wife Valentina, the men gathered on the porch of Kapustin. They had already begun to visit famous people who came to the village.
There were many of them. Although the village was small, but it boasts two pilots, a correspondent, a doctor and even a colonel. Everyone remembered exactly how “put him in a puddle” Kapustin. There was a debate about who in 1812 gave the order to burn Moscow. The colonel either did not know, or mixed up, but said that it was Rasputin. It was the triumph of Gleb, who knew the correct answer. Everyone then recalled how masterfully Kapustin won a moral victory over the colonel. As Shukshin said through the mouths of men, he “cut it off”. The summary will tell how Gleb behaved at Agafya's house.
Discussion about nothing
It was decided to go to the Zhuravlevs. The men went into the house. They were greeted cordially, set the table. Then, gradually, conversations began. Kapustin asked Konstantin Ivanovich how now science determines weightlessness? He replied that the same as before. Then Gleb asked how Zhuravlev relates to the problem of shamanism. He said that there was no such problem, but Kapustin did not stop. He began to argue that there are people with tambourines, but there are no problems, then? Kapustin cut off his next question, as Shukshin says. The summary is suitable for the denouement of the plot.
The demagogue asked the opinion of Konstantin Ivanovich regarding the moon. Rumor has it that the moon is a creation of the mind. Kapustin himself, if he met an alien mind, would begin to talk to him with the help of schemes. He would draw our planet and point a hand at himself, so that the creature of another civilization would know where it came from.
Vasily Shukshin "Cut." Summary concludes the narrative
Zhuravlev at the same time looked, smiling, at Valentina, but Kapustin could not forgive that grin and began a verbal attack. He said that it’s also useful for candidates to read the press sometimes. If Zhuravlev rolled in a taxi with five suitcases, this does not mean that he surprised everyone. Kapustin continued, saying that before going to the people, you need to try to be more modest and restrained. Constantine and his wife looked at Gleb in bewilderment. But he triumphantly looked at them and, saying goodbye, left with his friends.
Here's a short story written by a talented person. Now it’s clear why Shukshin called him his story. A summary introduced the reader to this work.