Among the works of wartime, the story “The Golden Cloud Sleeped” written by Anatoly Pristavkin stands apart: it not only shows the pain and misery experienced by the whole country, but also how this misfortune brings people from different nationalities to different cultures.
RetellingA. Pristavkin exacerbates the impact on the reader, telling the story of two boys. This is summarized in summary. “A golden cloud slept” depicts how the war brought two orphans to the southern village of Caucasian Waters. Sasha and Kolya Kuzminykh, Kuzmenysh, as they are called, were brought by the teacher of the orphanage Regina Petrovna. But here, in the blessed land, there is no peace and rest. Locals are in constant fear: Chechens hiding in the mountains raid the city. By the decision of the authorities, they were exiled to distant Siberia, but they managed to escape into the mountains and forests.
Meeting with cruelty
The first encounter with hatred and cruelty is told by the story of Pristavkin, as well as its summary. “A golden cloud slept” tells of how they once burned the house of Regina Petrovna. Children from the orphanage worked with adults at the factory. The driver Vera drove them in a car. But she also perishes at the hands of fugitive Chechens. Once, Kolya and Sasha returned with Demyan from the farm to a boarding school, but they found a terrible picture: the house was destroyed and empty, the things of the children were lying around in the yard. And bandits ruled here. Demian with children is trying to escape and hide. Sasha in a panic loses his fellow travelers and runs away to the side. Bandits overtake him. "A golden cloud slept," a brief summary, and even more so, the original work powerfully affects the emotions of the reader. The pages about the death of Sasha can be considered a tragic climax. After waiting for danger, Kolya returns to the village and sees his brother on the street. He seems to be standing at the fence. But when Kolya comes closer, he sees a terrible picture. Sasha hangs on the fence stakes, his stomach is torn open, all the insides hang above his legs, ears of corn stick out from a wound in his stomach and from his mouth. The story “The Golden Cloud Spent the Night” shows simply and therefore the tragedy of the fate of the Kuzmenyshes is even more terrible. Kolya fulfills the wish of his dead brother, who dreamed of a closer view of the mountains. He carries Sasha on a cart to the train. To get a complete picture of the story, of course, you need to read it. But the plot development direction will present the reader with even a brief summary. "A golden cloud slept" shows the fate of the children of war.
Optimism of the tragic ending
Very important and life-affirming is the ending of the story. A soldier accidentally finds two sleeping homeless boys. One of them is Kolya Kuzmin, the second is a Chechen boy. Also an orphan, Alkhuzur found warmth and sympathy in Kola. The boys called themselves Sasha and Kolya Kuzmin. The touching ending of the story suggests that it is not nationality that divides people. Evil is born by criminals, no matter where they come from: from Nazi Germany or from the Caucasus Mountains. No need to stop reading a summary. The "golden cloud slept" by the great writer Anatoly Pristavkin deserves to take his place in your library.