It was “The Thirteenth Feat of Hercules” by Iskander and several other stories about his childhood that marked the beginning of his prose. All these works are small and touching. But the moral questions raised in them are far from childish.
The stories deal with the concepts of deceit, honor and dishonor, cowardice, dignity and betrayal. Addressing children's age does not make them less important, but only brings them closer to the reader.
The instructive nature of the story
And in this small work, the author remains true to himself. From the beginning to the very last line, humor pervades him. But, despite the cheerful mood, the story “The Thirteenth Feat of Hercules” by Iskander is quite instructive. It makes the reader reflect on many serious and important issues. Everyone must decide for themselves what feat is and how courage and cowardice can be combined in one person. Concluding the story “The Thirteenth Feat of Hercules,” Iskander leads the reader to the idea that courage can be different. It turns out that not always in man the courage moral and physical. Thus, possessing bodily strength, he can be a coward in solving vital problems.
"The thirteenth feat of Hercules." Iskander
. Summary: new teacherGreek nationality Harlampy Diogenovich appeared at the school on September 1. No one had heard of him before. He taught arithmetic and was, in contrast to the generally accepted idea of mathematicians, a neat and collected person. In the lessons of Kharlampiy Diogenovich, there was always exemplary silence, he never raised his voice, did not threaten, and at the same time managed to hold the whole class in his hands.
"The thirteenth feat of Hercules." Iskander. Summary: the case with the main character
No one had privileges over Harlampy Diogenovich. The main character did not escape the fate of being in a funny position. Once he did not complete the homework. The solution to the problem did not agree with the answer. The boy studied on the second shift and came an hour before the start of the lesson.
When it turned out that the classmate
did not solve the problem, he finally calmed down. The students divided into teams and went to play football at the stadium. Already in class, an excellent pupil Sakharov said that he had solved the problem, and his answer came together. Harlampy Diogenovich appeared at the door and proceeded to his place. The main character noticed that even his neighbor on the desk, quiet Adolf Komarov (who called himself Alik, so that no one would compare him with Hitler, since the war was on) solved this problem.
Fazil Iskander: "The thirteenth feat of Hercules." Summary: “saving” vaccination
A nurse looked into the classroom, she was looking for 5 "A", and got into 5 "B". The main character volunteered to show where the children who need to be vaccinated against typhoid are. On the way, he informed the doctor that after this lesson, their class organizedly went on an excursion to the museum of local lore. They return to 5 “B”. There, at the board, Shurik Avdeenko already wrote three actions of the task, but could not explain the solution. The nurse vaccinated all the students, but the lesson did not end there. Kharlampy Diogenovich said that in this class there was a man who decided to surpass Heracles and perform another feat, the thirteenth. After these words, he called the main character to the board and asked to explain the solution to the problem. But the boy, even by what was on the board, could not figure out where to start. Of course, he got a bad mark, but from that moment he began to take homework more seriously. And he also understood the teacher’s method: temper the souls of children with laughter, teach them to treat themselves with a bit of humor.