Many literary scholars believe that the key scene of Goncharov’s novel “Oblomov” is a dream. A brief summary of what the protagonist saw was a fleeting return to childhood and adolescence. At first, he sees himself as a boy, and then as a teenager in a family estate and during his studies. Before the mental gaze of Ilya Ilyich, three episodes of his previous life flash through.
Oblomovka: Groundhog Day forever
Sweet dream Oblomov. Its content is pleasant, because for many childhood is a wonderful time. He, seven years old, had just woken up from a dream, left a warm bed. It is warm and cozy. The ancestral village of Ilyusha - Oblomovka - is out of the way, even the news does not always reach there. This is a special small cozy little world. His rhythm of life is cyclical. The whole point of the day in the family nest comes down to waiting for dinner. The half-day family plans and prepares for it. Cooking and eating is the only “creative” process in which everyone takes an active part. A menu is compiled. Preparing dishes. Then the whole house goes into a nap.
The past day is similar to the current, and that of the future, like the twin brothers. In fact, the villagers always live in the same day, like the hero of Bill Muray in the movie Groundhog Day. But unlike Phil, they are happy with everything in this day, they do not want to break out of it. Agree - Oblomovka and the film "Groundhog Day" are one, if you squeeze their summary very carefully . Oblomov does not drive his dream , does not try to wake up, everything is familiar to him, comfortable.
Ilyusha is an observant and inquisitive child, he has a thing for everything, he seeks to try everything, find out. But the teachers assigned to him vigilantly watch that the boy does not pick up his hands. He is seated on a sofa, and everything of interest, as if by magic, is carried out by the efforts of educators. Everyone around him, and especially the nannies, love him and are in a hurry to warn any desire of the child. Here they do not bother him with classes, they don’t allow him to work at all.
The stone sharpens water. The conviction comes to him: work is a boring thing that does not rely on a wealthy person at all. This is precisely a child’s conclusion, testifies to the scene of Goncharov’s novel “Oblomov” - a dream. The summary focuses on the thought of the reader.
Why Oblomov does not know how to build his life
Before going to bed, the nanny for a long time and with an understanding of the matter tells the boy amazing tales and epics. The impressionable poetic soul of the child immerses him in a strange world where both epic folk characters and the images of the wizard Pushkin are real. This world of fiction, where everything is possible without effort, since omnipotent witchcraft becomes common for Ilyusha, and a soft sofa seems to him a sailboat on which he floats along the endless waves of his fantasies. Fiction and reality are closely intertwined in the adolescent worldview. When the nanny’s story is interrupted, Ilyusha regrets and, instead of playing or working, retreats and tries to “fantasize” the interrupted story. Problems are solved for him themselves. "Vanka da Zakharka" will always be there, they will do everything, they will bring everything. Do not strain. And about the future - do not worry at all. The beautiful and devoted Militritsa Kirbitievna (wife of Tsar Saltan, mother of Tsarevich Gvidon, who kept her promise to “give birth to a hero by the end of September”) will get him his wife. There will be prosperity, honor and good luck. “Of course, you should not get up from the couch,” the scene of the novel Oblomov eloquently tells us - a dream. The summary informs us that the parents of the Goncharov dreamer were raised in a similar way.
Studying in Verkhlev
In this
sleep episode, Oblomov sees himself as a teenager of 12-13 years old. In the Verkhlevsk school, the German Ivan Bogdanovich Stoltz teaches him science. This is a competent, disciplined and active person. Everything that he does is treated with diligence and energy. Together with Ilyusha, his peer is studying, the son of a teacher - Andrey Shtolts. Young Oblomov is interested, although he feels the disharmony of the usual world of doing nothing and the active active world in which the Stolts live.
The observant guy kept an eye on the way of life in this neighboring village, which was 5 miles away from Oblomovka. It turns out - he is exactly the same as in the paternal estate. The spirit of "primal sloth" is in the air, it spills everywhere. The Verkhlevskys live exactly like the Oblomovskys live one day and one day.
The boy has a single integral picture of the sleepy world in his head, where her majesty rules - Sloth. Now he is convinced: nowhere, under any circumstances, should one exert excessive efforts on anything. After all, other people also don’t do that.
conclusions
Undoubtedly, the scene of the novel "Oblomov" - a dream, has a special, extraordinary significance. The summary of this episode convinces us that it is "an overture of the whole novel." After all, it is childhood that shapes a person. A child’s innate inquisitiveness was trampled from a young age by petty, pointless care. Primary concepts: “what is good” and also “what is bad” were also defined in childhood. (The joys of life are fun and peace, and adversity is labor and boredom.)
Thanks to this passage of Goncharov’s book, we see what actually made the household name Oblomov’s surname .