People get to know this word quite early. For example, like this: “Watch how that boy at the next table deftly devours his porridge, and grows in your plate.” Then such phrases haunt a person all his life, and not only their parents speak them, but in general all those who have power. We consider the noun “opposition”, and this will be at least entertaining.
Value and Suggestions
Before moving on to picturesque examples, we need to understand what exactly we are dealing with. Therefore, let's look first at the explanatory dictionary. We must say right away that a noun has no independent meaning, therefore the book refers us to a related verb:
- Comparing someone, something, to indicate their dissimilarity, the opposite.
- When comparing, give preference to someone, to something.
- By opposing, direct against anyone, anything.
- Nominate as equal, substitute or superior (in terms of properties, dignity).
To combine business with pleasure and to reveal the meaning of the word, we’ll compose sentences to illustrate:
- When we contrast good and evil, the nature of one and the other becomes more apparent to us.
- Yes, I contrast you and Seryozha, because Seryozha is a good boy, he studies well and pleases his parents, and you only drink my blood!
- We oppose the reinforced concrete defense to the rapid attack of the opponent. The enemy will not pass.
- Yes, I oppose my project to Petrov. And I say that he is not only equal in his merits, but also superior to his decision for economic reasons.
What can I say, contrasting is not a pound of raisins. We hope the reader already understands this.
Contrasts in the literature
Naturally, in order to single out the pure types of good and evil, for example, you need to plunge into the depths of centuries and find somewhere suitable characters there. But we will not do that. If you go deep, the reader may not understand the literary game, and almost archaeological work will be worthless. Therefore, we will take those heroes who are familiar to everyone. And they, despite the fact that they are internally complex, are opposed to each other. It's about the Karamazov brothers - Alyosha and Ivan. If you approach simply, then one personifies good, the other - evil. Alyosha is relatively simple, but Ivan, by contrast, is complicated. But it is precisely this juxtaposition that helps Dostoevsky write out more clearly the character of the one who nominally represents the camp of evil.
Life examples
When we distract from literature, it becomes immediately both easier and more difficult. On the one hand, there are many “pure” types in life that either openly represent the interests of evil or the interests of good. For example, the story of two police officers - good and evil. Rumors have it that these are not just Hollywood stories. In any case, one guardian of order is embodied good, and the other is evil. And a similar method of opposition makes the criminal reveal his secrets.
We return to the beginning and remember our parents. It is interesting, in general, whether there were people in the history of mankind who were not compared with friends, relatives? Probably very few of them. Therefore, even a meme appeared on the Internet - “the son of my mother’s girlfriend” - this is the one who, in any case, is doing better than the alleged victim (and in no other way be called) comparisons. And, interestingly, if police officers achieve this result by such opposition (and this is expected), then parents with such psychological “pokes” only demotivate and offend.
Why does one work and the other not?
An interesting question, right? In literature, the technique works, it works on the criminal, but it doesn’t work on living people. Why? Everything is pretty simple. In literature, contrast helps to sharpen characteristic features. He also helps law enforcement officers to undermine the criminal’s nervous system. And when parents talk about “the son of mother’s girlfriend”, they humiliate their child and point out to him the imperfections, which he, of course, cannot fix. For example, what is the point of a nerd and a book to say that Leshka is well done: an athlete, girls follow him. And our little book will sit with its books. Does life have a path through which a nerd will become an athlete? And we are talking about prevailing characters. And not about the cases when the frail boy is complexing and on this basis turns, for example, into a boxer, this is another scenario.
Parents should compare the successes of children with their own achievements in the past, and not engage in opposition, this is stupid. It is a pity only one thing that few people understand. Adult people think something like this: "You need to put pressure on his complexes, he will be ashamed and will prove to me that I am wrong." But such a technique can break and embitter a person until the end of time. The human soul is too tender for such clumsy ways.
If someone forgot, then we considered the meaning of the word "contrast". We hope that the reader has learned something else from the material besides the meaning of the noun.