Sometimes, due to various events, a person begins to look at things differently. This happened with the main character of Astafiev’s short story “Trees Grow for Everyone”. Vitya, due to his illness, could not fully interact with others, but thanks to this, he became closer to nature and more observant. Below will be written a summary of "Trees Grow for Everyone" by Astafiev.
The main character
To describe the work "Trees Grow for Everyone" by Astafyev (short summary), one should begin by acquainting with the protagonist - the boy Vitya. It so happened that he contracted malaria. Despite all her grandmother's efforts, she could not be cured in any way. Later Viti got a complication: he stopped hearing others. Because of this, he became isolated in himself and began to live in his own little world.
Secret place
In the work "Trees Grow for Everyone" by Astafyev, whose brief content we are studying, it is said that due to the fact that the boy ceased to communicate with others, he began to observe the world more closely. His favorite place was a remote small corner of the garden. There Victor always found himself something to do - it distracted him from sad thoughts.
To compensate for the loss of hearing, the boy became more attentive to the world around him and tried not to miss a single detail. Soon, a flytrap caught his attention - this is a small bird that settled in his favorite corner. He liked to watch how she lives, how she equips the nest, and then watch how she takes care of her chicks.
Decision to plant a tree
Further in the work “Trees Grow for Everyone” (we’ll try to convey the essence in brief), why Victor decided to grow his tree. Once a cat found a nest of a small bird and ate all the chicks. The poor flycatcher was sleeping under a burdock, and Vita was very sorry for her. Then he decided to grow his own tree so that she would make a new nest and the cat would not be able to eat her chicks.
He finds a small sprout and begins to care for him. But for some reason, the boy does not succeed. Grandmother said it was wild buckwheat. Vitya was upset and stopped going to his favorite corner. But those around him saw that during the cares of the flycatcher and dreaming of a large flowering tree, the boy recovered. Grandmother allows her grandson to walk on the street.
When autumn comes, grandmother goes to the forest and brings a full basket of all kinds of herbs. The boy finds there a new sprout of a tree. Grandmother felt sorry for her grandson, and she brought him larch. They planted a seedling together.
Vitya starts to dream again and is interested in his grandmother when his tree grows. To which the grandmother answers him that the trees grow for everyone.
Why such a name
Astafyev’s work “Trees Grow for Everyone”, the brief content of which we have given, has an interesting title. You can speculate on why the story was given just that. The boy, despite the fact that he wanted to grow a tree for the bird so that it could make a new nest, nevertheless continued to consider it his own. In his dreams, Vitya imagined him big and blooming, he needed it in order to admire and proudly tell others that he had grown such a tree.
But the grandmother with this phrase explains to the grandson that trees cannot be someone else's property. They are home to animals, birds, insects, anyone can come and enjoy them. By doing good (and having planted a larch, Vitya did a good deed) to others, a person becomes happier.
In Astafyev’s short story “Trees Grow for Everyone,” the story is about how the boy, despite his illness and worries, continued to be interested in life. He learned to see beauty even in small things, and realized that he needed to do good and help others. Then the world will become better, will sparkle with new colors, and all those around will become happier and kinder.