Arkady Petrovich Gaidar - Soviet children's writer, he created many works. Among them are Timur and his team, RVS, Chuk and Huck, and the Blue Cup. Arkady Gaidar composed and recorded The Hot Stone. The summary will introduce the reader to this work, main thoughts, and reviews.
A bit about the author
In fact, the surname of the famous writer Golikov, and Gaidar is a literary pseudonym. He was born on January 9, 1904 in Lgov, Kursk Region, died in the Great Patriotic War, on October 26, 1941.
By profession, Golikov was a soldier. Already at less than 18 years old, he commanded a regiment, and at 14 he was admitted to the Communist Party. In 1922-24 he wrote his first story, entitled "In the days of defeat and victory." Since 1935 he began working in the newspaper "Star" as a special correspondent. On duty, he traveled to cities and villages, met with different people, which helped him to create his works, including āHot Stoneā. Review by V.I. Semenov, editor of the children's magazine "Murzilka", about reading Arkady Petrovich this story was very positive. He said that he did not seem to read to him, but simply told an important incident. Many spoke enthusiastically about this last work of the writer.
The old man, sipping a lot of grief
The story begins with the acquaintance of the reader with one of the main characters of the story - a lonely old man. He was a watchman - he monitored the safety of the collective farm garden. An elderly man is not local, but he had long ago come to the village from somewhere far away, and remained here.
People, looking at a new resident, immediately realized that a person had a sip of a lot of grief. This was eloquently indicated by his scar, passing from the cheek through the lips. Because of him, the face of even a smiling man seemed stern and sad. Lameness, gray-haired hair over the years also spoke of the plight of man. Such is the elder hero invented by A.P. Gaidar. āHot Stoneā (including a brief summary of this work) goes on to talk about the second protagonist - the boy Ivashka Kudryashkina.
Ivan enters the collective farm garden
The young tomboy decided to secretly get into the collective farm garden to pick up apples there. In those days there was not as much fruit as can be found now on the shelves of markets, shops. Moreover, apple trees growing in rural areas were taxed. The peasants had almost no money, therefore, in order not to pay taxes, very many cut down fruit trees.
Therefore, on the one hand, the child can be understood. But penetration into the collective farm garden was equated with a crime, and such an act could have ended deplorably not only for Ivan, but also for his parents.
Of course, Gaidar does not talk about this in his work, āHot Stoneā (a brief summary confirms this) teaches high morality and the fact that one cannot take someone else's and public. In addition, Golikov A.P. was a convinced communist, from the age of 14 he was a member of the party, and at that time, condemnation of the laws of this dominant body of the country would lead to a prison sentence or capital punishment. Therefore, about the taxation of fruit trees in a small story is not told.
So, the boy entered the garden to eat plenty of apples, but did not calculate - he fell on a bush of spiny gooseberries and screamed in pain. The guard came to the noise, who showed miracles of nobility. He didnāt take the boy to school to tell him about his terrible deed, he didnāt quill nettles. The old man silently looked at the crying child, who tore his pants, scratched his hands. An elderly man took the boy by the hand and, taking him out through the gate, released him.
How Ivashka got into the swamp, an unexpected find
The boy was very ashamed, so he wandered off, not picking up the road, got into the forest, went out to the swamp and got lost. Ivan saw a rather large stone and decided to sit on it to rest. The boy bridges to this hill - and immediately jumped up. It seemed to him that through two pants a bee stung him. But there were no insects, the boy realized that the heat was coming from the stone.
This is the story Arkady Petrovich Gaidar came up with. The hot stone was not simple, but magic, the child quickly became convinced of this. Jumping up, he saw that there was an inscription on the block, but because of the dried clay there was no way to read it, then he began to beat the dirt with his removed boot.
He managed to read the inscription. She said that anyone who can carry this stone to the mountain and break it there will become young again. Below was a seal.
Meditations of a Boy
Ivashka realized that for him this great thing was of no value. After all, the child was only 8 years old, so he did not want to become younger. Moreover, then he will again have to stay in first grade for the second year, but he did not want to. From this passage it becomes clear that the student studied poorly. But, despite this, the fact that he could climb the collective farm garden, Vanya was still a good boy. This can be understood by reading the appropriate places and making a plot analysis. Gaidar conceived the "Hot Stone" as a revealing and moralizing work. Indeed, kindness is necessary in any era - in the forties of the last century or in our time.
The author expresses the idea of āāthe need to learn. This is evident in the next episode. Kudryashkin thought it was good if this stone allowed him, without learning the lessons, to immediately jump from first grade to third. It would be great, but even the most magical things cannot do this.
Welcome back
So, without inventing anything, Vanya set off on the return trip. When he walked past the garden, he saw an old man. He walked with difficulty, often stopping and coughing. He carried lime and a brush, apparently, wanted to whiten the trees, but every step was given to him with difficulty.
Seeing this, the child thought that he was a good man - he did not whip him for the misconduct of the nettle, did not betray him. Therefore, the boy also decided to do good for him. This is what the story āHot Stoneā teaches - that good returns. Bravely, he went to an elderly man and told him about a magic stone. The old man, though sternly, thanked the child and said that he couldnāt leave yet, because he was at the post, otherwise during the time of absence someone could come and clean the collective farm garden.
The watchman said that the boy should go to the stone, roll him onto the mountain, and then he would come with something heavy and break this block.
Gaidar "Hot Stone"
Summary goes to a significant point. The next morning, Ivashka took a bag and thick gloves from the house so as not to burn himself on a stone, and set off on his journey. With difficulty, he rolled a stone out of the swamp and lay down on the dry grass to rest. At this time, the boy was thinking how good it would be when grandfather came, broke a stone and could live a happy life. After all, he probably did not see anything good, while Ivan himself was happy for his still short life as much as 3 times. Somehow, an unfamiliar man drove him in a beautiful car when a student was late for school. Another time, he caught a big pike with his hands in a ditch. And in the third - when Uncle Mitrofan took him to the city where they celebrated on May 1, during the Soviet era - one of the main holidays.
Here is such a simple boyish happiness told the writer and military A.P. Gaidar. The tale "Hot Stone" continues with the fact that Ivashka rolled the stone to the top of the mountain and began to wait for the old man. He did not come for a long time, he appeared only before sunset. The boy was surprised that in his hands he did not have a hammer, a crowbar with which he could break a block. To appreciate what you have, not to complain about fate, to live in good conscience, this is what the story āHot Stoneā teaches. This is clear from the rest of the story.
Happy life of an old man
The elderly man quickly clarified. To the childās question about why he didnāt bring anything heavy, the grandfather replied that he did not want to start life again. The boy was amazed, and the adult comrade continued. Stroking the child on the head, he told me that he was not as miserable as it might seem, in fact he was the happiest. The old man spoke about his limp.
It was a long time ago. A log hit his leg, but the injury was received when he and a group of comrades dismantled the fences to build barricades from them, which helped to rebel against the king.
His teeth were knocked out because he, along with associates, sang revolutionary songs. The scar was left from a checker, which had his face split during the fight against the enemy white army.
Here is an interesting and instructive story written by A.P. Gaidar.
"Hot Stone" - a reader's opinion about a fairy tale
Opinions on this work may be contradictory, but the fact that the story teaches compassion, goodness, not to take someone else's is indisputable. Through the lips of an elderly man, the author expressed his wish that our country, even without it, would be as great and mighty!
The old man did not want to start a new life, as he lived this honestly and clearly. And the stone remained lying, people passed by it, but no one took advantage of its magical power. So, everyone was happy with the life that they had, and did not want to start it again.