Korolenko, "Blind Musician": a brief summary, the main characters

Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko lived a very difficult life. But even being in cruel exile in the territory of Yakutia, he remained a fighter for justice and human rights. Many of his contemporaries spoke warmly enough about him, emphasizing his decency and subtle nature. It is such qualities of character that are often present in his works. Take, for example, the story of Korolenko "Blind musician." This work brings to the brink of an incredible tragedy in the perception of human being. The name itself suggests that the plot tells about the fate of a person deprived of vision.

Korolenko. "Blind musician." Sketch summary

The hero of the work - Petya Popelsky, the son of quite wealthy West Ukrainian landowners - is born blind. And at the very first sounds of the voice of the baby who was just born, the mother, not yet knowing this terrible diagnosis, already understands and constantly asks the midwife why he is screaming. To which she replies that all newborns cry so. But the mother of the child does not calm down. It seems to her that her child is crying somehow in a special way scary, as if afraid of something.

And gradually, even in the very first days and months of his birth, doctors establish a terrible diagnosis - the boy is blind from birth. And no wonder Korolenko called his work a study. The author has always been very interested in psychology, partly even medicine. Therefore, throughout the entire work, there are often some even scientific discussions about the nature of the relationship between the missing visual impressions and the auditory ones that replace them. Reasoning about how a person with disabilities in a certain period can begin to feel anger against the whole world.

Additional images of blind monks

Korolenko put a special meaning into the work “Blind Musician”, he shows the images of two more blind and also practically musicians. These are church ringleaders living in the monastery. And at the same time they are compared: a blind-born monk who is very embittered by everyone around him, and one who saw him in childhood and then became blind because of an illness, but remembers some impressions and especially his mother’s face. And this monk is kinder, more fun, has a different attitude to the world.

This is what the main character Peter Popelsky thinks about. He begins to doubt. What if this evil attitude is present in every blind-born person who has nothing to remember in the image of the world?

Wonderful girl Evelina, who has become an indispensable companion for life

Further, Korolenko’s tragic sketch “The Blind Musician”, the brief content of which is another important character, is filled with more positive experiences. Fortunately, the protagonist of the work, on his way in early childhood, a charming and out of years adult girl Evelina meets.

Their first meeting took place on the river bank. There are no adults, and the children will alone have to sort things out with each other. Evelina turned out to be such a person who from the first moment realized that she would go through life next to her friend. Subsequently, he becomes his wife, and to the great joy of this young couple, a sighted son is born to them. And it is precisely this that somehow reconciles Peter with his plight.

Boy's natural abilities

But the most important thing that sanctifies and ennobles the entire existence of the protagonist is that he showed musical abilities. At first he heard a simple yard pipe, then her mother remembered that she was once taught at the institute to play the piano. They wrote out this tool. Mom began to play music, then the boy timidly approached the piano. And it so happened that this new improvisation helped him establish contacts with the world.

In the work “Korolenko Blind Musician” by Korolenko, the protagonists throughout the story help each other become mentally stronger, providing constant psychological support. Patience and boundless love are present during the whole etude on the part of both the mother and uncle and friends. And when Peter goes through a series of moral tests, studying the world through sounds, Evelina is always there, and her gentle, but firm hand is always ready to provide any necessary help. These are the selfless heroes of Korolenko. “The Blind Musician” is a work that helps the reader to feel and immerse themselves in the world of the blind, to face their emotions and experiences.

Close people taking care of Peter

Unfortunately, not everyone has read this wonderful work by Korolenko ("Blind Musician"). The summary, perhaps, will help to interest the reader and in the future will lead to a more detailed study of the work.

In a wealthy family, a blind baby is born. Daddy baby Petit, a kind man, but indifferent to everything except his farm. And his uncle Maxim, on the contrary, is distinguished by his fighting spirit and courage. He even participated in battles, where, unfortunately, he became disabled.

And it was he who began to educate the boy, first of all explaining to his sister Anna that excessive love and guardianship could harm the baby.

The first sounds constantly frightening Peter, or Acquaintance with art

And in the work of V. G. Korolenko, “The Blind Musician”, a wonderful time of year comes - spring. The blind kid is alarmed by the surrounding noise that makes awakening nature. Mother and uncle lead the baby on the banks of the river. The agitations of Petit are imperceptible to adults, and he faints from the mass of impressions received. After this misunderstanding, relatives try to help the baby comprehend sounds and sensations.

Peter fell in love with the groom, playing the pipe, which he made himself. His unrequited love helps to create very sad melodies that he constantly performs. And once Petya comes to him. He begins to learn how to play the pipe. And the mother, noticing this, orders the piano.

But when Peter first heard the sounds of this instrument, he again nearly lost his senses. This music seems very flashy to him. Then his mother understands that in the performance of the yard there is more emotionality than in her music. She, too, began to comprehend the secrets of this game and soon was able to interest Petya, and he begins to learn to play the piano. So, in the sketch of Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko “Blind musician”, the main characters help Peter understand the first sounds of music and discover the talent present in him.

Acquaintance with the charming Evelyn

Peter has no comrades. The guys constantly shy away from him. But in the nearest estate little Evelina grows. She is a one year old baby. This girl is very calm and smart. They accidentally meet during one of the walks. At first she does not understand that Petya is blind, but, learning about his illness, weeps bitterly. From this moment in the work of V. G. Korolenko “The Blind Musician” the strongest and inextricable sense of friendship appears, and subsequently it even develops into true love.

The world is full of beauty.

It takes some time. Children grow up. And in the work of Korolenko "Blind Musician" the plot content is filled with new characters. Uncle calls to visit a bosom friend with his two student sons. And also their friend comes to the estate. Young people brought some fun to the closed estate. And this was done on purpose, so that the children learn that a more intense and fiery life is flowing around them.

The girl perceives this as a test of her feelings and confesses to Peter in love and the decision to give him her life. In the evening, the young man plays the piano for everyone. The guests are simply stunned by this wonderful performance and predict a great future for the musician. Finally, Peter feels his worth.

Meet the monks

Then Uncle Maxim decides to pay his friend a return visit to his estate. Along the way, they visit the bell tower, where they get acquainted with the monk ringer, who, as it turned out, are also blind. One of them hates the whole world, and the other, on the contrary, is kind and affectionate.

This acquaintance makes Peter feel the pain of his illness. He becomes completely alien, embittered and annoyed, tormenting his loved ones. He wants to understand the inaccessible images of the colors surrounding him, he painfully perceives the touch of the rays of the sun.

Soon the young man fell ill, and after healing announced that he was leaving with his uncle in Kiev to study with a professional musician. In fact, he goes on a journey with the poor to comprehend the vastness of the world. And when he returns to the estate, he becomes a completely different person. His soul is healed. He marries Evelyn, and they have a beautiful baby. The trip to Kiev was postponed only for a year. And Peter nevertheless goes to study, and his debut on the real stage will soon take place.

Thus ends the work of Korolenko “The Blind Musician”, the brief content of which conveys only the superficial meaning of the plot and cannot reveal the full depth of the characters' characters.