The work of Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov was mainly devoted to social issues. The main goal of the writer was to prove that every Russian person should become useful to his homeland. And even art cannot exist only for the sake of the beauty of the syllable; it must have a civic orientation. Today we will turn to just such a work and consider this summary of Nekrasov. “Sasha” is a poem dedicated to the young generation, facing the future. Let us now examine the work in more detail.
About the work
The work was written in 1855. According to the author’s intention, it was supposed to reflect historical reality, namely, the orientation of Russian society to social problems. And he coped with this task, which confirms the summary. Nekrasova “Sasha” became a call addressed to young people to become useful for the fatherland, to grow up and begin to act. The time for conversations has passed, now they are only harmful, you need to recognize yourself as a strong personality and begin to change reality for the better.
Let us turn now to the text of the poem.
N. A. Nekrasov, “Sasha”: summary
At the center of the story is a family of old landowners, where Sasha, their daughter, is growing. Her parents are open, straightforward people who do not tolerate flattery and arrogance. The old women did not cherish the soul of the girl and tried to give her everything that was in their power, but science and reading seemed to them unnecessary. Sasha lives in this wilderness like a wildflower, preserving the beauty and "clarity of soul."
Sasha's life
The poem “Sasha” (Nekrasov) tells about a simple life in the wilderness. The summary tells that the girl, until her sixteenth birthday, was free and free, she did not know the worries, passions and doubts. Harmony with nature was the key to its tranquility. The only thing that disturbed Sasha’s peace was the slave river. She watched the torrent in an impotent attempt to escape evil boil at the mill, and thought that only the insane were trying to argue with their fate.
The peasants working in the fields of her parents appear to Sasha as some keepers of a simple and proper life. The girl walks a lot, often goes to the fields, where she picks flowers and sings. Parents can’t stop looking at their child and hope that Sasha comes across a good groom. When winter arrives, the girl in the evenings with bated breath listens to the nanny's tales, and during the day goes to go sledding.
The only thing that saddens Sasha is the destruction of nature. When the forest was cut down, she cried and imagined that the trunks, like corpses, lay dead. And despite the fact that the age of “the passions of the young” has come, she still does not know the heart's anxieties and torments.
Arrival of Agarin
We continue to retell the summary of Nekrasov. “Sasha” is a work not only about village life, but also about the formation and growth of personality. And then comes the moment when the heroine has the opportunity to forget about her childhood.
Not far from the landowners' lands of Sasha’s parents there is a large estate that has been empty for forty years. But then once the old house comes to life, the owner enters it - Lev Alekseevich Agarin. This is a pale, thin man who does not part with the lorgnetta and speaks of himself as a migratory bird. He is polite to the servant, never raises his voice and is always friendly. Hagarin traveled the world for a long time and finally returned home.
Increasingly, a new neighbor visits the landowners. Agarina is amused by the steppe nature, he often makes fun of it. But most of all he is occupied with conversations with Sasha. He reads books to the girl, begins to learn French, talks about the places he has visited. Leo Alekseevich willingly and much argues about why people are unhappy, poor and embittered.
Departure of the neighbor
The life of simple village landowners portrays Nekrasov. Sasha (a brief summary illustrates this) behaves like a smart girl who has seen very little in life. That's why her conversations with Agarin, who has seen the world, attract her.
And so, when Lev Alekseevich says goodbye to his neighbors and leaves, Sasha becomes bored, her usual entertainments are no longer attracted. The girl begins to read books herself, to help the sick. However, sometimes she finds causeless anguish on her, then Sasha goes to her room and cries quietly.
Sentence
Since the departure of Hagarin, time passes. Summary (Nekrasova "Sasha") begins to describe the events from the moment when the heroine turns nineteen years old. Agarin at this time comes back. He became even paler and balder, but Sasha's beauty shocked him. Conversations of neighbors resume. But now Agarin is not talking about that bright future that awaits humanity. He believed in another - people cannot be changed, they are low and vicious. Leo Alekseevich laughs at Sasha’s help to patients.
Several days pass, and Sasha begins to avoid meetings with Agarin, does not answer his letters, sends books back. And in one of the letters, a neighbor asks for Sasha’s hands. The girl refuses him.
Hagarin is depicted as a person incapable of action. He can only talk, but he is not even trying to rectify the situation. It is these qualities that Sasha sees in him and therefore rejects.
The story came to an end that wrote Nekrasov ("Sasha"). A very brief summary can be reduced to the fact that the main thing in a person is not education or horizons, but the ability to realize one’s words. So, Sasha, perceiving the ideas of Agarin, began to take care of the sick. Agarin himself could not do anything to make his dreams come true.