A classic of Russian and Soviet literature, he created his main novel as a monumental work about his small homeland. The theme of Sholokhovâs novel âThe Quiet Donâ is a deep and systematic reflection of the life of the Don Cossacks at the breakdown of the eras of the beginning of the 20th century. Being a native of this land, the writer created images of the heroes of his novel, based on real prototypes that he personally knew. Those in the epic, there were more than two hundred. The writer has been refining content for over 20 years, deeply studying archive information. A multi-layer epic picture betrayed the handwriting of a true master. It is estimated that more than eight hundred characters have passed through the pages of the book.
Summary of âQuiet Flows the Donâ by Sholokhov is familiar to millions of connoisseurs of historical classics. It is noteworthy that the talent of the writer, who was a true communist by his party convictions, forced him to write realistically, truthfully, and did not allow him to turn the main character into an ideal adherent of the ideology that reigns in society.
In the interweaving of the central and secondary storylines Sholokhov creates âQuiet Donâ. The images of the representatives of the Melekhovs are central to this work. Once the Cossack Porfiry returned from the war, and not himself, but with a Turkish woman whom he fell in love with with all his heart. People envied their love and once, having accused of witchcraft, they beat a pregnant girl.
Cossack saber defended Porfiry his beloved. However, she, having given birth to father Gregory - Pantelei, died. Pantelei Prokofievich, having matured, turned into a sensible and economic Cossack. He gradually and consistently increased his property. His wife Vasilisa Ilinichna became a reliable assistant and guardian of the family hearth to him. Their life was measured. Sons Peter, Gregory and daughter Dunyashka grew up.
Grigory Melekhov was a noticeable young man - swarthy, strong, sincere in his feelings and impulsive in his actions. Father prudently planned his marriage in order to increase family property. However, we, further retelling the summary of âQuiet Flows the Donâ by Sholokhov, should note that Pantelei Prokofievich was, to put it mildly, wrong. It was impossible to break the fate of such an open, freedom-loving, brave guy like Gregory. He himself finds his love in the stately Cossack Aksinie, the wife of Stepan Astakhov. The father, blinded by his practicality, neglected the feeling of his son, forcing him to marry his own passion - Natalya Korshunova, twinning him with a wealthy Cossack family. Passionate love for Aksinya is stronger. Gregory leaves his wife and leaves the farm with his mistress, having undertaken to work on the farm with the centurion. They have a daughter.
The lawful wife of Gregory Natalia is trying to end her life by suicide by cutting herself with a scythe, but survives. She is very fond of the mother-in-law with her mother-in-law, and she goes to live with them.
Further illuminating the summary of âQuiet Flows the Donâ by Sholokhov, we will pay special attention to the lovers who have escaped from all. Their idyll is destroyed by the outbreak of World War I. Cossack Gregory goes to the army according to the order, having bought a horse with the money earned and received the necessary harness and property from his father. The bloody life of the war does not immediately harden the heart of Gregory with his iron grin. In particular, the nobility and honesty laid down by
family upbringing make him intervene in order to prevent the rape of the maid of Frany by the brutalized Cossacks. His soul does not accept meaningless brutal deaths. He grabs his gun to shoot a Cossack Chubaty, who in principle does not take prisoner and destroys even unarmed opponents. In battle, he is injured, however, bleeding, rescues the officer. For this feat, Gregory is awarded the first
St. George's Cross and awarded the lowest officer rank. Having cured the hero in the hospital, he is sent on vacation home. However, earlier Aksinya, like the parents of Gregory, mistakenly receive news of the death of a Cossack. The centurion, whom the woman serves, enters into a relationship with her. (By this time, Gregoryâs daughter, ill, is dying.) Arriving on a visit, Melekhov learns about the belovedâs betrayal, beats the loving Listnitsky with a whip and leaves Aksinya for his wife Natalya.
Another vacation to the front comes already another Gregory, fierce in heart, devoid of any sentiment. Retelling further the summary of âQuiet Flows the Donâ by Sholokhov, it is impossible not to note the special military bravado that appeared in the main character: he goes wild in battle, risking his life very much, merging his whole essence with the bloody life of the war. Crosses adorn his chest, his place in the ranks is near a battle banner. Yes, only the Cossack feels: something immeasurably more important than military differences, he lost in life, something deeply human. And the army is falling apart. Agitators of the RSDLP work in it, introducing destructive ideas for the foundations of the state. Gregory returns home. First, he adjoins the Bolsheviks, which causes his conflict with his father and brother Peter. However, his views change after the execution of the captive Cossacks by the chairman of the local military commissariat, Podtelkov. The Melekhov brothers are adjacent to the Cossack general Kornilov.
Only that does not have enough forces to effectively counter the Reds, and disagreements with Wrangel turn the idea of ââthe Don Cossack power into absurdity. At this break,
Grigory Melekhov, fighting the Revolutionary Military Council, skillfully commands the equestrian Cossack division. He is illegible in his relations with women, his pregnant wife Natalya learns about this. In a state of indignation, she independently makes an abortion, but the bleeding caused by him soon kills her. In the Don, civil war is gathering a bloody harvest. Brother Peter is dying, Pantelei Prokofievich is dying away from typhus. Last year Vasilisa Ilyinichna survives. Amid this iron and blood, the love of Gregory and Aksigny rekindles. Together they are going to escape from the village, deprived of native people, which is actually under the rule of the Red Commissioners. They, racing on horses, were noticed by fighters of the food detachment and opened fire.
A bullet mortally wounds a woman. Gregory buries Axinho right in the middle of the field, the light fades for him from grief. The scene of the description of the dazzlingly bright black sun by Sholokhov is undoubtedly a brilliant creative find. Gregory returns. He had only one thread connecting with the Don land - the son Mishatka, whom he, as a father, has to raise.
For the creation of this outstanding work, Mikhail Alexandrovich was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1965. The writer, having received the award, spent a smaller part of the money traveling with his family in Europe to Japan, and the rest for the construction of the club and library.