The genre of this work is short story. Tie. The deaf-mute Gerasim was brought to Moscow from the village. He became a janitor for a lady. Action development. The tyranny of the lady breaks the fate of Gerasim. First, the peasant is torn off the ground, brought to the city, forced to do work alien to him. Then, at the whim of the lady, they give Tatiana, who has fallen in love with Gerasim, to marry the drunkard Kapiton. In the end, they deprive Gerasim of the only expensive creature - Mumu. Climax. The lady ordered to remove the dog from the yard. Interchange. Gerasim carried out the order of the mistress, drowned him in the Mumu River and went back to the village.

Gerasim, before arriving in the city, lived in the countryside, engaged in hard peasant labor. This work not only fed him, but also gave him pleasure. He, “as if on his own, without the help of a horse,” easily plowed the unyielding land and generally resembled a hero. Lifestyle change is not fun. Turgenev, with the help of images of nature, explains how difficult his new position is for Gerasim. Now the hero of the story looks like a bull who is being taken to no one knows where, and with all his might and strength he is not able to change his life, then he lies for hours in the courtyard of a manor house, face down, like a caught beast. The description of the interior of his closet also helps to understand the character of Gerasim: a “truly heroic bed” on four logs, a small but very durable table, a three-legged chair - everything was made by him. Gerasim smiles, seeing that the chair does not lose its stability even after hitting the ground.

The hero of the story is a serf, the property of a lady. This fact is very important for its characterization. He is obliged to bring benefit to his mistress and not to bother with any of his desires. His attention to Tatyana, a laundress from a large household, his mistress is not at all interesting.

Gerasim distinguishes Tatyana from the whole environment, because with his heart he knows how to guess those who may need his help and protection.

Gerasim's love for the unfortunate rescued puppy, found on the day of parting with Tatyana, arises immediately and for a long time. Having arranged his find, Gerasim fell asleep in some very light, happy dream. Mumu responds to Gerasim with attention and love.

Why does Gerasim still carry out the will of the absurd lady? He is a forced man and, like any serf, must unquestioningly carry out the master's order. He cannot even marry of his choice. Having fulfilled the order to kill Mumu, he lost the last thing that was dear to him. Gerasim rebels, leaves the city, from the mistress, returns to his native village. This is a strong-willed act of a brave and determined person. The image of Gerasim embodies the idea that self-esteem is inherent in a person, regardless of his origin, this image is imbued with the author's sympathy.

The mistress is an absurd, self-willed, domineering woman. Whims, mood swings, tyranny guide her actions. For the sake of entertainment, she decides to start the wedding of Tatyana and Kapiton, and when she sees that nothing came of this venture, she sends them out of sight. Interest in Mumu is replaced by anger and a desire to get rid of her. The lady considers herself entitled to dis-

indulge in the fate of others. Any single life for her means nothing. Fortunately for Gerasim, she regarded his departure only as ingratitude and did not look for the fugitive and initiate a trial.

Watching the fate of the heroes of the story, one can imagine the life of serfs in Russia at that time. Turgenev shows that serfdom disfigures not only the peasants and households, but also the masters themselves. Gerasim's deaf-muteness is not only his own flaw. This is a sign of the inability to express oneself, to be heard.

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Gerasim - main character I.S. Turgenev's story "Mumu"

Turgenev was a hater of serfdom all his life. The writer devoted many of his works to the life of serfs.

Creating the image of the main character of the story "Mumu", the author says that Gerasim was the most wonderful, glorious man. Deaf-mute from birth, he was built as a hero twelve inches tall. In terms of strength and endurance, the author compares his hero with a bull.

Gerasim is a serf. Its fate depends on the will of the masters. The lady transported Gerasim from the village to the city, tore him off the ground and attached him to guard the master's house, to live in a cramped closet. “Relocated to the city, he did not understand what was happening to him, he was bored and perplexed. Gerasim's employment in his new position seemed to him a joke after hard peasant work. They did not bring him spiritual joy, although he performed his duties with all responsibility and rigor.

The hero reveals his rich inner world in love for Tatyana. He is very kind to her, protecting her from the attacks of others, subtly feels the mood of her beloved. However, Gerasim does not fight for his happiness. He had to come to terms with the fact that Tatyana was married to another.

The found and tamed dog helped him cope with loneliness and pain. All his unspent love is given by the hero Mumu. “Not a single mother cared for her child like Gerasim cared for his pet.” He loves her without memory. At the moment of separation from the dog, he calls, runs, and then grieves, yearns and falls into despair. The author shows us what strong and deep feelings the outwardly gloomy and wild janitor Gerasim is capable of experiencing. What happiness and insane delight seize him when he meets his beloved!

And again the hero did not defend his possible happiness. Fulfilling the whim of a wayward lady, he himself kills the creature that he loved more than life.

A man is powerless before his master; serfdom has made him so. And yet the author makes us admire the perfection, the moral strength of his hero. At the end of the work, for the first time in his life, he commits an unauthorized act: he leaves the mistress for the village, thus showing his protest.

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Gerasim is a janitor who lived with a mistress. This is a tall man, very strong, but in addition to these good qualities, he had his own ailment that prevented him from living - he was deaf and mute. Gerasim is unsociable, hardworking. He didn't like drunks. As I said, Gerasim...

Gerasim is a man who belonged to an old lady. He lived in the village, but then he was taken to the city. He looked gloomy: big, healthy, strong. But he had one very big flaw: he was deaf and dumb. Gerasim worked as a janitor and was very...

Small excerpts from "Memories of the family of I. S. Turgenev" by V. Zhitova and the story "Mumu". “Approaching the village, Varvara. Petrovna and all of us were amazed at the extraordinary growth of one peasant plowing in the field. Varvara Petrovna ordered the carriage to be stopped...

GERASIM is the central character in I.S. Turgenev's story "Mumu" (1852), a dumb janitor of a self-indulgent lady, a man of a strict and serious disposition, a real Russian hero, of enormous growth and extraordinary physical strength. The fate of G. is not invented - the basis of the plot ...

No matter how admiring Turgenev is for the poetic power and moral purity of Russian people, he nevertheless notices that centuries of serfdom have weaned the people from feeling. himself the owner of his native land, a citizen. This idea is especially pronounced in the stories ...

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   Gerasim is the main character of I. S. Turgenev's story "Mumu". (Gerasim is a serf, discharged by a lady from the village and appointed as a janitor in the Moscow house of a landowner.) The qualities of the Russian folk character embodied in Gerasim: heroic ...

The action of the story takes place in a Moscow estate owned by an old, nasty, nasty young lady who loves the old way of life of the nobility and contains a large (to the grotesque) number of courtyard people. She even has her own saddler, what can we say about a shoemaker and a veterinarian?! The entire household is forced to indulge the whims of the old woman, to fulfill her desires. The theme of submission, the resignation of serfs is especially well reflected in the image of the girl Tatyana, who is almost devoid of the manifestation of life emotions, she sincerely does not care who she will marry.

What is the point in expressing your opinion if it is not recognized by anyone?

Of all the courtyard people, Gerasim stands out, who is a janitor and watchman in the manor's yard. Gerasim was brought from a village that was twenty-five miles from the Moscow estate. Describing this situation, the author again resorts to the method of comparing a serf with a disenfranchised animal - they drove Gerasim like a bull taken from arable land and put on a wagon, but he was driving and did not understand where he was being taken and why, for what reasons they were tearing him away from his native land? (Rights are out of the question.) They noticed him for his strength, efficiency, responsibility. The author himself compares Gerasim with a giant oak that grew up in the wild. And indeed, in the image of Gerasim all the qualities of the Russian daring hero-warrior are concentrated: twelve inches of growth, work for four, honesty, courage. The details accompanying his image also reinforce the integrity of this perception: the bed is on chumps of oak planks, at least a hundred pounds, at least put more on it, it won’t sag! The chair in the room is stocky, solid, like the owner himself - no matter how much they drop it, but it is unharmed! In the image of Gerasim, the author expresses his admiration for the stamina, strength, inner greatness of the Russian peasant, his connection with nature and the breadth of his soul. But all the beauty of this image fades away, disappears in slavish conditions, in the “cage” of courtyard life, in the silence and impotence of a serf. After all, it’s not just that the author endows Gerasim, the hero, with dumbness and deafness. This is not an illness, this is an expression of the behavior of the peasants, with the help of which they will not receive unnecessary lashes and similar punishment. Gerasim is a collective image of a Russian forced serf: unquestioning obedience, deafness to what one does not need to know, and dumbness in the manifestation of any protest. It is surprising that in the story it was the mute Gerasim who became the spokesman for a kind of popular protest against the oppression of human freedom. The protest was expressed in the escape of Gerasim, in the inability to remain more "hero" bound hand and foot by the will of the mistress, in the desire to return to his home, to work on a grand scale in the field. But did this protest find a response? Did he change something? No, after all, at the end of the story, the author affirms the idea that “Gerasim still lives ...”, in which the meaning is hidden, that the dumb, dumb, and weak-willed Russian serf still lives and nothing changes.

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The deaf-mute janitor Gerasim is the main character of the story "Mumu" by Turgenev. This article presents a quotation of Gerasim in the story "Mumu" by Turgenev, a description of Gerasim's appearance and clothes, his character and personality. See: All materials on the story "Mumu" Who is Gerasim? The deaf-mute Gerasim is a serf. He serves as a janitor for an old capricious lady in Moscow. One day, Gerasim rescues a small dog that someone has thrown into the river. Gerasim takes the dog to him, takes care of her and gives her the nickname "Mumu". Soon Mumu the dog becomes best friend Gerasim. Thanks to Mumu, Gerasim's life is filled with joy and meaning. One day, the old lady orders the servants to get rid of Mumu. Gerasim decides to personally drown the dog. He doesn't want anyone else to do it. After the death of Mumu, Gerasim leaves the lady's house. He returns to the village where he has lived all his life. Characteristics of Gerasim in the story "Mumu" by Turgenev Gerasim is a serf: "... was considered perhaps the most serviceable draft man ..." (Gerasim used to live as a peasant in the village) Gerasim's position is a janitor: "... a janitor Gerasim .. ." "... Gerasim was brought to Moscow, they bought him boots, sewed a caftan for the summer, a sheepskin coat for the winter, gave him a broom and a shovel in his hands and assigned him as a janitor ..." (Gerasim was brought from the village of the city to work as a janitor for a mistress) Gerasim's duties include the following works: "... He had little to do: his whole duty was to keep the yard clean, bring a barrel of water twice a day, drag and chop firewood for the kitchen and the house, and not strangers let them in and guard at night..." Gerasim is a disabled person, deaf-mute from birth: "... deaf-mute from birth..." "... about the tricks of a dumb janitor..."<...>for him, the noisiest day was silent and silent, as not a single quietest night is silent for us ... "Gerasim mumbles when he wants to say something:" ... nodded his head with an affectionate lowing ...." ". ..Gerasim stood. Silly laughing and mumbling affectionately, he held out a spicy cockerel to her ... "Gerasim - a middle-aged man," man ": "... the sun shone<...>a young man who had just diverged..." "... a nice man..." "... a janitor Gerasim, a man..." The following is known about Gerasim's appearance: "... His face, already lifeless, like all the deaf-mutes..." "... a man of twelve inches tall, built by a hero..." (height is about 2 meters) "... the wind from the homeland, - affectionately hit his face, played in his hair and beard .. ." "...at the sight of his huge figure..." "...the oblong and hard muscles of his shoulders..." "...leaning his huge palms on the plow..." "...stretched out his huge hand ..." "... he bent you down with his heavy hand ..." "... after all, he just has Minin and Pozharsky's hand ..." (monument to Minin and Pozharsky in Moscow, cast in bronze) "... under his iron fists..." "...crossing his mighty arms on her back..." "...carrying his strong legs..." "...he walked, stepping heavily, to his closet... "Gerasim's height is almost 2 meters: "... twelve inches tall ..." (growth of two arshins and twelve inches is 195 cm, that is, almost 2 meters)