The moral meaning of the stories and Bunin's figures. I. A. Bunin. The story "Numbers. Checking syncwines. Students read them aloud

Literature lesson in 7th grade.

Lesson topic: “The complexity of the relationship between adults and children in the family.

Finding kindness and harmony.

Target: show the relationship between children and adults in the story of I. Bunin, based on knowledge of psychology.

Tasks:

Educational:

reveal the causes of the conflict between uncle and nephew;

find ways out of the conflict situation on the example of the heroes of the story;

describe the characters.

Developing:

develop the skill of expressive reading;

develop the ability to analyze prose text;

develop communication skills.

Educational:

foster a sense of humanism and compassion;

educate interest in the writer's work;

cultivate respect for family and friends.

During the classes

1. Conversation with students

What does the word "conflict" mean?

How do you feel when you are in conflict with someone?

What is needed for conflict?

What happens when conflict develops incorrectly or is repressed?

2. Teacher's word

Let us turn to the story of I. Bunin and analyze the conflict situation of this story.

3. Reading the first lines of the story from the words "My dear, when you grow up, will you remember how one day" ... to the words "but it was too big a fight."

What is unusual about such a start? What pronoun occurs in each of his sentences? Why is there a constant "you" in a first-person story?

We become witnesses of someone's explanation. An adult wants to explain something to you. With your help, he is trying to understand something that he did not understand before. How did it begin that, even after years, haunts this nameless adult uncle?

4. Reading through the roles of the scene from the second chapter.

Teacher: It turns out that acquaintance with numbers, which is so important for a boy, was postponed until tomorrow only because an adult did not want to do it.

Why does the uncle evaluate his act years later as a “great sin”?(it is a sin to dismiss children, the boy sought to know the world, and he was deprived of this joy).

How many of you are familiar with this situation? From whom did adults at least once brush aside in difficult times? (discussion of the issue).

5. Whiteboard writing

Scheme of increasing conflict.

1 . Disagreement.

2. Discontent.

3. Opposition.

4. Humiliation.

5. Depression.

6. Gap.

6. Let's see how the conflict between uncle and nephew grows .

1) So, disagreement . In what way did it manifest itself?

Boy: Show me the numbers. Uncle: “I don’t want to now. Tomorrow".

– Why didn't the uncle go to meet the boy?(he does not want to disturb himself, and in order to justify his laziness, he refers to the wise rule: “It is harmful to spoil children”).

2) The second stage of the conflict -discontent . What was it expressed in? Find in the text and read the lines that speak about the behavior of the uncle and the boy.

Boy: “Well, well, uncle,” you threatened boldly and cheerfully. “Remember this for yourself.” (Rumble of chairs and distant screams) - Uncle pays no attention to the noise.

3) The next stage of the growth of the conflict -opposition . Find the lines that reflect this stage.

Boy: "He began to jump up and down, kick the floor, scream." Uncle: Stop it!

4) After opposition comes the stage of conflict -humiliation .

The uncle "grabbed the child by the arm and pushed him out of the room."

Now find in the text of the third chapter the words that evaluate the behavior of an adult and the behavior of a boy.

Uncle: “Jumped up in a rage”, “roared at the top of his voice”, “pulled his hand”, “slapped him with pleasure”, “pushed him out of the room”.

Boy: “a soul overflowing with life”, “a sonorous cry of divine joy”, “the Lord God himself would have smiled”, “shouted in confusion”.

– What can be said about the behavior of an adult and a child based on these words?(uncle humiliates his nephew, but he does not seem to understand this).

But the story was not written to tell children how not to behave. The purpose of the author is to give adults the opportunity to look at themselves from the outside.

5) The chapter in which it appearsaggression, fourth - the next stage of the conflict between uncle and nephew(Uncle falls into hysterics. The boy outwardly tries to remain calm).

Do other adults sympathize with the boy? Find examples in the text. Why didn't they comfort him?(observance of the rules for them is more important than the impulses of their own heart).

6) Chapter five begins with the question: “And we immediately reconciled?” you ask.

What does this phrase tell us?(the boy has already forgotten what happened in the evening).

Why forgot? (he is not tormented by conscience, he did not want harm to anyone, the child's heart is easy-going).

What was the boy doing?(moving empty matchboxes).

Why did neither the child's sobs nor his tear-stained face touch his uncle? Did your heart clench at the sight of empty boxes?(boxes are a symbol of helplessness, insecurity of the child).

7) What lesson, according to the uncle, was the child supposed to learn from this quarrel?(any joy in life should be deserved, not begged for. You won’t achieve anything from life with cries, tears, or trampling).

Read from part six the words that support this idea.

7. Teacher's word

The conflict is over. Are there ways out of this situation? Let's turn to science.

A word to the psychologist who informs the way out of the conflict. Discussion.

Tenderness

Humor

Compromise

Arbitration court

Analysis of your actions

Listening skills

Understanding

Agreement

Which way did the boy choose? (“you have reconciled”). The boy became delicate. Now let's work on the word "delicate". What does it mean?

8. Working with a dictionary.

Delicate - polite, gentle in handling.

Does the boy's behavior fit this definition?

This quality is positive, will you take it for yourself?

Did the uncle teach the boy to write numbers?

Did he himself learn any lesson from the boy?

What alphabet did the boy reveal to his “very, very smart uncle”?(It is necessary to respect not only adults, but also children).

9. Summing up the lesson.

What do you think the boy was guilty of?

What is your uncle's fault?

On which side in this conflict is the author?

And you?

10. Homework: answer in writing the question “What did the story of I.A. Bunin "Numbers?"

The psychological subtleties of Ivan Bunin's work are still of interest to the reader, although the realities he wrote about have sunk into oblivion. The problem of the petty nobility is no longer relevant, but the theme of growing up of a person, which is the semantic center of the story "Numbers", is still indestructible.

Already in the second half of the 19th century, Russian literature developed a tradition of addressing the theme of childhood. Leo Tolstoy, Sergei Aksakov, Maxim Gorky and others wrote about this wonderful time of life. To look at the world through the eyes of a child, to understand what he feels and experiences, what this small and not yet fully developed, but already quite original personality dreams of - all this interested and continues to interest writers. The story of Ivan Alekseevich Bunin "Numbers" is devoted to the problem of childhood.

This work was written in 1906 and is a confession of an adult, an uncle, to his nephew. Before the reader is a first-person story in three parts about one case, rather even an incident, from those times when the little boy Zhenya was just learning to read, count and write, and his biggest dream was to learn numbers as soon as possible.

The meaning of the name

Why was Bunin's story called "The Numbers"? The dream of learning numbers completely captured the main character. She is the author in the title of the story. However, this is something more than just a whim of young Zhenya.

The name "numbers" is a symbol of a child's dream, and at the same time it can be interpreted as a bone of contention, an object that puts an adult and a child on opposite sides of the conflict, in which it is very difficult to find the right one.

essence

In the center of the plot of the work is the conflict between the uncle and his nephew, the boy Zhenya. The child, full of energy to learn, asks him to show him the numbers, but the adult is too lazy to go to the city to get pencils, and he refuses, putting off the lesson all the time.

Zhenya, so fired up with a craving for knowledge, cannot stand it and begins to behave too actively, which irritates his uncle. As a result, a major quarrel occurs, during which neither one nor the other wants to admit they are wrong - and, meanwhile, it is characteristic of both of them - only the grandmother makes attempts to reconcile the "men". In the end, she succeeds, and, having gone through this conflict, both the child and the adult, having learned a life lesson from it, sit down at the table and do the counting.

Genre, direction, composition

The story consists of seven parts, in each of which the narrator is the uncle himself. He begins his story by turning to Zhenya with words about some quarrel that occurred between them in the past. Thus, the author immediately determines the subject that will be discussed. With the help of the "look into the past" technique, the writer forms a special perception of this story - instructive, instructive. At the same time, the narrator himself evaluates his actions and draws a moral conclusion from them.

Moreover, his speech is not just a presentation of events, it is a living memory; the author's language is light, dynamic and emotional, thanks to which we sincerely empathize with the characters and try to find an excuse for them in this quarrel.

Main characters and their characteristics

The central images are, of course, the narrator and his nephew. Their relationship drives the action and becomes the basis of the work's conflict. Despite the fact that we see everything that happens from the side of the uncle, his words are quite objective and contain an analysis component.

A very touching and at the same time accurate description of Zhenya is given in the first part:

…You are a big rascal. When something captivates you, you don't know how to keep it. You often haunt the whole house with your screaming and running around from early morning until late at night. On the other hand, I don’t know anything more touching than you, when, having enjoyed your riot, you quiet down, wander around the rooms and, finally, come up and orphanly cling to my shoulder!

Zhenya's characteristic is an active, curious and very loving child, despite the fact that sometimes he is overwhelmed by whims. Uncle, however, loves him very much, every time when strictness and inflexibility were required of him, as from an adult, he was insanely sorry for the child. However, in the quarrel between the two of them there is a considerable share of his fault, because he could not show condescension and tenderness in time; pride and stubbornness took over him. This is a characteristic of an uncle - an emotional and quick-tempered person, but sincerely attached to his nephew.

Also in the story are Zhenya's mother and grandmother, who are also divided in opinion: the mother is on the uncle's side, and the grandmother is Zhenya. However, she does not scold those who quarreled, but tries to reconcile them. Grandmother, as a model of wisdom and balance, as an experienced person in life, understands the stupidity of this contention, and in the finale, only she manages to establish peace between the main characters.

Themes

The theme of the story is the relationship between children and adults. For a child, everything around is an unknown reality, it is curious and alluring, but for an adult this reality is no longer of such interest. The result is a misunderstanding that leads to conflict.

The author demonstrates the child's perception of the world to an adult reader in order to fill the gap of misunderstanding between members of the same family. Childhood is fleeting, it is easily forgotten, so it is very difficult for adults to realize and feel what a child is going through.

However, the early time of life is the most crucial time when the foundation of the personality is laid. Whether parents can understand their heir depends on his fate. An uncle should by all means encourage the curiosity of his nephew, only in this way will he grow up as an educated person. However, at the same time, one should not indulge his whims, otherwise the entire educational effect of enlightenment will come to naught.

Problems

In his work, the author raises the problem of education, relations between adults and children, the difference in their perception of the world around them. Also important are the issues of children's curiosity and dreams, the desire to learn and develop, which is inherent in every child, the issues of human nature, which sometimes interferes with a reasonable solution of the problem by stubbornness and laziness.

The moral problems of the work directly point to the eternal vices of people of all ages: categoricalness, selfishness, optionality, etc. An adult over the years only exacerbates childhood shortcomings and competes with a child, succumbing to nervous excitement. Showing how willingly the venerable gentlemen fall into childhood, the author draws attention to the fact that maturity is determined by the ability to manage oneself, and not by age.

Meaning

The main idea of ​​the story is that in dealing with children it is necessary to behave like an adult. The numbers in determining age mean nothing, because over the years a person may not change. Uncle easily loses his temper, showing a bad example to a capricious pupil. He may wean him to be capricious, but he will instill even more negative traits in the nascent personality, such as stubbornness, irascibility and categoricalness.

The idea is that the uncle, under the influence of worldly wisdom from the lips of his grandmother, chooses the right path: he goes back and corrects his mistake, realizing a promise he made a long time ago. Zhenya and his tutor calmly take up the study of numbers.

What does it teach?

The author makes us think about the need to remember and take into account this difference in experience, in relation to the world, because a child is a completely different being, unlike adults, and requires a special approach. The conclusion is simple: you need to take a responsible approach to educating the younger generation, without setting a negative example.

Moreover, in a conflict it is impossible to single out the right side unequivocally, because in any conflict everyone has their own truth, but everyone is wrong to some extent, so you always need to be able to compromise and find it. This is the moral meaning of the story.

The story "Numbers" describes two main characters, an uncle and his nephew. Bunin shows in it not a simple relationship between adults and children, but adults do not always understand that children also have self-esteem, have their own desires and dreams. Many adults hurt them with their actions and words, not realizing that they are still gentle, sensitive souls.

Or maybe sometimes they should also remember themselves in childhood, their joys and sorrows, and then it will become much easier to understand their children. Do not offend children by showing them your superiority over them. Children will grow up and, of course, they will forgive everything, but sometimes their wishes can be fulfilled.

It is precisely in this story that it is shown that the desires of a child should not always be perceived as a whim. You should not shout and use force, as it happened in the story with the little boy. After all, he did not ask for something expensive or impossible, it was just that adults were too lazy to waste their time on him. And sometimes attention is more valuable than any gifts.

This story is not written for moralizing children, but for adults to look at themselves from the outside. Due to his age, the child cannot understand such a refusal, and due to his age, he still does not have experience. Therefore, often children arrange a riot. And adults do not always admit that in some cases it is their fault.

However, in this story the boy resigned himself, he was the first to ask for forgiveness, but for what? At the cost of children's openness and purity, they will overcome the conflict. The numbers were the boy's dream, and his uncle knew them ...

Uncle will reproach himself for laziness later, he will be ashamed. And the child's heart does not remember evil for a long time, he, of course, will forget everything, and will continue to live with love for his relatives and friends around him.

With this story, Bunin makes it clear how important it is to appreciate and understand each other in life without offending, because it is quite easy to offend, and it can be difficult to be the first to reconcile. Sometimes you don't need to follow the rules, but you need to listen to your heart.

Option 2

Bunin's story probably describes events from the author's personal life, his relationship with his own nephew, in whose house he was a guest. The author describes the relationship with the little boy reverently and tenderly, he clearly loves his nephew and treats him with respect, respectfully enough.

The plot tells how a boy and an adult quarreled because of the child's disobedience. The key factor is the “numbers”, which the uncle promises to teach his ward, but puts off learning and the boy begins to act up. After this, a quarrel occurs, which is only aggravated by the radical statements of the boy, declaring that he will no longer love his uncle and will not even buy or give him anything else.

On the one hand, we see how Bunin skillfully displays the features of children's behavior and psyche, on the other hand, we observe how comprehensive the experiences in the child's soul are. The boy is completely immersed in his experiences; for him, these statements are not bravado. Sometimes, of course, he falls into some theatricality and tries to manipulate adults, as is typical for children, but otherwise he is extremely serious and absorbed in what is happening.

Probably, with age, people lose this feeling, become more ordinary and the experience they have experienced does not allow them to treat everything so absorbed and enthusiastic. The child, in turn, really exists as if in another world, which is a space of utmost seriousness. He sees, according to adults, quite a bit, but for him what he sees is incredibly large-scale.

Bunin points to an interesting relationship between "numbers" and happiness. The author understands that in fact, learning and the tendency to learn something new is presented to the child as an opportunity to experience true happiness. And it's really hard to disagree here. Even if we look from our, conditionally adult, side, we will understand that numbers are actually quite useful knowledge and the study of this knowledge allows us to practically enter another world. To be where there is mathematics and astrology, the laws of the existence of outer space and human perception. In my opinion, it is the ratio of learning numbers and happiness that is the key element of the story.

Analysis of Bunin's Figures

Ivan Bunin is unique in terms of writing stories that can positively influence a person. Indeed, all the work of the writer is filled with spiritual meaning. Therefore, every reader who refers to the works of Bunin makes his own life and inner world richer and brighter.

The famous story of the creator - "Numbers", where the problem lies in the moral choice of a person under the circumstances.

The story is presented in a quarrel between a small child and his uncle. The child longed for an adult to work with him, to tell him about the numbers. However, the uncle got tired, he did not want to devote time to his loved one. This is where the knot between the characters began. The child began to stomp his feet, scream, demand that the adult spend precious time teaching the boy. But all to no avail. When the child's mother demanded an explanation as to what had happened, the uncle put all the blame on the little child. Why did he do it? Pride, what can I say. Is it possible to put yourself in front of the grandmother and mother of the son in a bad light? Of course not.

On the one hand, the uncle is to blame, who, with his indifference, killed the desire for knowledge in the child. On the other hand, it's all about the child, who, by his own persistence, provoked denial, negativity towards the boy. The situation is quite problematic and relevant, because this is happening now. Many adults who have children often neglect to communicate with them. But these are the happiest years: the childhood of a beloved child. And if you miss this, then it will be too late to change anything. It is important to understand how children need attention. Without this mutual understanding it is difficult to achieve. Bunin warns about this: it is worth realizing the whole burden and responsibility to those who are really dear to us.

The writer portrayed a seemingly ordinary case, but the depth of the situation is simply undeniably amazing. It's simple, but a lot of truth. This is where Bunin's talent is manifested: to focus on what you don't particularly notice clearly.

As a result, the child asks for forgiveness for his own behavior, he is not up to resentment and frustration, unlike his uncle, who was eaten day by day by pride. The child simply strives for knowledge. And, in the end, an adult gives them. And this is the main thing!

No need to take away from the kids that they are eager to know the world, the desire to touch and feel, and develop! In no case!

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1) Features of the genre. The work of I.A. Bunin "Numbers" belongs to the genre of the story.

2) Narrative features in the story. The story is narrated in the first person, on behalf of the uncle, who describes the incident and gives a moral assessment of his act. Having punished the boy, the uncle feels that he is wrong, so he “half an hour after you calmed down, looked into the nursery. And how? I went to the door, made a serious face and opened it with a look as if I had some business. An adult faced a moral choice: to admit his guilt and make peace with the child. But pride, the desire to maintain character did not allow the uncle to immediately establish relations with his nephew. The little hero of the story turned out to be morally wiser, who resigned himself, timidly left the nursery and asked his uncle for forgiveness: “Uncle, forgive me. And give me at least a drop of that happiness, the thirst for which so sweetly torments me. Many years have passed, but it is the uncle who remembers that old case with all the details, since at that moment he could not correctly assess the situation.

From what person is the story being told? (on behalf of uncle)

How does the narrator characterize the time of childhood? (it's time for "selfless, that passionate tenderness")

What is the difference between a child and an adult, according to the uncle? (The child is not able to dissemble, quickly forgets the offense, seeks to immediately fulfill his dream.)

3) Features of the plot of the work. The plot of the story I.A. Bunin's "Numbers" is based on a description of a quarrel between a boy and an uncle, which occurred because of the boy's desire to find out the numbers as quickly as possible and the uncle's unwillingness to show them on that particular day. Both heroes were faced with a choice: the nephew had to wait until tomorrow, and the uncle should not be guided by the wise rule: "it's harmful, it's not supposed to spoil children." The immediacy of the childish nature led the boy to "invent a great game: jump up and down, kick the floor with all his might and at the same time scream so loudly that our eardrums almost burst."

4) Characteristics of the heroes of the story.

What was the boy's cherished dream? (see numbers)

What caused the quarrel between uncle and nephew? (The boy wanted to fulfill his desire as quickly as possible: to see the numbers, and the uncle decided to endure the character and show the numbers to his nephew the next day.)

What was the uncle's motivation for deciding not to show the numbers to his nephew that day? (a wise rule: “it’s harmful, it’s not supposed to spoil children”)

How did the boy behave when he learned about his uncle's decision not to show the figures that day? (nephew started naughty)

Why did the uncle yell at his nephew, which pissed him off? (nephew impudently misspoke uncle)

Who is to blame for the quarrel between the boy and the uncle? (both uncle and nephew) Explain your point of view<

Whose side did mother and grandmother take? (uncle) 11 why?

How did the quarrel between the boy and the uncle end? (the boy resigned himself and asked his uncle for forgiveness)

Did the uncle forgive himself for this quarrel? Explain your point of view. (Uncle did not forgive himself, otherwise he would not have remembered the quarrel.)

5) Features of the author's position in the story. The author tries to objectively assess the situation, without blaming anyone. Everyone (both the boy and the uncle) is to blame for the quarrel in his own way, but nevertheless, an adult should be wiser and try to find a way out of the situation.

6) The meaning of the title of the story. The story of I.A. Bunin is called “Numbers”, since the numbers are a boy’s dream, an object that caused a quarrel between a nephew and an uncle.

The quarrel between the characters brings us to the relationship between adults and children. Can people always understand each other? Can adults always understand children? Coming to an understanding is sometimes very difficult, and children especially suffer from this. And adults can make unforgivable mistakes.

The author raises not only the problems of relationships between adults and children, but also philosophical problems about the opposition of a person to the generally accepted laws of life, which an adult who understands them can put up with, but a child cannot yet.

The story is narrated in the first person, more precisely, on behalf of the hero-narrator. It is important for the author to understand what the hero and his nephew feel and what thoughts they live on.

“My dear, when you grow up, will you remember how one winter evening you went out of the nursery into the dining room, stopped on the threshold - this was after one of our quarrels with you - and, lowering your eyes, made such a sad face?
I must tell you: you are a big naughty. When something captivates you, you don't know how to keep it. You often haunt the whole house with your screaming and running around from early morning until late at night. On the other hand, I don’t know anything more touching than you, when, having enjoyed your riot, you quiet down, wander around the rooms and, finally, come up and orphanly cling to my shoulder! But if the matter occurs after a quarrel, and if at that moment I say even one kind word to you, then it is impossible to express what you are doing with my heart then! How impulsively you rush to kiss me, how tightly you wrap your arms around my neck, in abundance of that selfless devotion, that passionate tenderness, which only childhood is capable of!

But this time the quarrel between uncle and nephew was too strong.

“Having suffered your grief, your heart with a new passion returned to that cherished dream that had so captivated you all this day. And in the evening, as soon as this dream again took possession of you, you forgot both your resentment, and your pride, and your firm decision to hate me all your life. You paused, gathered your strength, and suddenly, in a hurry and agitation, said to me:
- Uncle, forgive me ... I won't do it again ... And, please, show me the numbers anyway! Please!
Was it possible to delay the answer after that? But I still slowed down. I'm a very, very smart uncle, you see."

It is surprising that the author describes his hero with such epithets: smart, reasonable, wise - this is how the narrator characterizes himself. But is this reality? Very often these words sound ironic. Is the smart and judicious one who acts like everyone else? The second chapter allows us to see the beginning of the conflict.

“That day you woke up with a new thought, with a new dream that captured your whole soul.
Joys that have not yet been experienced have just opened up for you: to have your own picture books, a pencil case, colored pencils - certainly colored ones! - and learn to read, draw and write numbers. And all this at once, in one day, as soon as possible. Opening your eyes in the morning, you immediately called me to the nursery and fell asleep with ardent requests: to subscribe to a children's magazine as soon as possible, to buy books, pencils, paper, and immediately set to work on numbers ...

But joy, mixed with impatience, worried you more and more. And so, when we - grandmother, mother and I - sat at tea before evening, you found another outlet for your excitement.

The boy does not agree to wait for the fulfillment of his dream, and this is an external conflict, but at the same time, an internal conflict appears in his uncle's soul. The uncle, as expected, must wait for time, he does what the rules require, and the child does not understand him. But the uncle continues to show his firmness. “My heart quietly told me that I was committing a great sin at that moment - I was depriving you of happiness, joy ... But then a wise rule came to mind: it’s harmful, it’s not supposed to spoil children.” Thus, an internal conflict develops in the uncle's soul. How should he act: as his heart tells him or as he should according to the rules?

In the third chapter we can follow the continuation of the conflict. “Not only did I not forget about you after your impudent cry, but I went cold from a sudden hatred for you. And I already had to use efforts to pretend that I did not notice you, and continue to play the role of calm and reasonable. All adults at this moment unite against the boy. They all hurt, they all worry, but they endure this pause.

“From pain, from a sharp and sudden insult that so rudely hit you in the heart in one of the most joyful moments of your childhood, you flew out the door and rolled into such a terrible, such a piercing viola, which no singer in the world is capable of. And for a long, long time he froze ... Then he took even more air into his lungs and raised the viola already to an incredible height ...
Then the pauses between the upper and lower notes began to shorten, and the screams flowed incessantly. Sobs were added to the cries, cries for help were added to the sobs.

“... I lit a cigarette without raising my eyes to my grandmother. And grandmother’s lips and eyebrows suddenly trembled, and, turning away to the window, she began to quickly, quickly beat the table with a teaspoon ...

And grandma barely sat still.
Her heart was torn to the nursery, but, to please my mother and me, she braced herself, looked out from under quivering eyebrows at the darkening street and quickly pounded her spoon on the table.
Then you also understood that we decided not to give up, that no one would quench your pain and resentment with kisses, pleas for forgiveness.

The boy screams to the point of exhaustion, at this moment his condition is depicted not as a whim, but as a real human grief. And adults understand that for a child every moment of his life is the discovery of something new, and he experiences this moment much more acutely than adults. The child feels this resentment, it has penetrated into his heart much more strongly. But the conflict continues. Something forces the child to go to reconciliation. Grandmother hit the living thing.

“- And who will buy him a pencil case, papers, a book with pictures now? What a penalty! Penal - back and forth. What about numbers? After all, you can't buy this for any amount of money. However,” she added, “do as you please. Sit here alone in the dark.
And she left the nursery.
It's over - your pride has been broken! You have been defeated."

“The more unrealizable the dream, the more captivating, the more captivating, the more unrealizable. I already know it.
From my earliest days I have been in her power. But I also know that the more my dream is dear to me, the less hope I have of achieving it. And I've been at war with her for a long time. I am lying: I pretend that I am indifferent. But what could you do?
Happiness, happiness!
You opened your eyes in the morning, filled with a thirst for happiness. And with a childish credulity, with an open heart, he rushed to life: hurry, hurry!
But life answered:
- Be patient.
- Oh please! you exclaimed passionately.
"Shut up or you won't get anything!"
- Well, wait a minute! you shouted angrily.
And silent for a while.
But your heart was beating. You raged, knocked down chairs with a roar, kicked the floor, screamed loudly from the joyful thirst that overwhelmed your heart ... Then life from all its might struck you in the heart with a blunt knife of resentment. And you rolled into a frantic cry of pain, a call for help.
But even here not a single muscle on the face of life trembled... Humble yourself, humble yourself!
And you reconciled."

In the next chapter, love and tenderness return to the soul of the hero. The conflict has been overcome, and it has been overcome at the cost of childish humility.

“Do you remember how timidly you came out of the nursery and what you said to me?
- Uncle! - you said to me, exhausted by the struggle for happiness and still yearning for it. "Uncle, forgive me."

At the cost of childish generosity, purity and openness, the conflict between uncle and nephew is overcome.

“Well, God bless you! Bring a chair here to the table, give me pencils, paper ...
And with what joy your eyes shone!
How hard you have been! How you were afraid to anger me, how submissive, delicate, careful you tried to be in your every movement. (Fig. 2.)

Rice. 2. Uncle and nephew ()

The uncle's perception of the nephew leads to the conclusion that the uncle understands the boy very well and sees why the child behaves the way he does. He admires his joy, but very often his heart begins to resent when the child does not obey the command of adults. Acute pity for the boy overwhelms the uncle, and he understands that the child is also capable of experiencing insults. Now let's see how the uncle perceives himself.

“My heart quietly told me that I was committing a great sin at that moment - I was depriving you of happiness, joy ... But then a wise rule came to mind: it’s harmful, it’s not supposed to spoil children ...

It was unbearable for me too. I wanted to get up from my seat, open the door to the nursery and immediately, with one hot word, stop your suffering. But is this consistent with the rules of reasonable upbringing and with the dignity of a just, albeit strict, uncle?

All the time the uncle behaves unnaturally and does what he is supposed to do. And here another conflict arises - the conflict between the heart and the mind. In our case, the mind wins, the uncle pauses, and the child is the first to go to reconciliation. But it is not for nothing that after many years the boy no longer remembers this incident, but this incident remained in his uncle's soul. And now the heart wins, and despite the past years, the uncle understands that he was wrong.

With his story, Ivan Bunin wants to say how important it is in life to understand each other, to try not to offend. It is very easy to offend, but it is much more difficult to be the first to reconcile. Let's go back to the title of the story. Numbers are like a dream, numbers are a symbol of calculation (uncle is smart, he knows the numbers). But not always in life you need to be smart and follow the rules. Sometimes you need to listen to your heart.

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Homework

• Answer the questions.

1. How did Zhenya behave after his uncle refused to show him the number? Support your words with quotes from the text of the story.
2. How did the uncle feel at the time of the quarrel with his nephew? Can his attitude towards Zhenya be considered cruel? Justify the answer.
3. What conclusion can be drawn about the character of the boy? What qualities did the author endow him with?
4. Why did the adults not take pity on the crying Zhenya? Is this fair, in your opinion?
5. What is the story of I.A. Bunin "Numbers"?

• Answer in writing the question: why the story of I.A. Bunin is called "Numbers"?
• Write a description of one of the characters in the story.