Bazhov's tale stone flower read a summary. Pavel Bazhov - Stone Flower: A Tale. Danila's obsession
Not only marbles were famous for the stone business. Also in our factories, they say, they had this skill. The only difference is that ours burned more with malachite, as it was enough, and the grade is not higher. It was from this that malachite was suitably made. Such, listen, little things that you wonder how it helped him. There was a master Prokopyich at that time. First in these cases. Nobody could do better than him. Was in his old age.
So the master ordered the clerk to put the boy to this Prokopich for training.
Let them take over everything to the subtlety.
Only Prokopyich, whether it was a pity for him to part with his skill, or something else, taught very badly. He has everything with a jerk and with a poke. He planted bumps all over the boy's head, almost cut off his ears, and said to the clerk:
This one is not good ... His eye is incapable, his hand does not carry. It won't make sense.
The clerk, apparently, was ordered to please Prokopych.
Not good, so not good ... We'll give another ... - And he will dress up another boy.
The children have heard about this science ... Early in the morning they roar, as if not to get to Prokopych. It is also not sweet for fathers-mothers to give their own children to wasteful flour - they began to shield their own, whoever they could. And then to say, this skill is unhealthy, with malachite. The poison is pure. This is where people are protected.
The clerk still remembers the master's order - he puts Prokopych students. He will wash the boy in his own way and hand him back to the clerk.
This one is not good ... The clerk began to eat up:
How long will it be? No good, no good, when will it be good? Learn it...
Prokopyich, know your own:
What do I… Even if I’m going to teach for ten years, this kid won’t be of any use…
What else do you want?
Even though I don’t bet at all, I don’t miss it ...
And so the clerk and Prokopych went over a lot of children, but there was only one sense: there were bumps on the head, and in the head - how to run away. They spoiled them on purpose so that Prokopyich would drive them away. And so it came to Danilka Nedokormysh. This boy was an orphan round. Years, go, then twelve, or even more. He is tall on his feet, and thin, thin, in which the soul rests. Well, with a clean face. Curly hair, dove eyes. First they took him to the Cossacks at the master's house: a snuffbox, a handkerchief, run where and so on. Only this orphan had no talent for such a thing. Other boys in such and such places curl like vines. A little something - on the hood: what do you order? And this Danilko will hide somewhere in the corner, stare with his eyes at some picture, or at the decoration, and he’s worth it. They shout at him, but he does not lead with his ear. They beat, of course, at first, then waved their hand:
Blessed one! Slug! Such a good servant will not come out.
All the same, they didn’t give it to a factory job or uphill - the place is very liquid, it won’t be enough for a week. The clerk put him in the sheds. And then Danilko did not come at all well. The kid is exactly diligent, but everything comes out wrong with him. Everyone seems to be thinking about something. He stares at the blade of grass, and the cows are there! The affectionate old shepherd got caught, felt sorry for the orphan, and that time cursed:
What will come out of you, Danilko? You will destroy yourself, and you will bring my old back under the fight. Where does it fit? What do you even think about?
I myself, grandfather, I don’t know ... So ... about nothing ... I stared a little. The bug crawled along the leaf. She herself is blue, and from under her wings she looks yellowish, and the leaf is wide ... Along the edges, the teeth, like a frill, are curved. Here it shows darker, and the middle is green-pregreen, they just painted it right now ... And the insect is crawling ...
Well, aren't you a fool, Danilko? Is it your business to disassemble insects? She crawls - and crawl, and your job is to look after the cows. Look at me, throw this nonsense out of your head, or I'll tell the clerk!
One Danilushka was given. He learned to play the horn - where is the old man! Purely on what kind of music. In the evening, as the cows are driven in, the women-women ask:
Play, Danilushko, a song.
He will start playing. And the songs are all unfamiliar. Either the forest is noisy, or the stream is murmuring, the birds are calling to all sorts of voices, but it comes out well. Very much for those songs, women began to welcome Danilushka. Who will fix the ponytails, who will cut off the canvas for onuchi, sew a new shirt. There is no talk about a piece - each strives to give more and sweeter. The old shepherd also liked Danilushkov's songs. It just got a little awkward here. Danilushko will start to play and forget everything, exactly and there are no cows. It was at this game that he got into trouble.
Danilushko, apparently, played too much, and the old man dozed off a little. How many cows they have fought off. As they began to gather for pasture, they look - there is no one, there is no other. They rushed to look, but where are you. They grazed near Yelnichnaya ... The most here is a wolf's place, deaf ... Only one cow was found. They drove the herd home ... So and so - they cheated. Well, they also ran from the factory - they went on a search, but they didn’t find it.
The massacre then, it is known what it was. For any guilt, show your back. For sin, there was one more cow from the clerk's yard. Don't wait here at all. At first they stretched the old man, then it dawned on Danilushka, but he was thin and skinny. The master's executioner even misspoke.
Somebody, - he says, - at one time will sob, or even let his soul out.
He hit all the same - he did not regret it, but Danilushko is silent. His executioner suddenly in a row - is silent, the third - is silent. The executioner here became furious, let's bald from the whole shoulder, and he himself shouts:
What more patient was found! Now I know where to put it, if it remains alive.
Danilushko did lie down. Grandmother Vikhorikha put him on his feet. There was, they say, such an old woman. Instead of a doctor in our factories, she was very famous. I knew the strength in herbs: one from the teeth, one from the strain, which from the ache ... Well, everything is as it is. She herself collected those herbs at the very time when which herb had full strength. She prepared tinctures from such herbs and roots, boiled decoctions and mixed with ointments.
Well Danilushka had a good time with this grandmother Vikhorikha. The old woman, listen, is affectionate and talkative, and herbs, and roots, and all sorts of flowers are dried and hung all over the hut. Danilushko is curious about herbs - what is the name of this one? where does it grow? what flower? The old woman tells him.
Prokopich lived alone. His wife died a long time ago. Old Mitrofanovna, one of the neighbors, kept housekeeping for him. In the mornings she went to cook, cook something, clean up in the hut, and in the evening Prokopyich himself managed what he needed.
Have eaten, Prokopych and says:
Lie down on the bench over there!
Danilushko took off his shoes, put his knapsack under his head, covered himself with a ponytail, shivered a little, - you see, it was cold in the hut in the autumn time, - nevertheless, he soon fell asleep. Prokopyich also lay down, but he could not sleep: he kept talking about the malachite pattern from his head. He tossed and turned, got up, lit a candle and to the machine - let's try on this malachite board this way and that. He will close one edge, the other ... he will add a field, reduce it. So he puts it, turns it on the other side, and everything turns out that the boy understood the pattern better.
Here's to you and Nedokormyshek! Prokopych marvels. “Nothing else, nothing, but I pointed it out to the old master. Well, an eye! Well, an eye!
He went quietly into the closet, dragged out a pillow and a large sheepskin coat. He slipped a pillow under Danilushka's head, covered it with a sheepskin coat:
Sleep, eyes!
But he didn’t wake up, turned only on the other side, stretched out under a sheepskin coat - it became warm for him, - and let's whistle softly with his nose. Prokopich didn’t have his own guys, this Danilushko fell to his heart. The master is standing, admiring, and Danilushko is whistling, sleeping peacefully. Prokopych's concern is how to put this boy on his feet properly, so that he is not so skinny and unhealthy.
Prokopych even got tears in his eyes—it was so heartbreaking for him.
Son, - he says, - dear, Danilushko ... What else do I know, I will reveal everything to you ... I won’t hide ...
Only from that time on Danilushka did not have a free life. The next day the clerk sent for him and began to give work for the lesson. First, of course, simpler things: plaques, what women wear, caskets. Then it went with a dot: candlesticks and decorations are different. There they reached the carving. Leaves and petals, patterns and flowers. After all, they - malachites - have a baggy business. A trifling thing, but how long he sits over it! So Danilushko grew up with this work.
And as he carved the sleeve - a snake made of solid stone, the clerk recognized him as a master at all. Barin wrote about this:
“So and so, a new malachite craftsman showed up with us - Danilko Nedokormysh. Works well, only in youth it is still quiet. Will you order him to be left at the lessons, or, like Prokopych, to be released for quitrent?
Danilushko worked not at all quietly, but surprisingly deftly and quickly. It’s Prokopyich who got the knack here. The clerk will ask Danilushka what lesson for five days, and Prokopyich will go and say:
This is not in force. It takes half a month to do this job. The guy is learning. Hurry up - only a stone will uselessly exhaust.
Well, the clerk will argue how many days, and, you see, he will add days. Danilushko and worked without effort. I even learned to read and write slowly from the clerk. So, just a little, but still he understood literacy. Prokopych was good at this too. When he himself would get better, do the clerk's lessons for Danilushka, only Danilushko did not allow this:
What you! What are you, uncle! Is it your business to sit at the machine for me!
Look, your beard has turned green from malachite, your health has begun to fail, but what is being done to me?
Danilushka appointed a trifling dues, did not order the guy from Prokopich to take - maybe the two of them would come up with something new sooner. I sent a drawing when I wrote. There, too, a bowl is drawn with all sorts of things. There is a carved border along the rim, a stone ribbon with a through pattern on the belt, leaves on the footrest. In a word, invented. And on the drawing, the master signed: “Let him sit for at least five years, but for this to be exactly done”
Here the clerk had to retreat from his word. He announced that the master had written, let Danilushka go to Prokopych and gave the drawing.
Danilushko approached this gazer, and here the malachitin was turned out. A large stone - you can’t carry it away on your hands, and it’s as if it’s trimmed like a bush. Danilushko began to examine this find. Everything is as he needs: thicker from below, veins in the very places where it is required ... Well, everything is as it is ... Danilushko was delighted, quickly ran after the horse, brought the stone home, says to Prokopych:
Look, what a stone! Exactly on purpose for my work. Now I'll do it live. Then get married. It's true, Katenka was waiting for me. Yes, it's not easy for me either. This is the only job that keeps me going. I'd rather finish it!
Well, Danilushko set to work on that stone. He knows neither day nor night. And Prokopych is silent. Maybe the guy will calm down, like a hunt. The work is moving along. Finished the bottom of the stone. As it is, listen, dope bush. The leaves are wide in a bunch, teeth, veins - everything could not have been better, Prokopyich says even then - a living flower, at least touch it with your hand. Well, as soon as I reached the top, it started pounding. The stalk has been carved, the side leaves are thin - as soon as they hold on! A cup, like a dope flower, or else ... He became not alive and lost his beauty. Danilushko lost his sleep here. He sits over this bowl of his own, thinks out how to fix it, it’s better to do it. Prokopyich and other craftsmen, who came to have a look, wonder - what else does a guy need? The cup came out - no one did this, but he was not okay. The guy is smart, he needs to be treated. Katenka hears what people are saying, and she began to cry. This brought Danilushka to his senses.
Okay, - he says, - I won't do it anymore. It can be seen that I can’t rise higher, I can’t catch the power of the stone. - And let's hurry up with the wedding.
Well, why hurry, if the bride has long ago everything is ready. They set a day. Danilushko cheered up. I told the clerk about the cup. He came running, looking - what a thing! I wanted to send this bowl to the master now, but Danilushko says:
Wait a little, there is a finishing touch.
It was autumn time. Just around the Serpentine Festival, the wedding took place. By the way, someone mentioned this - soon the snakes will all gather in one place. Danilushko took note of these words. I remembered again the talk about the malachite flower. So he was drawn: “Shouldn’t I go to the Snake Hill for the last time? Do I recognize something there?” - and he remembered about the stone: “After all, how laid it was! And the voice in the mine… was talking about the Snake Hill.”
So Danilushko went! The earth then began to freeze slightly, the snow was powdering. Danilushko went up to the crook where he took the stone, looking, and in that place there was a large pothole, as if the stone had been broken. Danilushko did not think about who was breaking the stone, he went into the pothole. “I’ll sit,” he thinks, “I’ll rest with the wind. It's warmer here." He looks - at one wall there is a gray stone, like a chair. Danilushko sat down here, thought, looked at the ground, and that stone flower never left his head. “That would be a look!” Only suddenly it became warm, exactly summer returned. Danilushko raised his head, and opposite, at the other wall, sits the Hostess of the Copper Mountain. By beauty, and by her malachite dress, Danilushko immediately recognized her. He only thinks:
“Maybe it seems to me, but in reality there is no one.” He sits - is silent, looks at the place where the Mistress is, and as if he sees nothing. She, too, is silent, as if thoughtful. Then he asks:
Well, Danilo-master, didn't your dope bowl come out?
She didn't come out, she replied.
And don't hang your head! Try another. The stone will be for you, according to your thoughts.
No, he replies, I can't. The whole is exhausted, it does not come out. Show me the stone flower.
To show something, - he says, - is simple, but then you will regret it.
Will you let go of the mountain?
Why won't I let go! The road is open, but only toss and turn to me.
Show me, do me a favor! She also persuaded him:
Maybe you can try to make it yourself! - She also mentioned Prokopych: -
He de pity you, now it's your turn to pity him. - She reminded me of the bride: - The girl does not have a soul in you, but you look to the side.
I know, - shouts Danilushko, - but without a flower I have no life. Show me!
When so, - he says, - let's go, Danilo-master, to my garden.
She said and got up. Here something rustled like earthen scree. Danilushko looks, but there are no walls. The trees stand tall, but not like those in our forests, but made of stone. Some are marble, some are made of serpentine-stone… Well, all sorts… Only living ones, with branches, with leaves. They sway in the wind and give a golk, like someone throws up pebbles. Below the grass, also stone. Azure, red ... different ... The sun is not visible, but it is light, like before sunset. Between the trees, golden snakes flutter as if they are dancing. Light comes from them.
And then that girl Danilushka led to a large clearing. The earth here is like simple clay, and on it the bushes are black as velvet. On these bushes there are large green malachite bells and in each an antimony star. The fiery bees above those flowers sparkle, and the stars tinkle subtly, sing evenly.
Well, Danilo-master, have a look? the Mistress asks.
You will not find, - Danilushko answers, - a stone to do this.
If only you had come up with it yourself, I would have given you such a stone, now I can’t. -
She said and waved her hand. Again there was a noise, and Danilushko found himself on the same stone, in this pit. The wind is howling. Well, you know, it's autumn.
Well, we talked a little more, then Prokopyich fell asleep again. And Danilushko lay down, only he had no sleep and no. He tossed and turned, got up again, lit the fire, looked at the bowls, went up to Prokopyich. He stood here over the old man, sighed ...
Then he took a balodka and gasped at the Datura flower - it only shrunk. And that bowl, - according to the master's drawing, - did not move! He spat only in the middle and ran out. Since then, Danilushka could not be found.
Who said that he had made up his mind, perished in the forest, and who again said that the Mistress took him to be a mountain master.
Pavel Petrovich Bazhov is a famous Russian and Soviet writer. He was born in 1879 in the family of a mining foreman. Mines and factories surrounded the future writer from childhood. His youth was associated with the partisan struggle for Soviet power in eastern Kazakhstan (Ust-Kamenogorsk, Semipalatinsk). In the early 1920s, the future writer returned to the Urals, where he began to write down local folklore. Bazhov became famous for his stories, the first of which was published in 1936.
Origins of the Malachite Box
Pavel Petrovich heard ancient Ural legends from the watchman Vasily Khmelinin. It happened at the end of the 19th century, the future writer was still a teenager. Narratives told about mining, the dangers that lay in wait for the miners, the beauty of the bowels and rare stones.
Ancient legends struck the young man's imagination. Thirty years later, he returned to his native places and began to write down the legends that the old people told. Based on the plot motifs of folklore legends, Bazhov created magnificent works. The writer called them Ural tales. Later they were released as a separate collection called "Malachite Box".
main characters
Many children know the fairy tales "Mistress of the Copper Mountain", "Stone Flower", "Mining Master". These works are realistic. They describe in detail the life of the Ural mining workers. The images of Stepan, Nastasya, Danila the Master, Katya and other characters are developed with deep psychological authenticity. However, fantastic creatures also act in the stories:
- Malachitnitsa, or the Mistress of the Copper Mountain.
- Great Poloz.
- Blue snake.
- Earth cat.
- Silver hoof.
- Grandma Blue.
- Jumping fireball.
The writer tries to convey not only the true life, but also the lively speech of his characters. The prototypes of the characters were people whom Bazhov had known since childhood. Many of them were considered legendary personalities of their time. Their names have immortalized folk legends.
Real characters
The prototype of the narrator Grandfather Slyshko is the watchman Vasily Khmelinin, who introduced the young Bazhov to the Ural legends. The writer knew the former factory worker very well. The watchman sprinkled his speech with the word "hear-to." Hence the nickname.
The prototype of the gentleman, who periodically came to the mines, was the famous businessman Alexei Turchaninov, who lived during the time of Empresses Elizabeth Petrovna and Catherine the Great. It was he who owned the idea of artistic processing of malachite, which Bazhov talks about in his works.
The famous Russian master Zverev became the prototype of Danila. He was a miner - the so-called specialists in the extraction of precious and semi-precious stones. Danila Zverev, like the literary character inspired by him, was distinguished by poor health. For thinness and small stature, he was called Lightweight. Danila the master Bazhov also has a nickname - Nedokormysh.
Mistress of the Copper Mountain
No less interesting are the fantastic characters of the Ural tales. One of them is the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. Under the appearance of a beautiful black-haired woman in a green dress with a malachite pattern, a powerful sorceress hides. She is the guardian of the Ural Mountains and mines. Malachite helps real professionals and creative people. She freed Stepan from the chains, presented his bride Nastya and daughter Tanya, taught Danila the secrets of craftsmanship.
The Mistress of the Copper Mountain takes care of her wards and protects them from evil people. She turned the cruel clerk Severyan into a block of stone. The powerful sorceress is also shown by the author as an ordinary woman - noble, loving and suffering. She becomes attached to Stepan, but lets him go to the bride.
Veliky Poloz, Babka Sinyushka and Fire-Rider
Bazhov's "Stone Flower" is filled with fantastic images. One of them is the Great Poloz. He is the owner of all the gold in the area. The image of a mighty serpent is in the myths and legends of many peoples. In the Ural tales, the daughters of the Great Poloz, the Copperhead, also appear.
Grandmother Sinyushka is a character with numerous origins. She is a "relative" of Baba Yaga from Slavic folklore. Sinyushka is a character standing on the verge of the real and otherworldly worlds. She appears before the human hero in two guises - as a young beauty and as an old woman in blue clothes. There is a similar character in the legends of the Mansi people, who inhabited the Urals in the old days. Grandmother Sinyushka is an important figure in local folklore. Its appearance is associated with swamp gas, which miners observed from afar. The mysterious blue haze awakened the imagination, causing the appearance of a new folklore character.
Bazhov's "Stone Flower" is associated with anthropomorphic fantastic images. One of them is the Leaping Fireball. This character looks like a cheerful little girl. She dances in the place where there are deposits of gold. The galloping fireball appears before the miners unexpectedly. Her dance delights those present. Researchers associate this image with the Golden Baba, an ancient Mansi deity.
Silver Hoof, Blue Snake, and Earth Cat
In addition to fantastic heroes who have a human appearance, there are animal characters in the Ural tales. For example, the Silver Hoof. This is the name of one of Bazhov's fairy tales. The silver hoof is a magic goat. He knocks gems out of the ground. He has one silver hoof. With it, he beats the ground, from which emeralds and rubies jump out.
"The Stone Flower" by Bazhov is one of the stories in the collection "Malachite Box". Parents often read the fairy tale "The Blue Snake" to their children. At its center is a fantastic character, capable of both bestowing a gift on a good person and punishing a villain. The Blue Snake has gold dust on one side and black dust on the other. Where a person ends up, so will his life go. A blue snake with gold dust marks a deposit of a precious metal that is close to the surface.
Another fantastic character of the Ural tales is the Earth cat. It is connected with the ancient Slavic legend about secret treasures. The cat guarded them. In Bazhov, this character helps the girl Dunyakha find her way. The cat walks underground. Only her glowing ears are seen by people above the surface. The real prototype of the image are sulfur dioxide emissions. They often take the form of a triangle. The sparkling sulphurous gas reminded the prospectors of cat's ears.
Rooted in their native land
"Stone Flower" Bazhov is included in the collection "Malachite Box", published in 1939. This is a story adapted for children's perception. The collection includes the best works of the writer. The characters of many fairy tales are related. For example, Tanya from The Malachite Box is the daughter of Stepan and Nastya (the heroes of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain). And the character of the “Fragile Twig” Mityunka is the son of Danila and Katya (“Stone Flower”, “Mining Master”). It is easy to imagine that all the heroes of the Ural tales are neighbors living in the same village. However, their prototypes are clearly from different eras.
"Stone Flower" is a unique work. His characters are so colorful that they have become objects of creative processing more than once. They have beauty and truth. The heroes of Bazhov are simple, sincere people who keep in touch with their native land. In the Ural tales there are signs of a particular historical era. This is manifested in the description of household utensils, dishes, as well as methods of stone processing, typical for a particular time. The readers are also attracted by the colorful speech of the characters, interspersed with characteristic words and affectionate nicknames.
Creativity and beauty
"Stone Flower" is not only a storehouse of folk characters and bright fantastic images. The heroes of the Ural tales are generous and noble people. Their intentions are pure. And for this, as always happens in fairy tales, they receive a reward - wealth, family happiness and the respect of others.
Many of Bazhov's positive heroes are creative people. They know how to appreciate beauty and strive for perfection. A striking example is Danila the Master. His admiration for the beauty of the stone led to an attempt to create a work of art - a bowl in the shape of a flower. But the master was dissatisfied with his work. After all, there was no miracle of God's creation in it - a real flower, from which the heart stops and aspires upward. In search of perfection, Danila went to the Mistress of the Copper Mountain.
P. P. Bazhov talks about this. The "Stone Flower", a summary of which schoolchildren need to know, has become the basis for a creative understanding of labor. But Danila is ready to forget his skill, to which he made many sacrifices, for the sake of happiness with his beloved Katya.
An experienced craftsman and his young apprentice
The tale "Stone Flower" begins with a description of the old master Prokopyich. A great expert in his field, he turned out to be a bad teacher. The boys, who, on the orders of the master, were brought to Prokopich by the clerk, were beaten and punished by the master. But the result could not be achieved. Perhaps he didn't want to. The writer is silent about the reasons for this. Prokopyich returned the next student to the clerk. All the boys, according to the old master, were unable to comprehend the craft.
P. P. Bazhov writes about the intricacies of working with malachite. "Stone Flower", a summary of which is presented in the article, is directly related to the intricacies of stone-cutting work. This craft was considered unhealthy by the people because of the malachite dust.
And so they brought Danilka Nedokormysh to Prokopyich. He was a prominent boy. Tall and good looking. Yes, but very thin. That's why they called him the Underdog. Danila was an orphan. First, he was assigned to the lord's quarters. But a servant did not come out of Danila. He often stared at beautiful things - paintings or jewelry. And as if he did not hear the master's orders. Due to poor health, he did not become a miner either.
The hero of Bazhov's tale "Stone Flower" Danila was distinguished by a strange feature. He could look at some object for a long time, for example, a blade of grass. He also had a lot of patience. The clerk noticed this when the guy silently endured the blows of the whip. Therefore, Danilka was sent to study with Prokopych.
Young master and the pursuit of excellence
The boy's talent showed up immediately. The old master became attached to the boy, treated him like a son. Over time, Danila got stronger, became strong and healthy. Prokopyich taught him everything he knew how to do.
Pavel Bazhov, The Stone Flower and its contents are well known in Russia. The turning point in the story comes at the moment when Danila finished his studies and became a real master. He lived in prosperity and peace, but he did not feel happy. Everyone wanted to reflect the real beauty of the stone in the product. Once an old malachite told Danil about a flower that is in the garden of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. Since then, the guy had no peace, even the love of Katya's bride did not please. So he wanted to see a flower.
Once Danila was looking for a suitable stone in the mine. And suddenly the Mistress of the Copper Mountain appeared to him. Began to ask her boyfriend to show a wonderful stone flower. She didn't want to give up. When Danila saw beautiful stone trees in a magical garden, he realized that he was unable to create anything like that. The master is sad. And then he completely left home on the eve of the wedding. Couldn't find him.
What happened next?
Bazhov's story "The Stone Flower" ends with an open ending. Nobody knew what happened to the guy. We find the continuation of the story in the story "The Mining Master". Danilov's fiancee Katya never got married. She moved into Prokopych's hut and began to look after the old man. Katya decided to learn a craft so that she could earn money. When the old master died, the girl began to live alone in his house and sell malachite crafts. She found a wonderful stone at the Serpent Mine. And there was the entrance to the Copper Mountain. And one day she saw Malachite. Katya felt that Danila was alive. And she demanded the return of the groom. It turned out that Danila then ran to the sorceress. He could not live without miraculous beauty. But now Danila asked the Mistress to let him go. The sorceress agreed. Danila and Katya returned to the village and began to live happily ever after.
Moral of the tale
Children are very interested in reading Bazhov's tales. "Stone Flower" is a talented work. A mighty power (Mistress of the Copper Mountain) rewarded the gifted master and his faithful bride. The gossip of fellow villagers, gossip and malice did not interfere with their happiness. The writer recreated a real folk tradition. It has a place for good magic power and pure human feelings. The idea of the work is difficult for children's perception. It is difficult for a child to understand why and how beauty can take possession of the human heart.
But still, every schoolchild should be introduced to an author like Bazhov. "Stone Flower" - what does this book teach? The story has a moral. Kind, sincere and true to their ideals people, despite their mistakes, will be rewarded. This will be taken care of by the forces of nature, which our ancestors humanized in legends. Bazhov is the only famous writer of Soviet Russia who artistically processed the Ural legends. They are associated with mines, mines, combustible gases, the hard work of serfs, and wonderful jewels that can be extracted directly from the earth.
Danila's obsession
Bazhov writes about this. "Stone Flower", the main idea of which is devotion to the family and vocation, tells in a simple and understandable language about the great human values. But what about the idea of the destructive power of beauty? Can students understand it? Perhaps Danila's obsessive thoughts about the stone flower are caused by the witchcraft of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. But dissatisfaction with his own work appeared before meeting the sorceress.
An analysis of Bazhov's "Stone Flower" does not allow us to answer this question unambiguously. You can interpret the problem in different ways. Much will depend on the age of the child. It is better to focus on the positive qualities of the main characters. The pedagogical value of the work is very great. And the intricate plot, intrigue and the "to be continued" technique will help to attract the attention of the child.
Ural tales at one time received many positive reviews and positive feedback. "Stone Flower", Bazhov - these words should be familiar to every student.
P.P. Bazhov is a unique writer. After all, fame came to him at the end of his life, at the age of sixty. 1939 dates from his collection "Malachite Box". Recognition Pavel Petrovich Bazhov brought a unique author's processing of the Ural tales. This article is an attempt to write a summary for one of them. "Stone Flower" is a tale about the growing up and professional development of a phenomenal master in the processing of gems Danila.
The uniqueness of Bazhov's writing style
Pavel Bazhov, creating this masterpiece, as if untwisted the folklore of the Urals, having thoroughly studied it, and wove it anew, combining in it the harmony of a masterful literary presentation and the originality of the colorful dialects of an amazing land - a stone belt encircling Russia.
The harmony of the structure of the tale emphasizes its brief content - "The Stone Flower" is arranged by the author perfectly. There is nothing superfluous in it, artificially tightening the flow of the plot. But at the same time, the primordial dialect of the people inhabiting this land is surprisingly fully felt in it. The author's language of presentation by Pavel Petrovich is his creative find. How is the melodiousness and originality of Bazhov's writing style achieved? Firstly, most often he uses dialectisms in a diminutive form (“boy”, “tiddly”, “old man”). Secondly, he uses purely Uralic word-formation dialectisms in his speech (“finger-off”, “that's it”). Thirdly, the writer does not skimp on the use of proverbs and sayings.
Shepherd boy - Danilka Nedokormysh
In this article, dedicated to the most significant Bazhov tale, we offer readers a brief summary of it. "Stone Flower" introduces us to the best in the processing of malachite, an elderly craftsman Prokopyich, who is looking for a successor. One by one, he sends back the boys sent to him by the master "in science", until the twelve-year-old, "tall in the legs", curly, thin, blue-eyed "lad" Danilka Nedokormysh appears. He did not have the ability to become a palace servant, he could not “curl” around the owner. But he could “stay for a day” at the picture, but he was a “slow mover”. He was capable of creativity, as evidenced by the summary. "Stone Flower" tells that, while working as a shepherd, the teenager "learned to play the horn notably!" In its melody one could guess the sound of the stream, and the voices of the birds ...
Cruel punishment. Treatment at Vikhorikha
Yes, he once did not keep track of the game for the “cows”. He passed them “near Yelnichnaya”, where there was “the most wolf-like place”, and several cows were missing. As a punishment, the master's executioner, who had become brutalized from Danilka's silence under the whips, to the point of losing consciousness, buttoned him up, and his grandmother Vikhorikha came out. The kind grandmother knew all the herbs, and if she had had Danilushka longer, he might have become a herbalist, and Bazhov P.P. would have written differently. "Stone Flower".
The plot of the plot takes place precisely during the story of the old woman Vikhorikha. In her monologue one can see the author's fiction of the original Ural writer. And she tells Danila that in addition to open flowering plants, there are also closed, secret, witchcraft: thieves on Ivan's Day, opening constipation to those who see it, and a stone flower blooming near a malachite rock for a snake holiday. And the person who sees the second flower will become unhappy. Obviously then - the dream to see this unearthly beauty from the stone seized the guy.
To study - to Prokopich
The clerk noticed that Danila began to walk around, and although he was still rather weak, he gave him to Prokopych to study. He looked at the guy who was emaciated from illness and went to the landowner - to ask to be taken away. Krut was a Prokopyich in his sciences, he could even punch a good bream for negligence to an incompetent student. The masters really had it in practice then, and Bazhov P.P. ("Stone Flower") simply described how it was ... But the landowner was unshakable. To teach ... Prokopyich returned empty-handed to his workshop, lo and behold, Danilka was already there and, bending over, without blinking, was examining a piece of malachite, which he had begun to process. The master was surprised and asked what he noticed. And Danilka answers him that the cut was made incorrectly: in order to expose the unique pattern of this stone, it would be necessary to start processing from the other side ... The master made a noise, began to resent the upstart, the “brat” ... then he thought: “So, so ... You will be good, boy ...” The master woke up in the middle of the night, chopped off malachite, where the boy said, - unearthly beauty ... He marveled a lot: “Well, big-eyed one!”.
Prokopych's care for Danilka
The fact that Prokopyich fell in love with the unfortunate orphan, took him for his son, tells us the fairy tale "Stone Flower". Its summary tells us that he did not immediately accustom him to the craft. Hard work was beyond the power of Nedokormysh, and the chemicals used in the “stone craft” could well have knocked down his poor health. He gave me time to gain strength, directed the housework to be done, fed, dressed up ...
Once the clerk (they say in Russia - "nettle seed") saw Danilka, whom the good master let go to the pond. The clerk noticed that the guy was getting stronger, that he was wearing new clothes ... He had questions ... Is the master deceiving him by taking Danilka for his son? But what about learning a craft? When will the benefits of his work be? And he went with Danilka to the workshop and began to ask sensible questions: both on the tool, and on materials, and on processing. Prokopyich was stunned ... After all, he did not teach the boy at all ...
The clerk is surprised at the skill of the guy
However, the summary of the story “The Stone Flower” tells us that Danilka answered everything, told everything, showed everything ... When the clerk left, Prokopyich, who had been speechless before, asked Danilka: “How do you know all this?” “I noticed,” the “boy” answers him. Even tears appeared in the eyes of the touched old man, he thought: “I will teach everything, I won’t hide anything ...” However, since then the clerk began to carry Danilka work on malachite: caskets, all kinds of plaques. Then - threaded things: "candlesticks", "leaves and petals" all sorts ... And how the guy made a snake from malachite for him, the master's clerk informed: "We have a master!"
The master appreciates artisans
The master decided to arrange an exam for Danilka. First, he ordered that Prokopyich not help him. And he wrote to his clerk: “Give him a workshop with a machine, but I will recognize him as a master if he grinds a bowl for me ...” Even Prokopyich did not know how to do this ... Have you heard the case ... Danilko thought for a long time: where to start. However, the clerk does not let up, he wants to curry favor with the landowner, - tells a very brief summary of the “Stone Flower”. But Danilka did not hide his talent, and he made a bowl, as if alive ... The greedy clerk forced Danilka to make three such products. He realized that Danilka could become a "gold mine", and henceforth he was not going to spare him, he would have completely tortured him with work. Yes, but the gentleman turned out to be smart.
He, having checked the guy for skill, decided to create better conditions for him, so that he would work more interestingly. I overlaid a small quitrent, returned it to Prokopych (it’s more convenient to create together). He also sent a complex drawing of a cunning bowl. And, without setting a deadline, he ordered it to be done (at least five years, let them think).
Path of the Master
The fairy tale "Stone Flower" is unusual and original. A brief summary of Bazhov's work, speaking in the oriental language, this is the path of the master. What is the difference between a master and an artisan? The craftsman sees the drawing and knows how to reproduce it in the material. And the master understands and represents beauty, and then reproduces it. So Danilka critically looked at that cup: there are many difficulties, but little beauty. He asked the clerk for permission to do it his own way. He thought about it, because the master asked for an exact copy ... And then he answered Danilka to make two bowls: a copy and his own.
Party for the manufacture of the master's bowl
He first made a flower according to the drawing: everything is accurate, verified. On this occasion, they made a party at home. Danilin's fiancee, Katya Latemina, came with her parents and a stone maker. Look, approve the cup. If we judge the fairy tale at this stage of its narrative, then everything seems to have worked out for Danilka both with her profession and with her personal life ... However, the summary of the book "Stone Flower" is just not about complacency, but about high professionalism, looking for new ways of expression talent.
Danilka does not like this kind of work, he wants the leaves and flowers on the bowl to be as if alive. With this thought between work, he disappeared in the fields, looked closely and, looking closely, planned his bowl as a dope bush. He withered away from such thoughts. And when the guests at the table heard his words about the beauty of the stone, Danilka was interrupted by an old, old grandfather, in the past - a mining master who taught Prokopyich. He told Danilka not to fool around, to work simpler, otherwise you can get into the mountain master of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. They work for her and create things of extraordinary beauty.
When Danilka asked why they, these masters, were special, grandfather replied that they saw a stone flower and understood beauty ... These words sunk into the heart of the guy.
Datura bowl
He postponed his marriage because he began to meditate on the second bowl, conceived in a manner that imitates dope grass. Loving bride Katerina began to cry ...
What is the summary of "Stone Flower"? Perhaps it lies in the fact that the ways of high creativity are inscrutable. Here Danilka, for example, drew the motives of his crafts from nature. He wandered through the forests and meadows and found what inspired him, went down to the copper mine in Gumeshki. And he was looking for a piece of malachite, suitable for making a bowl.
And then one day, when the guy, having carefully studied the next stone, disappointedly stepped aside, he heard a voice advising to look elsewhere - near the Snake Hill. This advice was repeated twice to the master. And when Danila looked back, he saw the transparent, barely noticeable, fleeting outlines of some kind of woman.
The master went there the next day and saw “turned out malachite”. It was ideal for this one - and its color is darker downwards, and the streaks are in the right places. Immediately and earnestly set to work. Wonderfully he managed to finish the bottom of the bowl. It turned out to look like a natural dope bush. But when he sharpened a cup of a flower, the cup lost its beauty. Danilushko completely lost sleep here. "How to fix?" - thinks. Yes, he looked at Katyusha's tears and decided to get married!
Meeting with the Mistress of the Copper Mountain
They already planned a wedding - at the end of September, on that day the snakes are going for the winter ... Danilko just decided to go to the Snake Hill to see the Mistress of the Copper Mountain. Only she could help master the dope bowl. The meeting took place...
This fabulous woman spoke first. To know, she respected this master. She asked if the dope bowl came out? The guy confirmed. Then she advised him to continue to dare, to do something else. For her part, she promised help: he would find a stone according to his thoughts.
But Danila began to ask to show him a stone flower. The Mistress of Mednaya Mountain dissuaded him, explaining that although she does not hold anyone, but whoever sees him returns to her. However, the master persisted. And she took him to her stone garden, where both leaves and flowers are all made of stone. She brought Danila to a bush where wonderful bells grew.
Then the master asked the Mistress to give him a stone to make such bells, but the woman refused him, saying that she would have done so if Danila himself had invented them ... She said this, and the master turned out to be in the same place - on the Snake Hill.
Then Danila went to his bride at a party, but did not cheer. After seeing Katya home, he returned to Prokopych. And at night, when the mentor was sleeping, the guy broke his dope bowl, spat into the master's bowl, and left. Where is unknown. Some said that he had gone crazy, others - that he went to the Mistress of the Copper Mountain to work as a mining foreman.
On this omission, Bazhov's story "The Stone Flower" ends. This is not just an understatement, but a kind of "bridge" to the next tale.
Conclusion
Bazhov's tale "The Stone Flower" is a deeply folk work. It sings of the beauty and wealth of the Ural land. With knowledge and love, Bazhov writes about the life of the Urals, their development of the bowels of their native land. The image of Danila the Master created by the writer has become widely known and symbolic. The story of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain found its continuation in the further works of the author.
He lived in one of the Ural factories master Prokopyich, the first in malachite in those places. The master was already elderly, so the master ordered a student to be assigned to him. Only Prokopyich’s science didn’t go well, “he has everything from a jerk, but from a poke.” He will give the boy bumps all over his head, cut off his ears, and send him back - he is not capable, they say, of science.
The local boys began to be afraid of Prokopich, and the parents did not want to send their child to torment. And so it came to Danilka Nedokormysh. This twelve-year-old boy was an orphan - he did not remember his mother, and did not know his father at all. Danilka's face was clean and handsome, so they took him as a "Cossack" to the master's house. Here it would be necessary to curl like a weed, and the boy will stare at some kind of decoration and freeze in the corner.
Danilka was considered a "blissful slug" and sent to the shepherds. But here, too, he did not work. The old shepherd will fall asleep, Danilka will dream, and the cows will scatter. Once we lost several cows, one of them was a clerk.
The massacre then, it is known what it was. For any guilt, show your back.
First they flogged the old shepherd, and then they began to frail Danilka. The executioner struck lightly at first. Danilka clenched his teeth and was silent. Then the executioner got angry and began to beat with all his might. The boy sighed, not uttering a sound.
Danilka was taken out by a local healer. From her, the boy learned about the stone flower. This flower grows at the Mistress's in a malachite mountain, "it has full strength for the snake festival." If a person sees that flower, he will be unhappy all his life, and why - the grandmother did not know.
Soon Danilka was on his feet. The clerk noticed this and assigned him as a student to Prokopyich: the boy is an orphan, teach as you like, no one will intercede. Danilka's eye turned out to be true. On the very first day, he pointed out the mistake to the master.
Prokopyich lived alone, his wife died, he did not make children, so the master became attached to the orphan. It is harmful to work with malachite, stone dust quickly clogs the lungs, so the master decided to fatten the thin and frail Danilka first, and then take up science. He assigned the boy to the household, and began to give tasks - no matter what work, then fun.
Prokopyich was a serf, but he was allowed to work for himself, "by dues", so the master had his own income. He took Danilka for his son, gave him good clothes, boots. The master did not let him go to his craft yet, but Danilka himself questioned Prokopyich and remembered everything.
Soon the clerk became interested: whose little boy is he doing nothing all day long? I decided to check what the master managed to learn it. It turned out that in the meantime Danilka managed to learn a lot of wisdom. From that day on, Danilushka's free life ended, the clerk began to give him work.
After all, they have - among malachites - a baggy business. A trifling thing, but how long he sits over it!
Danila grew up behind this work. He worked quickly, but Prokopyich taught him not to rush and suggested to the clerk that Danilka was a slow mover. In his free time, the boy even learned to read and write. Over time, Danila became a prominent guy - tall, ruddy, curly and cheerful, "in a word, girlish dryness."
When Danila carved a “snake sleeve made of solid stone”, the clerk recognized him as a master and wrote about him to the master. He decided to test a new master, ordered to carve a bowl of malachite, sent a drawing and ordered to look after that Prokopyich Danila did not help.
The clerk placed Danila at his place. At first, the guy tried to work slowly, and then he got bored, and she turned the bowl in one fell swoop. The clerk ordered him to carve two more similar bowls. It turned out that Danila made three bowls for the time that the master gave for one.
The clerk realized that Prokopyich had led him by the nose, got angry and described everything to the master. The same “turned everything as it is the other way around” - he appointed Danila a small quitrent and did not order to take it from Prokopyich, hoping that together they would come up with something new. The master attached a drawing of an intricate bowl to the letter, ordered to make the same one, and set an unlimited time limit.
Danila set to work, but he did not like the bowl - there was no beauty in it, only curls. With the permission of the clerk, Danila decided to carve another cup, according to his idea.
We didn’t say: to curse someone else’s - you need a little wisdom, but to come up with your own - you’ll turn from side to side for more than one night.
Danila the master became thoughtful, sad, he slept from his face, he kept walking through the meadows, looking for a flower in order to make his bowl in his likeness and show all the beauty of the stone. He chose a Datura flower for the bowl, but first he decided to finish the master's order.
Prokopyich dissuaded him, then he decided to marry, hoping that after the wedding all the nonsense would come out of his head. Danila admitted that his neighbor Katya has been waiting for him for a long time. Finally, Danila carved a master's bowl and arranged a holiday on this occasion, invited the bride and old masters. One old man, the teacher of Prokopia, told the guy that those who manage to see a stone flower comprehend all the beauty of the stone and forever end up with the Mistress in the mountain master.
Danila lost his peace, forgot about the wedding - he so wanted to understand the beauty of the stone. Once he went to look for malachite for his dope bowl, and the voice tells him: go to the Serpent Mountain. Then a woman flashed before Danila and disappeared. The guy went to the Serpent Mountain, found what he was looking for, set to work, but the bowl does not come out of him, there is no life in it.
Danila realized that he himself was unable to catch the beauty of the stone, he decided to marry. The wedding took place "just around the Serpentine Festival." Danila came for the last time to the Snake Hill, sat down to rest, and then the Mistress appeared to him. The guy recognized her by her beauty and malachite dress. He asked the Mistress to show him the stone flower. She tried to dissuade him: those who saw the flower lose the joy of life and return to it themselves. But Daniel did not back down. The Mistress took him to her garden with trees and grass made of different stones and led him to black, as if velvet, bushes.
On these bushes there are large green malachite bells and in each an antimony star. The fire bees above those flowers sparkle, and the stars tinkle subtly, sing evenly.
Danila the master looked at the stone flower, and the Mistress let him go home.
That day, Katya the bride had a party. At first, Danila had fun with everyone, and then he became sad. Returning home after the party, Danila broke his dope bowl, spat into the master's bowl and ran out of the hut.
They searched for Daniel for a long time. Some believed that he had gone crazy and perished in the forest, while others said that the Mistress took Danila to be a mountain master.
Year of writing: 1937
Genre of work: story
Main characters: Prokopich- master, Danilka Nedokormysh- student, orphan.
Plot
Prokopyich was an excellent master of malachite. But he grew old and the master decided that the old man should prepare a successor for himself. Everything was difficult. Children who came to science were unable to master the craft. Corporal punishment deterred both children and parents. The turn reached Danilka. He was 12 years old. He was tried by a footman and a shepherd, but the boy was slow. Once, for the loss of a cow, he was severely flogged. Saved by the grandmother - the healer. She said that a person who saw a stone flower is unhappy. Danilka learned a lot from the master and worked deftly. He wanted to make the bowl more beautiful than he did for the master, but to no avail. Then on the Snake Hill the Hostess showed a stone flower. The guy disappeared without a trace, forgetting about work and the bride.
Conclusion (my opinion)
Persistently achieve success - that's what the fairy tale encourages. Although Prokopyich was a stern person, he developed Danila's talent with all his might. This teaches not to look at the origin of a person, and to notice the good.
