The strength and weakness of Evgeny Bazarov's nihilism. What is the strength and weakness of Bazarov's nihilism? (Unified State Examination in Literature). Several interesting essays

“Nihilist,” said Nikolai Petrovich. “This is from the Latin nihil, nothing, ... this word means a person who ... who does not recognize anything? - Say: who does not respect anything ...” This is exactly how the heroes of Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” characterize nihilism - a popular philosophical movement of the 60s of the 19th century. One gets a strange feeling - followers of nihilism do not recognize or respect anything. What then is their worldview based on? Only in denial?

In the novel, the main character, Evgeny Bazarov, a commoner and a medical student, is a nihilist. This hero shocks Nikolai Petrovich and, especially, Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov with his “nihilistic” statements. Bazarov denies all the authorities that the old people worship: “But why would I recognize them? And what will I believe? They will tell me the truth, I agree, that’s all.”

This practical approach is applied by the hero in relation to “great” people in all areas of life, from philosophy to art. “Why do you think that these people have done something great and that their words are true?” - asks the nihilist, and the Kirsanovs do not know what to answer him.

Bazarov looks cynical and even ruthless. In the first part of the novel, he is self-confident to the extreme, which causes uncontrollable irritation of Pavel Petrovich. The hero believes that he is superior to others, especially “old people,” and takes for granted the worship of Arkady and others.

In addition, Bazarov does not recognize anything abstract, ephemeral, or distant. He believes only in “what you can touch with your hands,” he believes only in “frogs” that can bring specific benefits to specific people: “A decent chemist is twenty times more useful than any poet.”

Evgeny Vasilyevich does not recognize the soul, and therefore, great feelings and emotions. So, for example, this hero reduces love to physiology, arguing that in the relationship between a man and a woman, instincts play the main role: “Whoever she is, ... only she has such shoulders as I have not seen for a long time.”

But it was love that was destined to shatter Bazarov’s entire theory, destroy his worldview, and shatter his conviction to smithereens. Having met Anna Sergeevna Odintsova, Bazarov is convinced that, contrary to his beliefs, a woman can be beautiful, smart, educated, and ironic. In a word, a woman can be brilliant, she can be equal to a man, even one like Bazarov.

Unbeknownst to himself, this hero falls in love; falls deeply, passionately, hopelessly in love. At this moment he realizes that the love he so vehemently denied exists. And that he is not a special person at all, but the same as the “fathers” whom he contemptuously ridiculed.

We see that Bazarov not only experiences his love painfully, but also begins to think about death, about what kind of “monument” the living will erect for him. He experiences a turning point, a crisis, and now Evgeniy does not have a clear and precise answer to the question about the meaning of life, which previously did not cause difficulties. Most of all, the nihilist is afraid of the thought of the “grass of oblivion”, the “burdock”, which will be the only “monument” to him.

Thus, in the process of development of the novel, the hero undergoes colossal changes. At the end of the novel, we see not the self-confident and dogmatic Bazarov the empiricist, but the “new” Bazarov, solving the “damned”, “Hamlet” questions. A fan of experience and natural scientific solutions to all the riddles and secrets of human life, Bazarov was faced with something that he had previously unconditionally denied. And he could not rethink his position, change his principles. Therefore he dies.

With his work, Turgenev shows that the very essence of nihilism is erroneous and destructive. Positive aspects (great attention to the practical side of life, criticality of mind, rationalism and pragmatism) develop among nihilists into absurdity - denial of what is the basis of human existence.

But “eternal” values (love, nature, art) are not capable of shaking even the most consistent nihilism. And, on the contrary, a conflict with these values can lead a person to a conflict with himself, to painful, fruitless reflection and loss of the meaning of life. This is the main lesson of Bazarov’s tragic fate.

To answer the question the strength and weakness of nihilism, Bazar's table. help asked by the author Ksyusha the best answer is The main character of I. S. Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” is Evgeny Bazarov. He calls himself a nihilist. Nihilism is a belief based on the denial of all previous experience of human thought, on the destruction of traditions and social norms. In Russia, this social movement intensified in the 60-70s of the 19th century, at a turning point. The novel takes place in 1859, before the abolition of serfdom. Nihilism at that time was perceived by the ruling classes as a social and cultural danger. I. S. Turgenev gives an objective assessment of this phenomenon, showing that there are strengths and weaknesses in Bazarov’s worldview. In the famous article “About “Fathers and Sons,” the writer admits: “... probably many of my readers will be surprised if I tell them that, with the exception of my views on art, I share almost all of his (Bazarov’s) beliefs.”
The progressive side of nihilism is the denial of the rotten autocratic-serf system. It is no coincidence that the author in the novel shows the neglected economy on the Kirsanovs’ estate and, through artistic means, asserts that there is social and economic trouble in the state. Turgenev condemns the lifestyle of the aristocrat Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov. This person burdens the earth and creates nothing: neither spiritual nor material values. Bazarov openly accuses the elder Kirsanov of sitting in the village with his hands folded. The parasitism of the ruling classes is obvious. After the publication of the novel, Turgenev especially emphasized in one of his letters to K.K. Sluchevsky: “My whole story is directed against the nobility, as the advanced class.”
Bazarov condemns “the art of making money.” He does not seek personal enrichment. His credo is selfless work in the name of science. A hero is a man of action. This hard work is the source of education and implementation of theory. Bazarov's nihilism is associated with the establishment of a materialistic worldview and with the development of the natural sciences. Therefore, one can consider fruitful the desire of nihilists not to take anything for granted, to test everything experimentally, to reach the truth through intelligence and hard work.
The strength of Bazarov’s position is the fight against ignorance and superstition. The hero experiences with pain the downtroddenness and ignorance of the people. He angrily remarks: “The people believe that when thunder roars, it is Elijah the prophet driving around the sky in a chariot.” Bazarov is a democrat, so he ardently opposes the obedience and long-suffering of the people. Awakening the self-awareness of the Russian peasant is part of Bazarov’s nihilistic program. And this, undoubtedly, is its strength.
The most vulnerable are Bazarov's aesthetic views. The hero denies art, love, nature. He preaches a consumer attitude towards nature: “Nature is not a temple, but a workshop, and man is a worker in it.” Bazarov sarcastically assesses the very fact that Nikolai Petrovich plays the cello. The author emphasizes the charm of music: “A sweet melody flowed through the air like honey,” speaking of the beauty and quiet charm of Russian nature. Everything seems beautiful: the distant aspen grove, illuminated by the setting sun, motionless fields, pale blue sky.
Bazarov speaks mockingly about Pushkin. He judges poetry skeptically, not knowing well the very subject of condemnation. So, the hero even gets into trouble by enlisting Pushkin in the military. Bazarov, in accordance with the theory, is convinced that only books that bring practical benefits should be read. For him, a decent chemist is better than any poet.
Denial of beauty indicates a lack of culture. Nihilists do not accept traditional norms of behavior. Therefore, Bazarov behaves defiantly. This is especially noticeable on the Kirsanov estate. The hero does not take into account the owners, already on the first morning he is late for breakfast, only “shaking his head”, greets the company already gathered on the terrace, “hurriedly drinks tea”, answers in a careless tone, yawning... expresses contempt for the environment in which he finds himself, is dismissive to those around him, makes sharp attacks against his father and uncle Arkady.

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The events that Turgenev describes in the novel take place in the middle of the 19th century. This is the time when Russia was experiencing another era of reforms. The title of the work suggests that it will resolve the age-old question - the relationship between generations....

"Fathers and Sons". Bazarov. Artist D. Borovsky. 1980

The action of the novel by I.S. Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" takes place in the summer of 1859, on the eve of the abolition of serfdom. At that time in Russia there was an acute question: who could lead society? On the one hand, the nobility claimed the leading social role, which consisted of both fairly free-thinking liberals and aristocrats who thought the same way as at the beginning of the century. At the other pole of society were the revolutionaries - democrats, the majority of whom were commoners. The main character of the novel “Fathers and Sons” is close to the most radical representatives of the second group. The thoughts he expressed provoked a strong reaction among the reading public. The views of the nihilist were discussed in many critical articles; the author himself explained in letters (the famous letter to K. Sluchevsky) that he wanted to show the image of Bazarov, “wild, half grown from the soil.”

Over the course of the novel, Bazarov’s personality evokes more and more respect; it is clear that the author himself admires the fortitude of the young nihilist. However, in a dispute with life, Bazarov was forced to retreat; reality was unable to accept such a stormy, active nature. This was the reason for the tragedy that played out in the fate of Bazarov.

What is the hero’s nihilism? What does it express? Bazarov's nihilism, which rejected authorities, was born in the era of a turning point in public consciousness. It is associated with the establishment of a materialistic worldview, with the development of science, primarily natural science. The peculiarity of Bazarov's nigliism was that the hero did not take anything on faith, he tried to test everything with life and practice. A distinctive feature was also the complete denial of art, music and other manifestations of the spiritual life of people. But this peculiarity of views gave rise to contradictions. Bazarov experiences for himself what he despised, what he called “romanticism, nonsense, rot, artistry.”

Life does not immediately show the nihilist all the shortcomings of his ideology; the reader gradually comes to the idea that Bazarov’s ideas cannot be realized in modern conditions. The clashes of Bazarov’s views with reality begin in Maryino, the Kirsanov estate, during disputes with Pavel Petrovich. It would seem that it is clearly shown that the age of aristocrats has long passed, that Pavel Petrovich’s “principles” do not allow society to develop freely, but at the same time we see individual weaknesses in the positions of nihilism. For example, the imperfection of the theory becomes obvious: nihilists only “clear space”, but do not offer anything in return, hoping for a Russian “maybe”.

The next test turned out to be more serious for Bazarov; Arkady and Evgeniy met a local celebrity, Anna Sergeevna Odintsova, at a ball in the provincial town.

The author constantly reminds the reader that Bazarov is not a monster, not an evil genius, but, above all, an unhappy man, lonely and, despite all the strength of his mind and energy, defenseless against the simplest human feelings. His vulnerability with Odintsova is revealed. Bazarov fell in love with the landowner Anna Sergeevna Odintsova. He experienced the same feeling that he had previously laughed at mercilessly. Evgeniy realized that a person is not a soulless “frog”. He suddenly realized that living nature would never submit to any theories. Odintsova expects mature feelings from him, she needs serious love, not fleeting passion. In her life there is no place for shocks, without which Bazarov cannot imagine himself. He does not understand that an indispensable condition for achieving spiritual and moral ideals is stability.

In Bazarov’s chest beats the heart of a romantic, to whom both love and tenderness are available, who understands what sincerity and devotion to a loved one are. And Bazarov does not admit this to anyone, not even himself. His soul sometimes breaks out, but Bazarov immediately suppresses it with an effort of will, at the same time becoming tougher and harsher. It is by these jumps in behavior that one can judge how susceptible his heart is to romantic impulses. This is the tragedy of Bazarov’s situation. With his soul and heart he desires to love, while with his consciousness he suppresses this “desire.” And most clearly these contradictions of soul and consciousness are manifested in the scenes in Odintsova’s house. It is here that the soul gains freedom for a brief moment, only to be immediately buried to the very bottom by consciousness. This happens during Bazarov's declaration of love to Odintsova. This proud nihilist found himself in the grip of a feeling he denied; the soul burst out, but with such destructive force that it turned out to be fatal for this very feeling, for strong love is akin to hatred. During his confession, Bazarov trembled, but it was not the voluptuous trembling of the first confession; a violent and uncontrollable passion surged through him. And Odintsova was afraid of him; the feeling that began to appear in her turned out to be broken, because you cannot love a person you are afraid of. Bazarov lost his only love because he held back his soul for too long, and this soul took revenge on him by depriving him of the woman he loved. Of course, the “test of love” is the most difficult test that Bazarov had to endure, but the testing of the nihilist’s views did not end there. From Nikolskoye, Evgeniy goes to the village to visit his parents, where he is again struck by fate. Over the years they lived outside their native walls, differences appeared between Eugene and his parents, so significant that these people could not communicate freely with each other: they simply did not understand each other.

Bazarov leaves his village for Maryino, where he finally realizes the doom of his ideas. After the duel with Pavel Petrovich, Bazarov realized: if in order to force one district aristocrat to change his “principles”, it takes as much effort and time as it takes to break the resistance of the entire nobility. Bazarov realized that alone he meant nothing, and decided to live quietly with his parents and do what he loved - the natural sciences.

He did not give up his ideas, he simply realized that their time had not yet come, and was forced to give up the fight. However, Bazarov’s bright, “rebellious” heart could not live a quiet, calm life, therefore, if the accident that caused his death had not occurred, then “it should have been invented.” The nihilist Bazarov was not broken by life, but nevertheless left the “battlefield” forever, albeit against his will.

It is precisely in the fact that Bazarov, who did not give up a single position “in battle”, leaving every time with his head held high, was forced to admit his weakness in the face of existence, “that the ophthalmic tragedy of his life turns on. This is probably what Turgenev had in mind when he wrote to Sluchevsky that Bazarov is “a tragic face.”

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The tenth chapter of Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons” plays the role of an intermediate culmination of the clash between fathers (in the person of Pavel Petrovich Kirsanov) and children (Evgeny Bazarov). In fact, this heated dispute contains the beginning of an internal conflict maturing in Bazarov’s soul, which will lead to his death.

The emergence of irreconcilable hostility between the elder Kirsanov and Arkady’s teacher, Evgeny Bazarov, occurred gradually, but the seed was laid at the first meeting. At that very moment when Pavel Petrovich did not offer his “beautiful hand with long pink nails - a hand that seemed even more beautiful from the snowy whiteness of the sleeve fastened with a single large opal” to Bazarov, whose hand was red, apparently because The latter did not wear gloves and did not take care of his nails. Two weeks of living in Maryino only deepened this barely emerging conflict. Bazarov casually criticizes Arkady's father and uncle, not taking into account the young man's possible feelings towards his family. About Nikolai Petrovich, he says that his song is sung, he is a retired man. And Pavel Petrovich, in his opinion, is dapper, and in general, both brothers are old romantics who have developed a nervous system in themselves to the point of irritation.

The fight broke out over evening tea. The clash took place in several directions. First, the conversation turned to the aristocracy, of which Pavel Petrovich is a supporter. In his opinion, without an aristocracy there is no solid foundation for a public building. He is proud that, being in the wilderness, he respects the person in himself. Bazarov objects quite reasonably: “...you respect yourself and sit back.” He believes that aristocracy, liberalism, progress, principles are useless words. Surprisingly, the aristocrat will soon become the object of the nihilist’s sudden and passionate love.

Then the argument switches to the Russian man. Pavel Petrovich sublimely says that the people sacredly honor traditions, that they cannot live without faith. On this, in fact, all relationships between the elder Kirsanov and the people end (not counting the ashtray in the form of a bast shoe on the table in the epilogue). Bazarov also loudly claims that his grandfather plowed the land, but for some reason he despises the peasant, perhaps because he is ready to rob himself in order to drink dope in a tavern.

A wave of indignation gradually grows in the minds of the aristocrat. And Pavel Petrovich for the first time utters not entirely respectful words to the youth: “First almost satanic pride, then mockery.” After these words, Arkady frowned and turned away. Bazarov says too boldly: “Raphael is not worth a penny.” Here aristocratic pride betrayed Kirsanov, and he indirectly called Bazarov a “blockhead.”

At first glance, Bazarov won the argument with Kirsanov. Indeed, he maintained clarity of thought, did not offend his opponent, and seemed to be convincing. But life will soon put everything in its place. Nature will become a stimulator of the feeling that he will experience in relation to Odintsova. The sounds of music will excite him to the extreme of excitement. Eugene will not be able to object to his father’s romantic statements: love and respect for his loved one will become the reason for his tolerance. And before his death, he himself will turn into a romantic and allow his mother to perform all church rituals, although he does not believe in God and considers himself an atheist. Moreover, the student Arkady, who is next to him, sees all the changes in his teacher and gradually realizes that his friend is not devoid of feelings, emotional experiences, confusion, and most importantly, a denial of his own moral principles is maturing in him, although he does not seem to have them has, because principles are empty words! But fate gave Bazarov signals, but believing exclusively in the material, he does not perceive these symbols. And the story of Kirsanov’s love, and the duel with him, and the misunderstanding with the men, and the emptiness and vulgarity of the nihilist’s “disciples” passed him by. He did not draw any conclusions from these hints. Eugene’s self-delusion became obvious to him. Only in death did this courageous and respectable man reveal himself.