Recently, I got an essay by a student on “My future profession”. He wrote about the profession of a programmer. All the same, the author has a rather vague idea of what this profession really is, but it’s still nice that he wants to become a programmer and is ready to study for it. Before … Read more
What is humanity? The answer, it would seem, is obvious and ready to immediately get off the tongue, but in fact it is not so simple. To formulate it correctly and most accurately, I had to think long. And here’s what conclusions I came to. Humanity… What is behind this word? What did the people … Read more
Complex words in Russian for an ordinary person, and especially for a speaker, are a special subject. Their appearance in the text causes some tension, uncertainty. That in the end can lead to a “knocking down” of the rhythm and to “stumbling” in speech, and in special cases to stuttering. To prevent this from happening, … Read more
In the summer, I read the book of Konstantin Paustovsky about the Meshchersky region, and I found myself in this book a chapter on popular signs. I read it, I enjoyed the language of the writer and suddenly I thought: “How do we, in the city, have people’s signs or are they true only for … Read more
The Moscow Metro recently celebrated its 60th anniversary: on May 15, 1935, a regular traffic was opened on the first metro line in Moscow. And now, by the end of the twentieth century, it is difficult for us to imagine how the capital could live without a subway. The Moscow metro is the pride and … Read more
What do people put in the notion of “heroism”? Heroism is courage, determination, self-sacrifice in a critical situation. But can there be imaginary heroism? Let’s try to understand this with concrete examples. So, whom do we call the true hero in the sense that we put in the word “heroism”? Such a hero can be … Read more
The artistic detail is an expressive detail in the work that carries a significant semantic and ideological and emotional load. A special role is played by the artistic detail in works of a small genre, where it is very difficult to use long descriptions. So, the details that do not immediately strike the eyes of … Read more
During the first Russian revolution, M. Gorky said: “The Russian intelligentsia is the best in the world.” Was it really so? Is it worth while agreeing with the great Russian writer? Was he optimistic, especially given the time? For half a century before Gorky another classic of Russian literature, Herzen stated a very eloquent fact: … Read more
I read a fascinating book by the Russian writer Sergei Lukyanenko. This is a modern author who composes fantastic stories, novels and novels. In this book, which is a collection of short stories and stories, my favorite work was the story “The Door to Darkness.” I defined its genre as “fantasy”. The story is intended … Read more
In life, not everything is as smooth as sometimes you want, or think. Most often, it is more difficult. But we must live, we must somehow exist, and think about others, because more often than not, many people, beings, depend on us. That is why – the thought of death is the last one, which … Read more