The novel begins with a foreword, in which the author warns that the novel itself is fictional and has a symbolic meaning. Further, he reports that he himself was engaged in alchemy for a long time, but his search came to a standstill until he met one person who explained to him in what direction … Read more
This task consists of a sentence and options for placing punctuation marks. It is necessary to choose all correct variants of arrangement of punctuation marks. Algorithm for the task: Select the semantic parts in the sentence, determine their syntactic role. Determine what the parts of the sentence are related by, separate them with the appropriate … Read more
The protagonist of the novel, Kolen, a very nice young man of twenty-two years, who so often smiles with an infantish smile that from this on his chin he even had a dimple, is preparing for the arrival of his friend Shik. Nicholas, his cook, conjures in the kitchen, creating masterpieces of culinary art. Shik … Read more
In the early 20-ies in the poetry of Mayakovsky clearly marked the satirical direction. Having printed two poems at the same time: “The last page of the Civil War” and “On rubbish”, the poet passes from the glorification of the courage of the Red Army to the denunciation of philistinism and bureaucracy in Soviet society. … Read more
Stories of V. Shalamov are devoted to the hard life of prisoners in the Gulag, their prison life. In the world of the Gulag, the chief role is played by the chiefs and the so-called “thieves,” the life of prisoners in the camps depends entirely on the case, whatever it may be. The author describes … Read more
Krista Volf The cleaved sky The action takes place in 1960-1961. in the GDR. The main character, Rita Seidel, a student who worked during the vacations at the car-building factory, lies in the hospital after she nearly fell under the carriages that were maneuvering on the tracks. Later it turns out that this was an … Read more
Marusya Tatarovich is a girl from a good Soviet family. Her parents were not careerists: the historical circumstances of the Soviet system, which destroyed the best people, forced the father and mother to occupy vacant seats, and by the end of the labor biography they were firmly established in the middle-level nomenclature. Marusi had everything … Read more
Seven wonders of the world were created by people in antiquity, but there is another miracle of the world, no less amazing. It is familiar to each of us, but we are so used to this creation of mankind that we rarely think about its value. A miracle is always at hand and, like a … Read more
Henrik Ibsen Wild Duck 80-ies. XIX century. A festive table in the office of the rich Norwegian businessman Verle. Among the guests – the son of merchant Greghers (he works there as an ordinary employee) summoned from the plant in the Mountain Valley and Gregers’ old school friend Yalmar Ekdal. Friends have not seen each … Read more
In society, it is considered that critical thinking is a process that is normal for any person, or even a natural way of thinking. But in reality everything is much more complicated: people often shy away from critical thinking, treat phenomena prejudicedly or, conversely, too indulgently. However, to cultivate the right mindset in oneself means … Read more