The problem of parental love
I returned from the hunt and walked along the garden avenue. The dog was running ahead of me. Suddenly she reduced her footsteps and began to sneak, as if she were chasing a game before her. I glanced along the avenue and saw a young sparrow with yellow in the vicinity of the beak and down on my head. He fell from the nest (the wind shook the birches of the alley) and sat motionless, helplessly spreading the wings that barely sprouted. My dog slowly approached him, when suddenly, falling off a nearby tree, the old black-chested sparrow fell with a stone in front of her muzzle – and, all ruffled, distorted, with a desperate and pitiful squeak jumped twice in the direction of a toothy open mouth.
He rushed to save, he shielded his offspring… but his whole little body trembled with horror, the voice was wild and hoarse, he froze, he sacrificed himself!
What a huge monster the dog must have seemed to him! Still, he could not sit on his high, safe branch…
In front of me is a famous poem in prose “The Sparrow”, written by IS Turgenev.
In this miniature the author tells how an old black-chested sparrow rescues its offspring from a hunter’s dog. Epithets (“disheveled,” “distorted,” “desperate and pathetic squeak”) and verbs “fell down”, “rushed,” “shaded,” “trembled with terror,” “died, sacrificed itself”) convey dedication, the heroism of a sparrow. Thus, in my opinion, the writer raises the problem of parental love.
This urgent problem is eternal, as the relationship between fathers and children excites every indifferent person.
The narration is from the first person, and the attitude of the narrator to what is happening is clearly expressed in the words “reverent”, “revered”. Thus, the author’s position looms: parents are ready for any sacrifice for the sake of their children’s well-being, their love “is stronger than death and fear of death.”
It is impossible not to agree with the thoughts of IS Turgenev. Good parents can give up their careers, risk their lives, they always come to the rescue, warm them with caress and kindness, understand and forgive. Thus, Nikolai Rostov from Leo Tolstoy’s novel “War and Peace”, having lost a large sum of money to Dolokhov, seeks support from his almost ruined father, and Count Rostov understands that card debt is a matter of honor for the whole family.
Parents, they think, try to do everything for the benefit of children. Marfa Ignatievna Kabanova from Ostrovsky’s play Groza says that children should honor their parents, but in fact, she tries to get her family to live according to her rough laws, suppresses the will of Tikhon, Katerina, controls them every step that leads to the tragic death of Katerina and the destruction of the whole family.
In conclusion, I would like to say that the work of IS Turgenev makes us, our readers, think about the fact that parental love, on the one hand, is selfless, heroic, bearing the good of its children. On the other hand, blind love, rash actions of adult people ruin the best that can be in relations between fathers and children.
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