Anatoly Aleksin ... A writer whose books are forever in the hearts of readers born in the USSR. His works are instructive, touching, unforgettable. The description of one of them is the topic of the article.
What can the summary be about? “In the rear as in the rear” - a book about humanity, humanity. These are a kind of recollections of a man who survived the war years at a young age. It is better to get acquainted with such stories in the original full version. But those who are not familiar with the work of a remarkable writer may perhaps be inspired by the reading of this book by its summary.
“In the rear as in the rear” is a story divided into several chapters. But the author did not give names to them. In order to make it easier to summarize, “Behind the rear as the rear” can be divided into several parts. Each of them should be entitled. Thus, the plan of the work will be as follows:
- Departure.
- In evacuation.
- New buddy.
- Letter.
- Good news.
Departure
It is not easy to convey a summary. “In the rear as in the rear” - a story based on the recollections of an adult and the arguments of a teenager. The works begin from the moment when the hero - Dmitry Tikhomirov - many years after the end of the war comes to his mother. He had not seen her for many years. Memories surged along the road. In the thoughts of the narrator are paintings of past years: farewell to his father, departure for evacuation.
A man appreciates what is no longer in his life. This thought visited Dima when he was lying on a bunk in a train, farther and farther away from Moscow. He suddenly began to appreciate the formidable physical education teacher and grouchy neighbors. The boy fondly recalled the Moscow school. At that time, news was broadcast on the radio that the Soviet army was leaving one city after another after heavy fighting.
In evacuation: summary
“In the rear as in the rear” - the story of how in times of war children sometimes forgot about their age. They grew up, learned to make decisions and take care of loved ones. Dima’s mother did not want to put up with the harsh conditions of wartime, and therefore on the first day after arrival she took her son to school. He should study in spite of everything, to remain a child in spite of the harsh life.
Why did Alexin call his story “Behind the rear as in the rear”? The summary of the chapter, which deals with how the first days of the stay in the Ural city flowed, can be omitted. However, it is worth explaining the meaning of the title of the book. A poster hung on the school building, saying: "In the rear - like at the front." Mother explained the meaning of the phrase to the boy, but at the same time denied her truthfulness. After all, the rear, unlike the front, is a security zone. Behind the rear is not the same as at the front. In the rear as in the rear.
Summary of the third part: new buddy
In evacuation, the boy had a friend. His name was Oleg. He was only one and a half years older, and more mature and wiser for a lifetime. Younger sisters taught Oleg to work. He knew how to cook, clean, sew buttons, type on a typewriter.
And again, the narrator returns from the past to the present. He hurries to his mother. Knows that she is waiting for him. But along the way he asks the taxi driver to stop near Oleg’s house. A friend and his relatives are no longer here. Strangers have been living in this house for a long time. But a person sometimes so wants to return the past at least for a moment. He leaves a bouquet of flowers in the back seat. Goes into the front door. And again he returns to the car: you need to go to your mother.
Letter
Dima every day was waiting for news from relatives. Mother said: "Now we will live from letter to letter." Once he went to the post office, where he received a terrible message: his father went missing. On the street, Dimu was waiting for Oleg. Friends decided that it was impossible to show the mother’s letter. And so they hid him. A few days later, another was printed on a typewriter. There was no truth in him, but there was hope. The letter, composed by Dima, was read by the mother. And her, the woman who spent most of her time on hard work, was malnourished, froze, but believed that she existed in conditions incomparably soft with those in which her husband found herself, this false message reassured.
However, new news came later. This time it was said that father fought heroically, but remained on the battlefield. And about this letter, Dima did not say anything to his mother. In addition, she began to get very sick. Hard work and harsh conditions undermined her fragile health. The hero of the story goes to his mother, but along the way he asks the taxi driver to stop near the post office, where he received terrible news many years ago. The car slows down also where the barrack once stood, in which the eleven-year-old Dima and his mother lived.
Good news
In early 1944, Dima received a letter from his father. He survived. He was captured, fled, then ended up among the partisans. Father wrote that the worst is behind, that victory is near. The summary of the story "Behind the rear as in the rear" is difficult to convey. The work is filled with fragmentary memories.
The hero of the book, Alexina, hurries throughout the whole story to his mother. He had not been with her for ten years. Recalls childhood along the way. He passes by the post office, the hut, the house in which the friend lived. And finally, he calls the taxi driver the final destination: a cemetery. There, on a granite monument under the name of the mother, the years of life are engraved: 1904-1943. She never found out anything about the triangular letter.