Nekrasov, the great Russian writer, created many works in which he sought to discover something new for the world. The poem “To Whom to Live Well in Russia” is not an exception. The most important hero for revealing the topic is Grisha Dobrosklonov, a simple peasant with difficult desires and thoughts.
Prototype
The last to be mentioned, but the first in importance image of the poem “Who Should Live Well in Russia” is Grisha Dobrosklonov. According to the poet’s sister A. Butkevich, the artist Dobrolyubov became the prototype of this hero. Butkevich argued so for a reason. Firstly, such statements were made by Nekrasov himself, and secondly, this is confirmed by the consonance of surnames, the character of the hero and the attitude of the prototype to selfless and purposeful fighters acting on the side of the people.
Tverdokhlebov I. Yu. Believes that the image of Grisha Dobrosklonov is a kind of cast of the features of such famous figures as Belinsky, Dobrolyubov and Chernyshevsky, who in total create the ideal of the hero of the revolution. It should also be noted that Nekrasov did not ignore the new type of public figure - a populist who combined the features of both a revolutionary and a religious activist.
Common features
The image of Grigory Dobrosklonov demonstrates that he is a vivid representative of the propagandist of the revolution, who seeks to prepare the masses for the struggle against capitalist foundations. The features of this hero embodied the most romantic features of revolutionary youth.
Considering this hero, one must also take into account that Nekrasov set about creating it in 1876, that is, at a time when "going to the people" was already complicated by many factors. Some scenes of the work confirm that Grisha was preceded by "roving" propagandists.
As for the attitude of Nekrasov towards the simple working people, here he expressed his special attitude. His revolutionary leads a sedentary lifestyle, he lived and grew up on Vakhlachin. People’s protector Grisha Dobrosklonov is a hero who knows his people well, understands all the troubles and sorrows that have befallen him. He is one of them, therefore, does not cause doubt or suspicion in a simple man. Grisha is the poet’s hope, his bet on representatives of the revolutionary peasantry.
Prefab image
The poet himself notes that in the image of Grisha, he captured the features of a public figure, which were characteristic of the revolutionary-minded youth of the 1860-1870s, the French Communards and progressive representatives of the peasantry. Researchers argue that the image of Grisha Dobrosklonov is somewhat sketchy. But this is easily explained by the fact that Nekrasov created a new historical type of hero and could not fully depict in him everything he wanted. This was influenced by the conditions that accompanied the creation of a new type, and the historical features of the time.
Nekrasov reveals his vision of a public figure, specifying the deep historical roots of the struggle of the people, depicting the hero’s spiritual and political connection with the fate and hopes of the people, systematizing them in the images of specific personalities and individual characteristics of the biography.
Hero characterization
The image of the patron saint Grisha Dobrosklonov describes a simple guy from the people who are eager to fight with the existing social strata. He stands on the same level as ordinary peasants and is no different from them. At the very beginning of his life's journey, he learned what poverty, hunger and poverty are, and realized that these phenomena must be confronted. For him, the rules of the seminary were the result of an unfair social order. Already during his studies, he realized all the hardships of seminary life and was able to comprehend them.
In the 60s of the XIX century, seminarians grew up on the works of freedom-loving Russian authors. Many writers came out from among the students of clerics, for example, Pomyalovsky, Levitov, Chernyshevsky and others. Revolutionary tempering, proximity to the people and natural abilities make the image of Grisha Dobrosklonov a symbol of the national leader. The character of the young seminarist contains characteristic youthful traits, such as spontaneity, shyness, combined with selflessness and firm will.
Feelings of the hero
Grisha Dobrosklonov is full of love, which he pours out on his mother-sufferer, on his homeland and people. The poem even contains a concrete reflection of his love for ordinary people, whom he helps "to the best of his ability." He reaps, mows, sows and celebrates holidays with ordinary peasants. He loves spending time with other guys, wandering around the forest and picking mushrooms.
He sees his personal, personal happiness in the happiness of others, in peasant joy. It is not so easy to protect the humiliated, but Grisha Dobrosklonov does everything to ease the fate of the destitute.
Image Disclosure
Grisha reveals his feelings through songs, and through them he also indicates the path to the happiness of a simple peasant. The first song is addressed to the intelligentsia, which the hero seeks to induce to protect the common people - this is the whole Grisha Dobrosklonov. The characterization of the next song is explained simply: it motivates the people to fight, seeks to teach the peasants "to be a citizen." After all, this is precisely the purpose of his life - he longs to improve the life of the poor estate.
The image of Grisha Dobrosklonov is revealed not only in songs, but also in his noble, radiant anthem. The seminarist devotes himself to chanting the time when a revolution will become possible in Russia. To explain whether there will be a revolution in the future or if it has already sprouted its first sprouts, Nekrasov used the image of the “third day,” which is mentioned four times in the poem. This is not a historical detail, the city burned to the ground - a symbol of the overthrow of serfdom.
Output
The awareness of wandering men who are trying to find out who lives in Russia well, how they use their forces to improve the life of the people, is the result of a poem. They realized that the only way to make people happy is to eradicate “support”, to make everyone free - Grisha Dobrosklonov prompts them such an idea. The characterization of his image emphasizes the existence of two main problem lines: who is “happier” and who is “sinner” - which are resolved as a result. The happiest for Grisha are the fighters for national happiness, and the most sinful are the traitors of the people. Grigory Dobrosklonov is a new revolutionary hero, an engine of historical power that will consolidate freedom.