What could be stronger than love? Only maternal love. The Soviet writer, screenwriter and director devoted this feeling to a small work, the depth of which can be revealed by artistic analysis. Shukshin created the “Maternal Heart” with extraordinary mastery, capable of hearing even the most delicate strings of the human soul.
What is Shukshin's story about?
How to start the analysis? “Maternal heart” Shukshin began with a sad story from the life of a simple country boy. His name was Vitka Borzenkov. It is worth starting to characterize the image of this hero, setting out a brief summary and artistic analysis. Shukshin called his mother's heart wise, without failing to note that it does not recognize all logic. What the author had in mind can be understood by reading the story.
Simple country boy
Vitka was going to get married, and therefore he needed money urgently. Then, in order to get funds for the wedding, he went to the city to sell lard. In the story, this hero does not play a major role. Significant is the image of mother Vitka. However, the character of this woman is revealed precisely thanks to the story that happened to her son.
Vitya Borzenkov is a typical villager. He is not malicious, not particularly purposeful, he likes to drink. In a state of intoxication, he sometimes loses control over himself, which can lead to sad consequences. Something similar happened to him during the trip. Such is the characteristic of the protagonist of the story, without which it is impossible to make a general artistic analysis. However, Shukshin devoted his “mother's heart” not to the misadventures of Borzenkov, but to the boundless love that his mother felt for him.
In the city
He sold off lard, but by his naivety he became a victim of fraudsters who drank and then robbed him to the skin. It is worth saying that when an unfamiliar girl approached him in the bazaar, he very willingly talked to her. Then, no less willingly, Vitka accepted the proposal to pass the time for a bottle of fortified wine. These actions characterize the hero as an extremely frivolous person. After all, he did not even remember that a bride was waiting for him at home, for the sake of which this trip to the city was carried out.
Unpleasant Awakening
When the next day Vitka woke up somewhere far from Rita’s house (that was the name of a new acquaintance), his head hummed terribly. There was no money. But in the secret pocket, he still found a dime. What happened next served to reveal a simple female character, to which Shukshin dedicated the “Mother's Heart”. The analysis of the work should be continued with the characterization of mother Vitka.
After Borzenkov realized what had happened, he became angry with everyone: Rita, the city and the whole world. And so he spent the last dime for a drink, after which he started a fight in which several people suffered. Among them was even a police officer. Vitka was sent to the bullpen, and his mother arrived in the city as soon as she found out about the trouble in which her beloved son was. The following is a description of the main character and an analysis of the story of Shukshin.
Maternal heart
Vitkina’s mother early became a widow, gave birth to five children, but only three survived. In the work, a typical image of a Russian village woman was portrayed by Shukshin. The “mother’s heart”, the analysis of which is, first of all, the characterization of the heroine, tells of the mother’s desire to rescue her son from prison in spite of everything. She is not interested in Vitka’s obvious fault. She does not think about people who ended up in the hospital through his fault. She is guided only by what her love tells her. And this is the main idea that Shukshin introduced in the story. “Maternal heart”, the analysis of which should be done based on the specific communication of a woman with law enforcement officials, is a story about extraordinary activity, strength, and perseverance.
In militia
When she arrived at the police station, they were just discussing the recent incident. How did Shukshin portray a mother's heart? Analysis of the work allows us to conclude that the concept, although abstract, is applicable to the extraordinary power that only a woman can possess. In addition, only the one whose child was in trouble. It does not matter how old this child is, he is a criminal or a decent person. When analyzing Shukshin’s story “Maternal Heart”, one should pay attention to the scene in the police. Mother Vitka came in, immediately fell to her knees and screamed loudly.
At the prosecutor
Militiamen are people averse to pity. But even they were softened and advised the woman to visit the prosecutor. What idea did Vasily Shukshin devote to “Maternal Heart”? An analysis of the story suggests that this work is about a difficult female fate that only endless love for children and blind hope for human participation and understanding can help to survive.
The prosecutor showed firmness and was not imbued with a touching story about the kindness of Vitka, who "will not offend a fly and will not offend." But this time the mother did not give up, and only concluded that this man was "offended by his own." Having obtained permission to see her son, she went again to the police.
Conversation with son
On the way, Vitka’s mother thought about how she would go to regional organizations. She had hoped all her life for help and understanding of people. There was nothing more to believe in her. She wiped away her tears and cried silently, but she did not slow down her pace. Mother Vitka Borzenkova all her life and only doing what she tried to cope with her hero. Faith in good people who will help indestructibly lived in her soul.
She had never thought that her son had committed a crime, that there was a law that could not be closed. And when I saw him lose weight, haggard, suddenly the police and the ruthless prosecutor ceased to exist in the world. Mother understood how terrible misfortune had happened to her son, and now she knew for sure that only she could save him.
To the regional organs
Seeing his helplessness, she began to describe everything in rainbow colors. Both the police and the prosecutor allegedly advised her to go to the regional authorities. Mother told and she herself believed in this, that they did not mind releasing Vitka, but they had no rights. But there, in the regional center, there are people on whom everything depends. They will not leave Vitya in trouble. In parting, the mother advised her son to pray, saying: "We will come from all sides." And then she left the cell and went, again not seeing anything in front of her because of tears. She had to hurry, and now she knew for sure that if necessary, she would go through all instances, but would rescue her son. She will go to regional organizations even on foot, if necessary, but Vitya will be released.
Such is the summary of the story created by V. M. Shukshin. The “Maternal Heart”, the analysis of which was presented in this article, is devoted to the all-consuming motherly love.