Death is a constant companion of war. Soldiers die in battle, and this brings lasting pain to their loved ones. But their fate is to defend the Motherland, to perform heroic deeds. The death of young women in a war is a tragedy for which there is no justification. This story is dedicated to the story "And the dawns here are quiet." The characterization of the characters invented by Boris Vasiliev gives the work a special tragedy.
Five female images, so different and so lively, were created by a talented writer in the novel, which was subsequently filmed by an equally gifted director. The system of images in the work plays an important role. The story of five lives that ended tragically early is the story "And the Dawns Here Are Quiet." The characterization of the characters plays a central place in the plot.
Fedot Vaskov
The foreman went through the Finnish war. He was married, had a child. But by the beginning of World War II he had become completely lonely. The wife is gone. The infant son is dead. And there was no person in the whole world who would yearn for Vaskov, would wait for him from the front and hope that he would survive in this war. But he survived.
The main characters are not in the story "And the Dawns Here Are Quiet." The characterization of the heroes is still given by Vasiliev in some detail. Thus, the author depicts not just people, but the fate of five girls who barely had time to finish school, and a middle-aged front-line soldier. They have nothing in common. But the war bound them forever. And even after many years, Vaskov returned to where five lives of young anti-aircraft gunners ended.
Zhenya Komelkova
Why has the story “And the Dawns Here Are Quiet” not lost interest of readers for many years? The characterization of the heroes in this book is presented in such a voluminous way that you begin to perceive the death that overtakes each of the girls as the death of a friend.
Zhenya is a red-haired beautiful girl. She is distinguished by her artistry and extraordinary charm. Friends admire her. However, important qualities of her character are strength and fearlessness. In war, she is also driven by a desire for revenge. The characteristics of the heroes of the work “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” are connected with their fates. Each of the characters is a person with his own sad story.
Most of the girls' parents were taken away by the war. But the fate of Zhenya is especially tragic, because the Germans shot her mother, sister and brother before her eyes. Of the girls, she dies last. Leading the Germans behind her, she suddenly wonders how stupid it is to die at eighteen ... The Germans shot her point blank and then peered at her beautiful proud face for a long time.
Rita Osyanina
She seemed older than the other girls. Rita was the only mother from a platoon of anti-aircraft gunners who died in those days in the Karelian forests. She gives the impression of a more serious and judicious person compared to other girls. After a severe wound, Rita shot herself in the temple, thereby saving the life of the foreman. Characteristics of the heroes of the story “Dawns Here Are Quiet” - a description of the characters and a brief background to the pre-war years. Unlike her friends, Osyanina managed to get married and even give birth to a son. The husband died at the very beginning of the war. And the war did not give her a son to raise her.
Other heroines
The above characters are the brightest in the story "And the dawns here are quiet." The main characters, the characteristics of which are presented in the article, are still not only Vaskov, Komelkova and Osyanina. Three more female images depicted in his work Vasilyev.
Lisa Brichkina is a girl from Siberia, who was brought up without a mother and, like any young woman, dreamed of love. Therefore, when meeting with an elderly officer Vaskov, a feeling awakens in her. The foreman will never know about him. Performing his mission, Lisa is drowning in a swamp.
Galina Chetvertak is a former pupil of an orphanage. She did not lose anyone during the war, because in the whole world she did not have a single soulmate. But she so wanted to be loved and to have a family that she indulged in dreams. Rita died first. And when the bullet overtook her, she cried out “Mom” - a word that she did not call a single woman in life.
Once Sonya Gurvich had parents, brothers and sisters. In the war, all members of a large Jewish family died. Sonya was left alone. This girl was distinguished from others by refinement and education. Gurvich died when she returned for a pouch forgotten by the foreman.