In 1974, Rasputin wrote "Live and Remember." The heroes of this work, the events described in it, as well as the problems of the story are very interesting. We will talk about all this in this article.
In the following way, Rasputin begins "Live and Remember." The heroes of the work (the main ones) are Andrey Guskov and his wife, Nastena. In the last year of the war, Andrei Guskov, a local resident, secretly returns to the village located on the Angara. He does not think that he will be met in his native house with open arms, but he believes in the support of his wife. Indeed, Nastena, although she does not want to admit it to herself, understands with instinct that her husband has returned. She married him not out of love. 4 years of marriage were not particularly happy, but the heroine was betrayed by her husband and gained his reliability and protection for the first time in his life in the house (Nastena grew up an orphan).
Nastya’s life in her husband’s house
Without further thought, the girl married Andrei: you still have to go out, so why pull? She had a poor idea of what awaited her in a strange village and a new family. It turned out that from the workers (Nastena lived and worked with her aunt) she again fell into the workers, only another yard, the demand is more strict and the economy is larger. Perhaps, in a new family, attitude towards her would be better if the girl gave birth to a child. However, she did not have children.
News about Andrew
From childhood, she heard that a woman without children is no longer a woman. Nastena considers herself guilty. Only once, when, reproaching her, Andrei said something unbearable, the woman responded with resentment that it was not known who the reason was in him or her. Then her husband beat him half to death. Nastena, when Andrei is taken to the war, he’s even a little glad that he is left without children. Regular letters come from the front, then from the hospital. After this, there is no news for a long time, only once a policeman and the chairman of the village council enter the hut and ask Nasten to show correspondence.
Meeting with husband
Rasputin's story "Live and Remember" continues as follows. When the ax disappears in the Guskov family bath, Nastena thinks that perhaps her husband has returned. She leaves bread just in case in the bathhouse, once even drowns her and meets Andrei here. His return becomes their secret and is perceived by Nastena as her cross.
Help Andrei
She comes willingly to help her spouse, ready to steal and lie for him. One has to accept everything in marriage: both good and bad. Courage and enthusiasm settle in Nasten’s soul. She helps her husband selflessly, especially when she realizes that she is expecting a baby. Nastya is ready for everything: for meetings with her husband across the river in the winter quarters, for long conversations about the hopelessness of this situation, for hard work at home, for insincerity in relations with other villagers. With a manly remarkable force Nasten pulls his strap. You will learn more about her relationship with her spouse by reading the analysis located at the end of the article. Rasputin, "Live and Remember," wrote not only to show the difficult relationships of the characters. You can also find out about other issues raised in the story by reading the article to the end.
Andrei is not a traitor, not a murderer, but only a deserter who escaped from the hospital, from where they wanted to send him to the front, without really healing him. He has already set up his vacation and cannot refuse to return. Realizing that in his village, in the world, in the country of forgiveness he will not, he wants to pull to the last, not thinking about his wife, parents and unborn child.
Insoluble question
Personal, connecting with Andrei Nastenu, contradicts their way of life, as analysis shows. Rasputin (Live and Remember) notes that Nastena cannot raise her eyes to the wives who receive the funeral, unable to rejoice, as before, when the neighboring men returned from the war. She recalls at a village festival in honor of the victory with unexpected anger about Andrei, because because of him she can not be happy with her, like everyone else. An insoluble question was raised by her husband before Nastena: with whom should she be? Andrei's girl condemns, especially now that the war is over and it seems that he would have remained intact. However, condemning, she retreats: she is his wife.
Suicide Nastena
Nastena's ex-girlfriends, noticing her pregnancy, begin to chuckle at her, and her mother-in-law drives her out of the house. The girl, forced to restrain her feelings, hide them, is becoming more and more exhausted. Her fearlessness turns into a risk, into wasted feelings. They push her to suicide. Nastena finds peace in the waters of the Angara.
Analysis of the work
So, you got acquainted with the content of the work, which was written by Rasputin ("Live and Remember"). The problems that arise in the text deserve separate consideration. In the works of Rasputin , philosophical questions about honor and conscience, about the meaning of life, about the responsibility of people for their own actions usually come to the fore. The author discusses betrayal and selfishness, the relationship between the public and the personal in the human soul, about life and death. In the work “Live and Remember” (Rasputin), this issue is also revealed.
War is a tragic and terrible event, which has become a test for people. Man in extreme situations shows the true features of his nature. The central image in the work is the image of Nastena. This is important to note when conducting the analysis. Rasputin (Live and Remember) portrayed this girl combining in her character the features of a village righteous woman: faith in a person, mercy, responsibility for the fate of others, kindness. With its bright image is closely connected the problem of forgiveness and humanism.
She found the strength in herself to help Andrew, to feel sorry for him. It was a difficult step for her: the girl had to cunning, lie, live in fear, dodge. She already felt that she was becoming a stranger, moving away from the villagers. However, she chose this path for her husband, because she loved him.
The war greatly changed the main characters, as you can see by yourself by conducting an analysis. Rasputin (Live and Remember) notes that they realized that in worldly life their remoteness from each other and quarrels were absurd. In difficult moments, the couple was warmed by the hope of a new life. Nastena hopes that her husband will be able to repent and go out to people. However, he does not dare to do this.
The main idea of the work is the moral responsibility of a person for his actions. The author shows on the example of the life of Andrey Guskov how easy it is to make an irreparable mistake, to show weakness, to stumble. Rasputin told us all this. “Live and Remember” reviews after reading are positive for many. The writer managed to raise important issues and masterfully reveal them in this story. Rasputin's story "Live and Remember" is filmed. According to it, in 2008 a film of the same name was shot. Director - Andrey Proshkin.