The Soldafon is a favorite hero of jokes and various films. Of the Russians, I immediately remember the series āSoldiersā (2004-2014) and the movie āDMBā (2000). Today we will analyze this word and understand who can be called a soldier, and when such an assessment is unfair.
Value
This word has two meanings:
- The military, whose interests do not go beyond the narrow professional sphere.
- Uncultured, uneducated person, ignorant (this is the figurative meaning of the word).
Moreover, note that the second value may not mean directly the military. The reader agrees or not, but the soldier is a man who at least served in the army. Because otherwise the definition loses all meaning. Why, if the object of evaluation was not even in the army, call someone a soldier?
Synonyms
As always, in order to better understand the meaning of the word being analyzed, we reveal to the reader a fan of words or phrases that can replace the object of study. Here is the list:
- puffer;
- dork
- warrior;
- campaigner;
- rude;
- boor;
- ignoramus;
- ignorant.
Skalozub is a character of Griboedov from the play āWoe from Witā. Well, really, nothing but a military career interests anyone. His name has become a household name denoting a certain type.
A bumpkin is a man in whom masculine traits are too pronounced. In a figurative sense, this is still the same rude and uncouth man.
A servant and a warrior - these words, due to the suffixes āakā and āyakā, can give the impression of swearing, but in fact they are used both for a positive assessment and for a negative one.
The rest of the synonyms of the āSoldafonā need not be explained, they are well known.
The sharpness of the mind, not interests determine the character of a person
Culturalism is felt in a person almost intuitively. People talk with each other and it is almost always immediately clear to them whether there is an intellectual charm in the interlocutor or not. This is all to the fact that highly specialized is different.
For example, Sherlock Holmes (performed by Vasily Livanov) recognized his complete denseness and lack of education regarding even the most basic things related to the school curriculum. For example, whether the Earth revolves around the Sun or vice versa. But at the same time, he showed Dr. Watson fantastic erudition in his field, saying that he could distinguish dirt from different streets of London. Can we say that our wonderful Sherlock is a soldier? In no case. After all, the famous detective has a sharp mind. In addition, he perfectly understands that he is completely unaware of some things: fiction, philosophy, history - all this is not for him. The detective takes another.
Soldafon as a psychological type
What is a psychological mean in a psychological sense? If we talk about ignorance in military uniforms, then it differs not only in that it does not represent life in a different context, with a different scale of values, but also in that it postulates, imposes its way of being as the only true one.
Such a person does not understand how people can not serve in the army, not love it. They have a clear division into male and female professions. Letās take the classic type of martinet - this is a man whose masculinity is visible to the naked eye. At the same time, he believes that, for example, reading books is a female occupation, and it only harms a man. Of course, it is literally filled with various prejudices: racist, sexist. Tolerance is a concept that is not close to him. Imagine a character, right?
Such people are full in literature, cinema, and in life.
Cinematic images of the martinet
Of course, here everyone can have their favorite characters, but first of all, three heroes are remembered.
The first is Major Payne from the 1995 film of the same name. In it, a military professional, accustomed to killing enemies, was sent to the cadet corps. At a new job, a brutal martinet (which means the word, we made it out), under the influence of a romantic story with the institutionās psychologist, Emily Walburn, wakes up a pedagogical gift, and it ceases to be a thoughtless machine for destroying the enemy. What can I say? Love works miracles.
The second image is the commandant-sergeant Hartman from Stanley Kubrickās film āThe All-Metal Shellā (1987), played by former military man Lee Ermey. If the reader wants to properly understand the meaning of the word āsoldafonā, then he urgently needs to watch the first 45 minutes of the film, they are absolutely amazing.
The third image is Lily's father from the movie Taxi (1998). Of course, in comparison with the rest of his colleagues, this servant does not look quite serious, but nevertheless he is a memorable character.
Soldiers are absolutely necessary for the country
From all of the above, the reader might have the impression that the martinets are completely superfluous members of society. If so, then such a judgment is false. Military professionals are necessary for the country. Yes, the truth is, they are such units that are not used in peacetime, except for the training of military personnel. But in times of crisis, they are indispensable. As for their ignorance, in this sense they are not much different from other narrowly specialized specialists, but the limitations of warriors are more noticeable.
Do not think that the military uniform in principle rejects intellectual, spiritual work. As an example, we can recall the names of such writers as Ernest Junger and Antoine de Saint-Exupery. The latter was not only a professional pilot, but also an excellent writer, a classic of the 20th century, who wrote one of the most moving books in the world - The Little Prince.
Thus, we can say that nothing limits a person, unless he himself wants it. The rule also applies to soldiers (the meaning of the word is already known): narrow-mindedness is also a choice.
Another thing is that people with a certain character go to the military, who are not afraid of subordination, are not embarrassed by the scope, discipline, lack of freedom. Of course, people who feel in themselves the opportunity to come true in another area are unlikely to choose such a path. As a rule, they join the army, obeying the need, when they could not find themselves in civilian life. In this sense, the army and the church are similar, the road of despair leads to them. Although, of course, not always. There are also military men with a sharp mind and humanistic values, but at the same time confident that only in this way can they help the Motherland.