What will one day tell us about Oblomov’s life?

Why, analyzing the novel of Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov, do they usually single out the topic “One Day from Oblomov’s Life”? As you know, a person is formed by circumstances that develop around him. In addition, much can be said about the character of a person in terms of external details. Indirectly reports about it and the home environment. The first chapter of the work of the classic tells us all this.

Home Interior

Oblomov wakes up, most likely, after 9 a.m. In the book, however, he tore his head off the pillow at 8 o’clock, but the writer indicated that the hero woke up “earlier than usual”. What will show us one day in the life of Oblomov? The fact that he opened his eyes does not mean anything: Ilya Ilyich doesn’t think of breaking away from the sofa. After all, this piece of furniture is replaced by the study, the kitchen, the bedroom, and the hallway. To match him - and the landowner's favorite clothes - a worn oriental robe, soft, spacious, capable of twice covering the full body. Oblomov on the sofa is not only busy with thoughts - he lives here: here the servant Zakhar brings a meal, being here, the owner receives guests. The servant, by the way, is a little less lazy than the master, most of the time he is dozing on a couch.

Where does one day unfold from Oblomov’s life? In a chic four-room, well-furnished apartment on Gorokhovaya Street on the Vyborg side of Northern Palmyra. Here are just three rooms - non-residential (to them - too far from the sofa). The furniture there is covered with covers. Do not bother to go there Oblomov, chained by laziness, like chains, to his rookery. And in the room where Ilya Ilyich is located, solid mahogany furniture - a bureau, two sofas, expensive screens, carpets, silk curtains, expensive trinkets - everything is covered in dust, scruffy, stained. The mirrors on the walls are so dirty that you can write on them with your finger. There are mice in the apartment. There are bugs. And Zakhar doesn’t even “strain” to bring out fleas that liked his hair with sideburns. The author of the novel was right: in the first part there was no need to show the reader a few days from the life of Oblomov, only one was enough.

Daily communication with Zahar

The young master, waking up and thinking for an hour and a half, not getting up from the couch, calls for Zakhar. Like every day, begins to habitually reproach him for the untidy dust and dirt in the room. Zakhar also responds standardly to his master, that "he doth not dwell in the service." In this case, everything remains in place, including dust. Zakhar philosophizes that the German order for the Russians is useless; he is very resourceful in finding excuses.

Ilya Ilyich long painfully recalled something, and then asked his servant to bring a note from the clerk of his village estate. A lot of time took his search. After all, things are not sorted out in the room, you have to look through a lot of other envelopes, rearranging objects such as dirty plates and glasses.

However, the letter never began to be written; instead, Oblomov transferred the conversation to accounts for payment that the servant brought him. However, this question did not find its logical conclusion; it hung in the air. Three hours passed after waking up, after which the landowner inquired whether the water and the washing supplies were ready. But even Ilya Ilyich didn’t get to washing. He was again distracted by a philosophical conversation with Zakhar about the "donkeys" who were getting married.

The reception of guests

Then Oblomov received several guests. The secular dandy Volkov arrived. Their whole conversation came down to the guest’s monologue about falling in love, about appointments with the Savinovs, Maklashins, Tyumenevs, Mussinsky, Vyaznikovs. In the end, Volkov invited Ilya Ilyich “to oysters”, but not with his own money, but “free of charge”, because “Misha treats”. Our protagonist after leaving the secular character gives him an estimate - “there is no man”, he “crumbles” into ten places daily.

Our hero includes a man in a uniform green tailcoat with emblem buttons - the head of the department, Sudbinsky. His thoughts are about service, about a wedding that is profitable for a further career. "... Bogged down!" - Oblomov thinks about him.

Then at the door is the writer Penkin. A superficial, narrow-minded “scammer” of paper. He, a short-sighted person, does not even try to see in his images the “spark of God”, a living person, depicting events in black and white. Behind him is Alekseev, a man of expressionless, “gray”, unsure of himself, devoid of his own thoughts.

After the guests left, Oblomov finally finds the letter of the headman. It turned out to be "hidden" in the folds of the blanket. Moreover, this is a message from last year. It contains a message about a sharp decrease in income from the estate - by two thousand. This news is only a sluggish Oblomov argument. Therefore, the headman does not particularly bother with business correspondence with the master: anyway, the owner will not have any effect.

Whose visit ends one day in the life of Oblomov? At the end of the guest flow, Mikhey Andreevich Tarantyev comes to Ilya Ilyich. This person is as impractical as Oblomov. But, unlike the first, perfectly mastered the art of verbal fraud. He knows how to captivate with the idea, emphasize the simplicity and temptation of its execution, lead the "victim" to its implementation. But further - Mikhey Andreevich retires. Only they saw him. He is interested in the village estate of the protagonist, he is trying to lure Oblomov into his plans so that he "gets into his network." Tarantyev convinces him to come to the village, change his headman, he promises him a warm welcome at his kuma - Agafia Pshenitsyna (whose brother, Ivan Matveevich Mukhoyarov, the burnt rogue, was assigned the role of the real destroyer Oblomov).

Then a plentiful dinner followed, and - peace, after day labor. Several generations of his ancestors have withstood such a "busy day".

conclusions

An analogy with the famous American film Groundhog Day is appropriate here. Unlike Goncharov’s novel, this film-making is fantastic. The main character, Phill, is “stuck” in the same day. It seemed that the day was over. Night, sleep. Then the morning - and yesterday begins again, repeating in great detail. And only thanks to self-discipline and the "accumulation" of a positive balance of good deeds, the hero of the film manages to break out of this vicious circle. If you try to answer the question: “What is the tragedy of Oblomov’s life?”, The answer can obviously be built on the basis of the analogy with the aforementioned film. Figuratively speaking, the Goncharovsky character - not the old (32 - 33 years old) landowner Oblomov Ilya Ilyich - not only twelve years "tightly stuck" in the monotony of days filled with passive reflection and contemplation, but also does not try to develop, show a masculine character, begin constructive activity. As a result, a deadly disease develops on the basis of physical inactivity.