"The Captain's Daughter" - a story that did not leave indifferent any reader. It touches on such eternal topics as nobility, honor, love and betrayal. The story can be called a real masterpiece of literature, because it provides an opportunity to reflect on the human qualities, actions and deeds of people in various difficult situations. You can find out how Grinev met with the general by reading the story “The Captain's Daughter”. This moment is one of the most important in the work.
Grinev characteristic
In the story “The Captain's Daughter”, Pyotr Andreyevich Grinev was the main character who fully revealed himself to the reader and showed his true character. There were many difficult situations in the novel in which Peter behaved like a real honest and kind man, not afraid to give his life and never asking for mercy.
When the father sent Grinev to the service, he told his son to protect his honor from a young age. Peter did not disobey his father and appeared before the reader as a person for whom honor comes first. However, love made him go against the truth.
The question of how Grinev met with the general became one of the most important in the story. The fate of the lover Peter and Masha Mironova depended on what decision the general made.
Mop Characterization
Grinev's characteristic is completely opposite to Schwabrin's. Alexey Ivanovich is an evil, envious and hypocritical person. When Peter arrived at the service, Shvabrin and Grinev became friends thanks to their common interests, education and age. But the love of two for Masha Mironova put an end to their partnership. Pyotr Andreyevich spoke well with her mother and father, became native to them and did not have a soul in Masha. The quarrel between Shvabrin and Grinev occurred after Alexei criticized Peter's "love song" for Maria. In addition, the traitor defiled Masha and hinted at her "dirty" and incorrect behavior, as well as morals.
The first meetings of Grinev with Pugachev
Grinev several times in the story met with the robber Pugachev. Their first meeting took place unexpectedly for both along the way of Peter to Orenburg. A snowstorm caught Grinev, and he did not know which way he should go to the right place. He met a stranger on his way, who offered to lead the man into housing. In gratitude, Peter gave him his hare sheepskin coat and treated him with wine.
The second meeting between Pugachev and Grinev took place under more severe circumstances. Pugachev captured the Belogorsk fortress and executed her commandant Mironov, as well as his wife. Together with them, Peter Andreevich was supposed to die on the gallows, but Pugachev remembered his noble deed and had mercy.
Peter's meeting with the general. Council of war
After the commandant of the fortress Mironov and his wife were executed, their daughter Masha remained in the fortress because the priest introduced her as her niece. Grinev really wanted to save his beloved, but he realized that he could not cope with this difficult task alone.
The reader can learn how Grinev met with the general only by reading the story “The Captain's Daughter” in full, because in the brief descriptions of the novel these events are almost impossible to find.
Grinev decided to turn to the military general for help so that he would help him release Masha Mironova. Peter found him in the garden. The general was in a calm mood, admiring the apple trees and wrapping them in straw. He began to question Grinev about all the terrible events he had witnessed. Peter told the general about everything, including Mironov and his wife. The old man with compassion and sympathy said that he felt sorry for the fortress commandant and Vasilisa, because they were very good, kind and honest people.
Then the general asked Grinev, where is the captain’s daughter now. Peter replied that she remained in the fortress and now it is not known what the robbers can do with her. To which the old man affirmatively told the young man in love that he would gather a military council, and they all together decide what actions would need to be taken.
The general invited only all the main city officials to the military council, but did not call a single officer. All of them were aged people and always preferred to make only passive decisions. They also did not respond to the request of Pyotr Andreyevich. Therefore, Grinev was left without the help of the general, despite the fact that only he was able to help the young man in love.
Pugachev's decision
The fate of Masha Mironova and Peter himself depended on how Grinev met with the general. After the refusal of the old man and members of the military council, Grinev and Savelich go back to the fortress to help the beloved. Along the way, they are detained by robbers from Pugachev’s "gang", lead to their chieftain and begin to interrogate Peter. Grinev honestly talks about his intentions, that he wanted to free his beloved.
Pugachev clearly felt sympathy for Grinev and promised that he would release Masha Mironova and himself. However, Shvabrin once again showed his hypocrisy and anger, telling Pugachev that Masha is the captain's daughter. But it is worth noting that this did not affect the decision of the chieftain, and he still released the lovers.
Because of Shvabrin, Peter began to suspect that he served Pugachev and was sentenced to exile in Siberia, however, to his happiness, Masha told the empress about who Grinyov really is, and she decided to release him.
Grinev’s meeting with the general to some extent played a very important role. If he had not refused Peter, everything could have turned out differently: Masha and Peter could have been executed. Therefore, in many ways, the fate of lovers depended precisely on this meeting.