“Crucian the Idealist,” like many other tales by Saltykov-Shchedrin, has a social orientation. The image of the hero of the fairy tale reflected not only the opinion of the author himself, but also of the entire advanced intelligentsia of that time, who believed that universal happiness is not a utopia, but a realistically achievable state of social order. “Crucian the Idealist” was intended for publication in the March issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski (Otechestvennye Zapiski) (1884). But, having become convinced of the impossibility of publishing the fairy tale in Russia, the writer sent it to “Common Cause.” It was there that Shchedrin’s work “Crucian Crucian Idealist” was published for the first time. A summary of the tale in this article.
Ruff and crucian carp
Somehow crucian carp and ruff had an argument. One believed that you can live by the truth, and the second argued that you cannot live without deception. Karas shouted that this was meanness. Buried in the silt, the crucian carp thought a lot and shared his thoughts with the ruff. They often argued. But the crucian carp usually started first, saying that fighting will not lead to anything good and we must strive for the light. Ruff grinned, there probably won’t be any pikes there? Karas had never even heard of pikes and was sure that it was all fiction. Ruff grunted contemptuously and swam away.
When they met, the crucian carp would start his favorite song about the triumph of good. He was sure that bad deeds would sooner or later be brought to shame. As an example, he gave methods of fishing - from fishing with a hook they switch to fishing rods and seines. Ruff was sure that it made no difference what method was used to hit the ear. But I haven’t even heard anything about the fish soup. And the ruff angrily walked away.
Invitation to a debate
We continue the retelling of “Crucian the Idealist”, a brief summary of the fairy tale, with the news about the pike. One day the ruff brought the news that a pike had appeared, and it was time for the crucian carp to pick up its feathers so that it would be more convenient for it to swallow. The crucian carp was indignant, saying that there was no guilt behind him for which he could be punished like that. The crucian carp dreamed of harmony and peace between the fish. Ruff shuddered at such words. Somehow a chub heard them. And the ruffe got angry and swam away, grumbling that everyone has their own food - crucian carp eat shells, and pike eat crucian carp.
The crucian carp thought about the words of the ruff. And I realized that shells are intended for sustenance by nature itself. And if he meets a pike, he will ask about virtue, saying that it is not good for fish to eat other fish. So the crucian carp reasoned until a chub swam to him and invited him to a dispute with the pike. The crucian carp was not afraid - after all, he knew an important, almost magic word that would make a crucian carp out of “a pike.”
Meeting with pike
We conclude the summary of “Crucian the Idealist” with a meeting between pike and crucian carp. He began to tell her about the equality of fish. The pike was sincerely surprised - you definitely won’t be full of shells and worms. She didn’t like this division of labor: whoever is more skilled will be stronger, and the weaker ones will therefore be fed from their labors? What angered the pike the most was that in this situation, it also had to work. As soon as the pike fell silent, the crucian chubs surrounded the crucian carp and took them into custody. But the restless crucian carp came to the debate again in the evening, and the pike allowed him to say a word. The crucian carp splashed his tail with joy and proclaimed - does she, the pike, know what virtue is? The pike opened its mouth in surprise, and accidentally swallowed the crucian carp along with a sip of water. Everyone has their own truth. Ruff, who foresaw everything, only said: “Here they are, these are the disputes!”
There was a dispute between the crucian carp and the ruff. Yorsh argued that you cannot live your whole life without cheating.
Crucian carp is the idealistic protagonist of the story. Lives in a quiet place and conducts discussions about the fact that fish cannot eat each other. I’ve never heard of people making fish soup from crucian carp. His main desire was: harmony between the fish. But, at the same time, he calmly ate shells, beetles and worms. I have never seen a terrible pike, but I have held conversations about peace between fish.
Ruff, a fish that has experienced many troubles, considers the crucian carp “not of this world,” but loves to talk with it, sometimes even comes to the thought, what if the crucian carp is right? He is annoyed by the simplicity and inexperience of the crucian carp, who “have never even seen a pike.”
Free sayings are pronounced by him without fear.
The conversations get to the point where the crucian carp doesn’t understand: why do they eat their kind?
And the ruff asks why you eat shells? Why are you being executed?
He believed that crucian carp should not be eaten. And the ruff asks: “Where have your relatives gone, who fell into the net?” To which the crucian carp replied: “Maybe they live and don’t bother with monastery food!”
The crucian carp wanted to make a law that there would be enough small food for all fish: worms, spiders.
The crucian carp became more and more dispersed and speeches reached the top. The firebrand has arrived and invites the crucian carp to arrive at the appointed place, where tomorrow the pike will come to listen to him. The crucian carp was not afraid, but was even happy, hoping to see the fish and say the “magic words”! The first meeting began with the crucian carp wanting all the fish to be happy! They swam freely. That no one will eat anyone. The rich and the poor will become equal.
So what will I work? - asked the pike.
He replied: “Like everyone else!” The pike didn’t like it, so she ordered me to sleep it off and come at lunchtime. But he didn’t understand and again his. What the pike said was that he was a rebel. And she looked at him expressively that the crucian carp understood that he would eat it now, but she was obviously full and, yawning, swam away.
The third time the crucian carp came to the pike, damaged: with a bitten tail and back, carried away by the perch.
I cheered myself up with a magic word.
Get started! - said the pike.
- Do you know the word “virtue”? – he said fieryly.
Opening her mouth in surprise, without planning to swallow, she ate the “idealist”!
- How did you have lunch? Successful! - said the fish, having come to their senses.
This is what disputes lead to! – the ruff said solemnly.
The work contains discussions between liberals and socialists (emphasizing the connection between Christianity and idealists - representatives of the intelligentsia).
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Crucian idealist
The idealistic crucian carp is the hero of the fairy tale of the same name. Living in a quiet backwater, he is complacent and cherishes dreams of the triumph of good over evil and even of the opportunity to reason with Pike (whom he has never seen in his life) that she has no right to eat others. He eats shells, justifying himself by saying that “they just crawl into your mouth” and they “don’t have a soul, but steam.” Having presented himself before Pike with his speeches, he was released for the first time with the advice: “Go and sleep it off!” The second time, he was suspected of “Sicilism” and was pretty much bitten during interrogation by Okun, and the third time, Pike was so surprised by his exclamation: “Do you know what virtue is?” - that she opened her mouth and almost involuntarily swallowed her interlocutor.
The image of Karas grotesquely captures the features of liberalism contemporary to the writer. Ruff is also a character in this fairy tale. He looks at the world with bitter sobriety, seeing strife and savagery everywhere. Karas is ironic about his reasoning, accusing him of complete ignorance of life and inconsistency (Crucian is indignant at Pike, but eats shells himself). However, he admits that “after all, you can talk to him alone to your liking,” and at times even slightly wavers in his skepticism, until the tragic outcome of the “dispute” between Karas and Pike confirms that he is right.
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin
Crucian idealist
The idealistic crucian carp is the hero of the fairy tale of the same name. Living in a quiet backwater, he is complacent and cherishes dreams of the triumph of good over evil and even of the opportunity to reason with Pike (whom he has never seen in his life) that she has no right to eat others. He eats shells, justifying himself by saying that “they just crawl into your mouth” and they “don’t have a soul, but steam.” Having appeared before Pike with his speeches, he was released for the first time with the advice: “Go and sleep it off!” In the second, he was suspected of “Sicilism” and was pretty much bitten during interrogation by Okun, and in the third
Since Pike was so surprised by his exclamation: “Do you know what virtue is?” - that she opened her mouth and almost involuntarily swallowed her interlocutor.
The image of Karas grotesquely captures the features of liberalism contemporary to the writer. Ruff is also a character in this fairy tale. He looks at the world with bitter sobriety, seeing strife and savagery everywhere. Karas is ironic about his reasoning, accusing him of complete ignorance of life and inconsistency (Crucian is indignant at Pike, but eats shells himself). However, he admits that “after all, you can talk to him alone to your liking,” and at times even slightly wavers in his skepticism, until the tragic outcome of the “dispute” between Karas and Pike confirms that he is right.
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Summary of Crucian idealist Saltykov-Shchedrin
He wrote the satirical tale “Crucian the Idealist” in 1884. In his work, the author, with a fair amount of satire, reflected the features of the social structure of the second half of the 19th century. We recommend reading the summary of “Crucian the Idealist” for the reader’s diary. The retelling will also be useful for preparing for a literature lesson.
The main characters of the tale
Main characters:
- Karas is an honest, ideological, fiery fighter for equality, peace and freedom.
- Ruff is prickly, pragmatic, looking at life soberly.
Other characters:
- Pike is the mistress of the river bottom, a strong, self-confident predator.
“Crucian idealist” very brief summary
M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “Crucian idealist” summary for the reader’s diary:
Crucian carp lives in a quiet backwater, at the very bottom, does not know real life, and therefore believes in fairy tales: in the triumph of law, justice, goodness, in general, ideals. Karas has a friend, Ruff, and if Karas is an idealist, far from life, then Ruff, floating above, has seen real life, is a realist who knows the laws of life: where it is necessary to be cunning, the law is on the side of the strong and cunning, etc. .
The tale is structured as a kind of dispute between Karas and Ruff, between an idealist and a realist. Karas practically manages to convince Ruff of the correctness of his ideals, and Ruff, in general, is ready to believe in a bright, ideal future, just as Karas decides to take part in real life and show how his philosophy works (the triumph of law, justice, goodness), trying to reason with Pike.
The crucian carp leaves Pike for the first time because she mistakes him for a drunk (“Go and sleep it off”), the crucian carp leaves the perch, however, pretty much bitten - he was suspected of “Sicilism” (socialism), the third time he manages to utter only one the phrase of how the Pike eats him - without meaning to, simply surprised by the unprecedented phrase (“Do you know what virtue is?”).
Conclusion:
As always, the heroes of Saltykov-Shchedrin’s “zoological” tale are embodiments. Karas is the embodiment of an intellectual who does not know life, who preaches the right values, but does not compare the methods of “preaching” with reality. Crucian carp is a censor. Ruff is a realist who knows the rules of life very well and is ready to change. Pike is a power that causes evil not always of its own accord, but it is simply how it is structured (the death of Crucian carp), these are its laws.
The fairy tale “The Horse” by Saltykov-Shchedrin was written in 1885. for a reader's diary, he compares the hard life of the hard-working Konyaga and the carefree life of his brother Pustoplyas.
A short retelling of “Crucian carp the idealist” with quotes
There was a dispute between the crucian carp and the ruff. Yorsh argued that you cannot live your whole life without cheating.
The idealistic crucian carp is the main character of the story. Lives in a quiet place and conducts discussions about the fact that fish cannot eat each other. I’ve never heard of people making fish soup from crucian carp. His main desire was: harmony between the fish. But, at the same time, he calmly ate shells, beetles and worms. I have never seen a terrible pike, but I have held conversations about peace between fish.
Ruff, a fish that has experienced many troubles, considers the crucian carp “not of this world,” but loves to talk with it, sometimes even comes to the thought, what if the crucian carp is right? He is annoyed by the simplicity and inexperience of the crucian carp, who “have never even seen a pike.”
Free sayings are pronounced by him without fear.
The conversations get to the point where the crucian carp doesn’t understand: why do they eat their kind?
And the ruff asks why you eat shells? Why are you being executed?
He believed that crucian carp should not be eaten. And the ruff asks: “Where have your relatives gone, who fell into the net?” To which the crucian carp replied: “Maybe they live and don’t bother with monastery food!”
The crucian carp wanted to make a law that there would be enough small food for all fish: worms, spiders.
The crucian carp became more and more dispersed and speeches reached the top. The firebrand has arrived and invites the crucian carp to arrive at the appointed place, where tomorrow the pike will come to listen to him. The crucian carp was not afraid, but was even happy, hoping to see the fish and say the “magic words”! The first meeting began with the crucian carp wanting all the fish to be happy! They swam freely. That no one will eat anyone. The rich and the poor will become equal.
So what will I work? - asked the pike.
He replied: “Like everyone else!” The pike didn’t like it, so she ordered me to sleep it off and come at lunchtime. But he didn’t understand and again his. What the pike said was that he was a rebel. And she looked at him expressively that the crucian carp understood that he would eat it now, but she was obviously full and, yawning, swam away.
The third time the crucian carp came to the pike, damaged: with a bitten tail and back, carried away by the perch.
I cheered myself up with a magic word.
- Start! - said the pike.
- Do you know the word “virtue”? – he said fieryly.
Opening her mouth in surprise, without planning to swallow, she ate the “idealist”!
- How did you have lunch? Successful! - said the fish, having come to their senses.
This is what disputes lead to! – the ruff said solemnly.
The work contains discussions between liberals and socialists (emphasizing the connection between Christianity and idealists - representatives of the intelligentsia).
Saltykov-Shchedrin's fairy tale "Dried Roach", written in 1884, is an instructive story about the life of a fish left without entrails. To prepare for a literature lesson, we recommend reading for a reading diary. This is a sharp satirical tale, written in the form of an animal epic, first published in the collection “New Fairy Tales for Children of a Fair Age.”
The plot of the fairy tale “Crucian carp the idealist” Saltykov-Shchedrin
“Crucian idealist” Saltykov-Shchedrin summary of the work:
One day an argument happened between a crucian carp and a ruff. Karas sincerely believed that “you can live in the world with truth alone,” while Ruff had no doubt that you won’t get far without guile.
Crucian carp is a calm, meek fish, prone to idealism. It seems that he lives in some quiet place, caring only about food, but no, no, and you’ll do something unusual, “sometimes even very free.” The main desire of the crucian carp was peace and tranquility among all the fish.
“As for ruffs,” this fish is a notorious skeptic, and also a prickly one. It’s a strange thing, but somehow two fish so different from each other came together. They argued once, twice, and then they even made it a habit to meet to rant.
Being nervous and touchy, the ruff “argued abruptly and restlessly.” Everywhere he saw only strife and general savagery. He considered the crucian carp “blessed,” although he could only unwind with him. Ruff was amused by the crucian's reasoning that “the main life force is still confined to goodness.” In his own way, he felt sorry for the gullible truth-seeker, who could become easy prey for stronger and sneakier fish.
One day, the ruff stunned his interlocutor with the question of why he eats shells, since they are not to blame for anything in front of him. The question was posed so directly that “the crucian was embarrassed.” Ruff, in turn, continued that nature has arranged it this way, that “the crucian carp feast on shells, and the pike eat crucian carp,” and none of them is to blame for anything.
In his justification, the crucian carp replied that shells are meant for food, besides, “a shell does not have a soul, but steam,” and it does not understand anything. He sincerely believed that he could be eaten by a pike only in the event of some great crime.
One day a pike swam to the crucian carp, and his bold words reached him. He was delighted and proposed introducing a law according to which fish would not feed on each other. Encouraged by the attention of the pike, the crucian carp began to dream of a time when “the strong will not oppress the weak, the rich will not oppress the poor.” Hearing that she would have to work equally with everyone else, the pike got angry. The crucian carp was sure that she would eat him, but this time it didn’t work out.
However, the meeting with the pike did not teach the crucian carp anything, which decided, on occasion, to tell it the “magic word” - “virtue”. Hearing him, “the pike opened its mouth in surprise” and, without meaning to, swallowed the crucian carp. Having learned about this, the ruff solemnly said: “Here they are, our disputes, what they are!”
Conclusion
The fairy tale “The Bear in the Voivodeship” by Saltykov-Shchedrin was written in 1884. To better prepare for a literature lesson, we recommend reading chapter by chapter. This is a witty, sharply satirical work that exposes the vices of the surrounding reality.
Video summary Crucian idealist
Fairy tales by M. E. Saltykov-Shchedrin are an allegorical reflection of the writer’s contemporary society. Mikhail Evgrafovich exposed vices that are still relevant in our time. Evidence of this is the fairy tale “Crucian carp the idealist”. It is addressed primarily to adults, but schoolchildren will also find it useful. They study fairy tales in 10th grade.