"The block", Chingiz Aitmatov: a summary of the chapters. What is Aitmatov's novel "The Scaffold" about?

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Aitmatov Chingiz Torekulovich is a famous Kyrgyz and Russian writer. His work was noted by many critics, and his works were recognized as truly brilliant. Many of them brought the author world fame. The novel "The Block" by Chingiz Aitmatov (a summary of the book may be of interest to fans of this writer) was published in 1986.

The beginning of the work, or the Wolf family

The story begins with a description of the reserve, which is inhabited by a pair of wolves. Their names were Akbara and Tashchainar. In the summer, the she-wolf gave birth to little wolf cubs. Winter has come, the first snow has fallen, and the young family goes hunting. The wolves were unpleasantly surprised when they found a huge number of people in the reserve. As it turned out, the latter had to fulfill the plan for the delivery of meat, and they decided to use the resources of the reserve.

How did the wolves know this? As they surrounded the saigas they were hunting, helicopters suddenly appeared. The saigas wereprey of people. A frightened herd was rushing, helicopters were circling, people rushing in UAZs were shooting, a family of wolves was running … This is how Chingiz Aitmatov's novel "The Scaffold" began.

The end of the hunt, or New characters

The chase is over. During it, little wolf cubs were killed, which were trampled by a distraught herd of saigas, and one was shot by a man. Only mother and father, Akbara and Tashchainar remained. Tired and wounded, they finally got to their lair, but people were hosting there as if at home. They put meat carcasses in cars, discussed hunting and had fun.

In the all-terrain vehicle on which the hunters arrived, there was a bound man, whose name was Avdiy Kalistratov. He was an employee of the Komsomol newspaper. Readers liked his articles very much, they had a rather peculiar manner of presenting thoughts. The young man's mother died when he was still young.

The father continued to raise the boy. But after Obadiah entered the school, he also died. The Scaffold, a brief summary of which began with a description of a pack of wolves, makes us switch attention to the fate of this young newspaperman and some fragments of his life.

Employee of the newspaper, or Where do the drugs come from

After the death of his father, Avdiy was expelled from the state-owned apartment, and he actually remained on the street. Then he decides to go on his first business trip to Central Asia. The leadership (newspaper publishing house) was instructed totrace the path of drugs that rapidly spread among young people.

During this task, Obadiah meets some young people who are delivering marijuana. One of them was called Petya. He was about twenty years old, and the second, named Lenya, was generally sixteen. The guys rode on the same train with Obadiah. During the journey, the newspaperman learns many details of this kind of business and gradually begins to comprehend the problems that lead to the emergence of this terrible vice - drug addiction.

The novel "The Scaffold" by Chingiz Aitmatov (a summary has already begun to touch on this topic) devotes a number of such problems, which many writers try to keep silent about. During the further narration, the reader himself will understand what is at stake.

Further acquaintance with the character

After four days of traveling, the fellow travelers finally reached their destination. On the way, Obadiah learns that the operation is led by someone nicknamed Sam. Of course, the newspaperman did not see him, but he heard a lot about him. From which he concluded that the mysterious stranger was not only distrustful, but also very cruel.

Abdiy and his new acquaintances, Petya and Lenya, went to the village, where they were going to get hold of hemp. But before that, the newspaperman met a brown-eyed girl. She made the most pleasant impression on the young man. Will they meet again? Not yet known.

In the novel "The Scaffold" Chingiz Aitmatov (the summary will not dwell on such subtleties) describes in great detail the process of collecting the above-mentioneddrug. One has only to say that young "merchants", having collected full bags of grass, set off on the return trip.

Meet the Mystery Man

The way back was much more dangerous: bags full of grass had to be carried through without getting caught by the police. But the travelers successfully reached Moscow, and there they had a long-awaited meeting with a stranger whom everyone called Sam. In fact, his name is Grishan.

After a little conversation with the newspaperman, he immediately realized that he did not go for the goods for the sake of profit. And in order to single-handedly fix what thousands are struggling with. They had completely opposite views on life. Grishan wanted Obadiah to leave and not fool his suppliers with unnecessary talk about God and the salvation of the soul. But the newspaperman was stubborn. What does Aitmatov talk about next? "The Block", the summary of which clearly adheres to the events described, continues to reveal the image of the newspaper worker.

Nerves gone, or Obadiah's Stubbornness

In the evening, Grishan decided to provoke the newsboy and allowed his guys, who supplied him with the drug, to smoke weed. Everyone drank with pleasure and offered Obadiah one by one. He perfectly understood that Grishan did it on purpose to annoy him, but in the end he could not restrain himself, tore the cigarette out of the hands of the smoker and threw it away. And then he began to pour dangerous contents out of all the bags.

How did Chingiz Aitmatov describe the reaction of smokers? "Plakha" is a novel wherethe emotions of not only the protagonist, but also those whom he is trying to set on the right path are quite clearly conveyed. The young man faced all the cruelty that drug addicts were only capable of. They beat him mercilessly, sparing no effort. And Grishan watched this scene without hiding his pleasure. Finally, the bloodied Obadiah was thrown from the train. He woke up from the streams of rainwater.

He had to spend the night under the bridge, and in the morning he saw that his documents had turned into a wet lump, there was practically no money, and his appearance resembled an inhabitant of garbage dumps. But it was necessary to get home somehow. Further, Aitmatov's novel "The Block" continues to describe the adventures of an unlucky newspaper worker.

The Road Home, or The Disease of a Young Newsboy

A passing car took the young man to the station, and there he was almost immediately seen at the police post. They wanted to arrest him, but they took him for a madman and released him, advising him to get out of here as soon as possible. But the newspaperman becomes ill, and he ends up in the hospital, where he meets the brown-eyed girl again. Her name is Inga.

Aitmatov's novel "The Scaffold" will return to this heroine. For now, back to our poor guy. Obadiah recovered and returned home. Arriving at the editorial office of the newspaper, he brings the material obtained with such difficulty. But there he is informed that this is no longer interesting to anyone. Moreover, he noticed some strange attitude towards himself from his colleagues. Many turned away and no one made eye contact.

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Inga, it turns out, had a little son with whom she wanted to introduce Avdiy. Autumn came, and the young man decided to go to visit her. But didn't stop. Instead, he found a letter where she says that she is forced to hide from her ex-husband with her child. At the station, the newspaperman meets Kandalov and goes with him to the reserve already familiar to the reader.

Thus, interestingly and mysteriously, the events in the novel "The block" unfold. Chingiz Aitmatov (a summary of his work, finally, united all the events) again proceeds to describe the wolf pack. Her fate is no less tragic than the life of the young Obadiah. The newspaperman wanted to stop the mad hunters, but they tied him up and threw him into the car, and after the hunt they crucified him on a dry tree.

The young wolves Tashchainar and Akbar found him there. They wandered in search of their little cubs. In the morning the hunters decided to return for Obadiah, but he had already died. The wolves left the reserve forever and settled in the reeds. The babies were born again. But when they began to lay the road, the reeds were burned, and the kids died. And again the wolves went to look for another place. This is how Chingiz Aitmatov's novel "The Block" describes the life of poor animals.

The fate of little wolf cubs

One day Bazarbai was walking home and heard strange sounds in the pit, as if a child were crying. He came closer and found little wolf cubs there, put them in a bag and took them with him. But Tashchainar and Akbara went after him. On the way, Bazarbai had the house of a collective farmer in Boston, in which hehid from the animals chasing him.

After waiting a little, he went on, and the wolves remained near the house of Boston, where they continued to howl every night, trying to find their cubs. The novel "The Scaffold", the summary of which is coming to an end, very sadly describes the latest events related to a pair of wolves.

What are the wolves to blame for

Boston felt sorry for the wolves and even went to Bazarbai to buy their little cubs from him. But he refused. Soon the animals began to attack the inhabitants, and Boston realized that he would have to shoot them. But only the wolf was killed. And the wolf hid. She waited a long time and finally took revenge on the collective farmer by stealing his child.

Boston did not dare to shoot Akbar for a long time, fearing to injure his son. And when he hit, it was already too late: the boy was dead. Then he went and shot Bazarbai, who sold the wolf cubs and received excellent money for them. And then the collective farmer Boston surrendered to the police. This is how Chingiz Aitmatov ends his novel. "The chopping block", the brief content of which cannot convey the entire tragedy of the work, will not leave indifferent any reader. The problems that the author raises in his book, and the parallels drawn between a pack of wolves and human society, are relevant today. Try to take the time to read the novel in its entirety, it's worth it.