Chingiz Aitmatov's novel "The Scaffold": a summary of the chapters

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In this article we will consider Chingiz Aitmatov's novel "The Block". A summary of this work, written in 1986, is presented below.

First of all, let's briefly describe the biography of the author. Chingiz Aitmatov was born in 1928, on December 12, in the Kyrgyz village of Sheker. He graduated with honors from the Dzhambul zootechnical school, and then from the Kyrgyz Agricultural Institute, after which he worked as a veterinarian. This author appeared in print in 1952. He has written many well-known works, many of which have been made into feature films. Aitmatov himself repeatedly took part in their creation, acting as a co-author or screenwriter. This writer died in 2008.

Among his other works are the stories: "Jamila", "Camel's Eye", "White Steamboat", "The First Teacher", "Mother's Field", as well as a collection published in 1963 ("Tales of the Mountains and steppes"), for which he received the Lenin Prize, and others.

The first part: the death of the offspring of Tashchainar and Akbara

Fromsix chapters consists of the first part of the work, which was created by Aitmatov Ch. T. ("Blach"). A summary of the chapters of the events taking place in it is as follows.

In the Moyunkum Reserve, the action of the novel we are interested in begins. A pair of wolves lived here - Tashchainar and Akbara. They had wolf cubs in the summer. After the snow fell, the couple went hunting and found that the reserve was full of people. The hunters arrived here in order to fulfill the plan for the delivery of meat. These people were shooting saigas. The wolves that lived in the reserve also died during the hunt. Only Tashchainar and Akbara managed to survive, but their cubs were dead.

Avdiy Kallistratov

Aitmatov Chingiz Torekulovich ("The Block") introduces a new hero into the story - Avdiy Kallistratov. He first appears in the following episode.

Hunters who arrived at the reserve put carcasses of saigas into an all-terrain vehicle. The bound Kallistratov Avdiy, a freelancer for the Komsomol regional newspaper, who had been expelled from the seminary at one time, was also there. This man had his own ideas about what kind of life can be called "righteous." He openly fought with all his strength against those who, as he believed, did not live as they should.

Assignment given to Obadiah in the newspaper office

We continue to describe the work of Chingiz Aitmatov "Slaf". The summary conveys only the main events of the novel.

Once Obadiah was given a task from a newspaper to learn abouthow drugs get into central Russia. Kallistratov, in order to fulfill this mission, joined one of the companies of "messengers for marijuana", following to Central Asia. He realized even at the station that among these people there are special rules. So, for example, they practically did not communicate with each other so that they could not extradite anyone in case of capture. Kallistratov also realized during the journey that there is a person who manages everything. He is the one who comes up with the plan. His "messengers" called "Sam". Kallistratov decides to go all the way to meet this man. He collects cannabis with the rest of the messengers, stuffs his backpack with it, and then returns back. A significant meeting takes place on the way to the field - Obadiah meets a brown-eyed blond girl who managed to leave a deep mark in the heart of the hero.

Kallistratov, having finally reached the railroad, notices Grishan by the freight train and guesses that he is "Himself", the mysterious man, whom Obadiah had come so hard to meet.

Second part: meeting with "Sam"

Let's move on to the second part of the work written by Chingiz Aitmatov ("Blach"). The summary of the novel is divided into three parts. Note that, in turn, each of the parts has several chapters. The first and third have six chapters, and the second has five chapters.

"Sam" immediately realized that Kallistratov was not just a "messenger", that he was a manwith principles that are directly opposed to his own convictions. Grishan wanted Kallistratov to give him the booty and leave, but he decided to stay with everyone. "Messengers" managed to jump into the carriage of a passing freight train. Here Grishan allowed them to smoke a cigarette with weed. "Sam" did it on purpose, in order to annoy Kallistratov. Grishan did not smoke, as did Avdiy. Kallistratov understood that at the moment he could do nothing. However, his nerves still could not stand it. When one of the "messengers" began to pester him, demanding to join the rest of the smokers, Kallistratov snatched his bull from his fingers and threw it out the open door of the car. Then he began to empty the grass from the backpack, urging others to do the same. As a result of this, Obadiah was thrown out of the car, severely beaten. We will not describe this episode in detail, since we present Aitmatov's work "The Scaffold" in a summary.

The scene that Kallistratov dreamed of

Be sure to say a few words about the vision of Obadiah. Kallistratov, the hero of Chingiz Aitmatov's work "The Scaffold", the summary of which interests us, fell into a ditch located near the railway tracks. He suddenly dreamed of a scene of a conversation between Jesus Christ and Pontius Pilate. Then, when Kallistratov came to his senses, he suddenly imagined that he lives in two worlds at once. One is this world, and the other is the one in which he is trying to save his Master, Jesus.

Episode at the police

Abdiy spent the night under the bridge. In the morning he noticed that his money and passport were soaked through. Obadiah managed to get to the station on a hitchhike. However, he looked so dirty that he was immediately arrested upon arrival and then taken to the police station. Here he saw the "messengers" with whom he rode. Among them was not only Grishan. Hearing that they wanted to let him go, Kallistratov demanded that they put him with these "messengers". He suddenly decided that he could convince them to return to the "right" life. Mistaking Kallistratov for a madman, the policeman brought him to the station and told Avdiy that it was better for him to leave. However, here Kallistratov became ill. He was taken to a local hospital in an ambulance. In the hospital, Kallistratov met again with the girl who had so impressed him. Inga learned about Avdia from a doctor and came to visit him.

Inga tells Avdiy about what happened in her family

Kallistratov, returning to the place where he worked (in the city of Priozersk), suddenly finds out that no one is interested in the material he collected. He tells Inge about what happened. The girl, in turn, tells him about her problem. The fact is that she divorced her husband. Inga's son now lives with her parents, and the girl wants to take him to her. Obadiy and Inga agree that in the fall he will come to the girl, and she will introduce him to her son.

Abdiy goes to Inga

However, when autumn comes, Avdiy, who came to Inga, finds a letter instead of the girl. In it, she says that she is forced to hide in order todo not give her son to her husband.

Crucifix on a saxaul

Back at the train station, Kallistratov meets a man in charge of an extermination operation in the saiga reserve. He decides to join the detachment created for this purpose, but he cannot watch how the animals are killed, and demands to stop this extermination. As a result, Obadiah is tied up and then beaten and crucified on a saxaul. In order to leave Kallistratov alone, the detachment drives off to the side. Here, on the saxaul, Tashchainar and Akbara notice him, looking for their wolf cubs. When the hunters return at dawn for Kallistratov, he is already dead.

New sorrow for a pair of wolves

Tashchainar and Akbara left the savannah. They decided to find another place for themselves. The couple had cubs again, however, when the construction of the road began, the workers set fire to the reeds in which the animals made a den, and the cubs died again. Once again, the couple left, found a new place and acquired new offspring.

Third part: Bazarbay finds wolf cubs

Already in the next, third part, the further events of the work created by Chingiz Aitmatov ("Slaf") unfold. A summary in parts is offered to you so that you can understand where in the text you can read more about a particular event.

Noigutov Bazarbai was returning past the pit to his home. He heard strange sounds reminiscent of children's crying. Going to them, he noticed four wolf cubs. Bazarbai, without thinking twice, put them in a bag androde away, realizing that adult wolves would rush after him. Tashchainar and Akbara followed the trail of Bazarbay in search of their offspring. They caught up with him and tried to make sure that he could not reach people. However, on the road was the house of Boston Urkunchiev, a collective farm leader. In it, Bazarbai hid from the wolves. Urkunchev's wife greeted him cordially. And Bazarbal showed her the wolf cubs and even let Boston's little son play with them. Then he left.

Wolves don't leave

The short content of the book "The Scaffold" is coming to an end. The author (Chingiz Aitmatov - the creator of the work) is worried about the future fate of the wolves. He couldn't help telling readers about her.

So the wolves remained near Boston's house. Urkunchiev heard their howling every night. He even went to Bazarbai and asked him to sell the wolf cubs in order to return them to their parents. However, he flatly refused, because he hated Boston. The wolves began to roam the area. They attacked people. Having gained a lot of money, Bazarbai sold the wolf cubs. Tashchainar and Akbara finally returned to Boston's house. He decided to kill them, because he saw no other way out of this situation. However, he managed to shoot only Tashchainar. Akbara decided to wait, and she waited.

Final

The she-wolf managed to sneak up to the very house in the summer and grab the Boston child playing in the street. The father tried to shoot the she-wolf, but was afraid to hurt the child. However, he fired and hit. But, running up to the place where Akbara was wounded, herealized that she was still breathing, and that his son was dead. Then Boston took a gun, went to Bazarbai and shot him, after which he surrendered to the authorities.

This is the end of Chingiz Aitmatov's novel "The Block". The summary of the work will help to remember the events of the novel to those who read it, and to get to know it to those who may have yet to do so. The work is quite large, but it is worth reading. Many people like the work of Chingiz Aitmatov ("Blach"). A brief biography of this author was described at the beginning of the article.