Summary of Bunin's "Numbers" chapter by chapter

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The story is written in the form of an adult man's confession to a little boy. Once the author had a serious quarrel with his nephew Zhenya. In this work, he refers specifically to him, trying to explain to both the boy and himself why he behaved this way at that moment.

Ivan Bunin "Numbers". Summary of chapters 1-2

The author calls the boy a naughty boy who tirelessly screams and runs around all the rooms from morning to night. But the more touching he, an adult, sees those moments when the child, having calmed down, clings to him, or when he impulsively kisses him after reconciliation. By evening, the boy apologized to his uncle and asked to show him the numbers after all. In the morning, the kid was on fire with the desire to buy a pencil case, colored pencils, and subscribe to a children's magazine. But my uncle was not in the mood to go to the city to acquire all this. He said that today is the royal day, everything is closed. Then the boy asked at least to show the numbers.

Perhaps the baby will not remember when he grows up, how he once came out ofdining room with a very sad face after a fight with his uncle.

I. A. Bunin "Numbers". Summary of Chapter 3

In the evening, the restless Zhenya came up with a new game for himself: to bounce and at the same time scream loudly to the beat. Mom and grandma tried to stop him, but he did not react. Boldly responded to the remark of his uncle. He barely restrained himself from flaring up. But after another jump and a scream, the uncle took off, yelled at the boy, grabbed his hand, slapped him and pushed him out of the room.

Summary of "Numbers" by Bunin I. A.: Chapter 4

From pain and insult Zhenya began to yell outside the door. First with pauses, then incessantly and with sobs. Then he began to simply play on feelings, to call. Uncle said that nothing would happen to him, my mother tried to be cool. Only grandmother's lips trembled, she turned away from everyone, but she braced herself, did not go to help. Zhenya realized that adults also decided to stand their ground. He could no longer cry, his voice was hoarse, but he continued to scream anyway. Already my uncle wanted to open the door to the nursery and stop these sufferings with one ardent word. But this is not consistent with the rules of adult behavior. Finally, the boy calmed down.

Summary of Bunin's "Numbers" I. A.: Chapter 5

Uncle broke down and looked into the room, pretending to be looking for a cigarette case. Zhenya played on the floor with empty matchboxes. He raised his head and told his uncle that he would never love him again. Mom withgrandmother also went to him and taught that it was not good to behave like that, you had to ask your uncle for forgiveness, otherwise he would leave for Moscow. But Gene didn't care. The adults started ignoring him again.

Summary of "Numbers" by Bunin I. A.: Chapter 6

It was already dark in the nursery. Zhenya continued to shift the boxes on the floor. Grandmother began to whisper to him that he was shameless, that his uncle would not only not buy gifts for him, but most importantly, he would not show the numbers. This pissed off Zhenya. There were sparks in his eyes. He asked to start soon. But the uncle was in no hurry again.

Summary of "Numbers" by Bunin I. A.: Chapter 7

Zhenya finally apologized to his uncle, said that he also loved him, and he had mercy and ordered to bring pencils and paper to the table. The boy's eyes shone with joy, but there was also fear in them: what if he changes his mind. With pleasure, under the supervision of his uncle, Zhenya deduced his first numbers on paper.