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Wrote the story "The Man on the Clock" by Leskov. The summary will introduce the reader to this work in just a couple of minutes, the original would have taken much longer to read.
The event of the story takes place in 1839, on Epiphany days. The hero of the work is a soldier Plotnikov. He guarded the palace of Tsar Nicholas, standing on guard.
"The Man on the Clock", Leskov
Summary can begin with a description of a tragic incident, which ended well as a result. Postnikov stood at his post in his booth. Suddenly he heard someone asking for help. It is important to mention that the weather in those days of January was warm, so the Neva River was not completely frozen, polynyas were visible on it. It was in such an ice-hole that the man who called for help fell through. This is how Leskov's book "The Man on the Clock" begins. The soldier struggled with himself for a long time. He was a kind person. On the one hand, a sense of duty fought in him, which did not allow him to leave his post. On the other hand, the soldier was tormented by pity for a man who could drown at any time. In the end, he made up his mind and ran to help. The soldier handed to the drowning manbutt of the gun and pulled it out. Then Postnikov carried him to the shore and handed him over to an officer who was passing by.
He decided to use this case to his advantage, took the drowning man to the police department and said that it was he, the disabled officer, who saved the man. Here is an interesting content Leskov came up with. The man on the watch was reporting the incident to his immediate superior, Miller.
Bosses decide what to do
The officer ordered for the time being to send the soldier who left the post to the punishment cell, and he contacted his boss, battalion commander Svinin, to ask what to do in this case. He arrived at the guard room of the Winter Palace and personally interrogated Postnikov. After that, he decided to go to his boss. This is how Leskov portrays negligent bureaucratic people in his story “The Man on the Clock”. The summary will tell about the further ups and downs of the heroes in modern language. After all, in the nineteenth century they spoke a little differently, so sometimes it is difficult to read the full text of the story, it will take more time.
Unfair reward and punishment
Svinyin went to General Kokoshkin, his boss. He listened to the report and ordered the bailiff of the Admir alty unit to be brought to him, where they brought the drowning and disabled officer who delivered him there. He ordered to bring to him the one who was drowning. The whole trinity did not arrive soon, since there were no telephones then, and orders were delivered by a messenger. During this time, the general managed to take a nap. It can be seen that with the help of many episodes in a negative light, the bureaucracy is portrayed in his work “The Man on the Clock” by Leskov. Summary coming to the final part.
The arrivals said that it was the officer who showed miracles of nobility and saved the man. The rescued man himself did not remember exactly who helped him and confirmed that it must have been an officer.
As a result, the pseudo-savior was awarded the medal "For the salvation of the perishing". The authorities decided to punish the true hero with two hundred blows of the rod. But Plotnikov was glad that he was not put on trial by a military tribunal.
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