1. Andrey Sokolov
Spring time. Upper Don. The narrator, in the company of his friend, goes to the village of Bukanovskaya in a cart drawn by two horses. Driving is almost impossible: the melting snow is in the way, turning the road into a continuous muddy mess. The Elanka River flows near the Mokhovsky farm, and has now overflowed for almost a kilometer.
In summer it is shallow, which means it does not create unnecessary problems. Together with a driver who suddenly appears, the narrator manages to cross the river with the help of some decrepit boat. The driver delivers a Willys car to the river, which was previously in the barn; gets back into the boat and sails back, promising to return within two hours.
The narrator sits on a lopsided fence and tries to smoke, but in vain: the cigarettes got wet as a result of crossing the river. He is saved from two hours of solitude by a man with a child who breaks the silence with his greeting. He, who is the main character of the following narrative, Andrei Sokolov, initially mistakes the narrator for the driver of a car standing nearby and tries to strike up a conversation with a colleague: he was a truck driver in the past.
The narrator, not wanting to upset his comrade, kept silent about the true nature of his activity. He just said that he was waiting for his superiors.
Having lit a cigarette, the heroes start a conversation. The narrator, embarrassed by his deception, mostly listens, while Sokolov speaks.
2. Sokolov’s pre-war life
The initial stage of the hero's life is very ordinary. He was born in the Voronezh province in 1900. During the Civil War he was on the side of the Red Army and was a member of the Kikvidze division. In 1922 he finds himself in Kuban, participates in the process of dispossession, thanks to which the hero manages to survive. Parents and younger sister died at home from hunger. Sokolov was completely orphaned: there were no relatives anywhere. A year later, he leaves Kuban: he sells the hut and goes to Voronezh. At first he works in a carpentry artel, later gets a job at a factory and becomes a mechanic. Will get married soon. His wife was an orphan, a pupil of an orphanage. Since childhood, she has experienced many of life’s hardships, which is reflected in her character. From the outside she was more than ordinary, but for Sokolov there was no woman more beautiful and desirable than his wife.
She even accepted fierce anger: she will endure a rude word, she herself does not dare say anything in response. Kind, indulgent, does not sit still, desperately trying to please her husband. Watching her actions, the hero usually comes to his senses and finds harmony with himself. And again silence and peace reign in the house.
What follows is the continuation of Sokolov’s story about his wife: a description of the inviolability of her feelings, her tolerance towards any unpleasant act of her husband. She forgave him even the extra glass he had with his comrades. With the advent of children, a son and two daughters, such friendly gatherings began to happen much less frequently; Sokolov could only afford a glass of beer, and then only on a day off.
In 1929, he developed a new passion - cars. Got a position as a truck driver. Life went on as usual, quietly and measuredly. But suddenly a war broke out.
3. War and captivity
The whole family accompanied the hero to the front. The children managed to control themselves, while the wife, due to her age, could give a realistic assessment of the situation: she was experiencing serious emotional shock. The hero is stunned: according to his wife, it was clear that he was being buried alive. He, depressed and upset, goes to the front.
At the front he was also a driver. He was slightly wounded twice.
May 1942: Sokolov finds himself near Lozovenki. There is a German offensive, the hero volunteers to deliver ammunition to his artillery battery. The ammunition was not delivered to its destination: the vehicle was overturned by the blast wave from a shell that fell nearby. The hero finds himself unconscious. When he woke up, he realized that he was behind enemy lines: the battle was taking place somewhere behind him, tanks were walking past. Sokolov pretends to be dead. Deciding that there was no one nearby, he raised his head and saw that six armed Nazis were heading towards him. Having decided to meet his death with dignity, Sokolov stood up and turned his gaze to those walking. Stood, overcoming aching pain in the legs. One of the soldiers nearly shot him, but was stopped by another. Sokolov's boots were taken off and he was sent on foot to the west.
Soon the barely walking hero was overtaken by a column of prisoners from his division. Then they moved together.
At night we stopped at a church. Three important events happened overnight:
A certain person who introduced himself as a military doctor managed to set Sokolov’s arm, which had been dislocated in the process of falling from a truck.
Sokolov managed to save a platoon commander, previously unknown to him, from death: as a communist, his colleague Kryzhnev wanted to hand him over to the enemies. Sokolov strangled the informer.
The Nazis shot dead a believer who was annoying them with his requests to be let out of the church to go to the toilet.
The next morning, everyone was interrogated to find out who the commander, commissar, and communist were. There were no traitors, so the communists, commissars and commanders managed to survive. A Jew (possibly a military doctor) and three Russians who looked like Jews were shot. The prisoners set off again - to the west.
All the way to Poznan, Sokolov nurtured the idea of escaping. Finally, an opportune moment arose: the prisoners were forced to dig graves, the guards were distracted - he fled to the east. Four days later, the Nazis and dogs caught up with him; the shepherd dogs almost killed Sokolov. He was in a punishment cell for a whole month, then he was sent to Germany.
Where did Sokolov go during his two years of captivity? During this time, he had to travel around half of Germany: in Saxony he worked at a silicate plant, in the Ruhr region he rolled coal in a mine, in Bavaria he performed land work, and was even in Thuringia.
4. On the brink of death
In camp B-14 near Dresden, Sokolov worked with his compatriots in a stone quarry. The devil dared him to say upon returning from work: “They need four cubic meters of production, but for the grave of each of us, one cubic meter through the eyes is enough.” His words were reported to his superiors: Sokolov was summoned by the camp commandant Müller. Since Müller had an excellent command of the Russian language, he could conduct a conversation with Sokolov without an interpreter.
Müller made it clear to the hero that any signs of protest here are immediately punished: he will be shot. Sokolov only replied: “Your will.” After thinking, Müller threw the pistol on the table, filled a glass with schnapps, took a slice of bread with lard and offered it all to the hero: “Before you die, Russian Ivan, drink to the victory of German weapons.”
Sokolov refused the offer: “Thank you for the treat, but I don’t drink.” Smiling, the German said: “Would you like to drink to our victory? In that case, drink to your destruction.” There was nothing to lose. The hero hastened to drink to his speedy death and deliverance from all suffering. I didn’t touch the snacks. Thanking him for the treat, he invited the commandant to quickly complete his plan.
To which Müller replied: “At least have a bite before you die.” Sokolov explained that he does not snack after the first glass. The German offered him a second one. Sokolov again did not touch the snack after drinking the second glass. The reason for refusing the snack was that even after the second glass he would not put anything edible in his mouth. Laughing, the German began to translate what was said to his friends. They also laughed and began to turn one by one in the direction of Sokolov. The situation became less tense.
The commandant filled the third glass with his hands shaking with laughter. The glass was drunk by Sokolov with less fervor than the previous two. This time the hero took a small bite of bread and put the rest back on the table, thereby showing that, despite the indescribable feeling of hunger, he would not choke on their handout: nothing would break true Russian dignity and pride.
The German's mood changed: he became serious and focused. Adjusting two iron crosses on his chest, he said: “Sokolov, you are a real Russian soldier. You are a brave soldier. I won’t shoot you.” Added that today German troops reached the Volga and captured Stalingrad. To celebrate, the German sends Sokolov to his block, providing him with a small loaf of bread and a piece of lard for his courage.
Sokolov shared the food with his comrades.
5. Release from captivity
In 1944, Sokolov was appointed driver for a German major engineer. Both behaved with dignity, the German shared food from time to time.
On the morning of June 29, Sokolov took the major out of town, in the direction of Trosnitsa. The German's duties included supervising the construction of fortifications.
On the way to their destination, Sokolov manages to stun the major, take his weapon and drive the car in the direction where the battle was taking place.
Driving past the machine gunners, Sokolov deliberately slowed down so that they would understand that a major was coming. They began to shout that entry into this territory was prohibited. Sokolov, pressing the pedal, went forward at full eighty. At that moment, while the machine gunners came to their senses and began to respond with shots, Sokolov was already in neutral territory, weaving from side to side in order to avoid the shots.
The Germans were shooting behind us, and their own people were shooting in front. The windshield was hit four times, the radiator was completely pierced by bullets. But then the forest above the lake opened before our eyes, where Sokolov directed his car. Compatriots ran towards the car. The hero opened the door, barely breathing and pressed his lips to the ground. There was nothing to breathe.
Sokolov was sent for rehabilitation to a military hospital. There, without hesitation, he wrote a letter to his wife. Two weeks later the answer came, but not from his wife. The letter was from a neighbor, Ivan Timofeevich. In June 1942, Andrei's house was destroyed by a bomb: his wife and both daughters died on the spot. The son, having learned about the death of his relatives, voluntarily went to the front.
Upon discharge from the hospital, the hero receives a month's leave. A week later he ends up in Voronezh. I saw a crater on the site of my house. I immediately left for the station. Returned to the division.
6. Son Anatoly
Three months later, good news happened: Anatoly showed up. A letter came from him. One could have guessed that the son was writing from a different front. Anatoly managed to find out his father’s address from his neighbor, Ivan Timofeevich. As it turned out, the son first ended up in an artillery school, where his brilliant abilities in mathematics came in handy. A year later, Anatoly graduates from college with excellent success and goes to the front, from where, as we already know, his letter comes. There, as a captain, he commands a battery of “forty-fives” and has six orders and medals.
7. After the war
Sokolov was demobilized. There was no desire to return to Voronezh. Remembering that he had been invited to Uryupinsk, he went there to see his friend, who had been demobilized in the winter due to injury.
His friend had no children; he and his wife lived in their own house on the outskirts of the city. Despite the consequences of a severe injury, he worked as a driver in an auto company, where Andrei Sokolov later got a job. He stayed with friends who gave him a warm welcome.
Near the teahouse Sokolov met Vanya, a homeless child. His mother died in an air raid, his father at the front. One day, on the way to the elevator, Sokolov called a boy with him, saying that he was his father. The boy was very happy with this unexpected statement. Sokolov adopted Vanya. A friend's wife helped look after the baby.
An accident occurred in November. Andrei was driving along a dirty, slippery road; in one farm, a car skidded and a cow got under the wheels. Women in the village began to scream, people came running to the cry, among whom was a traffic inspector. He confiscated Andrei’s driver’s book, no matter how much he begged for mercy. The cow quickly came to her senses, got up and walked away. In winter, the hero had to work as a carpenter. A little later, at the invitation of a colleague, he left for the Kashar district, where he began working with a friend. After six months of carpentry work, Sokolov was promised a new book.
According to the hero, even if the story with the cow had not happened, he would still have left Uryupinsk. Melancholy did not allow me to stay in one place for a long time. Perhaps, when his son grows up and goes to school, Sokolov will calm down and settle down in one place.
But then the boat came to the shore, and it was time for the narrator to say goodbye to his unusual acquaintance. He began to reflect on the story he had heard.
He thought about two orphaned people, two particles who found themselves in unknown lands because of the damned war. What lay ahead for them? I would like to hope that this real Russian man, a man with iron force will, will be able to raise someone who, having matured, will be able to endure any trials, overcome any obstacles in his life life path, if the Fatherland calls him to this.
The narrator looked after them with languid sadness. Perhaps the parting would have gone well if Vanyushka, having walked only a few steps, had not turned to face the narrator, moving his small palm in farewell. And then the author’s heart sank mercilessly: he hastened to turn away. It’s not only in their sleep that older men, who have turned gray during the war, cry. They cry in reality. The most important thing in such a situation is to be able to turn away at the right moment. After all, the most important thing is not to hurt the baby’s heart, so that he doesn’t notice how a bitter and stingy man’s tear runs down his cheek...
Retelling plan
1. The life of Andrei Sokolov before the war.
2. The tragic trials that befell him during the war.
3. Sokolov’s devastation after the death of his entire family.
4. Andrey takes in an orphan boy and is reborn to a new life.
Retelling
Sokolov says: “At first my life was ordinary. I myself am a native of the Voronezh province, born in 1900. IN civil war was in the Red Army. In the hungry year of twenty-two, he went to Kuban to fight against the kulaks, and that’s why he survived. And the father, mother and sister died of hunger at home. One left. Rodney couldn't care less - nowhere, no one, not a single soul. A year later I went to Voronezh. At first I worked in a carpentry artel, then I went to a factory, learned to be a mechanic, got married, had children... We lived no worse than people.”
When the war began, on its third day Andrei Sokolov went to the front. The narrator describes his difficult and tragic path on the roads of the Great Patriotic War. Maintaining moral superiority over the enemy, without reconciliation and without recognizing the enemy’s power over himself, Andrei Sokolov commits truly heroic deeds. He was wounded twice and then captured.
One of the central episodes of the story is the episode in the church. What is important is the image of a doctor who “both in captivity and in the darkness did his great work” - he treated the wounded. Life confronts Andrei Sokolov with a cruel choice: in order to save others, he must kill the traitor, and Sokolov did it. The hero tried to escape from captivity, but he was caught, the dogs were set on him: “only the skin and meat flew into shreds... I spent a month in a punishment cell for escaping, but still alive... I remained alive!..”
In a moral duel with the camp commandant Müller, the dignity of the Russian soldier, to whom the fascist capitulated, wins. Sokolov, with his proud behavior in the camp, forced the Germans to respect himself: “I wanted to show them, damned, that although I am perishing from hunger, I am not going to choke on their handouts, that I have my own, Russian dignity and pride, and that I am a beast They didn’t convert me, no matter how hard they tried.” He divided the bread that Sokolov obtained among all his fellow sufferers.
The hero still managed to escape from captivity, and even get a “tongue” - a fascist major. In the hospital he received a letter about the death of his wife and daughters. He passed this test too, returned to the front, and soon joy “shone like the sun from behind a cloud”: his son was found and he sent a letter to his father from another front. But on the last day of the war, his son was killed by a German sniper... Having gone through the crucible of war, Andrei Sokolov lost everything: his family died, his house was destroyed. Returning from the front, Sokolov looks at the world eyes “as if sprinkled with ashes”, “filled with inescapable melancholy.” The words come out of his lips: “Why did you, life, cripple me like that? Why did you distort it like that? I don’t have an answer, either in the dark or in the clear sun... There isn’t and I can’t wait!!!”
And yet Andrei Sokolov did not waste his sensitivity, the need to give his warmth and care to others. Andrei Sokolov generously opens his broken, orphaned soul to a similar orphan - a boy. He adopted the boy and began to take care of him as the person closest to him. The boy, this “splinter of the war,” who unexpectedly found his “folder,” looks at the world with “eyes as bright as the sky.” Modesty and courage, selflessness and responsibility are the traits characteristic of Sokolov. Describing life " an ordinary person", Sholokhov shows him as the guardian and defender of life, universal spiritual shrines.
Great Patriotic War even after many decades remains the greatest blow for the whole world. What a tragedy this is for the fighting Soviet people, who lost the most people in this bloody battle! The lives of many (both military and civilian) were ruined. Sholokhov's story “The Fate of Man” truthfully depicts these sufferings, not of an individual person, but of the entire people who stood up to defend their Motherland.
The story “The Fate of a Man” is based on real events: M.A. Sholokhov met a man who told him his tragic biography. This story was almost a ready-made plot, but did not immediately turn into literary work. The writer nurtured his idea for 10 years, but put it on paper in just a few days. And dedicated it to E. Levitskaya, who helped him print main novel his life "Quiet Don".
The story was published in the Pravda newspaper on the eve of the new year, 1957. And soon it was read on All-Union Radio and heard throughout the country. Listeners and readers were shocked by the power and truthfulness of this work, and it gained well-deserved popularity. In literary terms, this book opened up a new way for writers to explore the theme of war - through the fate of a little man.
The essence of the story
The author accidentally meets the main character Andrei Sokolov and his son Vanyushka. During the forced delay at the crossing, the men started talking, and a casual acquaintance told the writer his story. This is what he told him.
Before the war, Andrei lived like everyone else: wife, children, household, work. But then thunder struck, and the hero went to the front, where he served as a driver. One fateful day, Sokolov’s car came under fire and he was shell-shocked. So he was captured.
A group of prisoners was brought to the church for the night, many incidents happened that night: the shooting of a believer who could not desecrate the church (they didn’t even let him out “until the wind”), and with him several people who accidentally fell under machine gun fire, help from a doctor to Sokolov and others wounded. Also, the main character had to strangle another prisoner, since he turned out to be a traitor and was going to hand over the commissioner. Even during the next transfer to the concentration camp, Andrei tried to escape, but was caught by dogs, who stripped him of his last clothes and bit him so much that “the skin and meat flew into shreds.”
Then the concentration camp: inhuman work, almost starvation, beatings, humiliation - that’s what Sokolov had to endure. “They need four cubic meters of production, but for the grave of each of us, one cubic meter through the eyes is enough!” - Andrei said imprudently. And for this he appeared before Lagerführer Müller. They wanted to shoot the main character, but he overcame his fear, bravely drank three glasses of schnapps to his death, for which he earned respect, a loaf of bread and a piece of lard.
Towards the end of hostilities, Sokolov was appointed driver. And finally, an opportunity arose to escape, and even together with the engineer whom the hero was driving. Before the joy of salvation had time to subside, grief arrived: he learned about the death of his family (a shell hit the house), and all this time he lived only in the hope of a meeting. One son survived. Anatoly also defended his homeland, and Sokolov and he simultaneously approached Berlin from different directions. But right on the day of victory they killed last hope. Andrey was left all alone.
Topics
The main theme of the story is a man at war. These tragic events are an indicator personal qualities: V extreme situations those character traits that are usually hidden are revealed, it is clear who is who in reality. Before the war, Andrei Sokolov was not particularly different; he was like everyone else. But in battle, having survived captivity and constant danger to life, he proved himself. His truly heroic qualities were revealed: patriotism, courage, perseverance, will. On the other hand, a prisoner like Sokolov, probably also no different in ordinary peaceful life, was going to betray his commissar in order to curry favor with the enemy. Thus, the theme of moral choice is also reflected in the work.
Also M.A. Sholokhov touches on the topic of willpower. The war took away from the main character not only his health and strength, but also his entire family. He has no home, how can he continue to live, what to do next, how to find meaning? This question has interested hundreds of thousands of people who have experienced similar losses. And for Sokolov, caring for the boy Vanyushka, who was also left without a home and family, became a new meaning. And for his sake, for the sake of the future of his country, you need to live on. Here is the disclosure of the theme of the search for the meaning of life - its real man finds love and hope for the future.
Issues
- The problem of choice occupies an important place in the story. Every person faces a choice every day. But not everyone has to choose on pain of death, knowing that your fate depends on this decision. So, Andrei had to decide: to betray or remain faithful to the oath, to bend under the blows of the enemy or to fight. Sokolov was able to remain a worthy person and citizen because he determined his priorities, guided by honor and morality, and not by the instinct of self-preservation, fear or meanness.
- The whole fate of the hero, in his life trials, reflects the problem of the defenselessness of the common man in the face of war. Little depends on him; circumstances are falling on him, from which he is trying to get out at least alive. And if Andrei was able to save himself, then his family was not. And he feels guilty about it, even though he isn't.
- The problem of cowardice is realized in the work through secondary characters. The image of a traitor who, for the sake of immediate gain, is ready to sacrifice the life of a fellow soldier, becomes a counterweight to the image of the brave and strong-willed Sokolov. And there were such people in the war, says the author, but there were fewer of them, that’s the only reason we won.
- The tragedy of war. Numerous losses were suffered not only by the military units, but also by civilians who could not defend themselves in any way.
- Andrei Sokolov is an ordinary person, one of many who had to leave their peaceful existence in order to defend their homeland. He exchanges a simple and happy life for the dangers of war, without even imagining how he can remain on the sidelines. In extreme circumstances, he maintains spiritual nobility, shows willpower and perseverance. Under the blows of fate, he managed not to break. And find a new meaning in life, which reveals his kindness and responsiveness, because he sheltered an orphan.
- Vanyushka is a lonely boy who has to spend the night wherever he can. His mother was killed during the evacuation, his father at the front. Ragged, dusty, in watermelon juice- this is how he appeared before Sokolov. And Andrei could not leave the child, he introduced himself as his father, giving both himself and him a chance for a further normal life.
Characteristics of the main characters
What is the meaning of the work?
One of the main ideas of the story is the need to take into account the lessons of the war. The example of Andrei Sokolov shows not what war can do to a person, but what it can do to all of humanity. Prisoners tortured in concentration camps, orphaned children, destroyed families, scorched fields - this should never be repeated, and therefore should not be forgotten.
No less important is the idea that in any, even the most terrible situation, one must remain human and not become like an animal that, out of fear, acts only on the basis of instincts. Survival is the main thing for anyone, but if this comes at the cost of betraying oneself, one’s comrades, one’s Motherland, then the surviving soldier is no longer a person, he is not worthy of this title. Sokolov did not betray his ideals, did not break, although he went through something that is difficult for a modern reader to even imagine.
Genre
The story is short literary genre, revealing one storyline and several images of heroes. “The Fate of Man” refers specifically to him.
However, if you look closely at the composition of the work, you can clarify general definition, because this is a story within a story. First, the story is narrated by the author, who, by the will of fate, met and talked with his character. Andrei Sokolov himself describes his difficult life; the first-person narration allows readers to better understand the hero’s feelings and understand him. The author's remarks are introduced to characterize the hero from the outside (“eyes, as if sprinkled with ashes,” “I didn’t see a single tear in his seemingly dead, extinct eyes... only his large, limply lowered hands trembled slightly, his chin trembled, his hard lips trembled”) and show how deeply this strong man suffers.
What values does Sholokhov promote?
The main value for the author (and for readers) is peace. Peace between states, peace in society, peace in the human soul. The war destroyed the happy life of Andrei Sokolov, as well as many people. The echo of the war still does not subside, so its lessons must not be forgotten (although often in Lately this event is overestimated for political purposes that are far from the ideals of humanism).
Also, the writer does not forget about the eternal values of the individual: nobility, courage, will, desire to help. The time of knights and noble dignity has long passed, but true nobility does not depend on origin, it is in the soul, expressed in its ability to show mercy and empathy, even if the world around it is collapsing. This story is a great lesson in courage and morality for modern readers.
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Name: Man's destiny
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Post-war spring. The author gets to one of the villages on the upper Don. At the crossing, waiting for the boatman, he meets Andrei Sokolov. The wait will be long, so the 2 front-line soldiers started talking. A boy, Vanya, 5-6 years old, is traveling with Sokolov.
Sokolov tells his story. He was born in the Voronezh region. There was his beloved wife Irina, son Anatoly and 2 daughters.
The war has begun. He fought for a short time. 2 wounds, then captured. I tried to escape from the camp, but they caught me. One day Andrei was called to the camp commandant Muller. He said goodbye to his comrades, because he understood that he would not return back. The Germans invited him to drink vodka for the victory of German weapons. He refused. But Muller offered to drink to his death. Sokolov had nothing to lose. He drank a glass of vodka in one gulp without taking a bite. The Germans were surprised and offered more. And so 3 glasses. He never asked for a snack, although he was very hungry and did not want to humiliate himself. The Germans were delighted with his composure and strength. They let him go to the barracks, and even gave him food with him.
Since Andrei was a driver, he began to drive a German major. And the front line was already close. He heard volleys of Russian weapons. One day he decided to run away. He captured “my” major and crossed the front line. He brought the “language”, so he was received with joy. He received treatment in the hospital. I learned that the family died in a bombing. Only the eldest son Anatoly remained. He dreamed that after the war everything would be fine with his son. Only my son was shot by a sniper on Victory Day. Andrey has lost the meaning of life.
It was painful to return home to Voronezh. Therefore, I went to a friend in Uryupinsk. I got a job as a driver. And one day I noticed a boy near the tea shop. He came there every day. He felt very sorry for this hungry, lonely boy whose parents were killed. He told Vanyushka that he was his father and that now they would be together. This flurry of joyful emotions from the baby gave him the strength to want to live again and find the meaning of life. At first they lived in Uryupinsk with a friend. Then something bad happened: I accidentally hit a cow with my car. My license was taken away and I was left without a job. He was invited by a friend, a colleague, who promised to help him get hired as a driver again. And so he and Vanyushka are going to a new place of residence.
One spring day the narrator is riding a chaise along the upper Don. Having stopped for a rest, he meets the driver - this is the main thing actor works - which tells him the story of his difficult life. Summary“The Fate of a Man” will help evaluate the actions of the hero.
Sokolov begins to tell his interlocutor that before the war he was a simple person, served in the Red Army. And then he moved south to catch and “hand over” the kulaks to the authorities. This saved his life, while the hero’s family - father, mother and little sister - died at home, from hunger, in the difficult year 20. He had a wife, a wonderful woman. Being an orphan affected her submissive character. She was never insolent, she always did everything for her husband, and when he drank with friends, he could be rude. Later they had two daughters and a son, and then the drinking was over. Before the war, Sokolov worked as a driver. And during the war I had to carry the authorities around. It was during the Second World War that he was wounded twice. In 1942, our hero found himself surrounded. When Sokolov woke up, he noticed with horror that he was behind enemy lines. Then he decided to pretend to be dead, but, sticking his head out of the hole, he came across the Germans.
They pulled off his boots and sent him along with the division on foot to the west. The summary of the story “The Fate of a Man” tells the story of the perseverance and moral convictions of the Russian person.
The prisoners spent the night in the church. One night, three important events happened: first, a man unknown to him set the hero’s shoulder, then Sokolov strangled a traitor who wanted to hand over the communists to the Germans; and closer to the morning the Nazis, for no reason, shot first a believer, and then a Jew.
The prisoners were sent further. At one opportune moment, Sokolov managed to escape, but he was caught up after 4 days and put in a punishment cell. Then they sent me to one of the camps. He almost got shot there main boss camp for saying that they dig four norms a day, however, one is enough for everyone’s grave. A summary of “The Fate of a Man” - a story about the difficult conditions of war, shows all the cruelty of the Germans.
After these events, he remained to work in the camp. They assigned him as a driver to transport a German officer. One day he stole a car, in which he drove to the Soviet regiment. There I received a letter from a neighbor and learned that his wife and daughters had died in a bomb explosion, and his son had gone to the front. Later he is told that his son also died. After the war, Sokolov leaves to join a friend in another city. There he meets a homeless boy and begins to raise him as a son. But then a boat arrives, and Sokolov says goodbye to the narrator...
