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Title and author of the book	Theme, idea of ​​the book	main characters	Plot	Date of reading
"French Lessons" Rasputin Valentin Grigorievich	Humanity	Eleven-year-old boy, teacher Lidia Mikhailovna	The protagonist is an eleven-year-old boy suffering from anemia, but with a thirst for learning, he leaves for the District Center. Mom brings them up with her sister alone and allocates a small amount of food for the boy for two to three weeks. He does not have enough money for milk, the boy starts playing "Chika" for money. Because of the lead to victories of the protagonist, he is beaten by other teenage players. Learning about the boy's troubles, the class teacher, French teacher Lidia Mikhailovna, tries to help him: invites him home and casually offers to dine together, sends a package of pasta to the school address for our hero. Just by pulling the child into gambling"Seizure", she manages to help him with money. But randomly, the director of the school finds out about such unacceptable behavior of the teacher. Lidia Mikhailovna was fired, but having left for her homeland, she did not forget about her human duty there either. The boy received a parcel with pasta and apples ...	01.06.2015

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About the author of the book

Valentin Grigorievich Rasputin (March 15, 1937) - Russian writer (representative of the so-called village prose), publicist, public figure. In 1979 he joined the editorial board book series"Literary monuments of Siberia" East Siberian book publishing house. In the 1980s he was a member editorial board magazine "Roman-gazeta". Lived and worked in Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk and Moscow. The talent of the writer was revealed in full force in the story " Deadline"(1970), declaring the maturity and originality of the author.

This was followed by: the story "French Lessons" (1973), the novels "Live and Remember" (1974) and "Farewell to Matera" (1976).

In 1981, new stories were published: “Natasha”, “What to tell the crow”, “Live for a century - love a century”.

The appearance in 1985 of Rasputin's story "The Fire", which is distinguished by the acuteness and modernity of the problem, aroused great interest among the reader.

AT last years the writer devoted a lot of time and energy to social and journalistic activities, without interrupting his work. In 1995, his story "To the same land" was published; Essays "Down the Lena River". During the 1990s, Rasputin published a number of stories from the Cycle of Stories about Senya Pozdnyakov: Senya Rides (1994), Memorial Day (1996), In the Evening (1997), Unexpectedly (1997), Neighborly (1998).

In 2006, the third edition of the album of the writer's essays "Siberia, Siberia ..." was published (previous editions 1991, 2000).

I liked the work very much. After reading the book, I watched the movie, which I also liked. In the film, the main character's name is Volodya.

Retelling plan

1. The boy leaves his native village for the regional center to continue his education.
2. hard life hero in the city.
3. Fedka, the landlady's son, introduces him to the guys who play for money.
4. The boy learns to play "chika", starts to win and buys milk with the money won.
5. The hero is beaten by dishonest guys.
6. Tishkin tells the teacher that the boy is playing for money.
7. Lidia Mikhailovna begins to study French with him individually.
8. The boy receives a package of pasta.
9. The hero of the story is making progress in French.
10. Lidia Mikhailovna teaches him to play "zameryashki".
11. The boy wins again the money he uses to buy milk.
12. The principal of the school finds out about the game.
13. Lidia Mikhailovna is leaving. Parcel with pasta and apples.

retelling

In the hungry post-war years, the hero comes from the village to the regional center to continue his studies. He enters the fifth grade, lives with friends of his mother, suffers from malnutrition, loneliness and homesickness. In order to somehow feed himself, the hero starts playing "chika" with local boys and quickly realizes that this game is not fair. But he has no choice, he himself plays honestly and each time wins only a ruble - for milk. Fair play he is not forgiven: the hero is vilely and severely beaten.

At school, you have to explain the consequences of a fight - a broken face. The hero does not tell the truth, but he also lies clumsily - this reflects his natural honesty. The boy is threatened with expulsion from school, and he is afraid not so much of punishment as of shame, he is afraid of appearing unreliable. His teacher helps out: she realized that the boy was simply starving, and decided to help him. She began with the fact that she began to additionally study French with him.

The author uses the technique of antithesis (opposition). A smart, beautiful, well-dressed woman, who is not spoiled even by slightly squinting eyes, “was a teacher not of some kind of arithmetic, nor of history, but of the mysterious French language, from which something special, fabulous, beyond the control of anyone, everyone” also came from. Who does she see in front of her? “In front of her, a skinny, wild boy with a broken face, not neat without a mother and lonely, in an old, washed-out jacket on sagging shoulders, which fit on his chest, but from which his arms protruded far, in altered from his father's riding breeches, crouched on a desk in front of her.” Yes, the student and the teacher are not alike, but they have something that unites them. Lidia Mikhailovna says: “Sometimes it’s useful to forget that you are a teacher, otherwise you will become such a buffoon and beech that living people will become bored with you. For a teacher, perhaps the most important thing is not to take himself seriously, to understand that he can teach very little.

It quickly became clear to Lidia Mikhailovna that the student would not accept direct help, and then she herself decided to play with him for money - in "zameryashki", imperceptibly playing along, succumbing. Thanks to "honestly won" money, he was able to buy milk again. In addition, the teacher awakened the boy's interest in French - he began to make significant progress.

Once Lidia Mikhailovna and the boy were caught by the director of the school playing "zameryashki". It was useless to explain anything to him. Three days later, Lidia Mikhailovna left the district center and sent New Year a parcel for the boy: pasta and apples. He realized that he was not alone, that there were kind, sympathetic people in the world.

"French lessons" is a 1973 short story by Russian writer Valentin Rasputin. In the work, the author talks about his life, about his ups and downs.

"French Lessons" summary read

The events of the story happened in 1948, when there was a famine in the yard. post-war years.

The protagonist is an eleven-year-old boy, on behalf of whom the story is being told. The boy was the eldest in a family of three children, they did not have a father. The mother could hardly find at least some crumbs of food to feed the children, and he helped her. At times, oat grains and sprouted potato eyes were the only things they “planted” in their stomachs. Until the age of eleven, he lived and studied in the countryside. He was considered "brainy", in the village he was "recognized as a literate person", wrote for old women and read letters, checked bonds.

But in the village where our hero lived, there was only elementary School, and therefore, in order to continue studying, he was forced to leave for the regional center. In it hard times mother collected and sent her son to study. In the city, he felt even more hungry, because in the countryside it is easier to find food for himself, and in the city everything has to be bought. The boy had to live with Aunt Nadia. He suffered from anemia, so every day he bought a glass of milk for a ruble.

At school, he studied for one five, except for the French language: he was not given pronunciation. Lidia Mikhailovna, the French teacher, grimaced helplessly and closed her eyes as she listened to him.

On her next visit, the mother noticed that the boy had lost a lot of weight. She thought it was from anxiety and boredom at home, she even wanted to take him home. But the thought that I would have to leave my studies stopped me. In fact, such malnutrition was due to the fact that some of the products sent by his mother disappeared somewhere, and the boy could not understand where. He suspected Aunt Nadia, who needed to feed three children, but did not tell anyone. Unlike the village, here even normal fish could not be caught or edible roots dug up, so he remained hungry for days. Often his supper was only a mug of boiling water.

One day the protagonist learns that it is possible to earn money by playing "chika", and he starts playing this game with other guys. The rules were simple. The coins were stacked, tails up. In order to win, it was necessary to hit the stack so that as many coins as possible turned heads up. This was the win. The boy's classmate, the fussy Tishkin, also went there. They learned to play quickly, but the winnings were always meager. Vadik won the most, as he cheated. When the boy tried to convict him of this, he beat him.

The next day, the boy comes to school all beaten up, and Lidia Mikhailovna is told what happened. When the teacher found out that the boy was playing for money, she called him to talk. Lidia Mikhailovna thought that he was spending money on sweets, but in fact he was buying milk for treatment. After that, her attitude changed, and she decided to study French with him separately. The teacher invited him to her home, treated him to dinner, but the boy did not eat out of shyness and pride.

Lidia Mikhailovna, a rather wealthy woman, was very sympathetic to the boy and wanted to surround him with a little attention and care, knowing that he was malnourished. But he did not want to accept the noble teacher's help. She tried to send him a parcel with food (pasta, sugar and hematogen), but he gave it back, because he understood that his mother could not afford to buy such products, and he could not accept this from a stranger.

Then Lidia Mikhailovna, in order to somehow help the boy, comes up with a game of "smears". And he, thinking that such a method would be "honest", agrees and wins. Upon learning about the act of the teacher, the director of the school considered the game with the student a crime, and did not even figure out what made her go for it. The woman is fired and she leaves for her place in the Kuban, but the teacher did not forget the boy and sent him a parcel with pasta and even apples, which the boy had never tried, but had only seen in pictures. Lidia Mikhailovna is a kind, disinterested and noble person. Even having lost her job, she does not blame the boy for anything and does not forget about him.

"French Lessons" summary for the reader's diary

It was in 1948, when the famine of the post-war years was in the yard. Even in the countryside it is difficult to live. The narrator is a boy of 11 years old, he leaves for the district center to study, because there is only an elementary school in his village. He is a fifth grader. He wants to eat all the time, but he understands that his mother cannot help with money. The boy begins to play the game for money, but the local boys play dishonestly, one day he is beaten for the truth. A young teacher who immediately understood the reason for his game of "chika" assigns him extra classes on French at home. She always cooked dinner, which the boy always refused and ran away. Then Lidia Mikhailovna suggested that he play "zameryashki" for money, she succumbed to him winning money for milk. One day, the principal of the school caught them playing this game. The teacher was fired, and she went to her place in the Kuban. And after the winter, she sent the author a package containing pasta and apples, which he only saw in the picture.
“French Lessons” is a story about kind and helpful people.

The hero of the work is an eleven-year-old boy who lived and studied
in the village. He was considered "brainy" because he was literate, and
also often came to him with bonds: it was believed that he had
happy eye. But in the village where our hero lived, there was only the initial
school and therefore, in order to continue studying, he had to go to
regional center. In this difficult post-war period, in a period of devastation and famine,
his mother, in spite of all misfortunes, collected and sent her son to study. AT
in the city, he felt even more hungry, because in the countryside
it is easier to get your own food, and in the city you have to buy everything. The boy had to
live with aunt Nadia. He suffered from anemia, so every day he bought
ruble glass of milk.

At school, he studied well, for one five, except for French
language, he was not given pronunciation. Lidia Mikhailovna, teacher
French, listening to him, grimaced helplessly and closed her eyes. One day
our hero finds out that you can earn money by playing "chika", and he
starts playing this game with other boys. However, he did not allow
to take a great interest in the game and leave as soon as he won a ruble. But in
one day the rest of the guys did not let him leave with the ruble, but forced him to play
farther. Vadik, the best chika player, provoked a fight. Next
day the unfortunate country boy comes to school all beaten up and
Lidia Mikhailovna is told what happened. When the teacher found out
that the boy was playing for money, she called him to a conversation, thinking that
he spends money on sweets, but in fact he bought milk for
treatment. She immediately changed her attitude towards him, and she decided
study French with him separately. The teacher invited him
home, treated him to dinner, but the boy did not eat out of pride and embarrassment. Lydia
Mikhailovna, a rather wealthy woman, was very sympathetic to the guy and
I wanted to surround him with at least a little attention and care, knowing that he
is starving. But he didn't accept help. good teacher. She tried
send him a package of food, but he gave it back. Then Lydia
Mikhailovna, in order to give the boy a chance to have money, comes up with a game of
"freezes". And he, thinking that such a method would be "honest", agrees and
wins. The school principal considered playing with a student a crime,
seduction, but did not understand the essence, which made
teacher for it. The woman leaves for her place in the Kuban, but she has not forgotten
boy and sent him a parcel with groceries and even apples, which
the boy never tried, but saw only in the pictures. Lydia
Mikhailovna is a kind and selfless person. Even when she lost her job, she
does not blame the boy for anything and does not forget about him.

I hope it helped!!! GOOD LUCK...

The story is told from the perspective of an eleven-year-old boy who finds himself face to face with harsh life. His mother had three children and he was the eldest. After completing the fifth grade, he is sent to the district center to continue his studies. He lives with a friend of his mother.

In the village, the boy was considered literate. He wrote for the old women and read letters to them. In addition, in the village they believed that he had a lucky eye: the collective farmers brought him their bonds, and sometimes the boy found the bond number of one of his friends in the winnings table. Because of this, the neighbors told the mother that her son was brainy, he had to be taught. His mother collected him and, in spite of all misfortunes, sent him to district school. The boy studied well there too, because he still did not know how to treat the work assigned to him carelessly, and he had no other things to do. But French was not given to him at all. And the pronunciation was to blame for everything - he pronounced the words in the manner of village tongue twisters. Lidia Mikhailovna, the French teacher, grimaced helplessly and closed her eyes as she listened to him.

The worst thing for the boy began when he returned from school. Because of homesickness and constant malnutrition, he lost a lot of weight, so that his mother, having arrived one day, was afraid for him. Once a week, with her driver, Uncle Vanya, she sent potatoes for her son, but a good half of her disappeared somewhere. The child guessed that they were dragging him, but he was afraid to even think about who did it - the hostess or one of her children.

In the village, forests and fishing saved them from hunger. And here all other people's gardens, foreign land. And all that remained was to wait for my mother's messenger, Uncle Vanya, to knock on the door.

One day Fedka, the landlady's son, asked the boy if he knew how to play "chika". And he explained that this is a game for money. But since neither of them had any money, they went to see how the others were playing. In a flock of boys, Vadik stood out, a strong guy with a big red bang. The boy remembered that he was in the seventh grade.

The game was not difficult. It was necessary to throw a stone washer on a pile of coins so as to turn the coins upside down. Turned over - yours, beat further, no - give this right to the next one. But it was considered most important of all when throwing the puck to cover the coins, and if at least one of them turned out to be on the eagle, the entire cash desk went into the pocket of the thrower, and the game began again.

Of course, Vadik was cunning in the game, but no one dared to tell him about it.

The boy had no money. And only occasionally did his mother put a fiver on his milk in a letter. He exchanged the next five for a trifle and went to the dump where they played. At first he lost a lot of money, but he felt that he was adjusting to the game.

Finally, the boy began to win constantly, played until he received a ruble. With this ruble he bought milk for himself. Vadik treated his winnings calmly - he himself did not remain at a loss, but once he stopped the boy, saying that he was leaving the game too quickly. Now he was allowed to throw a coin at last turn, but he still won and soon beat better than Vadik. Being better than the leader is not goodbye. Once Vadik began to openly cheat, a fight broke out. Beaten, barely moving his legs, the hero reached the house.

The next day, he looked at himself in the mirror with fear: his face was covered in bruises and abrasions. And the first lesson, as luck would have it, was French. Lidia Mikhailovna, as a class teacher, was interested in children much longer than other teachers. “Today there are wounded among us,” she remarked. The class giggled, and Tishkin treacherously blurted out: “Vadik from the seventh grade brought it to him. They played for money, and he began to argue and earned money, I saw it. And he says he fell. The narrator was well aware that for such words they could both be expelled from school. But Lidia Mikhailovna only summoned the talking Tishkin to the board, and ordered the hero to stay after school.

Most of all, the student was afraid that he would be taken to the director. This meant that the next day, on the line, Vasily Andreevich would ask everyone in front of everyone: “What prompted him to such a dirty business?”

But the meeting with Lidia Mikhailovna was not so terrible. She did not complain to the director, but only asked the boy why he was playing?

In autumn, the driver Uncle Vanya stopped going to the district center, and there was no one to carry food parcels from his mother. The boy was starving. I had to go back to Vadik and Ptakh. He won a few times, but only a few. And when he wanted to leave with the ruble, he was beaten again. At a French lesson, Lidia Mikhailovna called him to the blackboard and forced him to read the French words he hated, and then decided to study with him separately.

The boy waited longingly for those hours when he had to be alone with Lidia Mikhailovna. And he felt very uncomfortable.

Soon the teacher decided that there was too little time left for them to study at school - the second shift came. And so she began to force the boy to come to her house, where he was so embarrassed that at first he even breathed with difficulty, he “had to be moved like a thing, and almost by force to extract” words from him.

One day the boy was told that a parcel had arrived for him, some man had brought it. “Probably Uncle Vanya,” he decided. The package turned out to be a box. Inside it were pasta, hematogen. Well, where could mother get pasta? The boy immediately guessed that this was the work of his hands. class teacher. He immediately took the parcel to Lidia Mikhailovna and would never agree to take it, despite her persuasion.

Since that time, the teacher has really taken up with him. And there was a sense. French became easier and easier, all the hard-to-pronounce words did not seem so scary.

One day, Lidia Mikhailovna told a student how, as a child, she played for money with other children in the "wall", and offered to play with her. The boy agreed. At first, Lidia Mikhailovna won all the time, but then the hero noticed that she succumbed to him. At first he was offended and left. But the next day they played again. Now the boy made sure that the teacher did not give in to him, and won for real. Since then, he again began to receive money for milk.

But one day, when Lidia Mikhailovna and her student were arguing about the bill, the director suddenly appeared at the door. The teacher boldly and calmly told him that she was playing with her student for money.

“- Do you play for money with this? .. - Vasily Andreevich pointed at me with his finger, and with fear I crawled behind the partition to hide in the room. - Are you playing with a student? Did I understand you correctly? - Correctly. - Well, you know ... - The director was suffocating, he did not have enough air. - I'm at a loss to immediately name your act. It is a crime. Corruption. Seduction. And more, more ... I have been working at school for twenty years, I have seen everything, but this ... "

Soon Lydia Mikhailovna left for the Kuban, to her homeland. And the narrator never saw her again.

“In the middle of winter, already after the January holidays, a parcel came to my school by mail. When I opened it, taking out the ax again from under the stairs, there were tubes of pasta in neat, dense rows. And below, in a thick cotton wrapper, I found three red apples.

I used to see apples only in pictures, but I guessed that they were!

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