Analysis of the story white beam black ear. Research work on literature Comprehensive analysis of the story by G.N.

There are works of not only Russian, but also Soviet literature, which not to read means to seriously deprive yourself. Such books need to be read, more than once and at different ages. They make you think about eternal truths and enduring human values.

“White Bim Black Ear”: summary

In terms of plot, this is a very simple story. About a smart dog, who was taken in by a writer and hunter, about his life with his beloved owner. The story is told as if from the perspective of three narrators: the owner, Bim himself and the author. Moreover, the author also conveys Bim’s impressions, but the style of narration changes radically. Childhood, hunting, communication with a wise and selflessly loved person - this was Bim’s happy life before his owner’s illness. This dog is White Bim Black Ear. The summary cannot give an idea of ​​Bim’s perception of the human world, of all the dog’s experiences, of all the misadventures that befell him.

Bim is looking for his dear owner and dies literally a few hours before he is discharged from the hospital. If you don’t read the book “White Bim Black Ear”, the summary will not help you sympathize with Bim; he will remain one of the dogs who were simply unlucky.

A film was made based on the story, which is now known even better than the work itself. It must be admitted that the director repeatedly used common melodramatic techniques. The film is a heart-warming story, while the book, if you read it carefully, is also a story about Soviet society. There are many like this: they got lost, found themselves homeless, abandoned due to the death of their owners or due to their irresponsibility. Not all of the “lost ones,” of course, are as smart as Bim, they understand words, they are as intelligent, but they all look at the world with the same confidence as he does. In the book, Bim, of course, is strongly humanized; he thinks and acts not according to instincts, but like a person. This is what causes such a strong emotional reaction.

The film “White Bim Black Ear”, a brief summary of which can be summarized in two lines, is a two-part series. And all of this is Bim’s misadventures, which are watched in one breath.

But while sympathizing with Bim in the book, is everyone ready to behave the same way in life? The work “White Bim Black Ear” touches and makes you cry, but does it teach anything? Or do emotions remain on their own and do not influence actions? Is anyone ready to adopt a stray dog? There are a lot of these in our cities, but for almost all people they only cause irritation. The book “White Bim Black Ear,” the contents of which many knew from childhood, taught kindness to absolutely not everyone. Why is this happening? Why don’t the most wonderful literature, the most exquisite ones, automatically change a person, simply because of the strong impression they made? In order to become kinder, more humane, it is necessary to carry out enormous internal work. Every new generation should definitely read books like this in order to learn to be more attentive to those around them.

One of the most famous works of Soviet literature is the story “White Bim Black Ear”. Reviews of the book by Gabriel Troepolsky are very positive: this work immediately brought the author all-Union popularity and fame. A famous film was made based on it, which received international recognition. The simple touching story of friendship between an owner and a dog immediately fell in love with everyone, so the story deservedly entered the golden fund of Soviet prose. The author was awarded the USSR State Prize, and the film was nominated for an Oscar.

About the plot

Troepolsky wrote “White Bim Black Ear” in 1971. Reviews of the book show that readers most liked the touching image of the dog. At the beginning of the work, we learn that they wanted to drown the puppy, but the writer Ivan Ivanovich took him in. He went out and left the puppy with him. Most readers note a successful start. According to them, despite the apparent simplicity of the storyline, the author was able to skillfully convey the feelings and experiences of the main character, his gratitude and affection for the owner, as well as his attitude towards the world around him. From this point of view, many readers rightly compare the beginning of the story with the famous work of the American writer D. London “White Fang”, which also tells about the formation of the personality of a wolf cub in the wild.

About Bim's character

Perhaps the most touching story about animals in Soviet literature is the work “White Bim Black Ear”. Reviews of the book show how much readers liked this work. They, of course, pay the main attention in their reviews to the main character. In their opinion, the writer managed to very truthfully reproduce Bim’s inner world and his character traits. The dog grew up very smart, quick-witted, he grasped everything literally on the fly. After two years, he was already able to distinguish about a hundred words related to home and hunting. But most of all, readers like the way Troepolsky portrayed the relationship between Bim and his owner. The smart dog was able to guess Ivan Ivanovich’s mood, as well as his attitude towards the people around him, by the expression of his eyes and face.

About the beginning of the conflict

The work “White Bim Black Ear” has a rather simple plot. Reviews of the book, however, indicate that readers liked, first of all, the idea presented by the author in his story: the theme of friendship, devotion, fidelity and at the same time the exposure of evil and betrayal. Towards the middle of the story, Bim meets an evil aunt who immediately dislikes the poor dog. She unfairly complained about him, despite the fact that even the chairman of the house committee himself admitted that the dog was not at all dangerous to society. This first encounter between Bim and an evil woman subsequently led to a sad ending.

Search for the owner

One of the famous Soviet writers is Gavriil Troepolsky. “White Bim Black Ear” is his most famous work. The main part of the story is the story of the dog's search for its owner, who was unexpectedly taken away for a complex operation. According to most readers, this part of the story is the most dramatic and heartbreaking. During his search, Bim experienced many adversities, met both good and bad people who treated him differently. For example, student Dasha and little boy Tolik treated him very carefully. The latter even managed to feed the dog, who refused to eat during the owner’s absence. And the kind girl returned him home and attached a sign to his collar explaining the dog’s history. However, after some time he ended up with the collector of dog signs, Gray (a man in gray clothes), who treated him very rudely and kicked him out of his house.

Loneliness

Troepolsky presented one of the most heartfelt and touching stories to the Soviet reader. “White Bim Black Ear” is a work about the complex relationship between a dog and people. Very soon schoolchildren and city residents learned about the devoted dog. His acquaintance Tolya began to court Bim. Many children sympathized with the hero, who during the absence of the owner had changed a lot and lost weight. According to reader reviews, this is one of the saddest parts in the story. However, Bim was still looking for the owner. These searches remained fruitless; moreover, one day, sensing Dasha’s scent, he rushed after the train and accidentally hit the rail with his paw. And although the driver braked in time, the dog severely injured his paw. He had a new enemy - Gray wrote a complaint to the police that Bim had bitten him.

With a new owner

In the work “White Bim Black Ear,” the main characters of which form the subject of this review, the characters are people of very different characters. After some time, the driver sold the dog to the shepherd Khirsan Andreevich. He fell in love with the dog, learned his story and decided to take care of him until Ivan Ivanovich returned. The shepherd's son Alyosha also became attached to Bim. And Bim fell in love with his new free life: he began to help the owner herd his sheep. However, one day the dog was taken hunting by the shepherd's neighbor Klim, who severely beat Bim because he did not finish off the wounded rabbit. According to readers, in these parts the author masterfully compared the good and evil characters of people through the perception of the main character. He fled from his new owner because he was afraid of Klim.

Denouement

The story “White Bim Black Ear” ends very sadly. The main characters of the work were both good and evil people. The boys Tolik and Alyosha began to look for the missing dog and became friends. However, Tolya’s father did not want his son to be friends with ordinary people and have a dog, so he interfered with the search in every possible way. Meanwhile, the aunt gave Bim to the dog catchers, and he died in the van, trying to get out. Soon Ivan Ivanovich returned after the operation. He learned about the disappearance of the dog and found him already dead in the quarantine yard. Troepolsky is a true master of character portrayal. “White Bim Black Ear” (you learned a summary of the work from this article) is a touching story that, despite the sad ending, nevertheless leaves bright feelings in readers. Many of them note that the sad ending is partly brightened up by the description of the children’s friendship with Ivan Ivanovich. After some time, he took himself a new puppy, to whom he also gave the nickname White Bim Black Ear. The breed of the dog also coincided - Scottish setter.

"Be human"
V. Shukshin

Target: awaken interest in the story, evoke a feeling of compassion and pity for all living things, and help students understand. what is mercy, to promote the education of moral qualities.

Equipment: portrait of G. Troepolsky, drawings by students, Exupery’s statement “We are responsible for those we have tamed.”

Lesson epigraph:

“...The reader is a friend!..
Think about it! If you write only about kindness, then for evil it is a godsend, a brilliance; if you write only about happiness, then people will stop seeing the unfortunate and in the end will not notice them; if you write only about the seriously beautiful, then people will stop laughing at the ugly...”
G. Troepolsky

During the classes

І. Biography of G. Troepolsky.

Gabriel Nikolaevich Troepolsky

Gavriil Nikolaevich Troepolsky was born on November 29, 1905 in the village of Novospasovka, Ternovsky district, Voronezh region.

G.N. Troepolsky is a prose writer, publicist, playwright. Born into the family of an Orthodox priest. He spent his childhood in the village and learned peasant labor at an early age.

In 1924 he graduated from the three-year agricultural school named after K.A. Timiryazev in the village of Aleshki, Borisoglebsk district, Voronezh province and, unable to get a job as an agronomist, went to teach at a rural four-year school, teaching until 1930.

Many years of his life are associated with Ostrogozhsk, where for almost a quarter of a century, he, an agronomist by profession, carried out breeding work and managed a variety testing site, where he managed to develop several new varieties of millet.

Troepolsky begins to keep various records: hunting notes and observations, landscape sketches.

Troepolsky essentially became an aspiring writer at the age of 47. “Troepolsky brought his theme to literature: “... pain for the land, for the fate of its sowers and guardians, for the steppe expanse and high sky, for the blue veins of rivers and rustling reeds...” - this is what V.L. said about Troepolsky. Toporkov in the article “Knight of the Russian Field”.

In the mid-50s, Troepolsky, based on “Notes of an Agronomist,” created the film script “Earth and People.” The film was directed by S.I. Rostotsky.

In 1958-61 the novel “Chernozem” was written.

In 1963 - the story “In the Reeds”.

Troepolsky dedicated this story to A.T. Tvardovsky.

ІІ. – What does the word mercy mean?

– Mercy is the willingness to help someone out of compassion and philanthropy.

ІІІ. Did you like the story?

IV. What do you think is the main idea of ​​this story?

The answers were:

• The main idea of ​​the story, in my opinion, is great friendship and good mutual understanding between man and dog, as well as kindness, devotion and humanity.
• The story shows what famine and indifference to the fate of a dog can lead to. The work once again proves that a dog is a man’s friend.
• A person must always remain a Human: kind, capable of compassion, always ready to help all living things.
• The story “White Bim Black Ear” by G. Troepolsky tells about the fate of a dog, about its loyalty, honor and devotion. Not a single dog in the world considers ordinary devotion to be something extraordinary, just as not all people have devotion to each other and fidelity to duty. By humanizing the suffering animal, the dog Bim, the author shows people who have lost their humanity.

The writer himself defined the purpose of his work as follows: “In my book, the only goal is to talk about kindness, trust, sincerity, and devotion.”

V. What breed was Bim, how did he get to Ivan Ivanovich?

– He was born from purebred parents, setters, with a long pedigree. For all his merits, there was a drawback that affected his fate. It must be “black, with a brilliant bluish tint - the color of a raven’s wing, and always clearly defined by bright red-red tan marks.”

Bim degenerated like this: the body is white, but with reddish tan marks and even slightly noticeable red speckles, only one ear and one leg are black, really like a raven’s wing; the second ear is a soft yellowish-red color. They wanted to drown Bim, but Ivan Ivanovich felt sorry for such a handsome man: he liked his eyes, you see, they were smart.

Ivan Ivanovich fed Bim a pacifier with milk, and he fell asleep in his owner’s arms in his arms with a bottle of milk.

VI . Why do you think Bim became a kind, faithful dog?

– Bim became a good dog thanks to Ivan Ivanovich. By the age of two he had become an excellent hunting dog, trusting and honest. Warm friendship and devotion became happiness, because “everyone understood everyone and each did not demand from the other more than what he could give.” Bim firmly understood: if you scratch the door, they will definitely open it for you; doors exist so that everyone can enter: ask and they will let you in. Only Bim did not know and could not know how many disappointments and troubles there would be later from such naive gullibility; he did not know and could not know that there are doors that do not open, no matter how much you scratch at them.

VII. Tell us about Ivan Ivanovich. What kind of person was this?

According to the students, Ivan Ivanovich is a big-hearted person, loves nature and understands it. Everything in the forest makes him happy: the snowdrops, which seem like a drop of heaven on earth, and the sky, which has already sprinkled the forest with thousands of blue drops. He addresses people in his diary with these words: “O restless man! Glory to you forever, who thinks, who suffers for the sake of the future! If you want to rest your soul, go to the snowdrops in the forest in early spring, and you will see a beautiful dream of reality. Go quickly: in a few days there may be no snowdrops, and you won’t be able to remember the magic of the vision given by nature! Go get some rest. “Snowdrops are fortunate,” people say.”

Students gave examples from the text of how Ivan Ivanovich raised Bim, how he went hunting with him, what commands he taught the dog.

VIII. What captivated you most about Bim?

– Most of all, Bim captivated me with his loyalty, devotion and love for his owner. When Ivan Ivanovich was admitted to the hospital, he could neither eat nor drink, and walked the streets all day long in search of his dear friend. Stones were thrown at him. they beat him, he was starving, but he was waiting for his master to return.

– I was greatly impressed by the scene where Bim cried over the owner’s letter, like a man.

“I liked Bim because he was a very understanding, caring dog, even without words, and by his eyes he understood whether Ivan Ivanovich was good or sad.

IX. What is Bim's purpose in life?

- Search and wait for the owner.

X. Bim trusted people. When did he start to lose faith in man?

“He bared his teeth for the first time and bit Gray.”

Viewing a fragment from the film by S.I. Rostotsky "White Bim Black Ear".

Episode: "Bim at Gray's."

– Bim could distinguish good people from evil ones. “Auntie and Snub-nosed are simply bad people. But this one... Bim already hated this one! Bim began to lose faith in man.”

XI. Which episodes made the most impression on you?

Student answers.

“I read and cried when Bim ran after the train, I was very tired, and the woman gave him water to drink. Bim drank almost all the water from the mitten. Now he looked into the woman’s eyes and immediately believed: a good person. And he licked and licked her rough, cracked hands, licking off the droplets falling from her eyes. So for the second time in his life, Bim learned the taste of a person’s tears: the first time - the owner’s peas, now these, transparent, shining in the sun, thickly salted with inescapable grief.

– The episode that made the greatest impression on me was when Bim’s paw hit the arrow. Bim jumped on three legs, exhausted and disfigured. He often stopped and licked the numb and swollen toes of his sore paw, the blood gradually subsided, and he licked and licked until each shapeless toe became perfectly clean. It was very painful, but there was no other way out; every dog ​​knows this: it hurts, but be patient, it hurts, and you lick, it hurts, but be silent.

“I felt very sorry for Bim, when the hare disappeared from sight, Klim became furious again: he came close to Bim and hit him with all his might in the chest with the toe of a huge boot. Bim gasped. How the man gasped. “O-oh! – Bim cried out long-drawnly and fell. “Oh, oh...” Bim now spoke in human language. “Oh... For what?!” And he looked with a painful, suffering gaze at the man, not understanding and horrified.

“I was struck by the inhumanity of Semyon Petrovich, Tolik’s father, who tied Bim to a tree in the forest at the end of November, unwrapped the bundle, took out a bowl of meat from it and placed it in front of Bim, without uttering a single word. But after walking away a few steps, he turned around and said: “Well, be it. Like this".

Bim sat until dawn, chilled, sick, exhausted. He chewed through the rope with difficulty and freed himself. Bim realized that now there was no need to go to Tolik, that he would now go to his own door, nowhere else.

XII. How did Bim get into the iron van?

Why did Auntie do this to Bim?

- Aunt hated Bim. She wanted to take revenge on him for not giving her his paw in Ivan Ivanovich’s apartment, he was scared. The guest did not believe Aunt that Bim could bite her (he once licked her hand - not from an excess of feelings only for her personally, but for humanity in general). When the van drove up to the house, Aunt said that Bim was her dog, she had chewed the end of the rope on her neck and was biting everyone.

“Why did you show your teeth? If you don't know how to handle dogs, you wouldn't torture them. She ate the frog’s snout herself, and brought the dog – it’s terrible to look at: she doesn’t look like a dog,” the dog catchers told Aunt.

Watching a fragment of “In the Van” from Rostotsky’s film “White Bim Black Ear.”

Bim dies, but his short life had a positive impact on many destinies - it made Tolik and Alyosha friends. Tolik's parents changed their attitude towards Bim (they wrote advertisements in the newspaper, looked for a dog). Young Ivan, a dog breeder, left his occupation forever.

“Ivan Ivanovich felt warmth within himself, in the emptiness that remained after the loss of his friend. It took him a while to figure out what it was. And these were two boys, they were brought to him, without knowing it, by Bim. And they will come again, they will come more than once.”

XIII. What thoughts and feelings did the story evoke in you? Reading students' essays.

– When I read this story, there were tears in my eyes, and my soul was sad and sad. I hope that people, reading such books, will become kind and humane not only towards animals, but also towards each other.

– I really liked the story. I even almost cried when they beat Bim with a twig and threw stones at him. He died at the hands of cruel people. But in life he realized that not all people are as good as Ivan Ivanovich, Stepanovna, Tolik, Lyusya, Alyosha, Dasha.

The story deeply touched my soul, and I realized that in life one must be kind and good, like Bim’s owner.

– Troepolsky’s story “White Bim Black Ear” helped me become kinder and more merciful to all living things. When kindness becomes a need for everyone, when there are no evil and indifferent people, life will become much better. Be human! Do not do evil, because it will boomerang back to you.

Troepolsky's story made a deep impression on the students and made them think about many moral problems.

Students at home completed illustrations for individual episodes of the story. With the help of fine art they wanted to show their feelings and emotions towards living beings.

Students' story based on their illustrations for the story.

The story “White Bim Black Ear” is not only about kindness, callousness, nobility and meanness, but also about caring for nature.

This word is an appeal to the readers of the story:

“Blessed is he who managed to absorb all this from childhood and carried it through life without spilling a single drop from the vessel of salvation of the soul given by nature!
On such days in the forest, the heart becomes all-forgiving, but also demanding of itself. Peaceful, you merge with nature. In these solemn moments of autumn dreams, I really want there to be no untruth and evil on earth.”

Homework:

Piteously and, it seemed, hopelessly, he suddenly began to whine, clumsily waddling back and forth, looking for his mother. Then the owner sat him on his lap and put a pacifier with milk in his mouth.

And what could a month-old puppy do if he still didn’t understand anything in life, and his mother was still not there, despite any complaints. So he tried to give sad concerts. Although, however, he fell asleep in the arms of the owner in an embrace with a bottle of milk.

But on the fourth day, the baby already began to get used to the warmth of human hands. Puppies very quickly begin to respond to affection.

He didn’t yet know his name, but a week later he established for sure that he was Bim.

At two months old, he was surprised to see things: a desk tall for a puppy, and on the wall - a gun, a hunting bag and the face of a man with long hair. I quickly got used to all this. There was nothing surprising in the fact that the man on the wall was motionless: if he didn’t move, there was little interest. True, a little later, then, no, no, yes, he will look: what does it mean - a face looking out of the frame, as if from a window?

The second wall was more interesting. It all consisted of different blocks, each of which the owner could pull out and put back in. At the age of four months, when Bim was already able to reach on his hind legs, he himself pulled out the block and tried to examine it. But for some reason he rustled and left a piece of paper in Bim’s teeth. It was very funny to tear that piece of paper into small pieces.

– What is this?! – the owner shouted. - It is forbidden! - and poked Bim’s nose into the book. - Bim, you can’t. It is forbidden!

After such a suggestion, even a person will refuse to read, but Bim will not: he looked at the books for a long time and carefully, bowing his head first to one side, then to the other. And, apparently, he decided: since this one is impossible, I’ll take another one. He quietly grabbed the spine and dragged it under the sofa, there he chewed off first one corner of the binding, then the second, and, having forgotten, he dragged the unlucky book into the middle of the room and began to torment it playfully with his paws, and even with a jump.

It was here that he learned for the first time what “hurt” meant and what “impossible” meant. The owner stood up from the table and said sternly:

- It is forbidden! – and tapped his ear. “You, your stupid head, tore up the “Bible for Believers and Non-Believers.” - And again: - You can’t! Books are not allowed! “He tugged his ear again.

Bim squealed and raised all four paws up. So lying on his back, he looked at the owner and could not understand what was actually happening.

- It is forbidden! It is forbidden! - he deliberately hammered and thrust the book to his nose again and again, but no longer punished. Then he picked up the puppy, stroked it and said the same thing: “You can’t, boy, you can’t, silly.” - And he sat down. And he sat me on my knees.

So at an early age, Bim received morality from his master through the “Bible for Believers and Non-Believers.” Bim licked his hand and looked carefully into his face.

He already loved it when his owner talked to him, but so far he understood only two words: “Bim” and “impossible.” And yet it is very, very interesting to watch how white hair hangs on the forehead, kind lips move and how warm, gentle fingers touch the fur. But Bim was already able to absolutely accurately determine whether the owner was cheerful or sad, whether he was scolding or praising, calling or driving away.

And he could also be sad. Then he spoke to himself and turned to Bim:

- This is how we live, fool. Why are you looking at her? – he pointed to the portrait. - She, brother, died. She doesn't exist. No... - He stroked Bim and said in full confidence: - Oh, my fool, Bimka. You don't understand anything yet.

But he was only partly right, since Bim understood that they would not play with him now, and he took the word “fool” personally, and “boy” too. So when his great friend called him a fool or a boy, Bim went immediately, as if to the nickname. And since he, at that age, mastered the intonation of his voice, then, of course, he promised to be the smartest dog.

But is it only the mind that determines a dog’s position among its fellows? Unfortunately no. Apart from his mental abilities, not everything was in order with Bim.

True, he was born from purebred parents, setters, with a long pedigree. Each of his ancestors had a personal sheet, a certificate. Using these questionnaires, the owner could not only reach Bim’s great-grandfather and grandmother, but also know, if desired, his great-grandfather’s great-grandfather and great-grandmother’s great-grandmother. This is all good, of course. But the fact is that Bim, despite all his advantages, had a big drawback, which later greatly affected his fate: although he was from the Scottish setter breed (Gordon setter), the color turned out to be completely atypical - that’s the point. According to the standards of hunting dogs, the Gordon Setter must be black, with a shiny bluish tint - the color of a raven's wing, and must have clearly demarcated bright markings, reddish-red tan markings, even white markings are considered a big fault in Gordons. Bim degenerated like this: the body is white, but with reddish markings and even slightly noticeable red speckles, only one ear and one leg are black, really like a raven’s wing, the second ear is a soft yellowish-red color. Even a surprisingly similar phenomenon: in all respects it is a Gordon setter, but the color is, well, nothing like it. Some distant, distant ancestor jumped out to Bima: his parents were Gordons, and he was an albino of the breed.

In general, with such multi-colored ears and tan marks under large, intelligent dark brown eyes, Bim’s muzzle was even prettier, more noticeable, perhaps even smarter or, how to say, more philosophical, more thoughtful than that of ordinary dogs. And really, all this cannot even be called a muzzle, but rather a dog’s face. But according to the laws of cynology, white color, in a particular case, is considered a sign of degeneration. He is handsome in everything, but by the standards of his coat, he is clearly questionable and even vicious. This was Bim’s problem.

Of course, Bim did not understand the guilt of his birth, since puppies are not given by nature to choose their parents before they are born. Bim simply cannot even think about it. He lived for himself and was happy for now.

But the owner was worried: would they give Bim a pedigree certificate that would secure his position among hunting dogs, or would he remain a lifelong outcast? This will be known only at the age of six months, when the puppy (again, according to the laws of cynology) will define itself and become close to what is called a pedigree dog.

The owner of Bim's mother, in general, had already decided to cull the white one from the litter, that is, to drown him, but there was an eccentric who felt sorry for such a handsome man. That eccentric was Bim’s current owner: he liked his eyes, you see, they were smart. Wow! And now the question is: will they give or won’t they give a pedigree?

Meanwhile, the owner was trying to figure out why Bim had such an anomaly. He turned over all the books on hunting and dog breeding in order to get at least a little closer to the truth and prove over time that Bim was not guilty. It was for this purpose that he began to copy out from various books into a thick general notebook everything that could justify Bim as a real representative of the setter breed. Bim was already his friend, and friends always need to be helped out. Otherwise, Bim should not be a winner at shows, should not rattle gold medals on his chest: no matter how golden a dog he is in the hunt, he will be excluded from the breed.

What an injustice in this world!

Notes of a Hunter

In recent months, Bim quietly entered my life and took a strong place in it. What did he take? Kindness, boundless trust and affection - feelings are always irresistible, if sycophancy has not rubbed in between them, which can then, gradually, turn everything into false - kindness, trust, and affection. This is a terrible quality - sycophancy. God forbid! But Bim is still a baby and a cute little dog. Everything about it will depend on me, on the owner.

Troepolsky wrote the story “White Bim Black Ear” in 1971. The author dedicated the work to A. T. Tvardovsky. The central theme of the story is the theme of mercy. Using the example of the story about the dog Bim, the author shows that a person in any situation must remain human, show kindness, and take care of our little brothers.

Main characters

Bim– a dog “from the Scottish Setter breed with a long pedigree. He was of an atypical color: white with tan markings, one black ear and one black leg.

Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov– Bim’s owner, hunter, participant in the Great Patriotic War; retired journalist.

Tolik- a boy who took care of Bim.

Other heroes

Stepanovna- a neighbor who looked after Bim.

Dasha- the girl who helped Bim.

Khrisan Andreich- Bim's temporary owner in the village.

Gray man- the man who took the sign off Bim’s collar and beat the dog.

Aunt- a neighbor who disliked Bim.

Chapters 1–2

Bim was born from purebred setter parents, but had an atypical color. The owners wanted to drown Bim, but Ivan Ivanovich took the puppy to him. The man became very attached to the animal and soon began to take it with him hunting. “By the age of two, Bim became an excellent hunting dog.”

Chapter 3

The third summer has passed. A “shrill and fat” aunt wrote a complaint against Bim: supposedly the dog was dangerous. The chairman of the house brought the paper, but when he saw the dog, he realized that Bim was kind and obedient.

Chapters 4–5

During the hunt, Ivan Ivanovich tried to limit himself to one or two woodcocks per hunt, and then only so that Bim would not “die like a hunting dog.”

Ivan Ivanovich once took Bim on a wolf hunt. After this incident, the dog always showed his owner during the hunt that he had smelled the scent of a wolf.

Chapter 6

Ivan Ivanovich suffered from pain more and more often; he was bothered by an old wound - a shrapnel near his heart. One day he became very ill. Ivan Ivanovich was taken to the hospital. The man asked his neighbor Stepanovna to look after the dog.

Bim ran after the owner. The dog followed the trail to the ambulance building and began scratching at the door: it smelled like his owner. However, Bim was driven away.

The next morning the dog went out searching again. Bim sniffed the people and examined them. Passers-by noticed the dog and called the police. However, the girl Dasha stood up for Bim. She took the dog home. Stepanovna told the girl that Ivan Ivanovich was sent by plane to Moscow to have an operation.

Chapter 7

In the morning, Dasha brought Bim a collar with a plate on which was written: “His name is Bim. Lives in an apartment. Don't offend him, people."

The neighbor let Bim out for a walk alone. The dog wandered into the park, the boys noticed him, and they brought the dog some food. One of the boys, Tolik, hand-fed Bim. “Some guy” with a cane—“gray”—came up to the guys and asked whose dog it was. Having learned that the dog was a nobody's, the man took it with him and brought it home. He took off Bim’s collar, as he collected all kinds of “dog badges” (medals, leashes, collars). At night, out of loneliness, the dog began to howl. Angry, the “gray” one beat the dog with a stick. Bim attacked the man and jumped out of the apartment through the door opened by the offender’s wife.

Chapter 8

"Days passed after days." Bim already knew the city well. Somehow the dog smelled Dasha, which led him to the station. The girl was leaving. The dog ran after the train for a long time, and then, sadly, fell between the rails.

A woman approached the almost dying Bim and gave him water to drink. Bim trudged along the railway and his paw got pinched. At that moment the train was approaching. Fortunately, the driver managed to stop and freed the dog. Bim returned home.

Chapter 9

Tolik found out where Bim lived and now walked the limping dog every day. An advertisement appeared in the newspaper that a setter with a black ear was walking around the city and biting passers-by. Having learned about this, Tolik showed the dog to the veterinarian. The doctor concluded that “the dog is not mad, but sick.”

Chapter 10

Gradually, Bim began to recover, but only in late autumn was he able to stand on all fours. The neighbor started letting the dog out alone again.

One day Bim was picked up by a driver who was taking him and Ivan Ivanovich hunting. The driver sold the dog to a friend for 15 rubles. The new owner, Khrisan Andreich, named the dog “Chernoukh” and took it with him to the village.

Chapter 11

In the village, everything was unusual for Bim: small houses, pets and birds. The dog quickly “got used to the courtyard, to its population, and was not surprised at the well-fed life.”

Chapter 12

Khrisan Andreich took Bim with him to graze the sheep. The dog now has the duty of “turning unauthorized sheep towards the herd and keeping an eye on them.”

One day an acquaintance, Klim, came to Khrisan Andreich and began asking him to sell Bim. However, the owner refused: he had previously advertised in the newspaper that “A dog has stuck,” and received the answer: “Please don’t advertise. Let him live until his term."

Khrisan Andreich allowed us to simply take the dog hunting. The next day, Klim and Bim went into the forest. Not accustomed to large prey, the dog missed the hare. Klim became very angry and hit Bim with his boot. The dog fell. Klim abandoned the dog in the forest.

Bim, who had lost consciousness from the blow, soon woke up and, barely walking, found medicinal herbs.

Chapter 13

The dog spent five days in the forest until he felt better and returned to the city. Following the trail, Bim found Tolik's house. The boy was glad to have the dog, but his parents categorically did not want to leave the dog at home. At night, Tolik’s father took Bim to the forest and abandoned him there.

Chapter 14

Bim returned to the city and again came to Tolik’s house. The boy's father tried to catch the dog again, but he managed to escape.

Chapter 15

Bim trudged to Ivan Ivanovich's house. However, when she saw the dog, that same noisy woman called the “quarantine station.” Bim was caught, put in an iron van and taken to a dog pound. Waking up in an “iron prison”, the dog began to scratch the door. “He chewed shreds of tin with his teeth and scratched again, already lying down. Called. I asked." By morning the dog became quiet.

Chapter 16

That morning Ivan Ivanovich also returned. The man already at the station began asking if anyone had seen Bim. Ivan Ivanovich went to the quarantine station. The man barely managed to persuade the watchman to open the van doors.

“Bim was lying with his nose to the door. Lips and gums are torn on the torn edges of the tin. He scratched at the last door for a long, long time. Scratched until my last breath. And how little he asked. Freedom and trust - nothing more.”

Chapter 17

In the spring, Ivan Ivanovich took a new puppy for himself and Tolika. It was a “pedigreed, typical-colored English setter,” who was also named Bim. “But he will never forget his old friend.”

Conclusion

In the story “White Bim Black Ear,” the author talks about the fate of a dog that remains faithful to its owner to the last. Depicting the suffering of the animal, his homesickness, the author seems to compare the kind, devoted dog and all those people he met: many of them are inferior to Bim in terms of positive qualities.

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