Composition
The work of N.V. Gogol has had big influence on Russian literature. The democracy and humanism of his works, appeal to everyday phenomena of life, the creation of bright typical characters, the combination of lyrical and satirical motives made his legacy truly priceless. Thus, his story “The Overcoat” is filled with enormous social and humanistic content, where he develops the theme of human defenselessness in the surrounding injustice and injustice that has long worried him. cruel world. The main idea of the work is the idea of a “little” man, crippled and robbed by the state.
The story of Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin, the “eternal titular adviser,” is the story of the life and death of a person under the rule of social circumstances. The bureaucratic system brings the hero to complete stupor, limiting the whole meaning of his existence to the rewriting of absurd government papers. It is not surprising that Bashmachkin, placed in such conditions, experiences a kind of “insight” in the story of the overcoat, which became his “ideal goal” and filled his existence with meaning. Starving in order to save money to sew an overcoat, he “but ate spiritually, carrying an eternal idea in his thoughts.” The overcoat was the light of his life. What a blow it was for the hero that he was deprived of this value, this light. “Misfortune falls unbearably” on the poor man’s head. An evil, indifferent element is approaching Bashmachkin: the deserted streets become more desolate, the streetlights flicker on them less often. Akakiy Akakievich is in distress due to the rampant nature and wants to find protection from the State. Not wanting to accept the need to take a step back and return to a meaningless existence, he decides to fight. Bashmachkin goes to the “private person”, and then straight to the general, a “significant person”. However, in his old “hood” he arouses the general’s dissatisfaction and suspicion: the victim’s appearance does not correspond very much to the statement of a rich overcoat. With his “scolding” he put the hero in his place, which he could not bear. Thus, in the person of the servants of the law, the hero is faced with complete indifference to his fate. His request for protection only inflamed the general’s proud arrogance: “Do you know who you are talking to? Do you understand who is standing in front of you? do you understand this, do you understand this? I'm asking you". After such an attitude, Bashmachkin felt bad. Indifference " significant person“merged with the evil cold of nature, and he returned home completely exhausted and sick.
A terrible mental shock from human injustice and cruelty leads to the fact that the hero falls ill and dies: “A creature has disappeared and disappeared, not protected by anyone, not dear to anyone, not interesting to anyone.” But in his dying delirium, he experiences another “insight”, utters “the most scary words».
The plot of the story does not end with the death of the hero. Now retribution begins, the elements that have come to the surface of life are raging. The deceased Bashmachkin turns into an avenger and tears off the greatcoat from the general himself. The author here resorts to fiction in order to more deeply reveal the protesting, rebellious beginning hidden in a timid and intimidated person, a representative of the “lower class” of society.
Gogol's story is filled symbolic images, helping to most clearly reveal the main idea of the work - callousness, indifference, inactivity of the authorities in relation to to the common man. Thus, the image of the general depicted on Petrovich’s snuff box is symbolic, “which general is unknown, because the place where the face was was pierced with a finger and then sealed with a rectangular piece of paper.” This is a symbol of power that has lost face, that has lost the “image of God.” Also characteristic is the image of a watchman who saw with his own eyes, “how a ghost appeared from behind one house... he did not dare to stop him, but just followed him...” This image is the image of a guardian of power at the lowest, but also its most restless level, passively wandering behind the raging elements - is also deeply symbolic.
Gogol later develops the main idea of this story in “Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends.” This helps us to better understand the intention of the work: “...rare of us has had so much love for good that he decided to sacrifice for it both ambition, and self-love, and all the trifles of his easily irritated egoism and made it an indispensable law for himself - to serve his land, and not himself, to remember every minute that he took the place for the happiness of others, and not for his own.” Thus, this conclusion, contained in the subtext of “The Overcoat,” concerns not only a small man, a minor official, not only a “significant person,” but also everything Russian State led by the Emperor himself.
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The theme of fear runs through many of N.V. Gogol’s works (the comedies “The Inspector General,” “Marriage,” the poem “ Dead Souls", story " Terrible revenge"" Viy ", etc.). In all works, fear is woven into the compositional plot line and has a specific manifestation. It is also stylistically significant in the story “The Overcoat”.
Movement storyline allows us to trace the nature and dynamics of this affective state, its expression. Fear is a special link in the anxiety series, which includes several affective phenomena that naturally replace each other as anxiety arises and increases.
The lowest intensity of anxiety is a feeling of internal tension. The reader can trace the description of this state of the hero of the story already on the first pages through the attitude of the department’s colleagues towards the hero. Akakiy Akakievich, a petty “official for writing,” in this institution “was not shown ... any respect,” “the bosses treated him somehow coldly / despotically,” “young officials laughed and made jokes at him,” “they poured on him head of a piece of paper." It would seem that our hero has become accustomed to such treatment and even, as the author notes, “did not make a single mistake in writing” at the same time. But it is no coincidence that the enumeration of all the not so pleasant appeals; they escalate the internal tension of the hero’s state, for whom similar attitude nevertheless, it is not indifferent: the jokes of colleagues sometimes became “too unbearable.” The silent Akaki Akakievich was forced to say: “Leave me, why are you offending me?”, “and there was something strange in the words and in the voice with which they were spoken.”
His words indicate the painful mental discomfort that he is experiencing. This feeling does not yet have a tinge of threat, but serves as a signal of the likely approach of more severe alarming reactions: if until the noted moment the nagging of officials does not have a definite impact, then over time they acquire significance, turning into stimuli of irritation.
The further course of events reveals an increase in alarming symptoms. And how could they not be, if on “ life's path There are quite a few “various disasters” among “titular advisers”. One of them, “a strong enemy of everyone who receives four hundred rubles a year in salary or so,” is the northern frost and wind, which forced Akaki Akakievich to take a closer look at his spreading hood, which also served as a subject of ridicule to officials.
The whole procedure of failed repairs, and then sewing new overcoat, is accompanied by scenes of anxious sensations that the hero of the work experiences and which the reader begins to experience, anticipating tragic ending. Let us remember the scenes at the tailor Petrovich, which, under the masterful pen of N.V. Gogol, turn into a laconic psychological duel between the characters. Akaki Akakievich’s first feeling from the inevitable meeting with Petrovich was “it was unpleasant,” that he came just when “Petrovich was angry.” This did not bode well, and “Akaky Akakievich already wanted, as they say, to go back to the yard,” but it was necessary to start a conversation, and the customer “involuntarily” said: “Hello Petrovich!”
The duel has begun. The psychological tension of the described situation is subtly conveyed by means of linguistic depiction of the characters’ actions and their speech.
The hitherto unconscious anxiety begins to find its object. Fear arises in the soul of Akaki Akakievich. At first it was fear that Petrovich would refuse to repair his overcoat, and Akaki Akakievich hoped that repairing his wardrobe would fix everything. Specific indicators of fear are introduced into the narrative text. Noteworthy is the confused speech of the hero, trying to preserve his old overcoat (“And I’m that one, Petrovich... an overcoat, cloth... you see...”); palpitations (Akaky Akakievich’s heart skipped a beat at the tailor’s categorical refusal); absentmindedness of attention (at the word “new,” Akaki Akakievich’s eyes became clouded, and everything that was in the room began to get confused in front of him). The psychological duel was heating up: if Akaki Akakievich was “as if in a dream,” then Petrovich answered him “decisively,” “with barbaric calm.” Fear finds another object, now the cost of sewing a new overcoat. The amount that Petrovich names (and “he liked to suddenly somehow puzzle him completely and then look sideways at the puzzled face he would make after such words”) makes poor Bashmachkin even cry out, “maybe for the first time in his life, for he has always been different.” quietness of voice." Other indicators of mental reactivity are added: from Petrovich Akaki Akakievich “came out completely destroyed”, “went out into the street... it was like in a dream”; “I went in the completely opposite direction, without even suspecting it. On the way, the chimney sweep touched him with all his unclean current and blackened his entire shoulder; a whole cap of lime fell on him from the top of the house under construction. He didn’t notice any of this...” The simultaneity and sequence of several manifestations of fear are observed: confused speech, short-term slow behavior, heartbeat, cowering, moving away from the stimulus.
Sketches and descriptions of the scene of action act as special signs of the hero’s internal state in the story. In this regard, Bashmachkin’s road from the party in a new overcoat is psychologically expressive. The description of the evening and the road is in harmony with the character’s internal state: at first it was light on the street, and Akaki Akakievich “walked in a cheerful mood, he even ran up ... after some lady,” but then “deserted streets stretched out ... “even during the day they are not so cheerful, and even more so in the evening,” the streets became more and more lonely and secluded, lanterns appeared less often, the shacks turned black, ahead of Bashmachkin there was an “endless” square that “looked like a terrible desert.” The tension of the hero’s internal state is growing: “Akaky Akakievich’s gaiety has somehow decreased significantly here.
He entered the square not without some kind of involuntary fear, as if his heart had a presentiment of something evil.” Anxiety, stimulated by darkness and desolation, is replaced by fear. Feeling the inevitability of the impending catastrophe, “his eyes grew clouded and his chest began to pound... Akaki Akakievich wanted to shout “guard” - at that time “some people with a mustache” took off his overcoat; when I came to my senses, no one was there anymore.
Fear, depending on its intensity, is experienced by Bashmachkin as a premonition, uncertainty or complete insecurity. In this state, for example, we see him when meeting with a general, to whom he turns with the hope that a “significant person” will help him find his overcoat: “Akakiy Akakievich already felt the proper timidity in advance and was somewhat embarrassed.” The intensity of fear varies from anticipation of something unpleasant to horror.
Fear at the sight of a “significant person” greatly influences the course of all the hero’s mental processes: again constrained speech (“... and, as best he could, as much as freedom of language could allow him, he explained with the addition even more often, at other times, of particles of “that "..."); "sweated horribly"; tried to “gather all the small handful of presence of mind that was in him”; after the general “stamped his foot, raising his voice to such a strong note that even Akaki Akakievich would have become afraid,” he completely “fainted, staggered, shook with his whole body and could not stand,” “he was taken out almost without movements”, “how I went out into the street, I didn’t remember anything about it”, “I walked through a blizzard whistling in the streets, with my mouth open, straying from the sidewalks.” Each artistic detail in all scenes of the story it turns out to be psychologically significant, allows us to observe the change mental state hero. As we see, fear in its various manifestations permeates the entire story. Scenes of expression of fear are also relevant to other characters in the story. Fear forces, for example, officials who wear “all sorts of overcoats: cat, beaver, cotton wool, raccoon, fox, bear coats...”, and after the death of the main character, experience anxious and fearful excitement.
An indication of the special intensity of the emotion that officials experience at the sight of a dead man is conveyed by N.V. Gogol in intense terms all, every, such, even: “... this instilled in him, however, such fear that he began to run as fast as he could.” , “the guards received such fear of the dead,” “I felt such fear that, not without reason, I even began to fear about some painful attack,” and so on.
The sources of fear in the story are objects, people (living and dead), situations that evoke expressive reactions either through direct confrontations, or through the formation of assumptions, through anticipation.
Each private reception in outline emotional state fear is another facet of Gogol’s writing talent, his vision of the human soul, internal changes in emotions. N.V. Gogol himself repeatedly pointed out his gift as a psychologist: “From everything that I have written, despite all the imperfections of what has been written, one can, however, see that the author knows what people are and knows how to hear what the soul is person."
All the noted features of the expressive manifestation of the emotion of fear in the story indicate the realistic presentation of this anxious state in art test and about the writer’s mastery of techniques for creating a psychological image.
Literature
1. Gogol N.V. Overcoat. - M., 1978.
2. Gogol N.V. Complete collection essays. - T. 13. - M., 195.
- (46 words) In Gogol’s story “The Overcoat” main character He also wasn’t confident in himself, so his colleagues easily drove him crazy. But if Akaki Akakievich had overcome shyness and fear, he could have made a career and started a family. Thus, low self-esteem destroys people.
- (59 words) In Andersen's fairy tale " The Snow Queen“It was also difficult for the heroine to overcome self-doubt. She doubted she could save Kai. But if she had given free rein to her fear and not followed him, his heart would have turned to ice. Likewise, we must force ourselves to move forward and believe in success, otherwise life will not turn out the way we want it.
- (48 words) Every time I doubt myself, I remember the labors of Hercules. It’s not for nothing that the ancient Greeks described them: they motivate me to take action. After all, he believed that he could cope with all the tasks, this was the secret of success, and am I worse? The right books will always help you believe in yourself.
- (50 words) In Pushkin’s fairy tale “Ruslan and Lyudmila,” the hero could really doubt whether he is worthy of Lyudmila’s hand: his bride was stolen from under his nose. But Ruslan did not succumb to his fears and went to the girl’s rescue. Insecure people, unlike him, would accept the verdict of fate and lose their love.
- (63 words) In Turgenev’s story “Mumu,” the hero lost faith in his abilities and drowned his beloved dog, believing that he himself is not very different from a dog, since the owner rules him as she wants. This is what self-doubt led to: Gerasim killed his only friend. And if he had assessed himself soberly, he would have taken Mumu and gone on the run, because every person has the right to happiness.
- (43 words) The hero from Dostoevsky’s novel “Poor People” is truly unsure of himself. Makar loved Varvara, but valued himself too little to propose. He doubted whether he could provide for her, did not believe that she would feel good with him, and did not consider himself worthy of her hand.
- (45 words) In Exupéry’s work “ A little prince“The hero flies away from love, because he doubts that she needs him. He thinks he doesn't deserve her, and Rose is too proud to hold him back. But their feelings were mutual, and the separation was only a consequence of the prince’s lack of self-confidence.
- (44 words) Only love can cure self-doubt. The very young Pyotr Grinev did not doubt himself when he disobeyed the commander and went to Pugachev to help Masha out in Pushkin’s novel “ Captain's daughter" He conquered his fear for the sake of his beloved and proved to himself that he was capable of anything.
- (46 words) In Walter Scott’s novel “Ivanhoe,” the hero also experienced uncertainty in his abilities, because he went to the fight after a serious wound. However, he overcame himself in order to help others, truly weak people. Therefore it is true noble man will never always find the source of self-confidence in good thoughts.
- (40 words) In Pushkin’s story “The Queen of Spades,” the hero was not confident in himself, so he believed more in magic than in his abilities. As a result, low self-esteem led to his moral decline, because such people have nothing to lose, they do not value themselves and are not afraid to get dirty.
- (57 words) I also doubted myself when it came to creativity. I didn’t think that anyone would like my daub. But one day my drawings caught the eye of our teacher, who knew about such things. He insisted that I take part in the competition, and in the end my work took first place. Since then I have gained confidence in my abilities.
- (46 words) My mother has always been insecure. It seemed to her that she would not be able to work in her specialty (designer). One day, a new acquaintance of my father came to visit us and was amazed at the beauty of our apartment. He hired his mother to decorate his home, and that’s when her successful career began.
- (53 words) I was never confident in myself, so I often left the answer space empty if I doubted it, and I didn’t get out of threes. I didn’t believe in my capabilities, but in vain: the tutor, having figured out my secret, forbade me to leave the question unanswered. As a result, I became a solid student. This is how self-doubt can humble a person.
- (60 words) There was also a very shy boy in our company. He was always silent and repeated everything after the others. But I felt that he was not stupid, he was just acting that way. I became friends with him and understood the reason: he had speech impediments. Then I pretended to burr and went with him to a speech therapist. As a result, he was able to overcome his uncertainty and learned to speak beautifully.
- (48 words) People who lack self-confidence need to be helped. For example, my grandmother helped me a lot when she took me to extra classes. I was not sociable and shy, but she did not give up and developed my personality. It was then that I learned to control myself and make responsible decisions. Self-doubt disappeared as if by hand.
- (47 words) Self-doubt does not always manifest itself in quiet and inconspicuous people. Often, even the brightest and bravest among us suffer from indecision and lack of self-confidence. An example of this is my friend, a ringleader and a joker, who, nevertheless, was afraid to give a Valentine to a classmate and invite her to the cinema.
- (40 words) People who seem confident at first glance also sometimes suffer from doubts. For example, our teacher was invited to the “Teacher of the Year” competition, but was embarrassed to take part. She then secretly confided to us that she felt awkward applying for an award for her daily work.
- (40 words) My brother also suffered from self-doubt, especially when building Lego. When they gave him a new one, he was afraid to start every time, because he underestimated his capabilities. As a result, he became angry and fought with himself, but still achieved his goal.
- (55 words) I teach my younger brother to always fight back, because he is not confident in himself and cannot respond to rudeness. Out of resentment, he immediately withdraws into himself, as he doubts his ability to punish the bully. I teach him to confront the offender with courage. Then even a loss in a fight will force the enemy, if not to love, but to respect him.
- (44 words) My friend has always been unsure of herself. Although she was brilliant in chemistry, she did not go to the Olympiad because she was afraid of losing. Now she has learned that all these competitions are needed for preferential admission to a university, and she really regrets that she missed so many opportunities. Interesting? Save it on your wall!
Examples from life
In Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol’s story “The Overcoat,” the main character is Akaki Akakievich, a petty official. The man Akaki Akakievich is very modest, even downtrodden, everyone makes fun of him and mocks him. He cannot defend himself, because Akaki Akakievich’s character is too soft; those around him see this, so they behave this way towards him. Only in rare moments does he lose his temper and ask not to be mocked, but this looks more like a pitiful groan than strength of character.
Nikolai Vasilyevich in his story feels sorry for Bashmachkin and urges that you should not make fun of a person just because he is soft by nature. Akakiy Akakievich’s old overcoat is leaky, but due to his service he is obliged to wear it and he decides to save money to sew a new one. Bashmachkin has to give up a lot, he remains hungry in the evenings, takes things to the laundry less often and saves the soles so that he doesn’t have to buy things ahead of time. Akaki Akakievich’s goal is to sew a new overcoat; Gogol even writes that he has become more cheerful and brave, and has a twinkle in his eyes.
Akaki Akakievich quickly gets used to a modest life and lives only with the thought of his new overcoat. The day has come when Bashmachkin puts on a new overcoat and goes to the department, where everyone notices the new attire of the titular adviser. There was even a celebration on this occasion, at which everyone continued to make fun of Akaki Akakievich.
Bashmachkin, inspired by the new thing, enjoys his appearance, but the happiness did not last long. On the way home, thieves take off Akaki Akakievich's overcoat. Wherever he turned, no one wanted to help him; when he contacted the police, they said that I couldn’t do anything. Then Bashmachkin goes to a “significant person” and he completely kicks him out of his house.
In connection with these events, Akakiy Akakievich falls ill and dies, no one even noticed the disappearance of a man who no one needed. Only a ghost makes everyone shudder. After the ghost takes off the overcoat from the “significant person,” he thinks about it and begins to address people better.
Option 2
Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin is the main character of the work.
Akaki Akakievich is a man of about fifty, bald, wrinkled, short in stature, with reddish hair and poor eyesight.
The writer presents him in the image of an inconspicuous and ordinary civil servant who does not have the right to receive nobility, serving as a petty copyist of documents in one of the departments. His colleagues don’t even remember how Akaki Akakievich got this position, which does not require basic ingenuity and intelligence.
The hero unquestioningly carries out the instructions of his superiors and will not think about anything else. Entrusting him with other tasks, in which there is a need for thoughtful study, plunges Akaki Akakievich into great excitement and anxiety. At one point, he even refuses the proposed promotion, because he is not confident in his own abilities and is timid.
In addition, Akaki Akakievich is tongue-tied and is able to express himself only in adverbs and prepositions.
The events of the story unfold around the protagonist's long-standing dream of a new overcoat. Akakiy Akakievich’s old clothes are worn out to holes, have a reddish-floury color and can no longer be repaired or repaired.
Akaki Akakievich decides to sew a new overcoat and for this he begins to save on literally everything, just to collect the amount necessary for this. The man practically does not eat, does not use dark time day candles, does not send dirty laundry to the wash.
And finally, the official’s dream comes true; he acquires a new uniform with a warm lining and a fur collar. On this occasion, Akaki Akakievich’s colleagues, who constantly teased him because of his leaky overcoat, are organizing a small buffet. Bashmachkin is happy and cannot hide the contented sparkle in his eyes.
Unfortunately, that same evening Akakiy Akakievich loses his new clothes after being robbed by hooligans. Having turned to a passerby, the police, and even an influential person for help with a request to find the loss, Bashmachkin is faced with indifference and rudeness. Forced to wear a shabby overcoat again, Akaki Akakievich catches a severe cold and dies.
However, the story does not end there; the main character appears in the form of a ghost who wanders around the bridge at night and takes overcoats from passing people. One day, the ghost of Bashmachkin meets an influential person who refused to help him and deprives him of expensive clothes. After this incident, a significant person changes his worldview, becomes more attentive and hospitable to others.
Essay Characteristics and image of Akaki Akakievich
Tale by N.V. Gogol's "The Overcoat" was written in 1842. The main character of the work is Bashmachkin Akaki Akakievich.
A quiet and modest, unremarkable man, Akaki Bashmachkin lived very modestly, if not poorly. Years of hard and diligent work yielded an unenviable result: the hero of the story received the rank of titular councilor. The salary he received was so small that the official barely had enough for food. The clothes he wore had long since lost their original appearance. It was impossible to even tell what color it was when it was new.
The hero's mental abilities were insignificant. For many years he was engaged in rewriting documents, he could not do anything else and did not want anything else. Once, when he was offered a minor promotion, Bashmachkin refused it. He did his work with great diligence and diligence. Work that requires effort mental capacity, scared him.
Akaki Akakievich was a lonely person in life. He lived in rented housing with his landlady. At work he was also lonely: no friends, no acquaintances. He was not respected either among his colleagues or his superiors. His plight financial situation made him stand out from everyone else. And it served as a reason for endless ridicule from colleagues.
Bashmachkin received the most sophisticated ridicule and bullying from his young colleagues. Not only did he amuse them appearance hero, they came up with all sorts of ridiculous stories. And this was also a reason for bullying. Akaki Akakievich endured all this in silence. And only when it became completely unbearable for him, he asked his colleagues to stop ridiculing.
The only one a joyful event in the hero's life was the day when he could afford to sew a new overcoat. The old overcoat was very worn out and no longer protected from the cold St. Petersburg climate. But Bashmachkin’s happiness did not last long. The very first day he put on his new clothes, they took them away from him on the street. Akakiy Akakievich turned to the bailiff for help, and after him to a high-ranking official. The bailiff did nothing to help, and the “high” official was rude to him and kicked him out. On the way home, the hero of the story caught a severe cold and fell ill. He died soon after.
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In many literary works it tells about people who do not have their own opinion and cannot stand up for themselves. They are simply not noticed in society. One of these works is the story by N.V. Gogol's "The Overcoat". The main character of this story is Akaki Akakievich Bashmachkin. He was an official, engaged in copying papers. This is a timid, insecure person. Other officials mocked him, considered him insignificant, pathetic, did not notice him, “as if a simple fly had flown through the reception room.”
Akakiy Akakievich answered the same thing to all insults: “leave me, why are you offending me?” His overcoat was also the subject of ridicule; officials called it a hood. It was actually old, even a little torn on the shoulders. The new overcoat became the dream of the main character. “He somehow became more lively, even stronger in character, like a man who had already defined and set a goal for himself.” Akaki Akakievich prepared all the money he had saved for the purchase, but it was not enough. Then he decided that he would spend less money on himself, even going hungry sometimes.
The time came when “Akaky Akakievich walked in the most festive mood of all feelings... he felt every moment that he had a new greatcoat on his shoulders, and several times he even grinned from inner pleasure.”
The next morning he went out to the department in a new overcoat. There he was invited to an evening to celebrate the acquisition of a new item. Everyone liked her. Colleagues immediately began to respect Akaki Akakievich. After the evening, returning home, he lost his overcoat forever. Some soulless people pounced on him and tore it off his shoulders. Desperate, the poor official went home. The next morning he came to a “significant person” to ask to investigate the theft case. If you give people a high position, some will hold it with dignity, while others will be filled with vanity. This is the kind of person a “significant person” was. They didn’t listen to Akakiy Akakievich, they shouted at him mercilessly and kicked him out into the street. After some time, the main character dies from a severe fever. He got sick because he was worried about unfair treatment of himself, human indifference and cruelty. The loss of his overcoat became a real grief for Akaki Akakievich, and without it he lost the meaning of life. The story ends mysteriously. Near the Kalinkin Bridge, a dead man began to appear at night, tearing off everyone's greatcoats. Some recognized Akaki Akakievich in him and fled from this place in fear. One day the dead man took off the overcoat from the “significant person.” “Pale, frightened and without an overcoat... he came to his place.” I believe that N.V. Gogol turns Bashmachkin into an avenging ghost because he believes that justice must prevail. When the main character tore off the overcoat from the “significant person,” he calmed down and no longer appeared on the streets of the city.
I was greatly impressed by the episode in the story where Akaki Akakievich’s overcoat was stolen. I was amazed at the evil that people had done. This loss was grief for the main character. After all, he worked so hard to acquire the overcoat, and these people stole it in an instant. I believe that the story by N.V. Gogol’s “The Overcoat” teaches us to be responsive, attentive to each other, to support and help people in difficult times.
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