"Obelisk": a short summary. Vasil Bykov, "The Obelisk"

Vasil Bykov wrote his story "Obelisk" in 1971. Three years later, for this and another work, "To live until dawn," the writer received the State Prize of the USSR. In this article, we will retell the story of the story, that is, describe its brief content. Vasil Bykov "Obelisk" wrote in Belarusian. Then this story was translated into Russian and other languages. Its action takes place in the Belarusian village.

Obelisk

The brief content of the book "Obelisk" by Vasil Bykov begins as follows. In the village of Seltso, Miklashevich, still an inexperienced teacher, died. As a teenager, he took part in the affairs of the partisans. His school friends in 1942 were shot by the Germans. Miklashevich made sure that in Selce in their honor built a small monument. On the obelisk five names of his companions are written. And below the oil paint is added: "Frost AI".

Wake wake

The summary of the story "Obelisk" (Vasil Bykov) continues. At the funeral, remember Frost. About him tell different people. It was a teacher, who was very fond of the guys. One of the last - Miklashevich. Later, he also became a teacher and also attracted children. Frost complained that he behaves with students as an equal, does not support discipline, teaches without rigor. Ales Ivanovich lived in the school, in the box at the class. This teacher taught his children by example. So, together with the guys, he chopped the fallen tree for firewood. Pani Yadia, a teacher, believes that this can drop credibility.

Ales Ivanovich had many conflicts. For example, he allowed school children to keep dogs in the yard, one of which had three paws. Then the starling appeared, also out of thin skin. There lived also a blind cat. So Frost taught the boys kindness.

In the evenings, he himself escorts the girls through the forest, also lingers - helps with the cow, which has grown, their mothers. With his small teacher's salary, he bought the girls for a pair of shoes, since the mother decided not to let them go to school in the cold. He left the boy of Pavlik Miklashevich to live at home, as his drunken father beat him. This parent applied to the prosecutor, because the child must live in the family by law. The father began to beat his son with a belt in front of the school. Then Ales Ivanovich almost got into a fight, did not let this man take the boy. The commission decided to give the guy to the orphanage. But Frost did not hurry with this.

Books for the school library Frost extracted, where possible. He carried them from an old manor across the ice across the river. Near the shore he fell through the ice and for a month lay patient. But he also read aloud to Tolstoy's children in his closet.

Helped Frost and the peasants - he gave advice, bothered in Grodno or the region, driving by passing. And then the war began. In Selce three days later there were already Germans. Frost remained at school, some thought he was currying before them. For the partisans Ales Ivanovich became the most expensive assistant, took out the receiver, wrote down everything he had heard.

Two Policemen

There were two policemen in Selce. The first, Lavchenya, did a lot of good to people in this rank. And another was christened Cain, and he deserved this nickname: he shot the wounded commanders hiding in the woods, burned down the manor of the liaison man, and shot his wife, children, and parents. Mocked the Jews, arranged raids. Cain suspected something around the Morozov school. Have made interrogation, a search. Borodich, a disciple of Ales Ivanovich, hinted to him that you could snap this policeman. But he forbade his willfulness.

We continue to talk about the events of the story, describe the summary. Vasil Bykov "Obelisk" continues with the following events.

By the spring of 1942, a devoted group of children had formed around the teacher in Selce. They were Pavel Miklashevich (14 years old), Kolya Borodich (17 years old), brothers Kozhany - Ostap and Timka, Nikolai Smurny (13 years old, the youngest) and Andrei Smurny - namesakes. These guys decided to destroy Cain in secret from the teacher. At night, Frost came to the partisans and found out that they had been taken. He himself barely got out - polucai Lavchenya warned him.

Sabotage

Cain drove to the farm in a German car with a soldier, a German feldwebel, and two other policemen. They took the pigs in Selce, they grabbed the houses of chickens. The guys decided to cut the bridge, according to which the policeman with his people had to return back. The car turned over, but only the German, crushed by it, died. The rest saw an escaping boy.

The summary of the story Bykov "Obelisk" continues. Lavchenya knocked at night to Moroz to warn that "the lads had been taken" and followed him. The Polizei and the Germans correctly calculated which of the guys could commit the sabotage. Ales Ivanovich took cover from the partisans. But then came Ulyana, connected, with the message that the fascists demanded that the teacher come, otherwise they threaten to shoot the pupils. It is clear that the teachers will be killed, and they will not let the children go. The frost is about to give up. The guys, meanwhile, were locked up in a barn, beaten, dragged to interrogation. In the midst of torture, a teacher appears. He is arrested. Cain writes a report to the authorities, saying that they caught the leader of the gang of partisans - Frost.

Shooting

Sadly, the story ends, on which a summary is made. Vasil Bykov ("Obelisk") further describes the following events. Guys lead to death. The elder of the twins, Ivan, asks to be released, because the Germans promised. But it only hits the teeth. Then the boy does not stand up and strikes the fascist in the stomach with his foot. He is immediately shot.

How Pavlik survived

Frost knew that Pavlik runs well, and tells him to run when the teacher says. Frost screams distracting fascists, and Pavlik tries to do it, but he is shot. Considering the dead, the boy is dumped in thawed water. Grandma, who lived Frost, picks it up at night, carries to his father, who ruthlessly pinched his son with a belt. He brings a doctor from the city, hides, heals his son, and in the end the boy survives.

The rest of the children were hanged on the first day of Easter, on Sunday. Of the seven boys, only Miklashevich survived. But he was always sick: his chest was shot through. Tuberculosis began, then he took heart, and he nearly died.

After the funeral, arguments are breaking out, whether Ales Ivanovich accomplished the feat or not. He voluntarily laid his life on the block for his students, which is more than if he had killed a hundred Germans.

This concludes the summary. Vasil Bykov ("Obelisk") depicted the events in much more detail, with a lot of details that we did not mention.

Therefore, we recommend that you refer to the work itself in order to make a complete picture of it. Very deeply reveals the essence of the act of the teacher Vasil Bykov ("Obelisk"). The brief contents of this author's works can not replace the original versions.