Summary: Chekhov "Horse name". A vivid example of an anecdote story

Anton Pavlovich in his works always described some moral or social situations concerning ordinary people. The writer firmly believed that if to show a person what he really is, then he will necessarily change for the better. The early works of Anton Pavlovich are characterized by short humorous stories, in which satirical and comic techniques are used. A striking example of such works is the "Horse Surname" AP. Chekhov.

Find workarounds

The fact that Major-General Buldeyev retired strongly toothache, narrates the reader a brief summary. Chekhov "Horse name" wrote with a view to laugh at the situation, to understand the comic situation of the former military man. All the surrounding people advised Buldeev to use popular methods. What the general did not do: he applied opium, tobacco soot, kerosene, turpentine to the tooth, stuffed cotton wool soaked in alcohol, smeared his cheek with iodine, but these methods did not work, they only caused nausea.

Buldeyev called the doctor, but the result of the Khina of the result did not bring any results, and the general flatly refused to tear the tooth. And here his clerk Ivan Evseich recalls a man who knows how to treat dental diseases with conspiracies - this is exactly what the summary says. Chekhov "Horse name" wrote to ridicule the ways that adults and quite reasonable people were going to ease the pain. The general with disdain refers to conspiracies, calls the healer a charlatan, but at the same time is going to entrust his health to him.

Trouble in the house

The clerk persuaded Buldeev to use the services of an excise official, but the problem is that he went to Saratov, but it does not matter, because you can write a dispatch and a medicine man will heal a tooth from a distance, and send money for treatment by mail. All anything, but only Ivan Evseich has forgotten a name of the healer, has remembered only that it somehow is connected with horses. Here, then, began the turmoil, which narrates the summary. Chekhov "Horse name" wrote to once again show the discrepancy between the inner essence and external manifestations.

In the house everyone began to think up various variants of the name of the so-called "doctor": Kobylkin, Zherebtsov, Uzdechkin, Loshadkin. Wife, children, servants, acquaintances - all threw their affairs and followed on the heels of the clerk, offering their options. To show the exaggeration of the commotion in the house, used the hyperbole Chekhov. "Horse name", a brief summary shows how everyone was busy writing the name, contains a lot of colloquial speech, which very well characterizes the characters.

Unexpected outcome

At nightfall, Buldeev became even worse, his tooth hurt so much that he did not sleep much, and could not even find a place for himself. Tired until morning, the general sent for the doctor, that he finally tore his tooth out - this is what the summary says about it. Chekhov "Horse name", like any other short story-anecdote, ends unexpectedly and comically. When the doctor asks the clerk to sell him some oats, Ivan Evseich remembers the name of the sorceress - Ovsov. He runs with glad tidings to the general, but he only angrily shows him two cookies, the tooth is already torn out.