One of the famous people said: “You will not stop being a child as long as you have a mother.” Mom... Her love always accompanies a person: starting from birth and until the mother is alive.

Boris Ekimov touches on the problem of maternal love in his text. Mother's love is an inexhaustible source of goodness, forgiveness, wisdom, warmth and even self-sacrifice. I remember an incident that occurred in Japan during the earthquake. The mother shielded her three-month-old baby. When they were found, they saw a phone with a note: “If you survive, remember that I love you.” The rescuers, strong men who had seen a lot, cried when reading these lines because they realized what a mother could do to save a child.

B. Ekimov also writes about the infinity of a mother’s love.

His attitude to this problem can be judged by the vocabulary he uses when describing the meeting of mother and son after a long separation. “The mother whispered to him unconsciously.” “You make my heart bleed,” “You took out my mother’s heart,” and so on. Then she could no longer say anything, but only “banged her gray head against her son’s chest.” Further, B. Ekimov writes that Khurdin felt “good” next to his mother. He enjoyed standing next to his living mother and listening to her stories about farm life.

For example, Vitaly Aleksandrovich Zakrutkin in the drama “Mother of Man” tells the story of a young woman named Maria. During the Great Patriotic War, she was left alone in a village burned by the Nazis. Before her eyes, some of her fellow villagers were shot, some were sent to Germany, and their houses were burned. An even greater shock for the heroine was the sight of Vasyatka’s husband and son hanged, as well as the fact that the wounded girl Sonya was literally dying in Maria’s arms. It seems that there is no more physical or mental strength. But the life emerging inside a woman keeps her on this earth. She not only tries to survive in harsh conditions, but also helps several orphans survive, who by the will of fate were brought to this farm.

Indicative in this regard is the scene of Maria’s meeting with a wounded German soldier. The first feeling of hatred makes Maria kill him. But the word “mother,” which is understood by people of different languages, stopped the already raised hand. The feeling of maternal kindness wins. It is no coincidence that the author calls the main character the “Mother of Man.” She became like that to everyone around her. Paying tribute to her willpower, endurance, perseverance and patience, the regiment commander knelt in front of Maria and pressed his cheek to her weary hand.

A lot of poetic works have been created about my mother. Yaroslav Smelyakov in the poem “Mama” endows his heroine with kindness and cordiality. His mother is all-forgiving and accepts children as they are. The author calls her very touchingly: “My Mother” and “Human Conscience.” Yaroslav Smelyakov confesses to his mother his boundless love for her.

Thus, all of the above convinces us that the role of the mother in the life of every person is limitless. Mother is for us a devoted friend, a wise mentor, and a caring nanny. The following words are very accurately said about a mother: “Losing a mother is... like losing the sun above your head.”

Essay-reasoning on the topic of mother's love

Motherly love is a special feeling available only to mothers. We examine the features of its manifestation in examples of essays. 🙂

The first version of the essay (based on the text by A.G. Aleksin “Tolya didn’t like autumn. He didn’t like it because the leaves were falling...”)

Definition of the concept

Motherly love is a feeling that knows no barriers, restrictions or any conventions. It is endless, resisting it is a pointless and stupid exercise. Mom is the only person in the world who loves us unconditionally, in any situation, no matter how we show ourselves.

A.G. Aleksin tells the story of a boy’s first trip to school, to first grade. Tolya wanted to seem like an adult and did not allow his mother to accompany him, but she still followed him, watching him from around the corner. Seeing her for the first time in a crowd of endlessly walking people, the boy got a little angry. Perhaps he simply did not understand what it meant to her mother's heart to let him go alone into adulthood. But he felt all the warmth of her heart and his love for her when he opened the classroom window and saw her, her eyes wandering around the windows of the school building. I so wanted to wave her hand and reassure her, to tell her that everything was fine with him. But you can’t behave like that in class.

An argument from personal experience

We do not always understand our own mothers, sometimes we do not know their feelings. They seem stupid to us, sometimes crossing the boundaries of our own ideas about care and love. We will probably have to fully understand maternal feelings only when we have our own children.

Conclusion

Mother's love protects us throughout our lives. You cannot scold your mother or be offended by her for being overprotective. Only a mother can love us without demanding anything in return. The bond between mother and child cannot be broken. Sometimes we realize this too late.

Second version of the essay (based on the text by Mikhail Ageev “One day in early October, early in the morning, while leaving for the gymnasium, I forgot the envelope my mother had prepared in the evening...”)

Definition of the concept

Maternal love is a feeling, or perhaps a state of mind, that cannot be destroyed by anything. No matter how the child behaves, no matter what problems he causes, mother’s love only grows stronger. Moreover, mothers love those people more for whom they have to worry more. That's how a mother's heart works.

Argument from the text read

A mother can also cope with her own child’s arrogant attitude towards her. Mikhail Ageev narrates the story that happened to high school student Vadichka. Because he forgot the money to pay for his studies, his mother brought it to the gymnasium herself. But the boy was so embarrassed by his poorly dressed mother that he did not want to approach her, and to the questions of the schoolchildren he answered that this was their governess. Looking at her from the side, Vadichka felt sorry for her mother, but not for long. Probably, at that moment he simply did not think about the fact that his mother was suffering from poverty and had grown old before her time for the sake of his education, for the sake of his future.

An argument from personal experience

Often we don’t think about the cost to our parents, our mothers, of raising us, getting us clothes, food, toys. Sometimes, in an effort to provide a better future for their child, mothers forget themselves, and children, not realizing the seriousness of their sacrifice, begin to feel embarrassed and isolate themselves from them.

Conclusion

Mother's love is the most powerful feeling in the world. It is capable of overcoming all difficulties and troubles: hunger, poverty, humiliation, ingratitude. It should be the goal of every child to ensure the happiness and peace of their mothers.

The third version of the essay (using the example of the text by Yu. Ya. Yakovlev “No one, like a mother, knows how to hide her suffering and torment so deeply ...”)

Definition of the concept

Mother's love is the deepest feeling that can overcome all life's difficulties and problems. Often a mother sacrifices herself to protect her child from want or hunger, and when it is impossible to avoid this, she is ready to accept the child’s dissatisfaction, but not weigh adult problems on him.

Argument from the text read

This situation is described in the text by Yu.Ya. Yakovlev, who is trying to convey to the reader that sometimes we misunderstand our mothers and judge them undeservedly harshly. And all because we don’t know even a small part of the suffering that she has to experience, looking at the only piece of sausage lying on her son’s plate. Only many years later, the hero of the story understood why my mother looked out the window for so long, why her shoulders trembled, how hard it was for her to hear the reproachful sound of the door slamming.

An argument from personal experience

We don't know much about the lives of our own parents. About what difficulties they have to face, at what cost they get our well-being. Understanding comes with age, when a person has his own children, and he, now from the side of the parent, enjoys children's unconscious cruelty.

Conclusion

Mother's love, mother's heart is the most precious thing for every person. This is what protects us throughout our lives, gives us strength and supports us in any situation in which we find ourselves.

Ready-made arguments for writing the Unified State Exam:

Motherhood problem

The problem of blind maternal love

Motherhood as a feat

Possible theses:

Mother's love is the most powerful feeling in the world

Being a good mother is a real feat

A mother is ready to do anything for her children

Sometimes mother's love blinds, and a woman sees only good things in her child

D. I. Fonvizin comedy “The Minor”

A striking example of blind maternal love is Fonvizin’s comedy “The Minor.” Prostakova loved her son so much that she saw only good things in him. Mitrofan was allowed to get away with everything, any of his whims were fulfilled, his mother always followed his lead. The result is obvious - the hero grew up as a spoiled and selfish young man who loves no one but himself, and is not indifferent even to his own mother.

L. Ulitskaya story “Daughter of Bukhara”

A real maternal feat is described in Ulitskaya’s story “The Daughter of Bukhara.” Alya, the main character of the work, was a very beautiful girl. Having become Dmitry’s wife, the oriental beauty gave birth to a girl, but it soon became clear that the child had Down syndrome. The father could not accept the handicapped child and left for another woman. But Bukhara, who loved her daughter with all her heart, did not give up and devoted her life to raising the girl, doing everything possible for her happiness, sacrificing her own.

A. N. Ostrovsky play “The Thunderstorm”

Mother's love is not always expressed in affection. In Ostrovsky’s play “The Thunderstorm,” Kabanikha, the mother-in-law of the main character, loved to “educate” her children, giving them punishments and reading morals. It is not surprising that son Tikhon showed himself as a weak-willed, dependent person and a mumbler who could not take a single step without his “mama.” Kabanikha’s constant interference in her son’s life had a negative impact on his life.

F. M. Dostoevsky novel “Crime and Punishment”

In Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment, endless maternal love can also be traced. Pulcheria Alexandrovna was most worried about the happiness of her son Rodion and believed him no matter what. For his sake, the woman was ready to sacrifice her daughter. It seems that the son was much more important to Pulcheria than Dunya.

A. N. Tolstoy’s story “Russian Character”

Tolstoy's story "Russian Character" emphasizes the power of maternal love. When tanker Yegor Dremov received burns that disfigured his face beyond recognition, he was afraid that his family would turn their backs on him. The hero visited his relatives under the guise of his friend. But sometimes a mother’s heart sees clearer than her eyes. The woman, despite her alien appearance, recognized the guest as her own son.

V. Zakrutkin’s story “Mother of Man”

Zakrutkin’s story “Mother of Man” tells how big the heart of a real mother can be. During the war, the main character, having lost her husband and son, was left alone with her unborn child on land plundered by the Nazis. For his sake, Maria continued to live, and soon she took in the little girl Sanya and loved her like her own. After some time, the baby died of illness, the heroine almost went crazy, but stubbornly continued her work - to revive what was destroyed, for those who, perhaps, will return. During this time, the pregnant woman managed to shelter seven more orphans on her farm. This act can be considered a real maternal feat.

N.V. Gogol - story "Taras Bulba". In this story N.V. Gogol writes about the all-consuming power of feelings over a person. His hero Andriy betrays his homeland, the bonds of camaraderie, his father, his people, having fallen in love with a beautiful Polish woman. Thus, according to the writer, the hero destroyed himself. In the finale, he is killed by his own father, who has not forgiven him for his betrayal.

N.S. Leskov - the story “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk District”.

The writer explores the nature of love-passion, which has completely taken possession of the human soul. N. Leskov’s woman, the merchant’s wife Katerina Izmailova, becomes the bearer of this passion. And this passion leads her to crimes and death. For the sake of her lover, she secretly destroys her husband and child. In the finale, she ends up in hard labor, where her lover betrays her. Love-passion is, according to the writer, a destructive element not controlled by reason.

What is the role of childhood in a person’s life? What does the image of a home in our soul contain?

L.N. Tolstoy's story "Childhood". In this work, the writer explores the process of character development. The consciousness of the hero Nikolenka Irtenyev reflected the entire rich spectrum of life experiences: childhood, family, class. Gradually, the hero begins to discover the world around him, people and explore his own soul. Thus, Nikolenka feels her moral separation from her friends and acquaintances. The father's authority collapses: the hero begins to understand that his mother is deprived of his attention. “The tragedy of the ruined life of the master’s faithful slave Natalya Savishna is revealed. The first competition of minds and characters takes place: Nikolenka and his older brother Volodya, Nikolenka and Seryozha Ivnin. Unconscious cruelty is manifested... - pushing around Ilenka Ladder. The main result of childhood is that all things and relationships are in motion, you are not alone in the world.”

I.A. Goncharov - novel “Oblomov”. In this novel, the author deeply explores the nature of his hero, the origins of his character, in the pictures of Oblomov’s childhood. The author gives us these pictures in “Oblomov’s Dream.” We see here a description of nature. Her serenity and calmness are akin to a fairy tale. In this place there are no “dense forests”, a sad sea, mountains and abysses. But the sky there is “like a parent’s reliable roof”, the sun “shines brightly and hotly around noon and then moves away... as if reluctantly...”. And all the nature there represents “a series of... cheerful, smiling landscapes...”. This Central Russian nature with the leisurely flow of rivers and the serene spirit of the fields influenced Ilya’s gentle character. Next we find a description of landowner and peasant life. And again here is a kind of idyll: “Happy people lived, thinking that it shouldn’t and couldn’t be otherwise, confident that everyone else lived exactly the same way and that living differently is a sin...” Oblomovites are hardworking, religious, superstitious, they love listening to fairy tales and solving dreams. The hero will forever remember the endless winter evenings, the nanny's tales about a wonderful country where rivers of honey and milk flow, where beauties and good fellows walk. It was here, in Oblomovka, in his distant childhood years, that an important trait of his character was formed - poetic daydreaming. Legends and fairy tales, epics and parables determined his consciousness and attitude to life.

Another defining character trait of Oblomov is independence from the world of external life, a sense of inner freedom. That is why service only as a career, secular friends, empty women who are unable to give happiness, turn out to be alien to the hero. “These are all dead people. Sleeping people, worse than me, these members of the world and society! - says Oblomov. He is looking for perfection in this world, “the norm, the ideal of life, which nature indicated as the goal for man.” In his actions and thoughts, Ilya Ilyich is noble, his soul is “pure and clear as glass.”

However, life on the family estate also shaped the negative aspects of Oblomov’s character. So, little Ilyusha grew up active and inquisitive, but his best impulses were suppressed. The constant care of parents and nannies did not give the child the opportunity to fully develop. All his attempts to do something on his own were refuted by arguments: “Why? Where? And what about Vaska, and Vanka, and Zakharka?” His studies at the Stolz boarding school proceeded intermittently, and he became indifferent to science. Gradually, laziness, inertia, apathy, and indifference to life developed in the child.

Ilya Ilyich dreams of love and family, but he is not given the opportunity to experience the ideal feeling. He breaks up with Olga Ilyinskaya because she cannot give him real happiness. Agafya Pshenitsyna, with her character and way of life, is somewhat closer to the female type that existed in his childhood. And that is why he remains on the Vyborg side, in the house of Agafya Matveevna, she becomes the same Militrisa Kirbitievna about whom the nanny read to him. This is how the fairy tale is embodied in Oblomov’s life. Thus, childhood years, according to the writer, completely determine our character and life scenario.

F. Iskander - book “Reflections of a Writer” (collection of essays and journalism). The author identifies two types of creativity in Russian literature - “home” and “homelessness”. Poets, defenders and organizers of the “home” - Pushkin, Tolstoy, Akhmatova. The authors of “homelessness” are Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Tsvetaeva. Thus, Lermontov’s Pechorin destroys Bela’s house, Grushnitsky’s house, being homeless, he himself dies in Persia. Pushkinsky Evgeniy in the poem “The Bronze Horseman”, on the contrary, defends his right to the house, rebelling against Peter. We find poetry at home in Eugene Onegin and The Captain's Daughter.

In everyone’s life there is a person who will always understand, give the right advice, help if you have trouble, and will do everything to make you feel good. This person's name is Mom. And the place of a mother in a person’s life is special, exclusive, because the mother carries within herself the actual idea of ​​Man. Mother is the link between generations. The word “ma-ma” itself is formed by infants at the very first stage of their speech development, at the babbling stage. A mother pours her tenderness and love into her child, singing lullabies to him, spending sleepless nights at his cradle. Mother's love... How light and bright is the feeling that helps a little person get on his feet and develop as a person!

Fiction cannot fail to respond to such a burning problem. So the modern writer Larisa Grigorievna Sailor, in the story “Mama,” reflects on the problem of sacrificial maternal love. The author talks about Anna Viktorovna, a teacher who dreamed of a son for a long time. “And he was born! - exclaims the writer. “Strong, healthy and beautiful!” The heroine’s dream came true, and she perceived her son “as a miracle who appeared to become her support always and in everything.” Next comes a story about the difficulties that the heroine faced: this is the concern for preserving a complete family, and the concessions and compromises that she made in order to create an atmosphere of peace in the house. Anna Viktorovna’s best thoughts and feelings belonged to her son, the author writes. Such deep maternal love could not but bear fruit, as Victor grew up bright, diligent and talented. The son and mother were very attached to each other: they discussed a lot together, shared their impressions with each other. L.G. The sailor comes to the conclusion: his mother’s love allowed Victor to feel protected and confident, he had self-esteem and was friendly to others.

Indeed, a mother’s love, friendship and mutual understanding with her allow a child to develop as an individual and easily adapt to society.

Another writer who did not remain indifferent to the problem of maternal love was Anatoly Georgievich Aleksin. In the story “Forgive me, Mom,” we read the author’s sad mental dialogue with his mother, whom he tried to save from illness, from everyday hardships, “in a hurry to fulfill her infrequent requests.” The writer painfully regrets that he did not have time to tell his mother during her lifetime “all the good that can be said and done... all the good that can be done.” The writer’s words touch to the core about how inattentive we sometimes are to our mothers, but they strive to understand everything based on the interests of their child. "Take care of mothers!" - Anatoly Aleksin calls on us, readers.

A mother cannot help but love her child - her flesh and blood. And we, children, take this love and care for us for granted, as a completely natural feeling. But it often happens that a child grows up and continues to bask in his mother’s love, without realizing that the time has come for him to take care of his mother. Do our mothers really need a lot? They expect warm words, phone calls, participation and understanding from us. But in the bustle of days, immersed in our own affairs and worries, sometimes we forget about this little thing. Mom, of course, will understand and forgive, she will only say sympathetically: “I understand how tired you are...”

What should we, their children, do for our mothers? On time, while your mother is alive, you need to take care of her without hesitation, speak words of love to her, and don’t put off until tomorrow the good things that you can do for her today!