One of the heroes of M. Gorky’s story “Childhood” is the foundling Vanya Tsyganok, who lives in the Kashirins’ house. This hero is distinguished by his kind-heartedness and love of life, he is a good person, but fate is unkind to him.

Gypsy is a nineteen-year-old young man, quite mature in age, but he often behaves like a child. He loves children very much, tries to entertain them and make them laugh. Even the hero’s speech is lively, crafty and cheerful. He performs various tricks with mice and cockroaches. Often the hero shows tricks with money and cards, plays, obviously cheating, trying to beat his partner, and if he fails, he becomes terribly offended. Gypsy's shortcoming was theft; he loved to carry food at the market, bringing home much more provisions than the money he was given.

Knowing that this was dangerous and very bad, he could not and did not want to give up this habit. She relieved him of boredom and added excitement, making life more interesting. For this habit the hero was nicknamed the Gypsy, and also because he had dark skin and black hair.

With all this, Gypsy was a wonderful person. He felt sorry for Alyosha when he was flogged, without fear of his own pain, he put his hand under the rods. Vanya loved music and holidays, during which he dressed smartly and danced cheerfully and selflessly. "Square, broad-chested, with a huge curly head, he appeared in the evening, festively dressed in a golden silk shirt, fleece trousers and creaky harmonica boots. His hair shone, slanted cheerful eyes sparkled under thick eyebrows and white teeth under a black stripe of a young mustache, glowing shirt, softly reflecting the red fire of the unquenchable lamp." The hero had a dream: to learn to sing, to have a good voice, so that he could sing for ten years, and then he could even become a monk.

Tsyganok was also a good worker. Alyosha's uncles vied with each other to get him as their assistant. Even the stern grandfather rarely shouted at Vanya; he recognized that Gypsy had golden hands and was proud of him. However, abandoned in infancy and ended up in the Kashirin family, Vanya has no right to happiness. Gorky, knowing how difficult the fate of people with a similar story is, realistically depicts the tragic death of the hero - so absurd and so natural.

When it was necessary to take the cross to the grave of Yakov’s wife, the uncle placed the end of the cross on Gypsy’s shoulder, and not on the cart. Vanya stumbled and fell. Yakov and Mikhail, who were standing under the wings, immediately jumped back, and the cross fell on the Gypsy. Vanya died at home, his funeral was unnoticeable. Soon the Gypsy will be forgotten as a thing that has served its purpose, only the deep mark left by this wonderful and life-loving man, ruined by the Kashirin family, will be imprinted in Alyosha’s soul.

In the Kashirin family, Vanya Tsyganok is a foundling. He immediately fell in love with Alyosha.
When Alyosha was flogged, he felt sorry for him, putting his hand under the rods. The gypsy entertained and made children laugh by playing with cockroaches and mice. He showed tricks with cards and money, while cheating. Although he was nineteen years old, he was offended like a child if he beat someone. During the fun, the festively dressed Gypsy danced selflessly. I dreamed of having a good voice so I could sing for ten years, and then at least become a monk.
Vanya had one drawback - he loved to steal provisions from the market. He knew that this was bad and dangerous, but he did it out of boredom and excitement, without self-interest. The change that remained after shopping was lured away by Alyosha’s men.
In the workshop, Tsyganok was a good worker. Brothers: Yakov and Mikhail specifically criticized him so that they could later get assistants. And when they realized that they wouldn’t get it, they decided to ruin it.
The grave of Jacob's wife had to be carried to the cross. They placed the end of the cross not on the cart, but on Gypsy’s shoulder. We stood under our wings ourselves. And when Vanya stumbled and fell, Yakov and Mikhail jumped to the sides, throwing the cross on Tsyganok. He died at home, they buried him unnoticed, unmemorable. So the Kashirin family tortured another good and cheerful person.

The character of Maxim Gorky's story, nineteen-year-old Ivan, is very ambiguous. He received the nickname Gypsy because of his appearance - dark skin, dark hair, plus he often stole from the market, thereby being dishonest. Repeatedly he himself admitted that stealing was not good, but he could not help himself. Mostly he stole for fun. His grandmother also scolded him for stealing, but he continued to steal.

Gypsy is a foundling raised by Akulina Ivanovna, was one of Alyosha’s close friends, the favorite of his grandfather and Kashirin brothers. He called his grandmother “babanya.” Outwardly, Ivan was very attractive: broad-chested, with shiny curly hair, white teeth, thick eyebrows, sparkling eyes. Sometimes on holidays he dressed in a silk shirt, corduroy pants and creaky boots. He performed tricks with money and cards, he was naive in his own way and was no different from children, he also shouted along with them. He trained cockroaches and mice, loved mice very much, fed them sugar and kissed them. Eloquent, dexterous and brave, he worked in his grandfather’s dye shop, helped with the housework, and had “golden hands,” which, of course, made his grandparents proud. I wanted to have a melodious voice in order to sing. He loved to dance, expressed his mood through dancing, and put his whole soul into his dance.

Ivan had a significant influence on the development of Alyosha Peshkov’s personality. The gypsy often helped Alyosha, for example, in the case of the tablecloth. I taught him how to behave during a spanking.

Unfortunately, the character dies. At the beginning of winter, on Saturday, while carrying a cross to the grave of Jacob’s wife, he slipped and was crushed by the cross. The gypsy's funeral was not memorable, simple. Grandparents blamed the Kashirin brothers for his death. His grandfather was very sorry that he had lost such a worker who had “golden hands.”

After his death, Alyosha often remembered his friend with kind words and said that he had a great influence on the formation of his character. Repeatedly he offered his hands when Alyosha was being spanked by his grandfather, thereby receiving many fewer blows. The friends loved each other very much, which they admitted more than once. They spent a lot of time together.

Despite the fact that the gypsy is a minor character in the story, he is very memorable and left a vivid impression of himself. He was a cheerful, lively and vibrant character.

Option 2

A boy named Ivan, nineteen years old, is the main character of Gorky’s story “Childhood.” The boy was nicknamed Gypsy due to his appearance. He has dark hair and dark skin; the boy often goes to the market and steals food. Although Ivan admits that stealing is a bad act, he cannot help himself and continues his unclean deed. For him, stealing is more of an adventure and fun than a means of survival. Despite the fact that the grandmother repeatedly scolded the boy, he did not give up this harmful activity.

Ivan Tsyganok was brought up in the family of Akulina Ivanovna and was a foundling. He had a beloved and faithful friend named Alyosha. The boy affectionately called his grandmother Babanya. Ivan's appearance was attractive. Curly thick hair, white teeth, sparkling eyes and thick dark eyebrows. On holidays, Gypsy dressed brightly and fashionably for those times - wide corduroy pants, a silk shirt and boots that creaked a lot. Ivan loved to show different tricks, be it money or cards. But, like all his peers, he screamed and ran along with them. Most of all, Ivan loved mice. He constantly trained them and treated them to all sorts of delicacies, most often a piece of sugar, and even kissed them.

Gypsy was a clever boy who always managed to do everything everywhere. He talked a lot, helped his grandfather in his dyeing shop, his grandmother with housework, and generally had “golden hands.” He was the pride of his grandparents. Ivan loved to sing and wanted his voice to be ringing and singing. But most of all the boy loved to dance. It was through dance that he expressed his emotions and feelings towards everything that surrounded him. It was in his dancing that the boy put his feelings and soul.

The gypsy was Alyosha’s best comrade and friend, he supported him in everything and even told him how to behave correctly when you were being spanked.

But, unfortunately, Ivan's life turned out to be too short. At the very beginning of winter, on Saturday, Gypsy carried a heavy cross, which was supposed to be delivered to the grave of Jacob’s wife. Suddenly the boy slips and dies under the weight of the cross. Ivan's funeral was not noisy, calm. Everyone grieved his death in their own way. The grandmother blamed the Kashirins for the death of her adopted grandson. The grandfather was worried that he had lost such a good assistant with “golden hands.”

But most of all he was worried about the death of his best friend Alyosha. He constantly remembered him sincerely and kindly. After all, Ivan, when his grandfather flogged Alyosha, often put his hands up to protect his friend from blows. This was the most real and sincere relationship between two boys, a friendship that remained in the memory of one of them as pleasant memories.

Essay about Tsygonka

The main meaning of the work “Childhood” by Maxim Gorky is the meaning of a person’s existence, why he lives, what actions he performs, how this or that situation affects a person. In the story, the author describes the childhood of children - the most sincere and fundamental time; it is in childhood that the formation of character and further worldview arises and occurs. The author most subtly and deeply describes the childhood of one of the most striking and interesting characters in the story - Ivan Tsyganka.

Ivan, despite his difficult childhood, has the most pleasant and open character traits: honesty, good nature and love for others. Ivan, although he was a teenager, was not afraid of work, and always came to the aid of those who needed it. Since the boy was very kind to everything around him, he tried to bestow kindness on other people. Ivan sincerely did not understand why adults are always dissatisfied with something, walk around gloomy and sad. He loved his life, the world in which he lived and believed that his life was wonderful.

Ivan's childhood cannot be called cloudless. Immediately after birth, he was thrown into the rain alone on a bench. The gypsy ended up in the house of his grandparents, and as he grew up, he began to work with his grandfather in the dyehouse. Ivan received his nickname Gypsy for his dark skin color and dark hair. He often went to the market and cleverly took something for free. It was for his appearance and ability to steal unnoticed that they gave him such a nickname. Outwardly, he was also attractive, with curly hair and a constant smile that never left his face. Ivan always made everyone laugh, often fooled around and never lost heart.

Gypsy had a close friend - Alyosha Peshkov. It was Ivan who opened up for him a completely different world, attitude towards others and even simple flogging. Despite the fact that Ivan was not his grandfather’s natural son, the old man did not offend him and even treated him a little better than he treated his own sons. Everyone who lived in his house loved and treated Gypsy well, except for the craftsman Gregory, an evil man who loved to insult and invent tales about everyone in the household. Grigory constantly mocked and humiliated Ivan.

Grandma and grandfather loved Ivan very much, even though he stole from the market. He was a responsible and honest child towards his family, so he could be relied upon in any situation.

Ivan's life ended suddenly and absurdly. It all happened while he was carrying a large cross during the funeral. The teenager suddenly slipped and fell and the cross crushed him. His funeral was modest and quiet.

Gorky, through the character of this naive teenager, wanted to reveal the pure and kind attitude that adults have lost forever, immersing themselves more and more in everyday life and pressing problems. The writer wanted to show that sometimes you need to step away from pressing matters and difficulties, smile more and give joy to each other.

Images of Alyosha, grandmother, Gypsy and Good Deed in M. Gorky’s story “Childhood”. “Bright, healthy, creative in Russian life”
1. M. Gorky’s story “Childhood”. 2. The image of Alyosha, the main character of the story. Autobiographical image. 3. The image of a grandmother. 4. Gypsy. 5. Good job.

Russian writer, publicist and public figure Maxim Gorky (Alexei Maksimovich Peshkov) can be called one of the key figures in Soviet literature.

The story “Childhood” was created in the period between two revolutions: after the failed revolution of 1905-1907 and before October. This story is autobiographical, in which the writer offers the reader a description of his own childhood in literary adaptation. The most important, in our opinion, images in this work are the images of Alyosha, grandmother, Gypsy and Good Deed. All of them are united by one thing: positive coloring and warm attitude of the author towards them. Among other things, these heroes influenced the formation of Alyosha’s character.

Alyosha, of course, is to a certain extent the prototype of Gorky himself in childhood. If only for this reason, the image of Alyosha needs careful consideration. What he really is?

On the pages of the story we meet Alyosha at a dramatic moment in his life: his father has died, and the boy cannot understand what is happening, why his disheveled mother is crying, his father is sleeping and seems to be smiling: “... my father is lying, dressed in white and unusually long... the kind face is dark and scares me with its badly bared teeth.”

After the death of his father, Alyosha moves with his mother and grandmother to Novgorod, where his mother’s family lives. In his grandfather’s house, Alyosha encountered the dark life of the “stupid tribe”: “Grandfather’s house was filled with the hot fog of mutual enmity of everyone with everyone, it poisoned adults, and even children took an active part in it.” Living in my grandfather's house was not easy. Grandfather, a cruel and greedy man, was also domineering and not very happy. Alyosha finds it difficult to find a common language with him. Uncles are senselessly cruel. And only with his grandmother was it easy for the boy.

Grandmother, “round, big-headed, with huge eyes and a funny doughy nose; she’s all black, soft and surprisingly interesting,” she attracted the boy to her from the first meeting. He immediately reached out to this kind woman. The appearance of her grandmother made an indelible impression on Alyosha. As Gorky talks about his little self: “Before her, it was as if I was sleeping, hidden in the dark, but she appeared, woke me up, brought me into the light, tied everything around me into a continuous thread... and immediately became my friend for life, my very best. close to my heart." Grandmother is kind and affectionate - she will always help and sympathize. “...She said in a melodious voice:

Lord, Lord! Everything is so good! No, look how good everything is!

It was the cry of her heart, the slogan of her whole life.” The master, Gregory, spoke of her this way: “...she doesn’t like lies, she doesn’t understand. She's like a saint...” And Alyosha agreed with this point of view.

The grandmother instilled in the boy a love of folk tales and hope for a good and bright life.

Another important person in the hero’s life is Ivan, nicknamed Gypsy. Gypsy is an apprentice in the house of Alyosha’s grandfather. He is a “square, broad-chested, with a huge curly head” cheerful guy. Alyosha’s first acquaintance with him as a person occurred under dramatic circumstances: his grandfather decided to whip him. The gypsy, seeing that “the grandfather had gone into a rage,” began to put his hand under the rod. Gypsy admits that he is “cheaty.” In Alyosha’s perception, Tsyganok was associated with the heroes of Russian folk tales: “I looked at his cheerful face and remembered my grandmother’s tales about Ivan the Tsarevich, about Ivan the Fool.” Alyosha learned from his grandmother that Tsyganok was “a foundling, in early spring, on a rainy night, he was found at the gate of the house on a bench.”

The gypsy was indeed a rogue. He stole not out of poverty or greed, but because of his bravery. This was interesting to him, and he did not encounter any reproach from Alyosha’s grandfather. Only Grandma Aleshina said that Tsyganok was doing badly, she was afraid that he might be caught and beaten.

The gypsy died, he was crushed under the cross.

Grandma and Gypsy were Alyosha’s outlet in his grandfather’s gloomy and cruel house. These two people helped him learn to love and feel sorry for people, to see evil and distinguish it from good. Both are kind and affectionate, with open souls and kind hearts, they made the boy’s life much easier with their mere existence.

And I would like to talk about one more person who played a role in the formation of Alyosha as a person. Alyosha met a man nicknamed Good Deal when his grandfather sold his old house and bought another. There were many people in the house, but the boy was most interested in the Good Deed. This man got his nickname for his habit of always saying, “Good job,” when he was invited to drink tea or have lunch. In the Good Deed's room there were many books and bottles with colorful liquids. “From morning to evening, he, in a red leather jacket, in gray checkered pants, all smeared with some kind of paints... melted lead, soldered some copper things...” Good deal, he was a strange man. They didn’t like him in the house; they called him a sorcerer and a warlock. But Alyosha was interested in this man.

Good Deed was engaged in chemical experiments, was smart "and incredibly lonely. A strange friendship began between the boy and Good Deed. Good Deed gave Alyosha advice: “True strength is in the speed of movement; the faster, the stronger."

Soon Alyosha’s grandfather kicked Good Deed out of the house, the boy was upset by this and angry with his grandfather and grandmother. The main character spoke about his friendship with Good Deed: “This is how my friendship ended with the first person from an endless series of strangers in my native country - its best people.”

So, thanks to the fact that, in addition to evil, greedy and unhappy people, entrenched in prejudices, Alyosha also saw kind, smart, loving people, he was able to become a Man with a capital M. As a child, he had a very acute perception of evil and injustice, and thanks to the loving people around him, this feeling did not develop into resentment towards the entire world around him. Alyosha was able to see that in any circumstances a person can remain human without bending to a complex and cruel world.

Before us is the autobiographical story of Maxim Gorky “Childhood”. In it, he describes his difficult childhood years, life with his mother’s relatives, the Kashirins. Most of all, little Alyosha (Maxim Gorky - pseudonym) loved Vanya the Gypsy.

Vanya was a simple boy of nineteen with a big heart. He was characterized by responsiveness and the ability to intercede: “... and I see that he will screw you up, so I began to offer this hand...”. The gypsy was good-natured, he met all pain and troubles with laughter: “... looking at his swollen hand, and laughing, he spoke.” He couldn’t sit still: on weekdays he worked tirelessly, on holidays he danced, not sparing himself, and when the adults left, he came up with all sorts of entertainment: “Ivanka has golden hands,” “and Gypsy was burning in the middle of the kitchen.”

Ivan was so good at his job that they even tried to divide him: “they both want to take Vanyushka for themselves.” But Vanya was a child at heart: he did all sorts of tricks, pranks, even sulked like a little one: “...complained to me, sniffling.” Despite all the things he was doing, Vanyushka was still bored, he even stole for fun, although he realized that it was bad: “... stealing is bad and dangerous. It’s just me, out of boredom.”

Ivan was such a pure, friendly person that he endeared himself to everyone. Even the author himself wrote: “I both loved Ivan and was amazed at him until I was speechless.” And how many tears were shed over his stupid death...

Updated: 2017-10-07

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