“Argumentation. Attracting literary material” is one of the main criteria for evaluating the final essay. Competently using literary sources, the student demonstrates his erudition and deep understanding of the problem. At the same time, it is important not only to give a link to the work, but also to skillfully include it in the discussion by analyzing specific episodes that correspond to the chosen topic. How to do it? We offer you, as an example, arguments from the literature in the direction of "Indifference and responsiveness" from 10 well-known works.
- The heroine of the novel by L.N. Tolstoy's "War and Peace" Natasha Rostova is a person with a sensitive heart. Thanks to her intervention, the carts, which were originally intended for moving and loaded with things, were given over to transport wounded soldiers. Another example of a caring attitude towards the world and people is Platon Karataev. He goes to war, helping out his younger brother, and although he does not like the fight at all, even in such conditions the hero remains kind and sympathetic. Plato “loved and lived lovingly with everything that life brought him to”, helped other prisoners (in particular, fed Pierre when he was captured), took care of a stray dog.
- In the novel by F.M. Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment", many heroes manifest themselves as pronounced altruists or egoists. The first, of course, is Sonechka Marmeladova, who sacrifices herself to provide for her family, and then goes into exile after Raskolnikov, trying to save his soul. We must not forget about Razumikhin: he is poor and lives hardly better than Raskolnikov, but he is always ready to help him - he offers a friend a job, buys him clothes, gives him money. In contrast to these noble people, for example, the image of Luzhin is presented. Luzhin "more than anything in the world loved and valued ... his money"; he wanted to marry Raskolnikov's sister Dunya, pursuing a base goal - to take a poor wife who would be eternally obliged to him. It is noteworthy that he does not even bother to ensure that the future bride and her mother get to St. Petersburg comfortably. Indifference to the fate of the closest people results in the same attitude towards the world and characterizes the hero from the negative side. As we know, fate paid tribute to sympathetic characters, but punished indifferent actors.
- The type of a person who lives for himself is drawn by I.A. Bunin in the story "The Gentleman from San Francisco". The hero - a wealthy gentleman whose name we will never know - goes on a journey "solely for fun." He spends time in a circle of his own kind, and divides other people into attendants and an annoying "hindrance" to his pleasure - such, for example, are commission agents and ragamuffins on the embankment, as well as inhabitants of miserable houses, which the gentleman from San Francisco has to contemplate along the way . However, after a sudden death, he himself, from a supposedly respected and revered person, becomes a burden, and the same people in whose devotion he believed, because "he was generous", send his corpse to his homeland in a soda box. With this crude irony, I.A. Bunin illustrates the well-known folk wisdom: as it comes around, it will respond.
- An example of selflessness is the hero of the collection of stories M.A. Bulgakov "Notes of a young doctor". A young doctor by the name of Bomgard, who recently graduated from the university, goes to work in a rural hospital, where he encounters harsh living conditions, human ignorance, terrible diseases, and, finally, death itself. But against all odds, he fights for every patient; goes out to the sick both day and night, not sparing himself; constantly learning and improving his skills. It is significant that Bomgard is not a heroic person, he is often unsure of himself and, like everyone else, is afraid, but at the decisive moment a sense of professional duty wins over everything else.
- The indifference of people to each other is especially terrible when, like a virus, it covers the whole society. Such a situation developed in the story of V.P. Astafiev "Lyudochka". It contrasts the life path of the heroine and the attitude towards her from others, from the family to society as a whole. Lyudochka is a village girl who moves to the city in search of a better life. She works hard at work, resignedly takes care of the housework instead of the woman from whom she rents an apartment, endures the rudeness of the “youth” around her, consoles the dying in the hospital until the last minute ... She is too unlike the stupid, spoiled herd of people, surrounded by which she is forced to be, And this time after time leads her to trouble. Alas, no one, not even her own mother, extended a helping hand to her at the right time, and the girl committed suicide. The saddest thing is that for society this situation is in the order of things, which is reflected in the dry, but terrible statistics.
- The image of a kind-hearted, sympathetic person is the key in the work of A.I. Solzhenitsyn "Matryonin Dvor". The fate of Matryona cannot be called enviable: she was a widow, buried six children, worked for many years on a collective farm “for the sticks of workdays”, did not receive a pension and remained poor in old age. Despite this, the heroine retained a cheerful disposition, sociability, love of work and a willingness to help others, without demanding anything in return. The apogee of her self-sacrifice is a tragic incident on the railway, which ends with the death of the heroine. Surprisingly, her face, untouched by the terrible accident, was “whole, calm, more alive than dead” - just like the face of a saint.
- In the story "Gooseberry" A.P. Chekhov, we meet a hero obsessed with a base material goal. Such is the narrator's brother, Nikolai Chimsha-Himalayan, who dreams of buying an estate, and certainly with gooseberry bushes. For this, he stops at nothing: he lives stingily, is greedy, marries an old rich widow and torments her with hunger. He is indifferent to people, so he is ready to sacrifice their interests for his own. Finally, his dream comes true, he feels happy and does not notice that the gooseberries are sour - to such an extent he has renounced real life. This terrifies the narrator, he turns to the “happy person” with a fiery speech, urging him to remember “that there are unfortunate people, that no matter how happy he is ... trouble will strike ... and no one will see or hear him, as now he does not see and does not hears others. The narrator discovered that the meaning of life is not in personal happiness, "but in something more reasonable and great." "Do good!" - this is how he ends his speech, hoping that young people who still have the strength and the opportunity to change something will not follow the path of his brother and become sympathetic people.
- It is not easy for a person with an open and sympathetic soul to live in the world. So it happened with the Chudik from the story of the same name by V.M. Shukshin. As an adult male, the hero thinks and behaves like a child. He reaches out to people, likes to talk and joke, strives to be on good terms with everyone, but he constantly gets into trouble due to the fact that he does not look like a “correct adult”. Let's remember one episode: on the plane, Chudik asks his neighbor to buckle up, as the stewardess ordered; he takes his words with obvious displeasure. The landing is not entirely successful: Chudik's neighbor falls from his chair, so much so that he loses his dentures. The weirdo rushes to his aid - but in response he again receives a portion of irritation and anger. And this is how everyone treats him, from strangers to family members. The responsiveness of the Freak and the unwillingness of society to understand someone who does not fit into the framework are two sides of the same problem.
- The story of K.G. is devoted to the topic of indifference to one's neighbor. Paustovsky "Telegram". Girl Nastya, secretary of the Union of Artists, gives all her strength to work. She fusses about the fate of painters and sculptors, organizes exhibitions and competitions, and does not find time to see her old sick mother who lives in the village. Finally, having received a telegram stating that her mother is dying, Nastya sets off, but too late ... The author warns readers against making the same mistake, the guilt for which will probably remain with the heroine for life.
- Manifestations of altruism in wartime are of particular importance, since it is often a question of life and death. The novel Schindler's Ark by T. Kenilli is a story about a German businessman and NSDAP member Oskar Schindler, who during the Holocaust organizes production and recruits Jews, thereby saving them from extermination. This requires a lot of effort from Schindler: he has to keep in touch with the right people, go for bribery, forge documents, but the result - more than a thousand lives saved and the eternal gratitude of these people and their descendants - is the main reward for the hero. Strengthening the impression of this selfless act is the fact that the novel is based on real events. Interesting? Save it on your wall!
"After the ball", L.N. Tolstoy
Indifference
The colonel from the story is indifferent. A brilliant, helpful, loving and caring father for Varenka, with whom the protagonist of the work, Ivan Vasilyevich, is passionately in love, he is merciless to a soldier subjected to a terrible punishment - beating with gauntlets. The colonel is unable to pity the groans: “For mercy, brothers!” He does not allow to weaken the punishment, but on the contrary, he hits one of the soldiers in the face, who did not lower his stick too much on the back of the punished.
Responsiveness
Everything he sees shocks Ivan Vasilyevich, who accidentally witnessed this scene. He is literally sick of horror, because he does not understand what can cause such not just indifferent, but inhuman attitude towards people. After that, the protagonist decides to give up any career whatsoever, so as not to harm anyone in his life, even by accident. And from the words of other heroes, we learn that all his life he was involved in helping loved ones.
"Hero of our time", M.Yu. Lermontov - indifference
Having long lost interest in life, indifferently looking at people and events, Pechorin appears at first. And although in the continuation of the work we see how Pechorin's feelings still flare up at the thought of losing the only love of his life - Vera, this does not refute his general outlook on life - emptiness, meaninglessness, general indifference. The pain and despair that flared up when reading the farewell letter to his beloved soon give way to disappointment, thoughts that attempts to make Vera happy are fruitless, since he, Pechorin, is not capable of long feelings. It is not for nothing that Lermontov calls Grigory Alexandrovich a hero of his time. According to the author, the era, where an intelligent, thinking person with his own ideals and ideas has nowhere to apply his strength, made the hero so apathetic, representing life as a picture, the events of which do not touch him so much as to hurt, and even more so, to force him to act, try to somehow change the situation.
"Crocodile Tears", A.P. Chekhov - indifference
The protagonist - the owner of the pawnshop Judas - is completely indifferent to the problems of people who bring him things in the last hope of getting money. Speaking with feigned bitterness about social injustice, about the stinginess of the rich and the humiliating existence of the poor, on whom the upper strata of society do not care, the protagonist himself does not seek to alleviate the plight of his petitioners. He does not appreciate a single thing with dignity, on the contrary, he lowers the price as much as possible, saying: “Otherwise, it won’t burn out for long.”
"Gooseberry", A.P. Chekhov - indifference
Nikolai Ivanovich Chimsha-Himalaysky - all his life he dreamed of one thing - to buy an estate and plant gooseberries there. To everything except the life of a master and the cultivation of gooseberries, the hero was indifferent. He devoted all his strength to his dream, out of greed he even brought his wife to the grave. Chekhov shows how miserable the life of the hero is, he seeks to convey to the reader that indifference to everything except his own well-being and tranquility is detrimental to the human soul. Chekhov, in the words of the narrator, appeals to readers with an appeal not to be indifferent to the problems of other people. Using the image of a man with a hammer, who should stand outside the door of every happy and prosperous person and knock to remind him that there are those in the world who need help, the writer exclaims: “Do good!”
"The fate of man", Sholokhov - responsiveness
Andrei Sokolov (the main character), who survived the Nazi captivity and lost his entire family during the war, did not harden. His heart is still ready to love, so he takes responsibility and takes care of the orphan boy Vanyusha.
"The Catcher in the Rye", D.D. Selinger - Responsiveness
The story of sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield. His main problem is that he refuses to acknowledge the indifference of the world of adults, who care only about material stability and their own well-being. Hypocrisy, deception, absolute indifference to everything that does not concern them personally - this is how the world of adults appears to a teenager. Hence his constant conflict with his parents and teachers. The hero is looking for love, sincerity, kindness in the world, but he sees this only in children. Moreover, in small children, which is why his cherished desire is to catch children so that they do not fall into the abyss. The Catcher in the Rye is a metaphor for the indifferent adult world. The desire to catch children is the desire to save the soul of a child from destructive selfishness, stiffness, violence, deception of adult life.
What topics can you offer?
What kind of person can be called "responsive"?
What kind of person can be called "indifferent"?
Do you agree with B. Shaw's statement: “The worst sin in relation to one's neighbor is not hatred, but indifference; this is truly the pinnacle of inhumanity"?
How do you understand the words of A.V. Suvorova: “How painful is indifference to oneself!”?
Why is indifference dangerous?
Can responsiveness bring disappointment?
What does it mean to be responsive?
Can indifference hurt a person?
Should we learn empathy?
What is the relationship between kindness and kindness?
Can an indifferent person be called selfish?
Do you agree that "healthy selfishness" is good for you?
Is it always necessary to be responsive?
What are the consequences of indifference to nature?
How are the concepts of "indifference" and "egoism" related?
How do you understand the proverb: “On the way you need a companion, in life you need sympathy”?
Do you agree that kindness and responsiveness are the key to family happiness?
Can Responsiveness Be Learned?
When can responsiveness hurt?
Can mindfulness save lives?
How to instill a sense of compassion in children?
How can one explain the unwillingness of a person to spend spiritual strength on someone else's life?
What does it mean to "be selfless"?
Do you agree with the statement that a friend is known not only in trouble, but also in joy?
Can compassion for people be a manifestation of selfishness?
Is it important to be able to forgive?
Are empathy and kindness synonymous?
Should we fight injustice?
Do you agree that indifference "corrodes the soul" of a person?
What can lead to indifference?
What life lessons help you develop a sense of compassion?
How do you understand the statement of A.P. Chekhov: "Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, premature death."
Should you empathize with people you don't like?
Confirm or refute Van Gogh's statement: "Indifference to painting is a universal and enduring phenomenon."
Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only primitive people sympathize with themselves."
How is indifference to a single person related to indifference to the motherland?
Why is indifference to one's own country dangerous?
Do you agree with the statement of Guy de Maupassant: "An ungrateful son is worse than someone else's: he is a criminal, since the son has no right to be indifferent to his mother"?
Can you expect sympathy if you don't show it yourself?
Can it be argued that adolescents have less empathy than mature people?
How do you understand the words of V.A. Sukhomlinsky: “Egoism is the root cause of cancer
Do you agree with the statement of B. Yasinsky: “Be afraid of the indifferent - they do not kill and do not betray, but
only with their tacit consent does treachery and murder exist on earth”?
Why do you think actions speak louder than words?
Is it possible to say that indifference to animals is the highest manifestation of humanity?
Can excessive empathy become a barrier?
Are there people unworthy of sympathy?
What is more important: sympathy or real help?
How to open a topic:
When writing an essay on this topic, it is necessary to comprehend the different types of a person’s attitude to people and to the world (indifference to others, unwillingness to spend mental strength on someone else’s life or sincere readiness to share his joys and troubles with his neighbor, to provide him with disinterested help).
In the literature, this indifference and responsiveness is common. For example, heroes with a warm heart, ready to respond to other people's joys and troubles, characters embodying the opposite, selfish personality type.
Arguments from the works:
"After the ball", L.N. Tolstoy
IndifferenceThe colonel from the story is indifferent. A brilliant, helpful, loving and caring father for Varenka, with whom the protagonist of the work, Ivan Vasilyevich, is passionately in love, he is merciless to a soldier subjected to a terrible punishment - beating with gauntlets. The colonel is unable to pity the groans: “For mercy, brothers!” He does not allow to weaken the punishment, but on the contrary, he hits one of the soldiers in the face, who did not lower his stick too much on the back of the punished.
Responsiveness
Everything he sees shocks Ivan Vasilyevich, who accidentally witnessed this scene. He is literally sick of horror, because he does not understand what can cause such not just indifferent, but inhuman attitude towards people. After that, the protagonist decides to give up any career whatsoever, so as not to harm anyone in his life, even by accident. And from the words of other heroes, we learn that all his life he was involved in helping loved ones.
"A Hero of Our Time", M.Yu. Lermontov - indifference
Having long lost interest in life, indifferently looking at people and events, Pechorin appears at first. And although in the continuation of the work we see how Pechorin's feelings still flare up at the thought of losing the only love of his life - Vera, this does not refute his general outlook on life - emptiness, meaninglessness, general indifference. The pain and despair that flared up when reading the farewell letter to his beloved soon give way to disappointment, thoughts that attempts to make Vera happy are fruitless, since he, Pechorin, is not capable of long feelings. It is not for nothing that Lermontov calls Grigory Alexandrovich a hero of his time. According to the author, the era, where an intelligent, thinking person with his own ideals and ideas has nowhere to apply his strength, made the hero so apathetic, representing life as a picture, the events of which do not touch him so much as to hurt, and even more so, to force him to act, try to somehow change the situation.
"Crocodile Tears", A.P. Chekhov - indifference
The protagonist - the owner of the pawnshop Judas - is completely indifferent to the problems of people who bring him things in the last hope of getting money. Speaking with feigned bitterness about social injustice, about the stinginess of the rich and the humiliating existence of the poor, on whom the upper strata of society do not care, the protagonist himself does not seek to alleviate the plight of his petitioners. He does not appreciate a single thing with dignity, on the contrary, he lowers the price as much as possible, saying: “Otherwise, it won’t burn out for long.”
"Gooseberry", A.P. Chekhov - indifference
Nikolai Ivanovich Chimsha-Himalaysky - all his life he dreamed of one thing - to buy an estate and plant gooseberries there. To everything except the life of a master and the cultivation of gooseberries, the hero was indifferent. He devoted all his strength to his dream, out of greed he even brought his wife to the grave. Chekhov shows how miserable the life of the hero is, he seeks to convey to the reader that indifference to everything except his own well-being and tranquility is detrimental to the human soul. Chekhov, in the words of the narrator, appeals to readers with an appeal not to be indifferent to the problems of other people. Using the image of a man with a hammer, who should stand outside the door of every happy and prosperous person and knock to remind him that there are those in the world who need help, the writer exclaims: “Do good!”
"The Fate of Man", Sholokhov - responsiveness
Andrei Sokolov (the main character), who survived the Nazi captivity and lost his entire family during the war, did not harden. His heart is still ready to love, so he takes responsibility and takes care of the orphan boy Vanyusha.
"The Catcher in the Rye", D.D. Selinger - Responsiveness
The story of sixteen-year-old Holden Caulfield. His main problem is that he refuses to acknowledge the indifference of the world of adults, who care only about material stability and their own well-being. Hypocrisy, deception, absolute indifference to everything that does not concern them personally - this is how the world of adults appears to a teenager. Hence his constant conflict with his parents and teachers. The hero is looking for love, sincerity, kindness in the world, but he sees this only in children. Moreover, in small children, which is why his cherished desire is to catch children so that they do not fall into the abyss. The Catcher in the Rye is a metaphor for the indifferent adult world. The desire to catch children is the desire to save the soul of a child from destructive selfishness, stiffness, violence, deception of adult life.
Useful quotes:
The worst sin in relation to one's neighbor is not hatred, but indifference; this is truly the pinnacle of inhumanity. (Bernard Show)
Sympathy is indifference in a superlative degree. (Don Aminado)
How painful is indifference to oneself! (A.V. Suvorov)
I always believe and will continue to believe so in the future that indifference to injustice is betrayal and meanness. (O. Mirabeau)
Do not be indifferent, for indifference is deadly to the human soul. (Maksim Gorky)
They say that philosophers and true sages are indifferent. It is not true, indifference is paralysis of the soul, premature death. (A.P. Chekhov)
When a person is so wounded that he is unable to show generosity, at these moments he especially needs sympathy and support.
You love everyone, and to love everyone is to love no one. You are all the same indifferent. (O. Wilde)
Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only primitive people sympathize with themselves. (H. Murakami)
Where moderation is a mistake, there indifference is a crime. (G. Lichtenberg)
Indifference to painting is a universal and enduring phenomenon. (Van Gogh)
Only those who cannot pass indifferently past the joys and sorrows of an individual are capable of taking to heart the joys and sorrows of the Fatherland. (V. A. Sukhomlinsky)
There is nothing more dangerous than a person who is alien to the human, who is indifferent to the fate of his native country, to the fate of his neighbor. (M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin)
An ungrateful son is worse than someone else's: he is a criminal, since the son has no right to be indifferent to his mother. (Guy de Maupassant)
Coldness is a consequence not only of a sober conviction that one is right, but also of an unprincipled indifference to the truth. (C. Lam)
One very talented writer, in response to my complaint that I did not find sympathy with criticism, wisely answered me: “You have an essential flaw that will close all doors to you: you cannot talk to a fool for two minutes him to understand that he is a fool. (E. Zola)
Tolerance inevitably leads to indifference. (D. Diderot)
Teenagers, of course, are emotionally tender and extremely vulnerable creatures, but they are not very sympathetic. It comes later, if it comes at all. (S. King)
The eagle gaze of passions penetrates into the misty abyss of the future, but indifference is blind and stupid from birth. (K. A. Helvetius)
It is easy to hide hatred, it is difficult to hide love, and most difficult is indifference. (C.L. Burne)
Indifference is a serious disease of the soul. (A. de Tocqueville)
The most unforgivable sin in relation to one's neighbor is not hatred, but indifference. Indifference is the essence of inhumanity. (J.B. Shaw)
Egoism is the root cause of cancer of the soul. (V. A. Sukhomlinsky)
Family selfishness is crueler than personal selfishness. A person who is ashamed to sacrifice the blessings of another for himself alone considers it his duty to use misfortune, the need of people for the good of the family. (L.N. Tolstoy)
Do not be afraid of enemies - in the worst case, they can kill you.
Do not be afraid of friends - in the worst case, they can betray you.
Fear the indifferent - they do not kill or betray, but only with their tacit consent does betrayal and murder exist on earth. (B. Yasensky)
Indifference is the highest cruelty. (M. Wilson)
Calmness is stronger than emotions.
Silence is louder than screaming.
Indifference is worse than war. (M. Luther)
On the way you need a companion, in life - sympathy. (proverb)
The key to family happiness is kindness, frankness, responsiveness ... (E. Zola)
Taking the path of dialogue is far more effective and sensible than trying to prove how selfish or responsive anyone can be. (H. Bukai)
The responsiveness of others is often the best psychologist or psychiatrist. (L. Viilma)
Life teaches a lot, but not tact, not responsiveness, not the ability to help a person in difficult times. (I. Shaw)
Most of all in women I appreciate shyness. It is beautiful. The basis of femininity is not appearance, but an increased sense of shame and sympathy for others. (F. A. Iskander)
If someone else's grief does not make you suffer,
Is it possible to call you a human then? (Saadi)
The more you live, the more you become convinced that arousing sympathy for yourself is a rarity and happiness - and that you should cherish this happiness. (I.S. Turgenev)
Whoever has acquired the ability to sincerely sympathize with human grief, even in one single case, having received a miraculous lesson, has learned to understand any misfortune, no matter how strange or reckless it may appear at first glance. (S. Zweig)
Real help always comes from someone who is stronger than you and whom you respect. And the sympathy of such people is especially effective ... (F. S. Fitzgerald)
Sympathy alone is not enough. Actions speak louder than words. (N. Vuychich)
Too much empathy often becomes a barrier.
Sympathy in times of adversity is like rain in times of drought. (Indian proverb)
After all, it is necessary that every person should have at least one such place where he would be pitied! (F. M. Dostoevsky)
Do not sympathize too much with people who are unhappy. If someone is unhappy, help, but do not sympathize. Don't give him the idea that suffering is something worthwhile. (Osho)
She said in the sense that when a beloved animal dies, a person is left alone with his grief, no one sympathizes much. When a loved one dies, then everyone understands, and who is sincere, who is formal, and who is for the company, but everyone understands and sympathizes. But the cat died, she said, and loneliness was terribly exposed. (E.V. Grishkovets)
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Direction "Indifference and responsiveness."
Indifference is indifference to everything that surrounds us, lack of interest in the problems of society, in eternal human values, indifference to one's own fate and to the fate of other people, the absence of any emotions in relation to anything. A.P. Chekhov once said: “Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, premature death.” But why is such an attitude to life really so dangerous?
Anger, like love, like confusion, like fear and shame, shows a person’s interest in anything, emotions become an indicator of vital energy, and therefore a blush coming to the cheeks is always valued more than a lifeless, cold pallor and an indifferent, empty look. . Slightly noticeable at first glance, manifestations of indifference to what is happening invariably develop into apathy, and as a result, lead to the degradation of the individual. In the story of A.P. Chekhov "Ionych", the author, together with the reader, traces the path of a person, from which vital energy gradually flowed away and the spiritual principle evaporated. Describing each stage from the biography of the hero, A.P. Chekhov emphasizes with what swiftness indifference penetrated Startsev's life and left a definite mark on it. From an outstanding personality and a promising doctor, the hero slowly but surely turned into a screaming at his own patients, a gambling, greedy, stout man in the street, not noticing the passage of time. For the once energetic and lively hero, only his money was now of exceptional importance, he stopped noticing the suffering of people, looked at the world with dryness and selfishness, in other words, he became indifferent to everything, including himself, which led to inevitable degradation. .
We all live in a society and depend on each other - such is the nature of man. That is why the indifference of each individual leads to the indifference of the whole society. In other words, a whole system is formed, an organism that destroys itself. Such a society is described by F.M. Dostoevsky in the novel Crime and Punishment. The main character, Sonya Marmeladova, at the level of need, felt the importance of self-sacrifice and helping people. Looking at the indifference of those around her, she, on the contrary, tried to help everyone in need and do everything in her power. Perhaps if Sonya hadn’t helped Rodion Raskolnikov cope with her moral torments, if she hadn’t instilled faith in him, if she hadn’t saved her family from starvation, then the novel would have had an even more tragic ending. But the indifference of the heroine became a ray of light in the gloomy and damp Petersburg of Dostoevsky. It is terrible to imagine how the novel would have ended if it had not had such a pure and bright hero as Sonya Marmeladova.
It seems to me that if every person takes his eyes off his problems, starts looking around and doing good deeds, the whole world will shine with happiness. Indifference is dangerous because in any case it carries darkness with it, it is the antithesis of happiness, joy and goodness.
Our country is our fortress. We feel protected by the political environment that the president has been seeking for years. We reap the sweet fruits of bitter moments such as: wars, revolutions, riots and rebellions. The danger of indifference lies in the mass force of such an attitude. First, one person expresses his indifference to the country, then the second one supports him. Discussing this topic with friends, more and more people become indifferent. This phenomenon is due to the fact that people do not believe that the life of the country can depend on them. They decide that everything has already been decided for them and do not express their opinion regarding the state order.
Literary works show indifference to one's country and all sorts of consequences of such a position. So, this topic is raised in Tolstoy's novel "War and Peace". The episode when Berg buys furniture for gifts, and gives carts for the wounded soldiers returning from the battle. Is it possible to imagine that Natasha would have allowed him to take out the furniture and leave the wounded soldiers without a vehicle. The caring Rostova helps them get to the rear faster.
This example proves that indifference to one's country, to the people who defend it, helps to save lives and make it easier for others.
In contrast to the worthy act of Natasha, Helen and Anatole turned out to be less humane. In the difficult year of 1812, brother and sister did not help the people, they were defeated by their selfishness and cowardice. It becomes clear that if they were kinder, they could save more people, become more humane. The indifference to their country, which they showed, not only dishonored them, but also endangered other innocent people.
Thus, indifference to the country, to its inhabitants, brings only tragic consequences. You need to be a sympathetic person, even in those moments when you risk something of your own or step over your principles. There are situations in which your attitude to the country can be decisive. The main thing is to be able to take part in the life of the country in time, to do everything in your power. After all, we, the inhabitants of one country, are one big family. Today you helped someone in need, and tomorrow they will help you. But you can’t count on help from outside if you yourself turned out to be indifferent to someone else’s grief. Showing kindness to the people of the country, you help the whole country, because the general mood is very important for the state.