The problem of early adulthood of children during the war. “Children and War”: an essay-reasoning for schoolchildren Mutual assistance and selfishness on the front line

Combatant zone. Passing the herds of collective farm cattle, which go to the quiet pastures to the east, the car stops at the crossroads of the village. A boy of about fifteen jumps up on the step. - Uncle, give me two cartridges. - What do you need cartridges for? - And so... as a keepsake. - They don’t give you any ammunition for memory. I give him a lattice shell from a hand grenade and a spent, shiny cartridge case. The boy’s lips curl contemptuously: “Well!” What's the use of them? - Oh, dear! So do you need a memory that you can use to make sense? Maybe you want this green bottle or this black grenade? Maybe unhook a small anti-tank gun from the tractor? Get into the car, don’t lie and speak straight.

And so the story begins, full of secret omissions and subterfuges, although in general everything has long been clear to us.

Fathers, uncles and older brothers are leaving to join the partisans. And he is still young, but dexterous and brave. He knows all the hollows, the last paths for forty kilometers in the area. Fearing that they won’t believe him, he pulls a Komsomol card wrapped in oilcloth from his bosom. And not having the right to say anything more, licking his cracked, dusty lips, he waits greedily and impatiently.

I look into his eyes. I put the clip in his hot hand. This is a clip from my rifle. It's written on me.

I take responsibility for the fact that each bullet fired from these five cartridges will fly exactly in the right direction.

Listen, Yakov, why do you need cartridges if you don’t have a rifle? What, are you going to shoot from an empty can?

The truck starts moving. Yakov jumps off the step, he jumps up and cheerfully shouts something awkward, stupid. He laughs and mysteriously shakes his finger at me. Then, hitting the cow spinning around with his fist in the face, he disappears in a cloud of dust.

Children! The war fell on tens of thousands of them in the same way as on adults, if only because the fascist bombs dropped over peaceful cities have the same force for everyone. Teenagers - boys and girls - experience the events of the Great Patriotic War acutely, often more acutely than adults. They greedily, to the last point, listen to the messages of the Information Bureau, remember all the details of heroic deeds, write down the names of the heroes, their titles, their surnames. With boundless respect they see off the trains leaving for the front, and with boundless love they greet the wounded arriving from the front.

I saw our children deep in the rear, in the troubled front line, and even on the front line itself. And everywhere I saw their great thirst for business, work and even achievement.

Years will pass. You will become adults. And then, in a good hour of rest after a lot of peaceful work, you will happily remember that once upon a time, on threatening days for the Motherland, you did not get in the way, did not sit idly by, but helped your country in its difficult and very difficult times. important fight against human-hating fascism. (According to A.P. Gaidar *) Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (real name - Golikov, 1904-1941) - Russian Soviet children's writer, film scriptwriter, participant in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars.

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How do children survive the war years? How does the war affect them? A.P. Gaidar makes us think about these questions.

The author tells us about a boy who, during the war, asked soldiers for cartridges. “...he is still young...”, but also wants to fight the enemy, like “fathers, uncles and older brothers...”. Therefore, this act shows the boy’s courage and determination. The author also writes about the children in the rear who had “a huge thirst for business, work and even heroism.” In this passage we see a similar example of how children, along with adults, try to defeat the enemy.


In his text, A.P. Gaidar raises the problem of children’s experiences of the war years.

He talks about an event that happened on the front line. A boy of about fifteen cunningly wanted to take some cartridges from the soldiers, saying that he supposedly needed them “as a souvenir.” But in fact, the young man wanted to fight for the Fatherland along with others.

Therefore, the soldier, after lengthy questioning, gives the boy a whole clip, taking his word that “every bullet fired will fly exactly in the right direction.” He realized that “fathers, uncles and older brothers go to war as partisans,” and this boy is still young, but dexterous and brave, and wants to help the country defeat the enemy, since “he knows all the hollows and paths forty kilometers ahead.”

The author of the text believes that children experience the events of war more acutely than adults, that dropped bombs have the same power for everyone, so children with great thirst strive to help their country, often even participating in hostilities at the front, front line and rear.

Many writers have touched on this topic in their works. In A. Fadeev’s book “The Young Guard”, very young guys create an underground organization to fight the fascists in the occupied territory. They accomplish many feats before being caught by enemy soldiers. But even under cruel torture, the fighters did not betray anyone and died heroically for the sake of the bright future of their native country.

In L. Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” little Petya Rostov is also eager to go to war. He wants to accomplish a feat, become a hero. For him, war is something solemn and very important. Therefore, Petya, by cunning, ends up in a partisan detachment, where he sincerely strives to help all the soldiers and, whenever possible, strives to get to the front.

Thus, we can conclude that A.P. Gaidar is right. During the war years, not only adults, but also children fight the enemy, acutely feeling their need to protect the Fatherland.

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(1) Front strip. (2) Passing herds of collective farm cattle, which go to quiet pastures to the east, the car stops at the crossroads of the village. (3) A boy of about fifteen jumps up on the step.

- (4) Uncle, give me two cartridges.

- (5) What do you need cartridges for?

- (6) And so... for memory.

- (7) They don’t give out cartridges for memory.

(8) I slip him a lattice shell from a hand grenade and a spent shiny cartridge case.

(9) The boy’s lips curl contemptuously:

Here you go! (10) What's the use of them?

- (11) Oh, dear! (12) So do you need a memory that you can use? (13) Maybe you want this green bottle or this black grenade? (14) Maybe you should unhook that small anti-tank gun from the tractor? (15) Get into the car, don’t lie and speak straight.

(16) And so the story begins, full of secret omissions and subterfuges, although in general everything has long been clear to us.

(17) Fathers, uncles and older brothers join the partisans. (18) And he is still young, but dexterous and brave. (19) He knows all the hollows, the last paths for forty kilometers in the area.

(20) Fearing that they won’t believe him, he pulls a Komsomol card wrapped in oilcloth from his bosom. (21) And not having the right to tell anything more, licking his cracked, dusty lips, he waits greedily and impatiently.

(22) I look into his eyes. (23) I put the clip in his hot hand. (24) This is a clip from my rifle. (25) It is written on me.

(26)I take responsibility for the answer for the fact that each bullet fired from these five cartridges will fly exactly in the right direction.

- (27) Listen, Yakov, why do you need cartridges if you don’t have a rifle? (28) What, are you going to shoot from an empty can?

(29) The truck starts moving. (ZO) Yakov jumps off the step, he jumps up and cheerfully shouts something awkward, stupid. (31) He laughs and mysteriously shakes his finger at me. (32) Then, hitting the cow spinning around with his fist in the face, he disappears in a cloud of dust.

(ZZ) Children! (34) The war fell on tens of thousands of them in the same way as on adults, if only because the fascist bombs dropped over peaceful cities have the same force for everyone.

(35)Teenagers - boys and girls - experience the events of the Great Patriotic War acutely, often more acutely than adults. (Zb) They greedily, to the last point, listen to the messages of the Information Bureau, remember all the details of heroic deeds, write down the names of the heroes, their ranks, their surnames. (37) With boundless respect they see off the trains leaving for the front, and with boundless love they greet the wounded arriving from the front.

(38) I saw our children deep in the rear, in the alarming front line, and even on the front line itself. (39) And everywhere I saw them have a great thirst for business, work, and even achievement.

(40) Years will pass. (41) You will become adults. (42) And then, in a good hour of rest after a lot of peaceful work, you will joyfully remember that once, in the days that were threatening for the Motherland, you did not get in the way, did not sit idly by, but helped your country in its difficult and very important struggle against misanthropic fascism.

(According to A.P. Gaidar*)

* Arkady Petrovich Gaidar (real name Golikov, 1904-1941) - Russian Soviet children's writer, film scriptwriter, participant in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars.

Arguments

  1. L. Tolstoy in his novel “War and Peace” shows that Petya Rostov, at 15 years old and during the war, remains a child and shows childish spontaneity.

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Petya Rostov One of the most touching and charming images is the image of Petya Rostov. Let's look at an episode from volume 4 of the work, which tells about Petya's first impressions in a partisan detachment. Petya is the youngest child in the Rostov family, a lively, cheerful boy, his mother’s favorite. He goes to war when he is still very young, but he already has a goal - to accomplish a feat and become a hero. He was delighted that he was in a partisan detachment and had the opportunity to prove himself. He recklessly grabs any opportunity to show that he is already an adult and can fight alongside experienced officers. And most of all he is afraid of missing a possible opportunity where he could show his heroism. Petya is a romantic; for him, war is an adventure, an opportunity to test himself, his courage and strength. He is not afraid of anything, he strives to be at the center of events, always at the forefront, and then he will be able to fulfill his dream of a feat. However, the squad protects him. The general forbids Petya to take part in any of Denisov’s actions. How can a romantic agree with this? But he follows the order, because for a military man this is the law. The boy’s family was surrounded by a kind, friendly atmosphere, thanks to which he grew up responsive, sensitive, and capable of compassion. He sincerely loved all people and was also confident in the love of other people for himself. He tries to do something nice for his fellow soldiers: he treats them with raisins, or offers help. The squad also treats Petya very warmly, in a fatherly way. But the boy wants to look older than his age, he tries to prove to everyone that he has already grown up and become independent. However, despite all attempts to hide it, we understand that he is still childishly naive. The death of Petya, the youngest of the Rostov family, shows all the cruelty and inhumanity of the war.

2. V.O. Bogomolov's story "Ivan". IN. V. more cruel.

"Ivan's childhood"- a film by Andrei Tarkovsky based on the story “Ivan” by Vladimir Bogomolov.

Ivan Buslov is from Gomel. His father and sister died during the war. Ivan had to go through a lot: he was in the partisans, and in Trostyanets - in the death camp. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov persuaded Ivan to go to the Suvorov Military School, but he only wants to fight and take revenge. Kholin “didn’t even think that a child could hate so much...”. And when they decided not to send Ivan on the mission, he left on his own. What this boy can do, adult scouts rarely succeed. It was decided that if after the war Ivan’s mother is not found, he will be adopted by Katasonych (dies) or the lieutenant colonel.

Now the boy faces a difficult and very risky task: to walk fifty kilometers behind German lines unnoticed. Just in case, he is dressed like a “homeless brat.”

After the war, in the documents found by the secret field police, Galtsev suddenly discovers a photo with a familiar high-cheekboned face and wide-set eyes. The report says that in December 1943, after fierce resistance, “Ivan” was detained, observing the movement of German trains in the restricted area. After interrogations, during which the boy “behaved defiantly,” he was shot.

Ivan is also a child, V. Bogomolov emphasizes this with an episode when he liked a beautiful knife, like any boy. And it is no coincidence that Gaidar writes “I take responsibility”, wanting to show that war is the work of adults, they must take responsibility for everything that happens.

The problem of children's experiences of military events and their feasible participation in the war. According to A.P. Gaidar

War and childhood... These are two concepts that are mutually exclusive. War brings destruction, death, blood, suffering, pain. Childhood is called the golden age and is associated with the future. But the war has begun, and children, willy-nilly or not, are experiencing tragic events along with the entire country, and are involved in everything that happens in villages and cities that were captured by the aggressor.

How do children drawn into the orbit of war feel? Can they be indifferent when adults take part in the fight against the enemy? These are the questions that arise when reading the text of A.P. Gaidar, a famous Soviet writer who died during the Great Patriotic War.

Revealing the problem of children's experience of military events, their feasible participation in the war, the writer talks about what he witnessed when he met children in the front line. The narrator remembers one of these meetings at the crossroads of military roads especially well. A fifteen-year-old teenager asked him for cartridges, although the boy did not have a gun. The Komsomol member could not sit quietly at home at a time when adults were going to the front, fighting in partisan detachments. Understanding perfectly the patriotic impulse of the teenager, the writer gives the boy a whole clip of cartridges that was registered to him. According to the author, children perceive everything that happens in war more acutely than adults. Children strive for active work, dream of fighting the Nazis and accomplishing a feat, defending their native land. The writer wholeheartedly supports this desire of schoolchildren; he claims that after the war they will proudly remember that they helped adults fight the invaders.

The author's position is as follows: the Great Patriotic War was a difficult test not only for adults, but also for children who took part in the liberation of the Motherland from a cruel enemy.
The author's position is close to me. During the war years, children quickly grew up, felt responsible for the fate of the country and, following the example of adults, took part in the dramatic events of the Great Patriotic War.

In conclusion, I want to say that I admire the feat of our people in defeating fascism. And this happened because everyone, young and old, took part in the fight against the fierce enemy.

Text by A. P. Gaidar

Combatant zone. Passing the herds of collective farm cattle, which go to the quiet pastures to the east, the car stops at the crossroads of the village. A boy of about fifteen jumps up on the step. - Uncle, give me two cartridges. - What do you need cartridges for? - And so... as a keepsake. — They don’t give you ammunition for souvenirs. I give him a lattice shell from a hand grenade and a spent, shiny cartridge case. The boy’s lips curl contemptuously: “Well!” What's the use of them? - Oh, dear! So do you need a memory that you can use to make sense? Maybe you want this green bottle or this black grenade? Maybe unhook a small anti-tank gun from the tractor? Get into the car, don’t lie and speak straight. And so the story begins, full of secret omissions and subterfuges, although in general everything has long been clear to us. Fathers, uncles and older brothers are leaving to join the partisans. And he is still young, but dexterous and brave. He knows all the hollows, the last paths for forty kilometers in the area. Fearing that they won’t believe him, he pulls a Komsomol card wrapped in oilcloth from his bosom. And not having the right to say anything more, licking his cracked, dusty lips, he waits greedily and impatiently. I look into his eyes. I put the clip in his hot hand. This is a clip from my rifle. It's written on me. I take responsibility for the fact that each bullet fired from these five cartridges will fly exactly in the right direction. - Listen, Yakov, why do you need cartridges if you don’t have a rifle? What, are you going to shoot from an empty can? The truck starts moving. Yakov jumps off the step, he jumps up and cheerfully shouts something awkward, stupid. He laughs and mysteriously shakes his finger at me. Then, hitting the cow spinning around with his fist in the face, he disappears in a cloud of dust. Children! The war fell on tens of thousands of them in the same way as on adults, if only because the fascist bombs dropped over peaceful cities have the same force for everyone. Teenagers—boys and girls—experience the events of the Great Patriotic War acutely, often more acutely than adults. They greedily, to the last point, listen to the messages of the Information Bureau, remember all the details of heroic deeds, write down the names of the heroes, their titles, their surnames. With boundless respect they see off the trains leaving for the front, and with boundless love they greet the wounded arriving from the front. I saw our children deep in the rear, in the troubled front line, and even on the front line itself. And everywhere I saw their great thirst for business, work and even achievement. Years will pass. You will become adults. And then, in a good hour of rest after a lot of peaceful work, you will happily remember that once upon a time, on threatening days for the Motherland, you did not get in the way, did not sit idly by, but helped your country in its difficult and very difficult times. important fight against human-hating fascism.

(According to A.P. Gaidar*)

Schools often ask students to write their own thoughts about various events. “Children and War” is an essay-reasoning that will help to fully express experiences and emotions. Today, boys and girls of different ages are well versed in various topics. Therefore, they will be able to write on their own a narrative on the topic “Children and War” (essay-reasoning) assigned at school. There are some options you can consider to fully advise your child.

“Children and War”: essay-reasoning for primary school students

Even those who study in primary school are often asked to write a text about something in their own words. “Children and War,” an argumentative essay on literature, might look like this.

Children should not see war. This is a terrible event that takes lives and hopes from people. Boys and girls who saw explosions and shooting with their own eyes will never live in peace again. Therefore, adults need to think about how to protect children from such bad memories.

War means hunger, torn shoes and houses that smell of gunpowder. Let the war never happen again, and let us know about it only from stories.

Based on my grandmother’s stories, I can write about how children lived during the war. One thing I understood for sure: they did not have a childhood. From an early age, boys and girls had to endure strong emotional shocks. Children were also forced to work in gardens and help the military in order to somehow survive.

A terrible saying, “children of war,” filled with the sounds of explosions and the smell of gunpowder. Yes, they were not at the front, but they did not have to play with dolls and cars - they were forced to fight for survival.

My grandmother says that the military at that time always tried to treat them to a chocolate bar or a pear to the little inhabitants of the population. They hoped that they would somehow smooth out their young souls, who were forced not to enjoy childhood, but to endure all the troubles associated with military operations.

I don’t want to see war and I really hope that people will learn to negotiate without shooting and damp trenches.

The topic “Children and War” is an essay-reasoning that is suitable for students of different grades. A person can describe his thoughts, worries and experiences about this at any age.

“Children and War,” essay-reasoning: arguments and thoughts

In order to fully write a story, you should use the arguments discussed in books and textbooks. Some of them are:

  • During the war, children were very happy even with a piece of bread.
  • Boys and girls worked equally with adults.
  • Children of that time became independent early.
  • In those days, few people were dressed normally. Basically, they wore out what was already too small and torn.
  • Sons and daughters helped their parents work in the garden in order to somehow feed themselves.

There are many of these arguments, everyone can focus on those that are most impressive.

Children shouldn't see this

Students can write an essay on literature on the topic “Children and War” with an open heart and without falsehood.

During the war there was nothing that we have now. People Therefore, we should be grateful to life for the fact that everything is good and calm with us, that we can go to school, have children's toys, dress beautifully and eat delicious food.

I don't want to see war. Not a single person in this world deserves this terrible event, filled with loss of loved ones and emptiness.

Such essays will help express emotions and experiences. Let them remain only on the sheet, never coming into reality.