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Ilya Ilyich Oblomov - main character novel of the same name Goncharova. This image is unique in that it fully denounces an uncharacteristic negative quality in the field of literature, but the state inherent in every person is laziness. Some people find the strength to overcome laziness and make laziness a periodic guest, for some, as in the case of Oblomov, laziness becomes a constant companion of life. Why is this happening, is there a way out of such a situation, and on whom does the result of such a confrontation depend? Goncharov gives answers to these questions, depicting all the consequences of such a life on the example of the nobleman Oblomov.
Oblomov is of noble origin
"A nobleman by birth." He has 300 serfs:
"Three hundred souls".
Ilya Ilyich is the owner of the family estate, in which he has not been for 12 years:
"twelfth year in St. Petersburg"
Ilya Ilyich Oblomov lives in St. Petersburg on:
"Pea street"
His age is not exactly known.
He is "a man of about thirty-two or three years old"
Oblomov has an attractive appearance, he evokes sympathy:
"medium height, good-looking"
He has gray eyes, but they are somehow empty:
"with dark gray eyes, but with the absence of any definite idea, any concentration in the features."
Oblomov leads a passive way of life, he is rarely outside the house, so his face seems colorless:
“Ilya Ilyich’s complexion was neither ruddy, nor swarthy, nor positively pale, but indifferent or seemed so, perhaps because Oblomov was somehow flabby beyond his years: from a lack of movement or air, or maybe both."
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Carelessness is Oblomov's constant state, his personal belongings also acquire this characteristic:
“From the face, carelessness passed into the poses of the whole body, even into the folds of the dressing gown.”
Sometimes his state of carelessness changed to boredom or fatigue:
“Sometimes his eyes were darkened by an expression as if tired or bored; but neither fatigue nor boredom could for a moment drive away the softness from the face, which was the dominant and basic expression, not only of the face, but of the whole soul.
Oblomov's favorite clothes are a dressing gown
“... From Persian material, a real oriental robe, without the slightest hint of Europe, without tassels, without velvet, without a waist, very roomy, so that Oblomov could wrap himself in it twice.”
His dressing gown was significantly worn, but this does not bother Oblomov: “it has lost its original freshness and in some places replaced its primitive, natural gloss with another, acquired, but still retained the brightness of oriental paint and the strength of the fabric.”
Ilya Ilyich took a fancy to the dressing gown, because it is as “soft” as its owner:
“The dressing gown had in the eyes of Oblomov a darkness of invaluable virtues: it is soft, flexible; the body does not feel it on itself; he, like an obedient slave, submits to the slightest movement of the body.
Oblomov's favorite pastime is lying on the couch, he has no good reason for this - he does it out of laziness:
“Ilya Ilyich’s lying down was neither a necessity, like a sick person or a person who wants to sleep, nor an accident, like someone who is tired, nor a pleasure, like a lazy person: this was his normal state.”
In the office of Ilya Ilyich there are a lot of things that their owner does not need - they were purchased and delivered, because it was accepted that way:
“He looked at the decoration of his office so coldly and absent-mindedly, as if asking with his eyes: “Who dragged and instructed all this here?”
In the house rented by Oblomov, there is no order - dust, debris are evenly distributed over all objects: “On the walls, near the paintings, a web saturated with dust was molded in the form of festoons; mirrors, instead of reflecting objects, could rather serve as tablets for writing down some memoirs on them over the dust. The carpets were stained."
The days of Ilya Ilyich always follow the same scenario - he doesn’t get up for a long time, lying on the sofa and intends to get up all morning, redo a bunch of things, but constantly delays his intention:
“he decided to get up, wash himself and, after drinking tea, think carefully, figure something out ... For half an hour he lay still, tormented by this intention, but then he decided that he would still have time to do this even after tea, and tea can be drunk, as usual, in bed, especially since nothing prevents you from thinking and lying down.
Some time later, the Oblomovs were rich and wealthy, but then things got worse, why this happened, the Oblomovs themselves do not know:
“he became poorer, became smaller, and finally imperceptibly got lost between not old noble houses.”
Oblomov often likes to call his servant Zakhar, almost always these are empty requests, sometimes Ilya Ilyich himself does not know why he called Zakhar:
“Why did I call it - I don’t remember! Go to yourself for now, and I will remember.
From time to time, apathy subsides from Oblomov, he reprimands Zakhara for the mess and garbage in the house, but the matter does not move beyond reprimands - everything remains in its place: “... moth starts from dust? I sometimes even see a bed bug on the wall!”
Ilya Ilyich does not like change, the need to move makes him terribly upset, he tries to delay this moment as much as possible, ignoring the request of the owner of the property to expedite the move:
“For a month, they say, they promised, but you still don’t leave ... we’ll let the police know.”
Fear of changing your life
He himself is aware of such intolerance to change.
"...I can't stand any change."
Oblomov does not tolerate cold:
"Don't come, don't come: you're out of the cold!"
Dinner parties and large gatherings seem to Ilya Ilyich a boring and stupid occupation:
“My God! Here is boredom - it must be hellish!
Oblomov does not like to work:
"work from eight o'clock to twelve, from twelve to five, and at home also - oh, oh."
Characteristics of Penkin about Oblomov:
"... an incorrigible, carefree sloth!"
Oblomov believes that work should not be too tiring: “Write at night ... when to sleep”
Oblomov's acquaintances are surprised by his inactivity. Taraniev says this about the laziness of Ilya Ilyich:
"It's almost twelve o'clock, and he's lying around"
Tarantiev deceives Oblomov and often takes money from him: "... snatched a banknote from Oblomov's hands and deftly put it in his pocket."
A few years ago, Oblomov tried to enter the service and became a collegiate secretary. The work was difficult for him.
"... running around, fuss began, everyone was embarrassed, everyone knocked each other down."
In view of his laziness and absent-mindedness, the service became hell for Oblomov, he hardly served for two years and left the service, considering this type of activity unsuitable for him:
“Ilya Ilyich suffered from fear and longing in the service, even with a kind, condescending boss.”
Ilya Ilyich often makes mistakes in his work, once he mixed up the addresses and sent the necessary documents not to Astrakhan but to Arkhangelsk. When the mistake was revealed, Oblomov worried for a long time, because he was aware of the irresponsibility of his act:
“although he and everyone else knew that the boss would confine himself to a remark; but his own conscience was much stricter than reprimand.
The only person who can stir up this sloth is his childhood friend Andrey Stolz:
"The youthful fever of Stolz infected Oblomov, and he burned with a thirst for work."
Studying was difficult for Oblomov - his parents often made him concessions and left him at home, at a time when the educational process was not completed. Oblomov never tried to correct this state of affairs, the level of his education suits Ilya Ilyich:
“... he had a whole abyss between science and life, which he did not try to cross. His life was on its own, and science on its own.
From constant idleness and immobility, Oblomov begins to experience various deviations in the functioning of his body systems:
“The stomach almost does not cook, heaviness in the pit of the stomach, heartburn tortured, breathing is difficult.”
He does not like to read either books or newspapers - his detachment from life suits Oblomov. This business is too tiring for the lazy Oblomov:
“The pages on which the books were unfolded were covered with dust and turned yellow; it is clear that they were abandoned long ago; the number of the newspaper was last year's.
Parents dreamed of the day when their son would gain a position in society, receive a significant increase, but at the same time they did not understand that an uneducated person would never achieve this, they seriously thought that this could happen by chance or some kind of fraud:
“They also dreamed of an embroidered uniform for him, imagined him as an adviser in the chamber, and his mother even as a governor; but they would like to achieve all this somehow cheaper, with various tricks.
Zakhar's attempts to stir up the owner do not lead to anything good. Oblomov fights off the servant:
“Oblomov suddenly, unexpectedly jumped to his feet and rushed at Zakhar. Zakhar rushed from him with all his legs, but at the third step Oblomov sobered up completely from sleep and began to stretch, yawning: “Give ... kvass”
Stolz and Oblomov are connected with childhood memories - Andrei cannot see how his friend's days pass aimlessly:
“Everyone is busy, but you don’t need anything.”
Stolz manages to activate Ilya Ilyich. He pulls Oblomov into the light, where Ilya Ilyich at first feels out of place, but over time, this feeling passes. Stolz encourages a friend to go abroad together. The friend agrees. Oblomov enthusiastically takes up the preparation:
“Ilya Ilyich already had his passport ready, he even ordered a travel coat for himself, bought a cap.”
Oblomov's love for Olga
Ilya Ilyich's falling in love became the reason for the refusal of the trip - a new feeling does not allow Oblomov to leave the object of his adoration even for a short time:
"Oblomov did not leave either a month or three." Oblomov's move is finally carried out.
Ilya Ilyich does not experience stress at the same time - his thoughts are occupied by Olga Ilyinskaya:
"Tarantiev moved his whole house to his godfather, in a lane, on the Vyborg side."
Oblomov fell in love for the first time. He is ashamed of his feelings, does not know what to do and how he should behave towards his beloved:
“Oh my God, how pretty she is! There are such things in the world! he thought, looking at her with almost frightened eyes.
Oblomov is a sensual, impulsive person, succumbing to emotions, he confesses his love to Olga:
“I feel… not music… but… love.”
Oblomov is not known for his courage - in difficult situations, he flees. This seems to him better than saying or doing something out of place: “without looking back, he ran out of the rooms.”
Ilya Ilyich is a conscientious person, he worries that his actions or words could provoke unpleasant experiences in those people who are dear to him:
“I was tormented by the fact that he frightened, insulted her”
Oblomov very emotional person he's not used to hiding his feelings
"... I'm not ashamed of my heart."
The emerging Love for Olga became the cause of not only his physical, but also mental activity. He begins to actively read books, because his beloved likes to listen to retellings of books, visits the theater and opera. He behaves like a true romantic - he takes walks in nature, gives Olga flowers:
“He is with Olga from morning to evening; he reads with her, sends flowers, walks on the lake, in the mountains.
Inactivity, fear of change played a cruel joke with Oblomov. The uncertainty that arose between Oblomov and Ilyinskaya became painful for the girl. Olga is afraid that Oblomov will not keep his word and not marry her, because he always has a lot of excuses to postpone the wedding. Oblomov cannot even dare to ask for the girl's hand. This leads to a break in the relationship:
“I loved the future Oblomov! You are meek, honest, Ilya; you are gentle ... dove; you hide your head under your wing - and you want nothing more; you are ready to coo all your life under the roof.
Oblomov returns to his usual life. Passivity and the absence of any activity other than lying on the couch and eating food are bad for his health - Oblomov gets an apoplexy:
“They bled and then announced that it was an apoplexy and that he needed to lead a different way of life.”
Despite everything, Oblomov does not change his habits. Ilya Ilyich perceives the arrival of Stolz with enthusiasm, but no longer succumbs to his persuasion to change his life. He is happy: he fell in love with the mistress of the house, who does not require anything from him and takes care of him like a child:
"Do not make vain attempts, do not persuade me: I will stay here."
The fact that Pshenitsyna (Oblomov's new love) is not a noblewoman does not allow her to admit to true reasons refusal to leave St. Petersburg: “Leave me completely ... forget ...”
Stolz is periodically interested in the fate of Oblomov. On his last visit to a friend, Andrei learns horrifying news - Oblomov lives with Pshenitsyna as with his wife, they have a joint child. Oblomov realizes that he will not live long and asks a friend to take care of his son:
“... this child is my son! His name is Andrei, in memory of you.
Oblomov's death
Oblomov dies as quietly as he lived - no one heard how Oblomov died, he was found dead on the couch, the cause of his death was a new apoplexy:
"The head moved a little from the pillow and the hand was convulsively pressed to the heart."
The image of Oblomov is not devoid of positive qualities, but his laziness, apathy and fear of change reduce all aspirations and positive to nothing. His personality evokes feelings of regret in other characters in the novel. His friends are trying to help him get out of the swamp of laziness, but to no avail.
Oblomovism gained complete power over Ilya and became the cause of his death.
Oblomov Ilya Ilyich - the main character of the novel of the same name by I. A. Goncharov, a nobleman of pleasant appearance, 32-33 years old, with no definite goal in life. Oblomov has dark gray eyes and a soft look, and there is no concentration in his facial features. The main meaning of the novel is connected with the image of Oblomov. It would seem that there is nothing important in this story, but it reflects Russian life and the reality of the middle of the 19th century. It was after this book that the word "Oblomovism" appeared.
Oblomov is a kind of superfluous person in society, symbolizing the typical path of the provincial nobles of that time. After serving for several years in the department year after year expecting a promotion, he decided that such a worthless routine was not for him, deliberately choosing to do nothing. Now he lies on the couch all day long, not thinking about the future and not setting any goals for himself. He is not only unable to manage his estate, but he cannot even pack up and go to the party. This inaction is a conscious choice of the character. He is quite satisfied with such a life, and he is pleased that there is no depth that touches a nerve. From time to time, only his friend is able to stir him up - Stolz, who is his complete opposite.
For a while, Oblomov is changed by the love that has arisen for Olga. He even begins to read books, get out of bed, look through newspapers and put on neat clothes instead of a greasy robe. However, realizing his inability to active love, he himself initiates a break in relations, so that Olga would not be disappointed in him. As a result, the hero finds the ideal life only in the environment
The novel "Oblomov", written by Ivan Goncharov, became one of the key literature XIX century, and such a concept as "Oblomovism", brilliantly revealed by Goncharov in the novel, reflected the character of the society of that time in the best possible way. When we consider the characterization of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov, the protagonist of the novel, the concept of "Oblomovism" will become even more understandable.
So, Ilya Oblomov was born into a landowner's family with its way of life and accepted standards. The boy grew up, absorbing the environment and the spirit of the life of the landowners. He began to consider as his priorities what he learned from his parents, and, of course, his personality was formed precisely in such circumstances.
Brief description of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov
Already at the beginning of the novel, the author introduces us to the image of Oblomov. This is an introvert experiencing apathy for everything, who indulges in his dreams and lives in illusions. Oblomov can draw a picture in his imagination so vividly and vividly, having invented it, that he himself often cries or rejoices from the bottom of his heart at those scenes that do not actually exist.
Oblomov's appearance in the novel "Oblomov" seems to reflect him internal state, his soft and sensual character traits. We can say that his body movements were smooth, graceful and gave off some tenderness unacceptable for a man. Oblomov's characteristic is pronounced: he had soft shoulders and small plump hands, had long been flabby and led an inactive lifestyle. And Oblomov's gaze - always sleepy, devoid of concentration - testifies to him more clearly than anything else!
Oblomov at home
From considering the image of Oblomov, we turn to a description of his life, which is important to understand when studying the characteristics of the protagonist. At first, reading the description of his room, one gets the impression that it is perfectly tidy and comfortable: there is a nice wooden bureau, and sofas with silk upholstery, and carpets with curtains hang, and paintings ... But now we look better at the decoration of Oblomov's room and we see cobwebs, dust on the mirrors, dirt on the carpet, and even an uncleaned plate on which lies a gnawed bone. In fact, his housing is unkempt, abandoned and sloppy.
Why is this description and its analysis so important for us in Oblomov's characterization? Because we make a significant conclusion about the main character: he does not live in reality, he plunged into the world of illusions, and life does not bother him much. For example, when meeting acquaintances, Oblomov not only does not greet them with a handshake, but he does not even deign to get out of bed.
Conclusions about the main character
Of course, the upbringing of Ilya Ilyich played an important role in the formation of his image, because he was born in the distant Oblomovka estate, which was famous for its peaceful life. Everything there was calm and measured, from the weather to the very way of life of the locals. They were lazy people, constantly on vacation and dreaming of a hearty meal from morning to evening. But the image of Oblomov, which we see when starting to read the novel, is very different from the characterization of Oblomov in childhood.
When Ilya was a child, he was interested in everything, thought and imagined a lot, lived actively. For example, he liked to look the world with its diversity, go for walks. But Ilya's parents raised him on the principle of a "greenhouse plant", they tried to protect him from everything, even from work. How did this boy grow up? What is sown, is grown. Oblomov, being an adult, did not respect work, did not want to communicate with anyone, and preferred to solve difficulties by calling a servant.
Turning to the childhood of the protagonist, it becomes clear why the image of Oblomov developed in this way, who is to blame for this. Yes, because of such an upbringing and nature of Ilya Ilyich, who was already very sensual with a good imagination, he was practically unable to solve problems and strive for something high.
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Characteristics of Ilya Ilyich Oblomov very ambiguous. Goncharov created it complex and mysterious. Oblomov separates himself from the outside world, fences himself off from it. Even his dwelling bears little resemblance to habitation.
WITH early childhood he saw a similar example among his relatives, who also fenced themselves off from the outside world and protected it. It was not customary to work in his native home. When he was still a child, he played snowballs with peasant children, then he was then warmed up for several days. In Oblomovka, they were wary of everything new - even a letter that came from a neighbor in which he asked for a beer recipe was afraid to open for three days.
But Ilya Ilyich happily recalls his childhood. He idolizes the nature of Oblomovka, although this is an ordinary village, nothing particularly remarkable. He was brought up by rural nature. This nature instilled in him poetry and a love of beauty.
Ilya Ilyich does nothing, only complains about something all the time and engages in verbiage. He is lazy, does nothing himself and does not expect anything from others. He accepts life as it is and does not try to change anything in it.
When people come to him and talk about their lives, he feels that in the hustle and bustle of life they forget that they are wasting their lives in vain ... And he does not need to fuss, act, do not need to prove anything to anyone. Ilya Ilyich simply lives and enjoys life.
It's hard to imagine him in motion, he looks funny. At rest, lying on the couch, he is natural. It looks at ease - this is his element, his nature.
Let's summarize what we've read:
- The appearance of Ilya Oblomov. Ilya Ilyich is a young man, 33 years old, of good appearance, of medium height, overweight. The softness of his expression betrayed in him a weak and lazy person.
- Family status. At the beginning of the novel, Oblomov is unmarried, lives with his servant Zakhar. At the end of the novel, he marries and is happily married.
- Description of the dwelling. Ilya lives in St. Petersburg in an apartment on Gorokhovaya Street. The apartment is neglected, the servant Zakhar rarely sneaks into it, who is as lazy as the owner. The sofa occupies a special place in the apartment, on which Oblomov lies around the clock.
- Behavior, actions of the hero. Ilya Ilyich can hardly be called an active person. Only his friend Stolz manages to bring Oblomov out of his slumber. The protagonist lies on the couch and only dreams that he will soon get up and go about his business. He cannot solve even the most pressing problems. His estate has fallen into disrepair and does not bring money, so Oblomov even has nothing to pay for the apartment.
- The attitude of the author to the hero. Goncharov sympathizes with Oblomov, he considers him a kind, sincere person. At the same time, he sympathizes with him: it is a pity that a young, capable, not stupid person has lost all interest in life.
- My attitude to Ilya Oblomov. In my opinion, he is too lazy and weak-willed, so he cannot command respect. Sometimes he just infuriates me, I want to come up and shake him. I don't like people who live their lives like that. Perhaps I react so strongly to this character because I feel the same shortcomings in myself.
OBLOMOV
(Roman. 1859)
Oblomov Ilya Ilyich - the protagonist of the novel, a young man "about thirty-two - three years old, of medium height, pleasant appearance, with dark gray eyes, but with the absence of any definite idea, any concentration in facial features ... softness was the dominant and basic expression, not only the face, but the whole soul; and the soul shone so openly and clearly in the eyes, in the smile, in every movement of the head and hand. This is how the reader finds the hero at the beginning of the novel, in St. Petersburg, on Gorokhovaya Street, where he lives with his servant Zakhar.
The main idea of the novel, about which N. A. Dobrolyubov wrote, is connected with the image of O.: “... God knows what an important story. But Russian life is reflected in it, it presents us with a living, modern Russian type, minted with merciless rigor and correctness, a new word of our social development is reflected in it, pronounced clearly and firmly, without despair and without childish hopes, but with full consciousness truth. This word is Oblomovism, we see something more than just the successful creation of a strong talent; we find in it ... a sign of the times.”
N. A. Dobrolyubov was the first to classify O. as “ extra people”, leading his family tree from Onegin, Pechorin, Beltov. Each of these heroes in his own way fully and vividly characterized a certain decade of Russian life. O. is a symbol of the 1850s, the "post-Belt" times in Russian life and Russian literature. In the personality of O., in his tendency to inactive observation of the vices of the era inherited by him, we clearly distinguish fundamentally new type, introduced by Goncharov into literary and public use. This type personifies philosophical doing nothing, conscious alienation from environment, which is rejected by the soul and mind of a young provincial who got from sleepy Oblomovka to the capital.
Life: good life! What is there to look for? interests of the mind, heart? - O. explains his worldview to his childhood friend Andrey Stolz. - You look where the center around which it all rotates: it is not there, there is nothing deep, touching the living. All these are dead, sleeping people, worse than me, these members of the council and society! What drives them in life? After all, they don’t lie down, but scurry every day like flies, back and forth, but what’s the point?.. Beneath this comprehensiveness lies emptiness, lack of sympathy for everything! Nature pointed out the goal to man.
Nature, according to O., indicated a single goal: life, as it has flowed for centuries in Oblomovka, where they were afraid of news, traditions were strictly observed, books and newspapers were not recognized at all. From "Oblomov's Dream", called by the author an "overture" and published much earlier than the novel, as well as from individual strokes scattered throughout the text, the reader will learn quite fully about the hero's childhood and youth, spent among people who understood life "nothing but an ideal peace and inactivity, disturbed at times by various unpleasant accidents ... they endured labor as a punishment imposed on our forefathers, but they could not love, and where there was a case, they always got rid of it, finding it possible and due.
Goncharov portrayed the tragedy of the Russian character, devoid of romantic traits and not painted with demonic gloominess, but nevertheless found itself on the sidelines of life - through his own fault and through the fault of society, in which there was no place for drowsmen. Having no predecessors, this type has remained unique.
In the image of O. there are also autobiographical features. In the travel diary "Frigate" Pallada "Goncharov admits that during the trip he most willingly lay in a cabin, not to mention the difficulty with which he decided to circumnavigate the world. In the friendly circle of the Maykovs, who dearly loved the writer, Goncharov found a meaningful nickname - “Prince de Laziness”.
Path O.; - a typical path of the provincial Russian nobles of the 1840s, who came to the capital and found themselves out of work. Service in the department with the indispensable expectation of promotion, from year to year the monotony of complaints, petitions, establishing relationships with head clerks - this turned out to be beyond O., who preferred to move up the stairs of "career" and "fortune" lying on the couch, no hopes and dreams not dyed.
In O., that daydreaming is dormant that burst out in Alexander Aduev, the hero of Goncharov’s “ Ordinary history". In the soul of O. is also a lyricist, a man; who knows how to feel deeply - his perception of music, immersion in the captivating sounds of the aria "Casta diva" indicate that not only "pigeon meekness", but also passions are available to him.
Each meeting with a childhood friend Andrei Stolz, the complete opposite of O., can stir him up, but not for long: the determination to do something, to somehow arrange his life takes possession of him for a short time, while Stolz is next to him. And Stolz lacks neither the time nor the persistence to "lead" O. from act to act - there are others who, for selfish purposes, are ready not to leave Ilya Ilyich. They ultimately determine the course along which his life flows.
The meeting with Olga Ilyinskaya temporarily changed O. beyond recognition: under the influence of a strong feeling, incredible transformations take place with him - a greasy dressing gown is abandoned, O. gets out of bed as soon as he wakes up, reads books, looks through newspapers, is energetic and active, and having moved to the dacha near Olga, several times a day goes to meet her. “... A fever of life, strength, activity appeared in him, and the shadow disappeared ... and sympathy again beat with a strong and clear key. But all these worries did not yet leave the magic circle of love; his activity was negative: he does not sleep, reads, sometimes thinks of writing and a plan (improvement of the estate. - Ed.), He walks a lot, travels a lot. The further direction, the very thought of life, the deed, remains in the intentions.
Love, which carries the need for action, self-improvement, in the case of O. is doomed. He needs a different feeling that would connect today's reality with long-standing childhood impressions of life in his native Oblomovka, where they fence themselves off from an existence filled with anxieties and unrest by any means, where the meaning of life fits into the thought of eating, sleeping, receiving guests and experiencing fairy tales as actual events. Any other feeling seems to be violence against nature.
Without realizing this to the end, O. understands what one cannot strive for precisely because of a certain warehouse of one's nature. In a letter to Olga, written almost on the verge of a decision to marry, he speaks of the fear of future pain, writes bitterly and piercingly: “What will happen when I get attached ... when seeing each other will become not a luxury of life, but a necessity when love cries out in heart? How to break away then? Can you survive this pain? It will be bad for me."
Agafya Matveevna Pshenitsyna, the landlady of the apartment that his fellow countryman Tarantiev found for O., is the ideal of Oblomovism in the broadest sense of this concept. She is just as “natural” as O. One can say about Pshenitsyna in the same words that Olga says about O. Stolz: “... An honest, faithful heart! This is his natural gold; he carried it unscathed through life. He fell from the shocks, cooled off, fell asleep, finally, killed, disappointed, having lost the strength to live, but did not lose his honesty and loyalty. Not a single false note was emitted by his heart, not dirt stuck to him ... This is a crystal, transparent soul; such people are few, they are rare; these are pearls in the crowd!
The features that brought O. closer to Pshenitsyna are indicated here exactly. Ilya Ilyich most of all needs a feeling of care, warmth, demanding nothing in return, and therefore he became attached to his mistress, as to a dream come true of returning to the blessed times of a happy, well-fed and serene childhood. With Agafya Matveevna, as with Olga, thoughts about the need to do something, somehow change life around and in oneself, are not connected. O. explains his ideal to Stolz simply, comparing Ilyinskaya with Agafya Matveevna: “... she will sing “Casta diva”, but she doesn’t know how to make vodka like that! And he won’t make such a pie with chickens and mushrooms!” And therefore, realizing firmly and clearly that he has nowhere else to strive, he asks Stolz: “What do you want to do with me? With the world where you drag me, I fell apart forever; you will not save, you will not make two torn halves. I have grown to this pit with a sore spot: try to tear it off - there will be death.
In the house of Pshenitsyna, the reader sees O. more and more perceiving “his real life, as a continuation of the same Oblomov existence, only with a different color of the area and partly of time. And here, as in Oblomovka, he managed to cheaply get rid of life, bargain with it and insure himself unperturbed peace.
Five years after this meeting with Stolz, "who again pronounced his cruel sentence:" Oblomovism! - and leaving O. alone, Ilya Ilyich "died, apparently, without pain, without torment, as if the clock had stopped, which they forgot to start." The son of O., born Agafya Matveevna and named after his friend Andrei, is taken to be raised by the Stoltsy.
