Young Turgenev heard and witnessed the scene of his mother abusing serfs, which aroused his hatred of serfdom and deep sympathy for farmers.
The novel Jiang Mumu reflects the contradiction between the landlord class and the peasants under Russian serfdom.
Gailahim, who was born as a servant, unfortunately suffered from deaf-mute disability, but he was born tall and strong. He can do the work of three or four people by himself, which won the favor of the landlord's old woman. He was brought to the city from the countryside by the landlord's old woman, and was arranged to clean the yard, fetch water and chop wood and other handyman. He was grateful to the landlord and devoted himself wholeheartedly to his indispensable work. All slaves are afraid of him and stay away from him.
Takyana is a washerwoman. She is lonely, timid and afraid of everyone here. Of course, I'm more afraid of Gerasim. She is just busy with work every day and never takes her lifelong events to heart. It happened that Gerasim gradually fell in love with Takyana and became her secret protector.
He is waiting for a new dress. He will go to the landlady cleanly and decently and beg her to marry him.
But he never imagined that in front of him, the landlady conspired with the housekeeper to give Yana Xu to the incompetent alcoholic Cupidon.
Gerasim was very sad in his room. He swallowed his tears. But he did his job dutifully, but he was silent a lot, like a frosted leaf, faded a lot, and lost his old laughter and vitality on his face.
Kapiton didn't change friends because he got married, but he got drunk all day and couldn't do anything. The landlord simply kicked the couple out of the house and let them wander around.
On the day Capitone and Takyana left here, Gerasim saw them off. Gerasim took out the red headscarf she bought a year ago and gave it to Takyana. She can bear all the sufferings of Tuo Domineering in the past, but at this time all her sadness and grievances can no longer be suppressed, and tears flow down her cheeks. Finally, she kissed Gerasim three times and waved goodbye to each other.
Gerasim walked listlessly along the river and found a homeless dog struggling in the mud. He rescued it and lovingly brought it back. Seeing it shivering with cold, he put it on his bed, covered it with his quilt, and bought it milk to feed it. Gerasim keeps dogs as carefully as raising her own children. I took him home a few weeks after he was born, and now I have become a very beautiful puppy. No one knows how much effort Gerasim has put into this. It is docile, kind and intelligent, and is deeply loved by people. Jerahim named the dog Jiang Mumu.
Jiang Mumu and Gerasim get along very well. They can't live without each other. They are inseparable. Two lonely and cold souls, close to each other, warm each other.
However, the old lady of the landlord is a withdrawn, stingy and cruel pervert. Jiang Mumu aroused her discontent. In a rage, the old lady ordered Jiang Mumu to be taken to the market and sold.
Gerasim found that Jiang Mumu had disappeared and looked everywhere, without any trace. He finally understood that it might be the old lady who moved, but there was nothing he could do. I just can't stop sighing.
On the third night, Jiang Mumu returned to his room with a rope around his neck, apparently to escape from it. From then on, for the safety of Mywood, he went out to work during the day and locked Mywood in his room. In the evening, in the dead of night, he took Mumu to a big party to relax and breathe fresh air. One night, the noise in the street alarmed Jiang Mumu, who barked several times.
At dawn, the old lady sent someone with a stick to ask Derasim to hand over mywood. Gerasim was silent for a long time and gestured with his hand, meaning that he could solve the matter by himself.
Gerasim gets dressed and cleans mumudly. They came to a small restaurant to feed mywood. He looked at Mumu wagging his tail at him, staring at him unblinkingly, sticking out his long tongue and licking his hands and legs. Gerasim burst into tears.
Out of the restaurant, Gerasim tied a rope around Jiang Mumu's neck and picked up two bricks under his arm. They came to the river, got on the boat and swam to the middle of the river. When he reached the center of the river, Gerasim was holding Mywood in tears. After a long time, he tied the rope in a slipknot and put two bricks into the water. He picked up Mywood again, his hands shaking, his eyes closed and his heart crossed, and threw Mywood into the water. When I opened my eyes, I saw small ripples on the river rippling and spreading.
Late at night, Gerasim took a firm step on the way home, with a pair of melancholy eyes staring at the front.
Although Jiang Mumu is not a masterpiece, it is not inferior to some novels or even some novels in reflecting the fate of society and characters.
Dumb Gherasim comes from the countryside. He has excellent qualities such as hard work, kindness and endurance. But fate is against him. His own disability has formed a core between him and people. He can't dominate and control the fate of three people, and he can only live in the shadow of others. The failure of love was a heavy blow to him.
The appearance of Mumu is a dawn for his life. Two lives, also abandoned by fate, snuggle together, warm and comfort each other. But once again, fate is devastating, and it is stingy not to leave him this warmth. He had to destroy his happiness and happiness with his own hands.
It was this fatal blow that awakened Gerasim, made him see the evil of this society clearly, and awakened his rebellious consciousness.
The destruction of Captain seems to have destroyed itself, but it is actually caused by this society. His destruction is not only regrettable, but also disgusting. He shouldn't drag innocent Takyana to destroy it.
The landlord's old lady is a beautiful snake in a beautiful coat. She is more confused and paralyzed. If she sells her, she will count money for her with tears in her eyes, which is even more hated by those veritable exploiters.
Works that can shake people's souls must be the best. Turgenev's Jiang Mumu is such an impressive and excellent work. Jiang Mumu is one of my favorite foreign literary works, and it is also a classic that I can never get tired of reading.