Yana da wahala kowane matashi ya nemi kansa a lokacin da zamani ya zo. Musamman idan shi, kamar jarumi na The Quiet Flows da Don, ya girma a cikin al'adun Cossack waɗanda aka kafa shekaru aru-aru.
Rayuwa Grigory Melekhov alama mai sauki da kuma fahimta: gona, aiki, iyali, da saba Cossack sabis. Sai dai idan wani lokacin jinin wata kaka Baturke ya hana shi cikas da wani abu mai fashewa, da tura shi yin zanga-zangar adawa da ka'ida. Amma a lokaci guda, kasancewar yarda da aure, yin biyayya ga nufin uba, da sha'awar bin sha'awar mutum, son matar wani, yana haifar da rikici mai tsanani.
A cikin zaman lafiya, Gregory yana ɗauka ɗaya ko ɗaya, amma barkewar yaƙi yana ƙara tsananta rikicin kusan har ya kai ga rashin iya jurewa. Gregory ba zai iya jure mummunan tashin hankali, rashin adalci da rashin hankali na yakin ba, yana baƙin cikin mutuwar ɗan Austriya na farko da ya kashe. Ya kasa rabuwa, don yanke duk abin da bai dace da ruhi ba: don yin abin da mutane da yawa ke amfani da su don ceton kansu a cikin yakin. Haka nan ba ya ƙoƙarin yarda da kowace gaskiya guda ɗaya kuma ya rayu daidai da ita, kamar yadda mutane da yawa suka yi a wancan lokacin, suna guje wa shakka mai raɗaɗi.
Gregory bai daina ƙoƙari na gaskiya don fahimtar abin da ke faruwa ba. Jifarsa (wani lokaci ga Whites, wani lokacin ga Reds) ba wai kawai rikici na cikin gida ba ne, amma ta hanyar sha'awar samun matsayinsa a cikin wannan babban rarrabuwa. Imani na butulci na matasa ga adalci, tsananin yanke shawara da sha'awar yin aiki bisa ga lamiri ana maye gurbinsu da haushi, baƙin ciki, ɓarna daga hasara. Amma irin wannan lokacin ne, wanda babu makawa girma ya kasance tare da bala'i. Kuma ba jaruntaka Grigory Melekhov ya dawo gida, garma da yanka, ya kiwon dansa, ya gane da namiji archetype na tiller, domin, mai yiwuwa, ya riga ya so ya tada fiye da yaki da halaka.
Gregory a zamaninmu
A halin yanzu sau, sa'a, har yanzu ba su yi kama da wani juyi batu na zamanin, sabili da haka girma na matasa a yanzu ba ya faruwa a matsayin jaruntaka da zafi kamar yadda ya kasance tare da Grigory Melekhov. Amma duk da haka, ba a daɗe ba. Kuma wasu 20-30 shekaru da suka wuce, a cikin farkawa na rugujewar Tarayyar Soviet, shi ne kamar yadda wuya, na yi imani, cewa girma na yanzu 50-shekara da haihuwa ya faru.
Kuma wadanda suka yarda da shakku, sun sami damar haɗa dukkan rashin daidaituwa, rikice-rikice da rikitarwa na rayuwar wannan lokacin, sun dace da sabon zamani, suna neman wurin kansu a cikinsa. Kuma akwai wadanda suka "yaki" (sake rarraba ba tare da yaki da zubar da jini ba tukuna hanyarmu), kuma akwai wadanda suka gina: sun kirkiro kasuwanci, gina gidaje da gonaki, sun haifi 'ya'ya, sun gauraye cikin matsalolin iyali, suna ƙauna. mata da dama. Sun yi ƙoƙari su ƙara hikima, suna ƙoƙarin amsa madawwamiyar tambaya ta yau da kullun: menene ni, mutum, zan yi yayin da nake raye?