English Exam 1: Gooseberry Article
What is the phrase used in reference to the sour and unripe gooseberries when Ivan visits?
"Dearer to us the falsehood that exalts than hosts of baser truths." -Pushkin
How does Ivan describe himself after the story?
"I, a living, thinking man, stand over a chasm and wait for it to close itself, or to fill with mud... when perhaps I might leap over it or build a bridge?"; "I am old and am not fit for the struggle; I am not even capable of hatred; I can only grieve inwardly, feel irritated and vexed... Ah, if I were young!"
Contents of Nikolay's map were?
1) House for the family 2) Servants' quarters 3) Kitchen-garden 4) Gooseberry-bushes
Narrator Type Of Gooseberries
3rd-person omniscient
Who was Pelageya?
Alehin's maidservant; described as beautiful, refined, and soft.
What did Nikolay become and left for his family?
An officer and an estate with rank of nobility
What did Nikolay call his estate?
Chumbaroklov Waste; alias Himalaiskoe
How does Ivan describe Nikolay's life?
Egoism, laziness, monasticism without good works; lived frugal on food and drink and looked like a beggar; just saved money
How does Ivan describe Nikolay?
Gentle, good-natured, fond of him, never sympathized with his desire to stay in the farm for his whole life
Nikolay's Profession was?
Government official
What does Ivan push as the moral of the story?
He urges his friends "Don't be calm and contented, don't let yourself be put to sleep!" and stresses that they should push for more in life and their full potential.
Burkin: Profession
High School teacher
Nikolay spent most of his time since he was nineteen where?
His government office
Characters Of Gooseberries
Ivan Ivanovitch, Burkin, Alehin, Pelaeya, Nikolay Ivanovitch, Chimsha-Himalaisky
Who swam outside in the pond?
Ivan Ivanovitch; Enjoyed himself, plunged in abruptly with "A loud splash", continued to swim and dive despite the readiness and restlessness of the others
What did Nikolay buy in correlation with his dream?
Mortgaged estate of three hundred acres with a house for a family, servants' quarters, with a park, no orchard, no gooseberries, no duck-pond, and a coffee-colored river (due to a brickyard and and factory for burning bones); Later bought and planted twenty gooseberry-bushes
Ivan's brother's name?
Nikolay
What aspects and content lies within Ivan's story?
Nikolay's life and how he was content with just farm life; when he was in office he longed for the farm; read newspapers and gardening books; imagined home as he knew it; every advertisement and imaginary pictures had gooseberries; needed gooseberries in order to imagine a homestead; drew maps of his property; became a real owner - gentleman
What describes Ivan and Nikolay's childhood?
Peasant children, ran around in the wild, tended to the barn and animals, thought they would never be townsmen types
Where did Alehin live?
Sofino in a big 2-story house; He lived in the lower story
What did Ivan notice in Nikolay and realize?
That Nikolay was happy but Ivan is reminded by the unknowing suffering and unfortunate conditions of others in the world; "The unhappy bear their burdens in silence and without that silence happiness would be impossible"; ".. Hammer continually reminding him with a tap that there are unhappy people..."; Ivan realizes that he too was happy and contented.
What happened after Nikolay's death?
The estate went in debts and legal expenses
What is Alehin and Burkin's reaction to the story?
They seemed unsatisfied. Alehin was sleepy and did not inquire about the story. Burkin said it was time to go to bed and dismissed himself. Neither took the story to heart.
Ivan Ivanovitch: Profession
Veterinary surgeon
