The image of Peter Grinev in the story "The Captain's Daughter"fascinates with its breadth and versatility. He contrasts with the image of Grinev the elder, father Peter - a man with an established worldview and a fully formed character. Pyotr Andreevich same - a young sixteen-year-old boy, whose personality is just beginning to develop, is in a state of constant search and movement.
On the first pages of the narrative Petrush Grinevremains a light-hearted and rather carefree offspring of the landowner, a low-income idler who dreams of the simple and full of various worldly pleasures of the life of the capital officer of the Guards. Especially bright are these features of the image of Peter Grinev in the story "The Captain's Daughter" shows in an episode where a young man during his visit to Simbirsk meets the hussar officer Zurin. And also in the way he treats Savelich, selflessly devoted to him, as he imitates adults from his circle, trying to put that in place of the serf servant. However, in the same episode Pushkin reveals some of the positive qualities of his character. Grinev screams at Savelyitch, realizing in his heart that he is wrong, feeling that he pities the poor old man. After a while Peter comes to ask for his forgiveness.
The image of Peter Grinev in the story "The Captain's Daughter"united in himself the loving and kind heart of the hero's mother, as well as the directness, honesty and courage of his father. The young man was deeply impressed by the farewell parting words of the latter, in which he urged Peter to faithfully serve the one to whom he would swear, listen to the words of the chiefs, but not to curry favor with them, not to evade the service. It is in the parting words of Grinev the elder that the famous proverb "take care of the dress again, and honor from the youth" appears.
The next moment, when Peter showed the bestthe quality of his soul - when he generously donated the hare to the leader, not knowing what role this event will play in his entire future life. The kindness of the hero manifested itself repeatedly in other situations. This is the side of the personality of Grinev, which allowed him to experience an acute pity for the Bashkir, who suffered from the tsarist "justice", to rush headlong to the rescue of Savyelich, who was taken prisoner. And especially brightly the breadth of the heart of Petrusha Grinev was manifested after his meeting with Mashenka Mironova, who sowed in his soul a feeling for which he was ready to make any sacrifices and face forehead with any dangers.
Next, the image of Peter Grinev in the story "Captaindaughter "becomes the embodiment of loyalty to his father's behests. It is about the events unfolding directly in the Belogorsky fortress. Despite everything, Peter did not change himself, his ideas of honor and duty, despite the fact that these concepts were severely limited and distorted by his class and noble prejudices. In the conditions of that harsh school of life, in which his father gave away in exchange for free Petersburg, a new Peter Grinev appears before the reader. "The Captain's Daughter" is a story in which a stupid and selfish boy in a short time reveals his best features, and the reader watches how they become hardened and strengthened under the influence of different situations.
"A strong and good shock" produces in the heartGrinev's grandiose uprising of the peasants. He becomes a strong and confident person, not afraid of obstacles. And it was this that enabled Peter, even after his father did not consent to their marriage with Masha Mironova, not to surrender and not to drop her hands.
Why is the story so contradictory?"Captain's daughter"? Characteristic of Peter Grinev, as well as other actors - it's not just idealized images, clearly delineated on the "good" and "bad" characters. These are real living people, with their internal conflicts and doubts. For example, Peter Grinev himself, because of his noble birth and education, can not support the idea of a Pugachev uprising. Moreover, the young man actively helps to fight the insurgents. However, the head of the movement, Emelyan Pugachev himself, aroused sincere and profound sympathy in Peter's soul, which was explained not only by the fact that the former had repeatedly helped him, but also because Grinev was reluctantly sympathetic to this man of the people - a bold, strong, and true to their ideas.
