Analysis Of The Story 'Bela' By Lermontov

Verbal Values
“Bela” is a story that is adapted from Lermontov’s novel, The Hero of our Time. This is a novel that has attracted a wide leadership due to the values that are communicated through various characters. In this story, the author describes his reasoning on various characters and the way in which they behave. Either to help others or to help themselves. Some even ended up getting influenced by others to a point of changing their way of doing things. The values they hold shape the way in which they perform roles. As many have suggested, Lermontov portrays himself through other characters. He maintains that it is not possible that he created himself through Pechorin despite this being clear that it is the contrary. He does not agree …show more content…
The narrator is not named but through him, we get to learn about so many things. The interaction of the characters and the exploration of the values they hold dear is a product of this unnamed narrator. This narrator travels through the Caucasus Mountains and encounters an old officer named Maxim Maximych (Lermontov and Biske). Immediately after their meeting, they engage in a conversation. It is after this that they travel together to the mountains. Under a blizzard, they find a shelter where they take a rest as their conversation ensures. Here we realize that the value of love and cooperation is explored. The friendship that these two create help them to cover the journey to the mountains and become great friends who move together as they share various experiences. They open to each other up to the point that the narrator, who is unnamed, is given the story of Pechorin, a young officer. Keen to listen to the story is the narrator who seems so interested in the story. His patience and persistence as the story is narrated is a key value that the author wishes to communicate to the reader. The narrator remains silent for the most part of duration for the time that the narration is going …show more content…
The owner of the horse, Kazbich, discovers this and vows to avenge this deed which he considers heinous. Unable to get Azamat, his focus is on his family which he blames for the disappearance of his horse. Kazbich kills Bela’s father in an otherwise acrimonious act. And as if that is not enough, he mortally wounds Bela who succumbs to the wounds after two days. Pechorin gets transferred to a faraway place soon after that. Kazbich reveals his inner inequity and wickedness by turning his anger and resentment to an otherwise innocent lot. One is because Bela had nothing to do with the stealing of his horse and she did not even know about such a plan. Secondly, Bela’s father too did not have anything to do with the horse and punishing him was unwarranted. Worse still, it was not a normal punishment but a death