Social Problems In Ivan Turgenev's 'Mumu'

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European great writers of the 19th century, Theodore Dalrymple, Ivan Turgenev and Karl Marx, who illustrate social problem and describe about social problems that happens inside the mankind. However the author captures the view the life of a human being, pain, sorrow suffering in very different aspect in their own perspective ways. Both men were very kind, generous and known for their sympathy and loving nature. These are all about people thought, mankind and their own nature. The author Ivan Turgenev caught the reflection of mankind as a single individual always established with character, thought, feeling, values, weakness, consciousness, and strength, character, feelings, and moral strengths well talking about Karl Marx, he saw …show more content…
How an individual deal with another, how one individual have similarities and thought with another individual in the world. The article is all about different people, which are totally opposite having a different way of expressing their situation. The article not only talk about mankind, but also various kinds of living animal that are living on out surrounding or in the world. Although Ivan Turgenev wrote “Mumu” which was outstanding exposure of an innocent man who was very touching attached physically and emotionally after his dog Mumu in which the owner or a landlord was very gaunt and selfish. “Mumu” is a touching and miserable story of a deaf mute, low income social status who accept a job on estate in Moscow. It’s a wonderful story telling with a great explanation of the character archetype. It a short story which was famous and interesting enough which clearly visualize the narrator and his feeling. The story exposes the slightness of the story which encourage to emphasize by the truth and reality to the listeners. Gerasim is a deaf and dumb brought by Land owner from city side who was living in the village where he was a …show more content…
It’s not the person fault, if he/she is retarded. It’s because of lack of multivitamins or proteins. Some are physically unhealthy, some are mentally unhealthy. It doesn’t mean they are not capable in doing thing. People are don’t think they are still unaware about treating and assisting and helping these people .People who are disabilities are accept to survive in a world with great respect and they still are willing to lead and run the life which is no more different than normal people, But talking about today’s world bad news is our society, neighbor views that the disabled person who lack the natural ability strength to understand, or think good for themselves. The story is autobiographical, very heart touching and emotional tyrannical, captious, arbitrary, landowner is the author’s mother who is very greedy and selfish. She was widowed early and was absolute monarch on her estate. For example, that she had two serfs sent to Siberia for having failed to make their obeisance’s to her as she passed because they did not see her. This shows the listeners about the respect, dignity has finished and people are self-centered, coward and greedy and full of tantrums. She had done many mistake and negative things in her

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