(302 words) In the work of A. Pushkin, “Station Warden”, the main character of the story, Samson Vyrin, is a guide image that reflects the essence of the problem of a small person, emphasized by the author. His name from Hebrew means “sunny”, but is mistakenly interpreted as “strong” based on the ancient legend of Samson and Delilah. It was not without reason that the writer endowed the hero with the name Samson - this is as a symbol of empty evidence of his strength. The name, as it were, creates an illusion, and the mismatch of the name and essence of a person is one of the facets of the disclosure of the topic.
What usually starts the discussion about a "small" person? Unfortunately, from the post. This was especially significant in those days. The title of the story already states the idea - "Station Warden". Who is he? What is his fate? The daughter of Samson, Vyrina, Dunya - perhaps all that he had. And when she disappeared from his life forever - he lost this “everything”, lost the meaning. But he did not lose hope and recovered on foot to Petersburg. It turns out that the concept of a "small" person can be very different. Samson is not the one who will certainly raise his paws, which is expected from a "small" person in connection with the stereotypicity of this concept. On the contrary, the hero repeatedly tries to find Dunya, and does not throw himself under the train. It turns out that there is power in him - to seek, to hope, to take something ... However, all attempts are futile, and he resigned himself to the loss of his daughter. In my opinion, the station ranger personifies the impossibility of confronting fate, circumstances, events. Samson Vyrin is used to disrespect, rudeness, blows of guests. I’m used to the fact that blame for any trifle - be it weather or driving conditions - is hung up on station rangers. But this is something with which he long ago reconciled, because the reasons for real grief are much more compelling. Once he had already lost his “prodigal son”, and the same thing happened in his life with his daughter. The only member of his family left his elderly father, went into a new, adult life.
Samson Vyrin is a person who wants to change something, but who does not have the strength to straighten his shoulders under the weight of circumstances, systems and destinies. The desire to resist is great, however, the strength and opportunity for this are few.
Winnie the Pooh
