In Fathers and Sons, by Ivan Turgenev, he uses child rebellion to help build the two main characters into better people. Even though going against traditional ways led to many conflicts, the two young boys would turn out to benefit from those experiences. The boys experienced many of these conflicts in the beginning, which hurt their relationship with their parents and others. Both of the characters would learn from their situations and would benefit greatly from them.
The shared ideas of nihilism between Arcady and Bazarov hurt their families but help them to instill their own beliefs within themselves. Bazarov is very critical and often hurts the feelings of his friends and family. Bazarov also has a problem with respect. An example of his disrespect is when him and Arcady's family are sitting at the dinner table and Bazarov and Uncle Paul are talking about whether German Scientists or
very little, Eugene!" "But I assure you that I shall be back
At this point in time Arcady is trying to change and start to make his own decisions without the help of his friend Bazarov. Arcady is slowly but steadily getting rid of the idea of nihilism.
It is easy to see that both of these characters were able to overcome their child rebellion and use their experiences to help them in the future. This helped to solidify some relationships with certain individuals and to make stronger the ones they already had.
"Arcady could bear it no longer, 'Gentlemen,' he exclaimed
Bazarov also has a problem with showing emotion. This lack of emotion hurt his parents greatly and also hurt his relationship with them. After Bazarov had enrolled in college he rarely ever visited his parents and in fact had not seen them in three years. When he finally visited he did not stay very long. Actually he only stayed thr
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