Analysis and summary: "Bronze Bird" as the best children's novel by A. Rybakova

When hymnwriter Sergei Mikhalkov askedtrying to embarrass him, how he dares to write “for Stalin”, Anatoly Rybakov answered that for him the reference point is Leo Tolstoy, who was not afraid to write about Napoleon. He considered writing the tetralogy “Children of the Arbat” a matter of his life.

The writer already had a number of works that broughtto him is the love of a domestic reader, a prize from the USSR and the RSFSR. Among them are the familiar trilogy of the stories “Vacations from Kroshch”, the stories “Dirk”, “The Bronze Bird”, and “The Shot”. This article is about one of his stories for the young. We present you with a brief summary. The Bronze Bird is a five-part story.

Pioneer camp at the castle of Count Karagayev

Komsomolets Misha Polyakov came to leadpioneer detachment, camped at the former estate of Count Karagayev. The purpose of the squad was the fight against illiteracy in the neighboring village and the creation of a pioneer link there. The guys talked with local children. Their relations with Vasya Rybalin were most friendly, (by the street nickname Zherdyay). Brother Zherdyaya, Nikolay, helped the pioneers to equip the country club.

Soon an incident happened: the pioneers Igor and Seva fled. The fugitives were teased by Genka Petrov. The instigator was sent to Moscow, to their parents.

The author of the novel “The Bronze Bird” does not skimp on the dynamism of the plot. Summary (Rybakov not constrain the scope of the genre) of this story worthy of a whole novel.

Judge for yourself. Nikolai was in trouble.He agreed to meet with the former Karagayevsky forester Kuzmin to cross in a boat to Halzin meadow. But that was shot. Nikolay was detained while investigating a crime.

Learning that in the village from the local fist Yerofeyevstole the raft, Misha with his charges, and also with Vaska Zherdyay followed the fugitives. Like it or not, and the story "The Bronze Bird" (a brief content of it - an investigation conducted by boys) acquires the features of a thriller. Go ahead. From the artist-anarchist Kondraty Stepanovich, the guys learned that the housekeeper Sofia Pavlovna and the boatman were together looking for the count treasure. And this is where the plot, as expressed by modern youth, ceases to be languid.

In search of treasure

Curious pioneers even tried to ward offinvestigation. They received an official letter signed by the same Serov - to leave the territory adjacent to the castle. Yes, Rybakov tells us about the fairy-tale world, which is confirmed by a brief summary. “The Bronze Bird” tells about the desire of children to bring the villains to clean water, to save Nicholas, while the investigator in particular does not want to notice the obvious truths. The famous thief-recidivist, a specialist in currency and jewelery (which the boatman turned out to be), he considers incapable of killing. Looking ahead, let's say that Serov was subsequently exposed as a bribe taker.

Misha and Slava in the museum investigated the bronze figurebirds, like seen in the lobby of the castle. The guys suspected the presence of a hiding place in it, because the Countess, having entered the museum, was right next to her. And the boys started spying. Two days later, a tall, limping man entered the museum and, clicking on the bronze statue's eyes, opened the cache, and then put a note there. After his departure, the guys got a piece of paper, stating that the stranger will come to the castle next Wednesday.

Secret of the treasure of Count Karagayev

As we remember, there was also a bronze in the castle.figurine of a bird. And, as the brief content hints at us, the bronze bird in the hall also represented a cache, and in it was stored a treasure map, which turned out to be misinformation. Realizing that a fake map does not help, Misha and friends undertook, as they say now, “brainstorming.” Obviously, Karagaev Jr. and killed the former Count forester Kuzmin, who knew a place on the mound by the river Khalzan, where the treasure was hidden, but did not inform the son of the count.

Brilliant guess pioneers crowned shortcontent. The Bronze Bird brings the reader to the moment of truth, the time comes for decisive action. The director of the orphanage finally became interested in finding the guys. Misha and his friends invited him, the chairman of the village council and the investigator to go to the mound, where a brooch sparkling with precious stones was found in the box. Karagaev Jr. tried to take possession of her, threatening with a pistol, but he was detained.

The story ends with the fact that the pioneers are going home, and the pupils of a labor colony moved into the former castle of the count.

Instead of an afterword

The Soviet "thriller" we are considering isThe youth of the twenties of the pen of a talented author was a resounding success. In addition, he was filmed, and the film turned out no worse than the story. It remains only to wish our readers to take time and get acquainted with the work of A. Rybakov closer.