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« dog's heart"- a unique story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov, on which he worked in 1925. This is a fantastic work, where the author emphasizes the inadmissibility of interference in nature: no matter how noble the attempts to make a higher being out of an animal, the opposite, negative result will be obtained. The story also aims to show the wrong side of the post-revolutionary time with its devastation, unbridledness and fake ideas. According to Bulgakov, a revolution is nothing but bloody terror, violence against a person, and nothing good can come of this, rather the opposite. Its consequences are a global tragedy of mankind.
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Chapter One: Dog Ordeals
The story "The Heart of a Dog" by Mikhail Bulgakov begins in a very unusual way - with the arguments of a poor dog whose side was scalded by the cook. The dog seems to be thinking about his hard life, where he was beaten with a boot and “he got a brick in the ribs” - and dreams of only one thing: to eat.
The animal does not dare to hope for luck, when suddenly ... a respectable gentleman calls the dog to him. This is luck - Sharik, as his unexpected benefactor called him, got a piece of Krakow sausage. And the dog, having satisfied his hunger, went where he called, without looking back, ready to follow the benefactor to the ends of the world.
Chapter Two: Professor Preobrazhensky's New Life
Professor Philipp Philippovich - that was the name of Sharik's new owner - brought the dog into a spacious apartment. Seeing the wounded side, he decided to examine the dog, but no such luck. The dog resisted for a long time and stubbornly, but still managed to treat the dog by anesthesia. When Sharik woke up, he realized that he was in the same room. Bok no longer bothered. He began to watch with interest how the doctor sees patients. The perceptive dog guessed that the professor's activity was connected with rejuvenation. However, in the evening, the professor received a visit from special visitors, Bolshevik activists, who began to make complaints, saying that his apartment of seven rooms was too large, and people needed to be put in it, taking away the observation room and the dining room. Shvonder was especially zealous in this. The problem was resolved when Philip Philipovich called some influential official, and he settled the conflict.
Chapter Three: Dog Days in Preobrazhensky's House
“You need to be able to eat,” Preobrazhensky used to say over dinner. For him, eating was a special ritual. The dog was also fed. They condescended to what Sharik sometimes did. endured. But not for nothing. The dog was needed for an incredible experiment. But they haven’t talked about it yet: they were waiting for the right moment.
At the meal, the household members discussed the new Soviet order, which Philip Philipovich did not like at all. After all, before galoshes were not stolen at all, but now they disappear without a trace. Yes, and after the revolution they began to walk in dirty shoes on marble stairs which, in the opinion of an intelligent person, is completely unacceptable.
Sharik listened to these conversations and mentally sympathized with the hosts. He was quite satisfied with life, especially since he managed to get into the kitchen and get tidbits there from Darya Petrovna. I felt that Sharik had the right to this hitherto forbidden territory when the collar was put on him. Now he is truly the owner's dog. However, happy life in a dog's body was coming to an end. But Sharik did not know what he would soon have to go through.
On that day, an unusual, even disturbing turmoil reigned around Sharik. Everyone was running around, fussing, Dr. Bormental brought with him a foul-smelling suitcase and rushed with it to the examination room. Sharik decided to eat, but suddenly, for no apparent reason, he was locked in the bathroom. And then they took me to the operation.
Chapter Four: An Unusual Operation
An experiment to transplant human seminal glands into dogs has begun. The instruments flashed in the hands of surgeons, they worked very energetically, acted with unusual dexterity: they cut, sewed up, but deep down they did not hope for a successful outcome of the operation, being almost sure that the dog would die.
Chapter Five: From Dog to Human
Contrary to the doubts of doctors, the experiment, which has never been seen before, was successful: the dog survived. Gradually, in front of the astonished eyes of Bormental and Preobrazhensky, Sharik began to turn into a man. But the doctor and the professor did not rejoice for long, because along with the miracle that they observed, bad things happened: turning from Sharik into Sharikov, the former dog behaved impudently, was rude to the professor, used profanity, played bad songs on the balalaika.
strange habits former dog haunted Preobrazhensky and Bormental. And they began to look for the reason for this. It soon became clear that the pituitary gland of twenty-five-year-old former drunkard and rowdy Klim Chugunkin, who was convicted three times for theft and died in a knife fight, was transplanted to Sharik.
Chapter Six: Man is Worse than a Dog
By conducting an experiment, the professor and the doctor amassed big problems. They constantly struggled with the human being who attacked the cats, tore off the pipes, causing a flood in the bathroom, breaking the glass in the cupboards and cupboard. In addition, a man with a dog's heart had the audacity to pester the cooks and the maid Zina. But it still wasn't the worst. The recent dog became friends with the "residential comrades" who hated Professor Preobrazhensky, who taught him to defend his rights. In the end, he asked the professor to do human documents. He took a hereditary surname - Sharikov, but he came up with a name, according to the ideas of the revolution - Polygraph Poligrafovich. In Preobrazhensky and Bormental, the former dog saw oppressors.
Chapter Seven: Sharikov's behavior upsets the professor and the doctor
Bormenthal and Preobrazhensky try to teach Sharikov good manners, but he is difficult to educate. But he loves vodka very much, and from entertainment - go to the circus. Having become friends with Shvonder, he very quickly adopted his style of behavior. When Philipp Philippovich and his colleague found out that Polygraph could read, they were very surprised. But the real astonishment and shock was caused by the fact that Sharikov was reading nothing but the correspondence between Engels and Kautsky given to him by Shvonder. Enraged, Preobrazhensky orders Zina to find this book and burn it in the stove. Sharikov's mind is primitive, however, Polygraph does not hesitate to give advice, for example, about the seven rooms of Preobrazhensky: just take everything and share it - he offers his own version.
From day to day, Sharikov behaves more and more defiantly: in a fit of animal fury, he kills a cat belonging to a neighbor; pestering women on the stairs; he bit one of them when she hit him in the face in response to the fact that he brazenly pinched her, and does many other indecent things that cause inconvenience to the residents of the apartment. Professor Preobrazhensky thinks about a new operation - now to turn a man into a dog. But he has not yet made a final decision, although he admits with great regret that the greatest discovery made as a result of a unique operation can turn out to be harmful to others.
Chapter Eight: Sharikov gets more and more rowdy
The former dog, and now a man, demands that documents be made for him, and, having received them, he tries to abuse his position: he claims rights to living space in Preobrazhensky’s apartment, to which the angry Philip Philipovich says that he will stop giving him food.
Soon Sharikov does even worse: he steals twenty rubles from the professor's office and returns in the evening completely drunk, and not alone, but with friends who would also like to spend the night in good conditions. They were threatened that they would call the police, and the drunkards retreated, but valuable things disappeared with them: the professor's cane, a malachite ashtray and a beaver hat. The polygraph shifts the blame for the chervonets to Zina.
While the scientists are discussing the situation and deciding what to do now, Daria Petrovna appears at the door, holding the half-naked Sharikov by the collar and reporting that he dared to pester them. Enraged, Bormenthal promises to take action.
Chapter Nine: And Another Operation
The polygraph reports that he has entered the position of a sub-department of cleaning the city of Moscow from stray animals and presents the relevant paper on this occasion.
After some time, a modest-looking girl, a typist, appears in the apartment, and Sharikov says that this is his fiancee, who will live with him. Philip Philipovich calls the young lady into the office and explains the true origin of Sharikov. A typist named Vasnetsova is crying and says that she has very little food. Preobrazhensky borrows three chervonets from her.
After the result failed experiment”begins to write slander on the professor, Preobrazhensky resolutely tries to kick him out of the apartment. But no such luck: Polygraph picks up a revolver and threatens them. Bormental quickly orients himself and knocks Sharikov down on the couch. Scientists, in order to protect themselves and others, again decide to do the operation.
Chapter Ten: Epilogue
The threshold of Preobrazhensky's apartment is crossed by policemen who are investigating the case of the disappearance of Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov. In response to the accusation of murder, Filipp Filippovich ask that Sharik be presented to the investigator. Runs out of the door very strange looking a dog, bald in spots, and hair grows in spots on it. The dog is still talking, but less and less. Surprised law enforcement officers leave the home of Philip Philipovich.
Sharik is glad that now he will live with Preobrazhensky all the time. He is no longer a rebel man, but an ordinary dog, and dozing on the carpet by the leather sofa, he reflects on his dog life. Which he thinks is pretty good.
“Heart of a Dog” - a summary of the story by M.A. Bulgakov
5 (100%) 3 votesThe action takes place in Moscow in the winter of 1924/25. Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky discovered a way to rejuvenate the body by transplanting animal endocrine glands into humans. In his seven-room apartment in a large building on Prechistenka, he sees patients. The house is being "compacted": the apartments of the former tenants are being moved in by new ones - "residential comrades". The chairman of the house committee, Shvonder, comes to Preobrazhensky with a demand to vacate two rooms in his apartment. However, the professor, having called one of his high-ranking patients by phone, receives armor for his apartment, and Shvonder leaves with nothing.
Professor Preobrazhensky and his assistant, Dr. Ivan Arnoldovich Bormental, are having lunch in the professor's dining room. From somewhere above comes choral singing - it passes general meeting"residential comrades". The professor is outraged by what is happening in the house: a carpet was stolen from the main staircase, the front door was boarded up and now they go through the back door, all the galoshes have disappeared from the galoshes in the entrance at once. “Devastation,” notes Bormental, and receives in response: “If, instead of operating, I start singing in chorus in my apartment, I will have devastation!”
Professor Preobrazhensky picks up a mongrel dog on the street, sick and with frayed hair, brings him home, instructs the housekeeper Zina to feed him and take care of him. A week later, a clean and well-fed Sharik becomes an affectionate, charming and beautiful dog.
The professor performs an operation - he transplants the endocrine glands to Sharik of Klim Chugunkin, 25 years old, convicted three times for theft, playing the balalaika in taverns, who died from a stab. The experiment was a success - the dog does not die, but, on the contrary, gradually turns into a man: he gains height and weight, his hair falls out, he begins to speak. Three weeks later, this is already a man of small stature, unsympathetic appearance, who enthusiastically plays the balalaika, smokes and swears. After some time, he demands from Philip Philipovich that he register it, for which he needs a document, and he has already chosen his first and last name: Polygraph Polygraphovich Sharikov.
From the former life of a dog, Sharikov still has a hatred for cats. One day, chasing a cat that ran into the bathroom, Sharikov snaps the lock into the bathroom, accidentally turns off the water tap, and floods the entire apartment with water. The professor is forced to cancel the appointment. The janitor Fyodor, called to repair the tap, embarrassedly asks Filipp Filippovich to pay for Sharikov's broken window: he tried to hug the cook from the seventh apartment, the owner began to drive him. Sharikov, in response, began to throw stones at him.
Philip Philipovich, Bormental and Sharikov are having lunch; again and again, Bormental unsuccessfully teaches Sharikov good manners. To Philipp Filippovich's question about what Sharikov is reading now, he answers: "Engels' correspondence with Kautsky" - and adds that he does not agree with the
them, but in general "everything must be divided", and then "one sat in seven rooms, and the other is looking for food in weed boxes." The indignant professor announces to Sharikov that he is at the lowest level of development and nevertheless allows himself to give advice on a cosmic scale. The professor orders the harmful book to be thrown into the oven.
A week later, Sharikov presents the professor with a document, from which it follows that he, Sharikov, is a member of the housing association and he is entitled to a room in the professor's apartment. That same evening, in the professor's office, Sharikov appropriated two chervonets and returned at night, completely drunk, accompanied by two strangers who left only after calling the police, taking, however, with them a malachite ashtray, a cane and Philip Philipovich's beaver hat.
That same night, in his office, Professor Preobrazhensky talks with Bormental. Analyzing what is happening, the scientist comes to despair from the fact that he the cutest dog received such hate. And the whole horror is that he no longer has a canine, but a human heart, and the lousiest of all that exist in nature. He is sure that in front of them is Klim Chugunkin with all his thefts and convictions.
One day, having come home, Sharikov presents Philipp Filippovich with a certificate, from which it is clear that he, Sharikov, is the head of the subdepartment for cleaning the city of Moscow from stray animals (cats, etc.). A few days later, Sharikov brings home a young lady, with whom, according to him, he is going to sign and live in Preobrazhensky's apartment. The professor tells the young lady about Sharikov's past; she sobs, saying that he passed off the scar from the operation as a battle wound.
The next day, one of the professor's high-ranking patients brings him a denunciation written against him by Sharikov, which mentions both Engels thrown into the oven and the professor's "counter-revolutionary speeches". Philipp Philippovich suggests Sharikov to pack his things and get out of the apartment immediately. In response to this, Sharikov shows the professor a shish with one hand, and with the other he takes a revolver out of his pocket ... A few minutes later, the pale Bormental cuts the bell wire, locks the front door and the back door and hides with the professor in the examination room.
Ten days later, an investigator appears in the apartment with a search warrant and the arrest of Professor Preobrazhensky and Dr. Bormental on charges of murdering the head of the purification subdepartment Sharikov P.P. “Which Sharikov? the professor asks. “Oh, the dog I operated on!” And he introduces a strange-looking dog to the visitors: in some places bald, in some places with spots of growing hair, he goes out on his hind legs, then gets up on all fours, then again rises on his hind legs and sits in a chair. The investigator collapses.
Two months pass. In the evenings, the dog naps peacefully on the carpet in the professor's office, and life in the apartment goes on as usual.
The events described in the work unfold in the winter of 1924-1925. A hungry and sick dog named Sharik freezes in the gateway. The Stolovo cook doused him with boiling water, and now Sharik's side hurts badly. The dog has lost trust in people and is afraid to ask them for food. The ball lies near the cold wall and waits for death.
But, smelling the smell of sausage, the dog crawls to unfamiliar man. He treats the animal, for which Sharik is infinitely grateful to the savior and trudges after him, trying to express his devotion. For this, the dog gets a second piece of sausage.
Soon the man and the dog approached beautiful house. The porter lets them inside, and the concierge informs Philipp Filippovich Preobrazhensky (the dog's savior) that new tenants have moved into one of the apartments.
Chapter 2
The ball was smart dog. He knew how to read and had no doubt that every dog could do it. True, the dog read not by letters, but by colors. For example, he knew that meat was being sold under a green and blue poster with the letters MSPO. A little later, Sharik decided to learn the alphabet. The letters "a" and "b" were easily remembered, thanks to the sign "Glavryba" on Mokhovaya Street. So a smart dog mastered the city.
The benefactor brought Sharik to his home. The door was opened by a girl in a white apron. The dog was struck by the atmosphere of the apartment, he especially liked the lamp on the ceiling and the mirror in the hallway. After examining Sharik's wound, the gentleman led him to the examination room. But here the dog did not like it, it was too bright. Sharik tried to escape by biting a man in a white coat. But it did not help. He was quickly caught and euthanized.
When the dog woke up, the wound no longer hurt. She was neatly processed and bandaged. Sharik began to listen to Philip Philipovich's conversation with a young man in a white coat. It was the professor's assistant, Dr. Bormenthal. They talked about dogs and how nothing can be achieved by terror. Then Philip Philipovich sent the girl for sausage for the dog.
When Sharik felt better, he went into his benefactor's room and settled down comfortably there. Patients came to the professor until late in the evening. Then came the representatives of the house management: Vyazemskaya, Pestrukhin, Shvonder and Zharovkin. Their goal is to take two rooms from the professor. But Philip Philipovich called an influential friend and asked for protection. After this call, the guests quickly left. Sharik liked this fact, and he began to respect the professor even more.
Chapter 3
The dog was waiting for a chic dinner. Sharik ate roast beef with sturgeon to the bone and finished only when he could no longer look at food. This had never happened to him before. Then the benefactor talked about past times and current orders, and Sharik lay thoughtfully. It seemed to him that the last events were a dream. But it was a reality: for a short time Sharik recovered and became satisfied with the dog's life. He knew no limits in anything, and he was not scolded. We even bought a nice collar.
But one day Sharik felt something unkind. Everyone in the house was fussing, and Philipp Philippovich was very worried. Sharik was not allowed to eat or drink that day, he was locked in the bathroom. Then Zina dragged him into the examination room. From the eyes of the man in the white coat, Sharik realized that something terrible was about to happen. The poor fellow was sedated again.
Chapter 4
The ball lay on the operating table. First, the professor replaced his testicles with some other ones. Then he performed a brain appendage transplant. When Bormental realized that the dog's pulse was dropping, he pricked something into the region of the heart. After so complex operation no one thought that the dog would survive.
Chapter 5
But, despite the pessimistic forecasts, Sharik woke up. From the diary of Philip Philipovich, it became clear that an extreme operation was performed to transplant the pituitary gland. It will help to understand how this procedure affects the rejuvenation of the human body.
Sharik was getting better, but his behavior became rather strange. Wool fell out in clumps, pulse and temperature changed, he looked more and more like a man. Soon Sharik tried to pronounce the word "fish".
On January 1, it was recorded in the diary that Sharik could laugh, and sometimes said "abyrvalg", which meant "Main Fish". Over time, he began to walk on two legs. And Sharik began to swear. On January 5, the dog's tail fell off, and he uttered the word "beer house".
And rumors about a strange creature were already persistently spreading around the city. One of the newspapers printed a legend about a miracle. Preobrazhensky admitted his mistake. He realized that pituitary transplantation does not rejuvenate, but humanizes. Bormental offered to take up the education of the dog. But the professor already knew that Sharik had adopted the habits and character of the man whose pituitary gland had been transplanted into him. It was the organ of the deceased Klim Chugunkin - a thief, a bully, a brawler and an alcoholic.
Chapter 6
Soon the dog turned into a little peasant, began to put on patent leather shoes, wear a tie blue color, met Comrade Shvonder, shocked Bormenthal and the professor with his behavior. The former Sharik behaved impudently and boorishly. He spat, got drunk, scared Zina and fell to sleep right on the floor.
Preobrazhensky tried to talk to him, but only aggravated the situation. The former dog asked for a passport in the name of Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov, and Shvonder demanded that the professor register a new tenant. I had to do everything.
The dog's past made itself felt when the cat made his way into the apartment. Sharikov tried to catch him, ran into the bathroom, but the lock accidentally clicked into place. The cat easily escaped, and the professor had to cancel all the patients in order to save Sharikov. In pursuit of the cat, Polygraph broke the taps, and water flooded the floor. Everyone was cleaning up the water, and Sharikov was swearing.
Chapter 7
At dinner, Preobrazhensky tried to teach Sharikov good manners, but in vain. He was a copy of the owner of the pituitary gland Chugunkin, who liked to drink, could not stand books and the theater. Bormenthal took Sharikov to the circus so that the house would have a little rest from him. During this time, Preobrazhensky came up with a plan.
Chapter 8
Sharikov was given a passport. Since then, he was even more rude, began to demand private room. He calmed down only when Preobrazhensky threatened not to feed him.
Once Sharikov with two accomplices stole two gold pieces, a hat, a malachite ashtray and a commemorative cane from Philip Philipovich. The polygraph until the last did not admit to stealing. In the evening, Sharikov became ill and had to nurse him. Bormental was categorical and wanted to strangle the villain, but the professor promised to fix everything.
A week later, Sharikov disappeared along with his passport. They did not see him in the house committee. We decided to report it to the police, but it never came to that. The polygrapher showed up himself and said that he got a job. He was given the position of head of cleaning up the city from stray animals.
Soon Sharikov brought his bride to the house. The professor had to tell the girl the whole truth about the Polygraph. She was very upset that Sharikov lied to her all the time. The wedding did not take place.
Chapter 9
Once, one of his patients, a policeman, came to the doctor. He brought a denunciation paper drawn up by Polygraph. The case was hushed up, but the professor realized that there was nowhere to pull further. When Sharikov returned, Preobrazhensky showed him the door, but he got rude and took out a revolver. By this act, he finally convinced Philip Philipovich of the correctness of his decision. The professor canceled all appointments and asked not to disturb. Preobrazhensky and Bormenthal started the operation.
Epilogue
A couple of days later, representatives of the police came to the professor with Shvonder. They accused Preobrazhensky of Sharikov's murder. The professor showed them his dog. The dog, although it looked strange, walked on its hind legs, was bald, but there was no doubt that it was an animal. Preobrazhensky concluded that it was impossible to make a man out of a dog.
Sharik again happily sat at the feet of the owner, did not remember anything from what had happened and only occasionally suffered from a headache.
To get to know the most important details works by M. Bulgakov "Heart of a Dog" we suggest reading short content lead by chapter.
Chapter 1
The action takes place in Moscow in the winter of 1924/25. In a snow-covered gateway, a homeless dog Sharik, who was offended by a canteen cook, suffers from pain and hunger. He scalded the poor fellow's side, and now the dog was afraid to ask anyone for food, although he knew that people came across different. He lay against the cold wall and dutifully waited in the wings. Suddenly, from around the corner, there was a whiff of Krakow sausage. With the last of his strength, he got up and crawled out onto the sidewalk. The smell seemed to lift his spirits and make him bolder. Sharik approached the mysterious gentleman, who treated him to a piece of sausage. The dog was ready to thank his savior endlessly. He followed him and showed his devotion in every possible way. For this, the master gave him a second piece of sausage. Soon they came to a respectable house and entered there. To Sharik's surprise, the porter named Fyodor let him through too. Turning to Sharik's benefactor, Filipp Filippovich, he said that new tenants, representatives of the house committee, had moved into one of the apartments, who would draw up a new plan for settling in.
Chapter 2
Sharik was an unusually intelligent dog. He knew how to read and thought that every dog could do it. He read mainly by color. So, for example, he knew for sure that under the green and blue sign with the inscription MSPO they were selling meat. But after, guided by the colors, he got to the store electrical appliances, Sharik decided to learn the letters. I quickly remembered "a" and "b" in the word "fish", or rather "Glavryba" on Mokhovaya. So he learned to navigate the streets of the city. The benefactor brought him to his apartment, where a young and very pretty girl in a white apron opened the door for them. Sharik was struck by the decoration of the apartment, especially electric lamp under the ceiling and a long mirror in the front. After examining the wound on his side, the mysterious gentleman decided to take him to the examination room. The dog immediately did not like this dazzling room. He tried to run and even poked at a man in a dressing gown, but all in vain. Something nauseating was brought to his nose, causing him to immediately fall on his side. When he woke up, the wound did not hurt at all and was bandaged. He listened to the conversation between the professor and the man he had bitten. Philip Philipovich said something about animals and that nothing can be achieved by terror, at what stage of development they would not be. Then he sent Zina for another portion of sausage for Sharik. When the dog recovered, he followed with unsteady steps to the room of his benefactor, to whom various patients soon began to come one after another. The dog realized that it was not simple room, but a place where people came with various diseases. This continued until late in the evening. The last to arrive were 4 guests, different from the previous ones. These were young representatives of the house management: Shvonder, Pestrukhin, Sharovkin and Vyazemskaya. They wanted to take two rooms away from Philip Philipovich. Then the professor called some influential person and asked for help. After this conversation, the new chairman of the house committee, Shvonder, retreated from his claims and left with his group. Sharik liked this and he began to respect the professor for his ability to upset the insolent.
Chapter 3
Immediately after the departure of the guests, Sharik was waiting for a sumptuous dinner. Having eaten his fill of a large piece of sturgeon and roast beef, he could no longer look at food, which had never happened to him before. Philip Philipovich talked about old times and new orders. The dog, meanwhile, was dozing blissfully, but the thought did not leave him that it was all a dream. He was afraid to wake up one day and find himself again in the cold and without food. But nothing terrible happened. Every day he grew prettier and better, in the mirror he saw a happy, well-fed dog. He ate as much as he wanted, did what he wanted, but they didn’t scold him for anything, they even bought a beautiful collar neighbor dogs to envy. But one terrible day, Sharik immediately felt something was wrong. After the doctor's call, everyone fussed, Bormental arrived with a briefcase full of something, Philipp Philippovich was worried, Sharik was forbidden to eat and drink, they locked him in the bathroom. In a word, a terrible mess. Soon Zina dragged him to the examination room, where, from the false eyes of Bormental, which he had bitten earlier, he realized that something terrible was about to happen. A rag with a nasty smell was again brought to Sharik's nose, after which he lost consciousness.
Chapter 4
The ball lay spread out on a narrow operating table. They cut off a tuft of hair on his head and on his stomach. First, Professor Preobrazhensky removed his testicles and inserted some other, sagging ones. Then he opened Sharik's skull and transplanted the brain appendage. When Bormenthal felt that the dog's pulse was dropping rapidly, becoming threadlike, he made some kind of injection into the region of the heart. After the operation, neither the doctor nor the professor hoped to see Sharik alive.
Chapter 5
Despite the complexity of the operation, the dog came to his senses. From the professor's diary, it was clear that an experimental pituitary transplant operation was carried out in order to find out the effect of such a procedure on the rejuvenation of the human body. Yes, the dog was on the mend, but behaved rather strangely. Hair fell out in tufts from his body, his pulse and temperature changed, and he began to look like a man. Soon Bormental noticed that instead of the usual barking, Sharik was trying to pronounce some word from the letters “a-b-s-r”. They concluded that it was a fish. On January 1, the professor made an entry in his diary that the dog could already laugh and bark happily, and sometimes said “abyr-valg”, which apparently meant “Glavryba”. Gradually he stood on two paws and walked like a man. While he managed to hold out in this position for half an hour. Also, he began to swear at his mother. On January 5, his tail fell off, and he uttered the word "beer". From that moment on, he began to often turn to obscene speech. Meanwhile, rumors about a strange creature were circulating around the city. In one newspaper they printed a myth about a miracle. The professor realized his mistake. He now knew that a pituitary transplant would lead not to rejuvenation, but to humanization. Bormenthal recommended that Sharik be brought up and his personality developed. But Preobrazhensky already knew that the dog was behaving like a man whose pituitary gland had been transplanted into him. It was the organ of the late Klim Chugunkin, a conditionally convicted thief-recidivist, alcoholic, brawler and hooligan.
Chapter 6
As a result, Sharik turned into an ordinary man of short stature, began to wear lacquered boots, a poisonous blue tie, made acquaintance with Comrade Shvonder, and day by day shocked Preobrazhensky and Bormental. The behavior of the newly appeared creature was impudent and boorish. He could spit on the floor, scare Zina in the dark, come drunk, fall asleep on the floor in the kitchen, etc. When the professor tried to talk to him, the situation only worsened. The creature demanded a passport in the name of Polygraph Poligrafovich Sharikov. Shvonder demanded to register a new tenant in the apartment. Preobrazhensky objected at first. After all, Sharikov could not be a full-fledged person from the point of view of science. But they still had to register, since formally the law was on their side. The habits of the dog made themselves felt when a cat quietly made its way into the apartment. Sharikov rushed after him into the bathroom like crazy. The fuse clicked. So he was trapped. The cat managed to escape through the window, and the professor canceled all the patients in order to save him together with Bormental and Zina. It turned out that while chasing the cat, he turned off all the taps, causing water to flood the entire floor. When the door was opened, everyone together began to remove the water, but Sharikov at the same time let out obscene words, for which he was expelled by the professor. The neighbors complained that he broke their windows and rushed after the cooks.
Chapter 7
During dinner, the professor tried to teach Sharikov proper manners, but all in vain. He, like Klim Chugunkin, had a craving for alcohol, bad manners. He did not like to read books, go to the theater, but only to the circus. After another skirmish, Bormental went with him to the circus, so that temporary peace reigned in the house. At this time, the professor was thinking of a plan. He went into the office and looked at glass jar with the pituitary gland of the dog.
Chapter 8
Soon they brought Sharikov's documents. Since then, he began to behave even more cheekily, demanded a room in the apartment. When the professor threatened that he would no longer feed him, he calmed down for a while. One evening Sharikov, with two strangers, robbed the professor, stealing from him a pair of chervonets, a commemorative cane, a malachite ashtray, and a hat. Until recently, he did not admit to what he had done. By evening, he became ill and everyone was busy with him as if he were a child. The professor and Bormental were deciding what to do next with him. Bormental was even ready to strangle the insolent man, but the professor promised to fix everything himself. The next day, Sharikov disappeared with the documents. The house committee said that they had not seen him. Then they decided to contact the police, but this was not required. Polygraph Poligrafovich himself showed up, announced that he had been hired for the position of head of the subdepartment for cleaning the city from stray animals. Bormental forced him to apologize to Zina and Darya Petrovna, as well as not to make noise in the apartment and show respect for the professor. A couple of days later a lady in cream stockings came. It turned out that this is Sharikov's bride, he intends to marry her, and demands his share in the apartment. The professor told her about the origin of Sharikov, which greatly upset her. After all, he had been lying to her all this time. The wedding of the insolent man was upset.
Chapter 9
One of his patients in a police uniform came to the doctor. He brought a denunciation drawn up by Sharikov, Shvonder and Pestrukhin. The case was not given a move, but the professor realized that it was no longer possible to delay. When Sharikov returned, the professor told him to pack his things and get out, to which Sharikov replied in his usual boorish manner and even took out a revolver. By this, he convinced Preobrazhensky even more that it was time to act. Not without the help of Bormental, the head of the cleaning department soon lay on the couch. The professor canceled all his appointments, turned off the bell and asked him not to be disturbed. The doctor and professor performed the operation.
Epilogue
A few days later, policemen showed up at the professor's apartment, followed by representatives of the house committee, headed by Shvonder. Everyone unanimously accused Philip Philipovich of killing Sharikov, to which the professor and Bormental showed them their dog. The dog, although it looked strange, walked on two legs, was bald in places, covered in patches of fur, but it was quite obvious that it was a dog. The professor called it an atavism and added that it is impossible to make a man out of an animal. After all this nightmare, Sharik again happily sat at the feet of his master, did not remember anything and only occasionally suffered from a headache.
Bulgakov's story "Heart of a Dog" was written back in 1925, in the 60s it was distributed by samizdat. Its publication abroad took place in 1968, but in the USSR - only in 1987. Since then, it has been reprinted many times.
Takes a homeless dog Sharik home from the street. Philip Philipovich is a doctor, he receives patients at home, he has at his disposal as many as seven rooms, which is unheard of with new government. Shvonder, who manages the house committee, is fighting for justice in society. He writes articles for the newspaper, reads the works of Engels and dreams of a world revolution. In his opinion, the tenants of the house should have the same benefits. He proposes to equalize the rights of the professor with Sharikov, since occupying the master with as many as seven rooms is too much.
The events take place in March 1917. Philip Philipovich is not only a literate person, but also a highly cultured person with an independent mind. He critically perceives revolutionary changes. The professor is outraged by the devastation that is happening. He believes that it begins with a mess in people's heads. And, first of all, it is necessary to restore order there, and not transfer everything to society. Philipp Philippovich resolutely opposes any violence. He is sure that affection can tame the wildest animal, and terror will not help either the whites or the reds. It only paralyzes nervous system. When Sharik first appeared in the professor's apartment, he continued to "hooligan", as befits a stray dog. But soon became pretty decent domestic dog. The first time they put the collar on him, he was ready to burn with shame. But I quickly realized that on the street this attribute is perceived by other dogs, mongrels, with envy. On the day before the operation, Sharik, closed in the bathroom, thought about freedom. And I came to the conclusion that it is better to be an intelligent being, master's dog, and the will is only the delirium of the democrats, nothing more than a mirage.
The brilliant medical scientist Professor Preobrazhensky and his assistant Bormental decided on an experiment that led to tragicomic consequences that were unexpected for them. Having transplanted the pituitary gland of the brain and the seminal glands of a man into a dog, they, to their great surprise, received a man from an animal! In front of Preobrazhensky, the offended, constantly hungry homeless dog Sharik turns into homo sapiens in just a few days. He also gets a new name. Now his name is Sharikov Polygraph Poligrafych. However, his habits are still dog-like. The professor takes over his upbringing.
Which terrible mistake! Summary Bulgakov "Heart of a Dog" »
The biomedical experiment ends with a social, moral and psychological one. The ball is becoming more dangerous, bolder and more uncontrollable. Maybe something better would have come out of it if only the dog had been the source material. But the trouble is that the human organs that he inherited belonged to a criminal. They were 25-year-old non-party and single Klim Chugunkin. He was tried three times and acquitted each time. Either there was not enough evidence, then the origin helped out, then he was conditionally sentenced to 15 years in hard labor. Thus, the experiment of Philipp Philippovich became dependent on unsightly reality. With the help of Shvonder, the former dog and criminal in one person begins to actively participate in "building a brighter future." Shvonder, by the way, inspires Sharikov with new postulates, but at the same time does not burden him with any culture. A couple of months later, Polygraph was appointed head of the department for cleaning the city from cats. From animals, which Sharikov strangles with real rapture, he also passes to people: he threatens Bormental with a pistol, and the typist girl with a contraction. The professor and his assistant admit that they have made a disgusting scum out of the sweetest dog. To correct their mistake, they made the reverse transformation.
M. A. Bulgakov "Heart of a Dog". Summary of the epilogue
An investigator with the police came to the professor's apartment and charged him with the murder of citizen Sharikov. Philip Philipovich asks Bormental to show the people the dog he operated on. The assistant opens the door of the room, and Sharik runs out. The policeman recognized him as the same citizen. The accusers are gone. Sharik stayed in the professor's apartment, who continues to experiment stubbornly.