(432 words) The legendary story of B. L. Vasiliev describes women in the war: Rita Osyanina, Zhenya Komelkova, Lisa Brichkina, Sonya Gurvich, Galya Chetvertak. Each image in the book is individual and worthy of attention.
Rita Osyanina was stern and silent. The reason for this is the loss of her husband on the second day of the war. Osyanina’s child remained in the arms of her mother, she ran to him at night when they were transferred to the road. Returning in the morning from her son, she noticed saboteurs. During the assignment, Rita, like the other girls, showed herself heroically, she was a strong spirit, so she fought to the end. Having received a mortal wound, she does not blame Vaskov, but only asks to take care of her son. The war destroyed her life, but the woman died with the realization that she stood up for her homeland.
Eugene Komelkova arrived at the department to replace the murdered submarine. In front of her, the Germans shot her relatives, and she went to the front. Despite the trials, the beautiful Zhenya is cheerful, smiling and friendly. During the assignment, she behaves boldly and even desperately: when the heroes pretend to be lumberjacks, bathe in full view of the Germans, save Vaskov’s life, and in the last battle he tries to lead the enemies behind him. She loves life too much and believes in its infinity. How can you die at age 19? But, unfortunately, the war takes the best.
Lisa Brichkina lived in the forests of the Bryansk region, seeing little in life, but dreaming a lot about the future. Even in the war, she continued to wait for happiness. She liked the foreman Vaskov, for her he was an ideal. And the fact that he sent her for reinforcements confirmed the heroine in thoughts of her exclusivity. But dreams have no place in the war: thinking about Vaskov, Lisa stumbled, crossing the swamp, and drowned. So absurdly and tragically the life of a young girl was cut short.
Sonia Gurvich is a quiet, weak, intelligent girl who loves poetry and theater. University, first love, friendly family - everything was left behind when the war started, and the heroine could not hide behind someone else's backs. She is little adapted to military life, but struggled to be useful to a country in danger. This inability became fatal: she ran after the pouch left by Vask and was hit by an enemy bullet.
Galya Chetvertak came up with a whole world in which everything was presented in romantic colors. The girl grew up in an orphanage, where the reality is not at all joyful, she needed an outlet. She went to war, thinking that it was sheer romance. But when she saw death, blood, shells, the girl was completely lost. She threw a rifle in battle, broken by the death of her friend Sonya, and then, when Vaskov took her in reconnaissance, ran out of an ambush against the enemies. Galya was not ready for a real war, but she struggled to defend her homeland.
B. Vasiliev, describing women in the war, emphasizes the ruthlessness of this massacre. However, if you need to defend the whole world, then the girl can become strong. Or at least try.