(220 words) The poem "Dead Souls" is a kind of reference book of Russian life in the 19th century. The author describes the people that even the current reader can meet, and the events that we are familiar with today. One of the most memorable and “eternal” images in the work is the landowner Sobakevich, whose main flaw is ignorance.
The main character of the work, Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov, travels a lot around the country and gets to know different people. Often he has to deal with landowners. Some of them are dishonest, someone is too stingy, someone is stupid. But Mikhail Semenovich Sobakevich can be called ignorant. Once in his village, Chichikov notes her thoroughness. Huts in the village were built "for centuries." Sobakevich - clumsy, like a bear - carefully monitored the observance of order. In his own house, every thing, every object seemed to reflect the character of the owner: heavy chairs, a solid, but roughly knocked together table, durable chairs ...
Sobakevich is not friendly towards others. He considers representatives of power to be robbers and scammers, and even calls his comrades Christ sellers. The owner of the estate does not believe in the need for education and enlightenment, condemns stinginess. The latter fact confirms that Sobakevich treats his property with care, rationally, as befits the owner. He, like a dog, guards the house and estate. Sobakevich understands people. He does not offend peasants; he remembers which of them can better cope with a particular job. Chichikov, speaking of him, quotes a proverb: "It is improperly cut, but firmly sewn." Probably not to come up with a better specification.
