TWO PHILOSOPHIES OF LIFE IN THE NOVEL BY I. A. GONCHAROV "AN ORDINARY HISTORY"
This article compares two philosophies of the life of a nephew and an uncle - the heroes of the novel by I. A. Goncharov "An Ordinary History". The heroes are opposed to each other. Alexander is a dreamy young man who sees life in bright colors. Peter is a calculating businessman who sees life as it is, without embellishment. The paradox is that over time, the dreamy, confident in the correctness of his philosophy, Alexander, not without the help of his uncle, and, of course, seeing the reality around him, turns into a selfish businessman, which he did not want to be, denying at every opportunity the life principles of Peter. There was a complete reincarnation and change in the moral guidelines of the hero-dreamer. The uncle's philosophy won, which is that only people with a cold calculating mind, who completely deny the lyrics, survive in this world.