Chapter
11
This is a beautiful chapter which describes
very briefly Ivan’s transition into a New Ivan.
When
Ivan Bezdomnyi was advised by Prof. Stravinsky to give in writing the whole
episode concerning Berlioz’s death, Ivan starts writing, but he could not write
an impressive draft. No matter how many times he tried, the subsequent version
came out worse than the earlier one.
In
the meanwhile the sky is overcast with clouds; it started raining heavily and
all this affected Ivan. He felt very nervous, he was disappointed, he was
depressed and unable to control himself, he started crying.
The
doctor gives him an injection and assures that everything will be alright.
Please
note that the action takes place precisely at the same time when Varenukha is
being lifted and carried to flat No. 50 amidst heavy rain….that is Thursday afternoon/evening.
Very
soon the rain stopped, and the clear sky made all things visible from Ivan’s
window.
Ivan
was now feeling very calm and he felt that he is able to think in a more
reasonable way.
He
admits that it was foolish to run after the Professor and his team with a candle
and the icon and to create scene at the Griboedov’s. He asks himself, “Why did
I get so excited when Berlioz was run over by the tram car? Well, accidents do
happen in life. Who was Berlioz to me? He was neither my friend nor a relative!
Let him go to hell…he had a dangerously sweet tongue. If Berlioz has died,
there will come a new President for the MASSOLIT, may be more dangerous than
Berlioz!
I
was a fool that I did all that…
Ivan
is now changing…He feels that this hospital not bad, that Stravinsky is good…It
would have been better to find out from him what happened to Pontius Pilate and
Ha-Nostri.
Now
and then Old Ivan tries to dissuade New Ivan from this transformation, but Ivan
has now changed. He confesses that he was a fool to have created all that
scandal.
After
this change he finds himself drowsing and sees the forest of Lindens…the jolly
cat passing by…
And
when he was just about to fall asleep, the door of the balcony opens without
any sound and a voice whispers, “shhhhhh….!!!”
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एक टिप्पणी भेजें
टिप्पणी: केवल इस ब्लॉग का सदस्य टिप्पणी भेज सकता है.