(339 words) Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace” is one of the most global works of the school curriculum, and not everyone can master it entirely. However, those who are not afraid of long stories will enjoy a fascinating story about the events of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the difficult relationships between the characters. In War and Peace, the feelings of the heroes deserve special attention, and in particular, the love that arose between some of them.
Despite the fact that the relationship of Natasha Rostova and Andrei Bolkonsky was broken, for many readers they remain the main pair of the work. They remember their meeting with tenderness in the classroom, because the first feeling is sacred. Even the young Natasha was really in love with Andrei, but many refuse to justify her act. The girl, not waiting for the groom, was carried away by Anatole Kuragin, because of which there was a break with Bolkonsky. Of course, Natasha did the wrong thing, but knowing her character and impulsivity, willy-nilly you understand that this fleeting hobby is not serious and was imposed on her by a cunning seducer. She was very ashamed of Andrei, who nevertheless forgave Natasha before her death.
Matured Natasha and young - like two different characters. Indeed, with age, much becomes conscious, therefore, at the end of the work, we are shown an idyll in the Bezukhov family. Youthful love remained a bright feeling from the past, but Pierre and Natasha found true happiness only with each other.
Pierre, in turn, also has an unpleasant story behind him, but he was rather a victim. Even at the beginning of the work, Pierre becomes a victim of his rich inheritance and marries Helen Kuragina. Bezukhov was absolutely not interested in the girl, over time, and he became disappointed in her, but only the count in the relationship showed due respect to his wife. What can not be said about Helen, who expressed complete indifference to Pierre, moreover, complete contempt for him, because a woman openly cheated on her husband. There was no love in this relationship, but the hero had a happy future.
And some readers give great preference to another pair, Marya and Nikolai Rostov. Thanks to the relations between these heroes, you are once again convinced that Tolstoy’s epic novel “War and Peace” is saturated not only with historical events, but also with a beautiful story of true love.
Thus, the author endowed with happiness only those people who knew how to sincerely surrender to feelings. True love, according to Tolstoy, always leads to marriage and family.
