The image of the "little man" is known in Russian literature from the early nineteenth century. Most clearly this topic is outlined in the creativity of A. S. Pushkin and N. In. Gogol. However, you cannot ignore the Russian writer I. A. Goncharov.

Initially, the author of the famous novel tried his hand as essayist. To a certain extent the observation of people's lives helped him to create a work "Oblomov", which raises many vital issues.

It would seem, "the little man" can be called a servant of Oblomov. Of course it is, because he has virtually no rights. Still, the male belongs to the peasant class. But in the novel he appears not as powerless as the stationmaster in the eponymous novel by Alexander Pushkin. Zachary's stealing, contented life. It is not annoying.

The author of the novel "Oblomov" gradually reveals to the reader the idea that Ilya Ilyich Oblomov himself is a "small man". And it gradually becomes apparent thought. It is necessary to bring arguments to consider this position.

In the novel there is a great Chapter, known to readers as "the Dream of Oblomov". In it Ilya Ilyich feels happy. When dreams carry him into childhood. When he wakes up, then gradually happiness evaporates like the remnants of sleep. So Ilya Ilyich wants to return to childhood, where he solved the problem. He is afraid of the real world.

As the course of the novel in the mind of man is opening another moment. Ilya Oblomov is afraid to fight for happiness. He gives Olga his friend Stolz. And this act concluded the impotence. A gentleman resigned to his fate, reminding the poor peasants, having no force to decisions. Only now they have no rights, and Oblomov is missing willpower. So perhaps all that doesn't make Ilya Ilyich "little man"?