We are all fascinated by experienced people, but the question is how to identify them? We propose to call a person who has gone through fire, water and copper pipes, "grated kalach". Today we will consider the meaning of phraseology through the prism of a textbook example of a grated roll in literature, Martin Eden, but first about the origin.
Origin
The phraseologism we are interested in is of domestic origin, namely kitchen. Any housewife knows: in order to make some kind of pastry, you need to properly prepare the dough.
Bread dough is thoroughly kneaded. Previously, this was done by wives and mothers by hand, now it is done by machines in factories, but nevertheless this does not cancel the “misadventures” of the test - it is crushed and tormented. And only then, when the dough has reached the condition, comes the moment of directly baking the bread. Thus, the phraseological unit “grated kalach” as a characteristic is suitable for a person who was thoroughly shaken, “crumpled” by life and “baked” fromhim something worthwhile.
None of the readers will argue that it is more pleasant to watch and listen to a person who knows the value of a word, a ruble and argues with knowledge of the matter, and does not sing from someone else's voice, does not broadcast book truths that are not saturated with their own sweat. Let's move on to examples. We will consider the textbook image of grated kalach in literature.
Martin Eden as an example of "grated roll"
Of course, there is no need to retell the whole plot of Jack London's masterpiece, but here it is important to understand: at the beginning of the novel, Martin Eden, although already a fairly experienced sailor, is a completely naive person. Why is that? Because his soul has not yet come into contact with either true love or true intellectual knowledge. Meeting Ruth in her beautiful house full of books, Goth began the journey to his true self.
It can be said that at the very moment when the simple guy Martin recognized the girl Ruth, life began to cut out of the protagonist of the London novel a real living experienced person who saw not only the shell. We remind you that it is precisely such a representative of the human race that can be defined by the expression “grated kalach” (the meaning was revealed a little earlier, in addition, it is clear from the context).
Further, as you know, Eden's pursuit of the dream of becoming a writer began. He did not engage in literary day labor (journalism), fearing that such work would spoil his style. In fairness, real writers such as Ernest Hemingway and Sergei Dovlatov, orally, in writing and with their life practice, refuted Martin's thesisEden that journalism harms the literary gift. However, we digress.
Growing up means giving up illusions
So, the hard work of the hero of London allowed him to mature internally and see the limitations of his love. On the one hand, Martin Eden was disappointed in life without love, but on the other hand, full-fledged growing up is impossible without saying goodbye to illusions, empty hopes and rosy dreams. It can be said that London provides a universal recipe for the stages of human maturation that everyone goes through. True, everything does not always end as sadly as it did with the hero of the American writer.
Is it possible to avoid the fate of grated kalach? Moral of phraseologism
Of course, many may say that there is nothing good in the life of Martin Eden. Yes it is. He is, of course, a grated kalach, but what price did he pay for his experience? But the tragedy of life is that it is impossible to avoid the fate of a grated roll.
There are lucky people who were born into rich families. Such children were closed by their parents from the sorrows of life, but even Buddha, the son of a very rich man, rejected the deceit that for a long time fettered his true knowledge of being, and rushed into the arms of the world, passing through several incarnations of a person. He was both a rich man and an ascetic and a teacher of wisdom.
"Attention" is acquired only in the process of passing through spontaneously arising life situations, which by themselves may no longer be repeated, but each of them necessarily teaches something, opens some kind of door.
