Discuss the representation of the generation of fathers in Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and Sons”
having tried to improve to conditions of the serfs, he cannot disguise his somewhat superior
tone when speaking of peasants for example, has sold off the land that would be given to
the freed serfs (" "). Therefore Turgenev presents
the reader with an image of noblemen who, despite trying to modernize, still seek to gain
profit at the expense of the to-be free peasantry before the reforms. Initially, Nikolai refuses
to marry Fenichka based on their social status. The attitude towards peasantry is the key
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difference between fathers and sons, and the older generation, despite being open to reform,
is still representing class differences.
Similarily, Bazarovs parents are eager to represent that they have been progressive in the
countryside, referring to himself as "homo novus". Also refers to applying obrok system and
given serfs some land
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