Fathers and Sonsthe character of Paul Petrovich Kirsanov
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Fathers and Sons, 'Paul Petrovich Kirsanov'
Ivan Turgenev wrote Fathers and Sons, a short book filled with a wonderful cast. The story is not what probes us to read further, it is rather for the depth and wealth of thought that the characters bring to us on every page. Paul Petrovich is one such character, causing, at first, the reader to gag, while later almost bringing us to tears. He is a lonely man, not unlike the others, trapped in his romantic past and unwilling to change. This above all is why he remains in constant and even intentional conflict with his archrival Bazarov. We are hinted at this in his first arrival onto the written page. "He (Bazarov) was about to direct his steps towards the door when, at that instant, in came a man of medium height, dressed in an English suit of dark material, a fashionable cravat, and patent-leather shoes. It was Paul Petrovich Kirsanov."
If it has not yet been made clear his 'distinguishing and somewhat repulsive features', somewhat of a modern Michael Jackson, we need only to read a bit further. For here we will find that he had "long pink nails" and "scented moustaches" with which he would brush another's cheeks thrice upon his arrival...