Indifference, love and friendship cannot stand in the same row. Sometimes in life it happens that a person only seems indifferent, or his love and friendship are not sincere, but these qualities can never be combined. In the works of Russian literature there are many examples that confirm my idea.
In the novel A.S. Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin", "tired" from the splendor of St. Petersburg, the hero seems to us absolutely indifferent to everything that surrounds him, even to Tatyana in love with him. Moreover, such indifference is tantamount to cruelty, because a conversation in the garden after the letter of recognition received by Eugene very seriously affects the heroine. At that moment, the hero of Pushkin is really not ready to love, so he demonstrates genuine indifference to the girl. Tatyana, on the other hand, is a whole nature, and is ready to love only one person all her life. That was Evgeny Onegin. When the hero, having passed the tests, is spiritually reborn, comes to Tatyana, he sees her already indifferent. But this indifference is only imaginary: a girl cannot, by virtue of the laws of society and her moral principles, reveal her love. “But I have been given to another, I will be faithful to him for a century,” Tatyana admits to Eugene. She loves him, her indifference is ostentatious, but she cannot do anything about it: being married to the general, Tatiana will forever remain with him.
It is perhaps best to speak of indifference in friendship by the example of the work of M.Yu. Lermontov "Hero of our time." Here, an indifferent hero is Grigory Pechorin, the "extra man" in society. Remember at least Pechorin’s meeting with Maxim Maksimych: a colder “friendly” greeting cannot be imagined. The thing, probably, is that of the two “friends” only Maxim Maksimych really appreciates this relationship. Pechorin is a lone person who does not need friends, who is indifferent to partnership, so a meeting with an old friend does not become an important event for the hero. Another so-called friend of Grigory Pechorin is Dr. Werner. This person is more complex than Maxim Maksimych. The doctor is in many ways similar to Pechorin, therefore both are indifferent in their “friendship”. This sounds strange, but at the meeting of such similar characters (although Werner is not shown in the novel in full), cooperation rather than warm friendly relations develops. In cooperation, you can be somewhat indifferent.
In our life, indifference is dangerous, because it is at odds with fundamental feelings. If on the pages of the book everything can smooth out and end well, then in life it turns into a great tragedy for everyone who is involved in such an "indifferent" friendship or love.
