(350 words) L.N. Tolstoy saw the crisis in the surrounding society, the separation of people. And only a family with its unity can resist external problems and help a person find the meaning of life. Therefore, family thought occupies a central place in the novel "Anna Karenina".
The reader of the novel presents three families: Karenins, Oblonsky and Levins. Anna married Alexei Alexandrovich not out of love, and he himself did not have strong feelings for his wife, as well as for all those around him. Only duty, service, decency cared for Karenin, and his wife strove for love. First, all the tenderness was concentrated in the son of Seryozha, and then Alexey Vronsky appeared in her life, and the heroine could not resist the passion. The author sympathizes with her, but Anna destroyed the family, this is L.N. Tolstoy condemns.
The novel begins with a description of the Oblonsky family. The family's father, Steve, Anna's brother, cheated on his wife Dolly with a governess. This man lives easily and cheerfully, justifies all his vices, treason for him is an inevitability, quite explainable by cooling to his wife, who had become a baby from many births. Dolly is deeply offended by the situation: she is raising children, she is engaged in housekeeping, and surrounds everyone in the house with care. And the husband pays black ingratitude. However, she had the mental strength to save her family. And for this L.N. Tolstoy admires her.
Konstantin Levin is also engulfed in spiritual pursuits. His thoughts echo those of Anna, he is even on the verge of suicide, but he has made sense in serving people and society. This hero found happiness in the family. At first it seemed impossible: his beloved Kitty Scherbatskaya, sister of Dolly, was in love with Vronsky, who left her, then the girl suffered, and only after excitement and doubt the heroes united. At first they quarreled, could not find understanding, Levin did not even love his son. However, the hero realized that the most important thing is in the family, he must and wants to protect them and love. This understanding came to him in an episode with a thunderstorm, when Levin was scared for loved ones captured by the elements. He managed to understand the value and meaning of life, and his wife and son helped him. The life of Kitty and Constantine is instructive for many couples who diverge after the first quarrel, without even trying to find understanding.
L.N. Tolstoy is an outstanding psychologist who has studied the human soul. He understood that the family is the basis of the foundations, so in his works he constantly emphasized the importance of this social institution.
