The thistle represents the order of the natural world. Whereas men are constantly at war or dealing with other concerns, the thistle remains as it was, is, and will be. Additionally, the thistle embodies a disposition traditionally attributed to heroic figures- calmness, resilience, etc. - and recognizable in certain characters in Hadji Murad.
For my project I will be giving a summary of the ideas of Mikhail Bakhtin as they relate to Russian literature/the Russian literature we've read in class/literature in general.
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