Walnut

Aitmatov has achieved great success in describing the inner state of man, his suffering, and the justifications for his behavior. We will see him always trying to reach the corners of the inner world of this rational being, and this is clearly evident when the character is in a critical or borderline state, and a contradiction occurs in the hero's psyche between good and evil, between what is moral and what is immoral, between personal interest and self-denial.

The question of morality occupies a central place in Aitmatov's works. Good and evil live within the same social group, within the same person, as we will see in this novel, which we have in our hands, The Eye of the Camel. Aitmatov says: It is difficult to highlight the struggle between good and evil within this life... Let's say that a person can be completely normal, and yet cruelty nests in the depths of his soul. How will this person behave in times of crisis? What will triumph within him - good or evil? What kind of person is he - evil or good? He is good until a certain moment? For me, potential, hidden cruelty interests me more than quarrels and murders... I try to show in a person the reserves of those human forces that struggle with evil.