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The short story "The Head of the Walk" reveals the psychology of Vasyl and Pavlo (father and son), who went out to plough the land that had recently been the lord's; and the conversation between them seems to be ordinary, everyday: about the land, about the struggle for it, and from Vasyl's lips one can even hear words of sympathy for the workers who "also pull the belt, like us..."
But the reader is also alarmed by the beginning of the work: "The steppe was grey like an eagle's wing". There is no light of spring exuberance, which brings the farmer the joy of the first ploughed furrow. It is disturbing to see a father and son rolling cigarettes from a book about Shevchenko's life. The question arises: who are these ploughmen? How and with whom did they fight for the land? After all, even now Pavlo is dressed in an overcoat...
The writer depicted the complexity of human emotional breakdowns, pointed out the reasons that forced the peasant to often act against his conscience, his worldview, which devalued the moral criteria formed by mankind over the centuries.
Hryhoriy Kosynka's novels teach us to be attentive to every person, no matter what worldview he or she adheres to, no matter what party he or she belongs to. There is no greater wealth on earth than human life.

Contributor: Oleksandr Koval
Duration: 21 minutes and 54 seconds