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The reader is presented with only one "happy" day in the life of Korniy Dizik, who is the narrator. He found himself in the gang of Ataman Horoshyi by his own free will, so he became a deserter and hid in the rye. That's why the story is titled as such. The hero loves nature and understands its beauty. He loves a woman and life, but he has to hide from everyone, wandering the steppe like a wolf. Because he is a deserter who does not understand the war, which is alien and hostile, from which he wants to escape, which he wants to forget. Because war is evil, no matter what good purpose it is hidden behind, an evil that destroys both society and the life of each individual.

"In the Rye" is not only a place of action, it is a multifaceted symbol that embodies the life of a peasant, his attitude to the world around him, and his becoming a human being on earth.