: Nikita imagines various objects (the sun, a well, a shed) as living, often hostile beings until his father teaches him to build things with his own hands. Famous Quote : "What you make yourself is always kind."

Andrei Platonov's is a poignant short story about a young boy's vivid, often frightening imagination and his transition toward reality after his father returns from war.

If you need a or a summary of the story for a school paper: Character breakdown of Nikita Symbolism of the "Heart" and the "Sun"