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Chugunkin is the alcoholic, petty thief, womanizer, and balalaika player whose pituitary gland Prof. Preobrazhensky implants into Sharik. Sharik then manifests Chugunkin’s offensive personality, an exaggerated version of what Bulgakov considers to be the proletariat’s worst traits. Characteristically, he dies in a bar fight. The name “Chugunkin” comes from the Russian word for cast iron, which makes it a play on Stalin’s name (which comes from the Russian word for steel).
Klim Grigorievich Chugunkin Quotes in Heart of a Dog
The Heart of a Dog quotes below are all either spoken by Klim Grigorievich Chugunkin or refer to Klim Grigorievich Chugunkin. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 5 Quotes
January 6. (Partly in pencil, partly in violet ink)
Today, after his tail dropped off, he enunciated with utmost clarity the word “saloon.” The recording machine is working. The devil knows what is going on.
I am totally bewildered.
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Chapter 6 Quotes
“Why are you nagging all the time? … Don’t spit. Don’t smoke. Don’t go here. Don’t go there … What sort of business is it anyway? Just like in the streetcar. Why’nt you let me live? And as for ‘dad,’ you’ve no call to … Did I ask you for the operation?” The man barked indignantly. “A fine thing! Grabbed an animal beast, slashed up his head with a knife, and now they’re squeamish. Maybe I never gave you no permission to operate? And likewise (the man rolled up his eyes to the ceiling, as though trying to remember a certain formula), and likewise my relatives. I have the right to sue you, maybe.”
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Chapter 8 Quotes
“Look at that business with the cats! A man with the heart of a dog.”
“Oh, no, no,” Philip Philippovich sang out. “You are mistaken, Doctor. In heaven’s name, don’t malign the dog. […] The whole horror, you see, is that his heart is no longer a dog’s heart but a human one. And the vilest you could find!”
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Klim Grigorievich Chugunkin Character Timeline in Heart of a Dog
The timeline below shows where the character Klim Grigorievich Chugunkin appears in Heart of a Dog. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...Bormenthal copies into his notes. The donor, a 25-year-old balalaika player and petty thief named Klim Grigorievich Chugunkin, was stabbed to death in a bar fight after being released from a...
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Chapter 7
...Bormenthal is confused, so Philip repeats the line, and then adds, “Nothing to be done here—Klim.” He tells Bormenthal that he’s sure that “it” can be done, then comments “Spater.”
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Chapter 8
...make them naturally. He decides that his discovery is worthless. All he’s done is bring Klim Chugunkin back to life. Humming his song, Philip concludes that the pituitary gland determines human...
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...of a dog,” but Philip argues that Sharikov’s real problem is that he now has Klim Chugunkin’s human heart. Bormenthal wants to kill Sharikov, but Philip insists that they can’t. They...
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