Chingiz Aitmatov masterfully narrates the struggle of man against himself, others, and life. The Red Apple is a striking story of a loss and the subsequent awakening. The story of Anara, Isabekov's daughter who wants to leave her husband, finding her family again through childhood innocence is told in a compelling manner. Meeting the Son, on the other hand, tells of the burden of unhealed wounds and postponed confrontations. Chordon, who keeps the memory of his son lost in the war alive within him, will realize that true death is being forgotten. For as long as the father does not die, the son continues to live, and as long as the son does not die, the father continues to live.